robbed Sob Kackin News Reporter A woman was tied up and her car stolen early Monday morning by two male robbers. The suspects entered a res- idence in the 600-block of Barnham Road in West Vancouver's Gleamore neigh- bourhood between 4 a.m. and 4:20 a.m. They bound and blind- folded the lone occupant, a woman in her 20s, and then fled in her car, a white 1999 Volkswagen Beetle. They abandoned the car a few short blacks away at 700- block Kenwood Road. The men also took ber credit cards, bur West Vancouver Police spokesman Sgt. Jim Almas said West Vancouver Police recovered those, too. . Almas said) investigators den’r believe the incident is linked to a recent spate of home invasions in Vancouver. He said there was no evidence of forced entry. He said he was reluctant to classify it as a home inva- sion. “As soon as you attempt to steal something and cause violence to a person, it’s a robbery,” he said. “Nobody’s ever charged with home inva- sion. They're cither charged with break and enter or rob- bery or unlawful confine- mer Almas said anyone with information can call West Vancouver Police at 925- 7309. A ing on 2 heavenly h ACCORDING to an October Miladelphia Liguirer report, several dozen astrologers are making 2 living dispensing financial advice, and there is ever an investors” newsletier, Tavessing by the Sters, at S300 asear, Appliance repairman Robert Hitt of Blue Bell, Pa. tracks celestial alignments at 5 a month for the 200 sub- scribers at his Astrokcun Weby site and says the marker is headed down and will rank on May 5. 2000. Said one mainstream financial adviser, explaining the astrofogers” success, many investors just “want some: body ro tell them what to do.” aaa policeman Harrington, 53, in Detroit in October for killing his wife and son, hav- ing reportediy confessed that he was having trouble provid- ing for them and wanted them never to be homeless. In 1975, Harrington killed his first wife and their two kids but was found not guilty by reason of insanity and sentenced to a mental institution, but within two months, he was ruled no longer a danger and released. me ea Foois for Clients Latest » | Stephen Hynes* . West Van Council! or Democracy, 4 wwwdirect-democracy.com Sid Mirhasnemy Mechanical Engineer Fer City Councillor For Sid Mirhashemy’s hard work with seniors, youth and crime prevention, schcol board trustees Deborah Kitson & Tim Morrison } support him. We suggest you give him one of your votes! . Correction Mr. Mirhashemy's advertisement on page 7 in the Friday, Nov 12, 1999 North Shore News contained a typographicai The North Shore News regrets any confusion caused. Adventures of Wednesday, Novembe: 17. 1999 — North Shore News - 11 Detendanty Who Rlected to Be Their Own Eawvers: foe ietrangelo, 34. on trial in September for assaudting the maaver oof | Niagara) Falls, Ontario, dsed oa strategy of silence to the charge because the “corrupe” judge refused to him complain about More WMportant issues con- cerning his father’s will (He was convicted.) And Lawrence Brown, 30, on tial at press time for mur- der in Toronto, decided he didivt need a lawyer even though he had : “You gu ways picking on me Hed some white bitch.” And) Norman Laurence, 37, set for trial in Warwick, R.L, in Jani tor murder, previewed his lawyer- less defense by telling che judge: “f did kill the woman. But that contession isn’t tight.” The Entrepreneurial irit: In July San Francisco Chronicle profi local beggar dD “Bushman” Johnson, who solicits spare change after entertaining customers by leaping our from behind handheld shrubbery and try- ing to scare them, His) partner, Gregory Jacobs, seis up the passerby to bevin with, holds the collee- tion can, and then admonish: es, “Hey the Bushman gor vou fiir and sauare! Pay the man!” oo ee) University of California ac Davis researcher Gang Sun told the American Chemical sock annual meeting in gust that he has developed the technology to attach anti- microbial substances to tex: tiles, clearing the way for the d the first commer- cial uses would be to reduce gh the spread of germs in: hospi- rab wowns and bedding and for odour control ino sports cathing. dud Richard and Peter Walkley of Hemel — Hempstead, England, started a shepping- tip Web site this year with about $19,000 they made in the previous year exploiting discrepancies between posted Prices and scanned prices at Sainsbury's supermarkets The store offers price-mis- matched items tree; the Walkle amined every item in the store and came away with large quar of mis- priced product: g cases of Rolling Rock beer). JAMES POYNER Lawyer MAIO PERSONAL ENAUEY Free initia! Consultation 988-6321 408-145 Chadwick Court N. Van. 8 dbersiadiy, Vive (Lonsdale Quay Plaza)