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Teen’s murder remains mystery

THE following is the third in a series of stories by reporter Anna Mavic

D’ Angelo relating to 17 unsolved murders in North Vancouver that date back to the 1960s. Anyone with information about the murders is asked to contact the North Vancouver RCMP at 985-1311. Callers may be anonymous.

RHONA Duncan went to party on the night of July 16, 1976.

The 16-year-old = North Vancouver teen was joined by her bovtriend, Shawn Mapoles, her close friend Marion Bogue and Bogue’s boytriend, Owen Parry.

There were abour 60 teenagers from school at the party in a house on East Queens Avenue,

Ac about ] a.m... Duncan and her friends left. the party and walked home. They walked together until the boys broke off at West Queens and Mahon, heading for their own homes

Dunean and her girlfriend parted company near Wolfe Street and Larson Road close to where Bogue lived. [t was five blocks from Dunean'’s house. The time was 2:45 a.m. Bogue saw her friend walk away. It was the last time she would see Dunean alive.

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The next morning one of

Dunean’s neighbors on the wav co work found Dunean’s body in call grass in trone of a closed warage on Bewicke Avenuc. Danean’s body was within several houses of her home in the 600-block of West Lath Street. The Carson Grahant student

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GEORGE (left) and Peter Cragg have owned North Van's Thunderbird Bowling Centre for three years, but have decided to tear it down to build a 15-storey highrise. With the imminent demise of Park Royal's bowling facility, there will soon be no 10-pin bowling on the North Shore.

Bye-bye bowiing

North Van’s Thunderbird Bowling to face the wrecking ball

Robert Galster

News Reporter robert@nsnews.com

THUNDERBIRD Bowling Centre will not be spared.

Nor will its second-floor entertainment: com:

pasion the Blue Shark pool hall. The last day of

operation tor both is May 2 Vo med serv hand to keep it” sand George goof Crag and Cragg Desn Group. The A based dhe property, located on loth Sereet ay Narth Vancouver Cin, three ve “tn order to make it all work we'd need a! operanoen trom the muaripaby.

And while initial plans tor the redevelopment of the block called for a bowling alley to be incorpo- rated, it was dropped carly in the planning process because it was not financially feasible.

The Cragg, proposal calls for a mixed-use 15- storey highrise, with commercial use on the first floor and 50 residential units above. Plans call for the tower to take up 35% of the coverige arcs of the first floor

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said the proposal is in the planning stage and has already appeared before the city’s advisory design pane). wIt's pretty close to being consistent with our Zoning bylaw,” said White.

As tor the loss of the bowling alley, White said there was Hinde that could have been done to save it.

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