Tax fine

IT COST a West Vancouver worman $2,000 fer aot coap:
erating with Revenue Canada.

Agutha Klepl was fined $2,000 after pleading guilty to
two counts of failing to provide income tax information as
asked for by Revenue Canada.

The fine was levied on Jan. 30,

The charges stemmed from Dec. 21, £993 incidents.

Judge Reginald Grundison fined) Klept in’ West
Vancouver provinelal court.

Shoplifter jailed

A WEST Vancouver man was jailed for six months after
he allegedly hit a woman who was stopping him from
steafing in Park Royal shopping centre.

Steven Robert Hodges, 20, was charged with assault,
breach of a recognizance and theft under $5,000 stem-
ning fron: ‘Tuesday’s incident.

Hodges was sentenced on Wednesday in connection
with the shoplifting incident and an unrelated liquor store
burglary. The burglary charge was slated for legal pro-
ceedings in April in West Vancouver provincial court.

Backyard bears

THE NORTHWEST Wildlife Preservation Society (NWPS)
is hosting a session on human and bear interaction.

Last year a substantial number of bear attacks, bear
sheotings and problem bisck bear relocations were record-
ed in the Lower Mainland area. Many of the incidents
occurred on the North Shore.

The forum takes place 7 p.m. March 28 at Wucific
Cinematheque, 1131 Howe St. in Vancouver. Panel speakers
include UBC biologist Dr. Robert Weilgus, carnivore spe-
cialist Sean Sharpe, author Charies Russell.

ike paths

THE MINISTRY of Transportation and Highways has
confirmed it will inciude bike paths and sidewalks in the
upcoming Westview Interchange Project.

The design for the $33.S-million project will likely be
released at the end of March, said project manager Leagh
Martell,

‘Ina letter to the North Vancouver District engineering
director, Martell said the interchange will be constructed
to meet freeway standards to accommodate cyclists.

The letter added ‘a “safe access” for students and
pedestrians commuting from Pemberton Heights to
Carson Graham Secondary Schoo! will be provided dur-
ing construction-and when the project is finished.

.s Currently, the ministry is analyzing proposals from three
: consortiums to determine the winner.

‘injured
In crash

A CAR crash on March 9
‘almost cost a 19-year-old
North Vancouver. man his ear.

. By Anna Marie D'Angelo
News Reporter

_ The man, whose name was not
released, required {20 stitches to
attach his almost severed ear,
according to a North Vancouver
‘RCMP spokesman.

Police say the man was injured
“after -his‘ Honda’ collided with a
Pontiac Trans Am at 3rd Street and
Forbes Avenue at 10 p.m.”

The driver of the Trans Am was
Bruce Edwin Thevarge, 32; of 4
Darcy, B.C. :

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WEST VANCOUVER will
not provide funding or plan-
ning support to regional cul-
tural facilities located in
North Vancouver City and
District.

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WEST VANCOUVER
DISTRICT COUNCIL

By Maureen Curtis

West = Vancouver
Council made the decision March
13, after reviewing the report of its
community services committee on
the North Shore Regional Cultural
Facilities Study. .

Council will accept the study's
recommendations “as a framework
for the overall planning of cultural
facilities on the North Shore.”

The regional level facilities
listed as primary resources and
priorities for funding are all locat-
ed in North Vancouver, according
to. the committee's study.

These. include Centennial
Theatre, a photo and media arts
centre and a replacement of the
Presentation House theatre — all
in North Vancouver City.

According to the committee,
: West Vancouver should focus on
‘the provision of cultural facilities
; within its own municipal bound-

aries.

Staff has been asked to report
on the status of local level cultural
facilities such as a new 200-300
seat theatre in the Argyle Avenue
area as well as an expansion of the
Ferry Building's exhibition and
Meeting space.

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