‘BO - Friday, August 13, 1993 - North Shore News

Civilization as we know it

A Cincinnati woman charged recently that a 42-year-old man sexually assualted her after taking advantage of a medical condition which usually causes her to faint when she hears the word ‘sex’. Allegediy, the man accosted her.in her apartment building, uttered the magic word, and then assaulted her after she fell to the floor. In a court appearance last month, the woman fainted twice when prosecutors used the word ‘sex’? in descriptions of her con- dition.

The largest segment of North Vancouver’s population is the 30 to 34-year-olds — 10,905 of them ‘== representing !0% of the popu- lation. In West Vancouver, it is the 65 to 74-year-olds that domi- nate the population — 4,365, or an 11% share of the total West Vancouver population.

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A grey-and-white suitor has wandered off the mean streets of Washington, D.C. in favor of the pampered stomping grounds of .the First Cat, Socks. Aides to the Clinton clan report that an ap parently homeless cat just showed

up on the White House grounds. White House. sources confirm the

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cat has been seen in the company of Socks on several occasions.

A North Carolina paper. reported in April that some parents from Gaston County have demanded that Africa and Germany be -removed from maps and globes in local ‘classrooms because they ‘believe those places are an-

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u-Christian. The parents also called for the suppression of Greek letters from the curriculum because they believe their use constitutes an endorsement of homosexuality.

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Kenneth Morseon, 36, was ar- rested in Portage, Indiana last month after he forced a service station employee to sell him, after closing hours, three quarts of oil. Morseon then poured the oi! on himself in order to ward off evil spirits.

Portion of all war fatalities in the last 500 years that took place in this century: three-quarters. So much for the ‘civilized’ century.

In June, a judge told a U.S. Army Sergeant that he would have to wait 30 days to undo the name change that he had just been granted and about which he was having second thoughts. Tyrone

_Victor Wright had changed his

name to Jesus Christ Hallelujah. After. living with the name a few days, Sergeant Hallelujah began to have his doubts about the new moniker.

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Michael, Jessica remain top newborn | names: list

ONCE AGAIN, Michael and Jessica head the list of most. popular newborn names for British Columbia, according to the provincial

- Division of Vital Statistics.

Each .year, the division gener- ates a listing of names: from its birth registry database. By law, - the division is amndated to regis- ter all births in the province.

The top. 10 names showed only

1992

“1, Michael 2. Matthew 3. Brandon ‘4. Ryan

5. Christopher . 6. Kyle

7. Jordan 8. Tyler’

9. Daniel 10. Joshua

1999

1, Michael

2. Matthew | ; 3. Christopher 4, Ryan i 5. Jordan

6. Kyle

7. Joshua .

8. Andrew

9. James. 10. Brandon’

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Megan in the list.-

New popular names . for males included Tyler and Daniel,. knocking Andrew’ and. ‘James ou of the top 10, - :

For. females, . Emily _teplaced)

Although .- these names. w most commonly. used, each ‘repre- sent only a small fraction | of .the total number of names selected fo children born in B.C, ° > . For-exampte, . of the tozal 23, 657; males born in, 1992, only 494 “(two

"per cent). were named Michael and

‘slight variation compared to last o of the 22,590 females only "465

4992 1. Jessica 2. Ashley 3. Sarah: 4. Samantha | : 5. Amanda: “6. Stephanie. 7. Emily ; 8. Nicole - 9. Jennifer 10. Brittany.

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A NEW course at Capilano Col- lege .this. fall will give aspiring authors the tools necessary to have their work published. Communications 290 ~ Mar-

- keting a nonfiction book — aims

to get writers into the literary marketplace by Christmas. The course will teach wanna-be wordsmiths how. to find the most suitable publisher for their work,’ and how to prepare a query letter and a sample manuscript.

“For years we offered a suc-- cessful course in commercial ‘fic- tion,”? said instructor Crawford “Now it’s the turn for nonfiction writers.”’

What kind of nonfiction should students write?

Kilian encourages authors to pursue what interests them.

“But they need to frid an unusual angle, . especially if the field is already . crowded with comparable books,’? he added.

“For example, a cookbook or war’ memoir should - have Something ° special going in it.”

Because it is hard te break into the publishing world, and equally hard to make much money from a’’ book, Kilian emphasizes efficient work habits and a businesslike ap-:' proach to every writing project. ;

“Some people will come in with a complete manuscript, others. with just a gleam‘in their. eye,’’. . Kilian said. “But we'll all try to produce something by..Christmas | —a query letter, outline and some = sample chapters.”’

Kilian has published 15. books, three of which are nonfiction.

Anyone interested in’ taking . Communications 290 should call’ Kilian at Capilano College, 986- 1913, local 2585. The course will meet on Tuesday. evenings, Sept. 7 to Dec. 14, at the college’s: North | Vancouver campus.