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when she took her dog for his daily 7:30 a.m.

walk Wednesday.

: By BARRETT FISHE

“But the eyear-old Deep:

Cove. woman found it.

Gibbins, the owner of Cove Clippers dog groom- ing, was taking her three- year-old collie, Sawyer, for a walk .in- Panorama “Park when she saw.a man carrying an unusual package.

The unidentified male was

holding a.grey garbage bag .

under one arm with a rifle butt sticking out one end. “When i-saw the rifle, J wasn’t sure if it, was a lethal weapon or. if it was a pellet gun. So I followed the guy

nonchalantly and kept my. distance.””

Gibbins. was the” dog groomer who shaved the

- there,””

“RCMP Cst.

wound of the Husky-Ger- man Sheperd who was shot in the hip in the Deep Cove area two weeks ago. Lindsay Thompson, the owner of the cross-breed dog, had a poo- dle killed by a bullet.in the same shooting incident. Gibbins was concerned

‘that the man with the rifle

Wednesday might have been involved in the dog shooting.

‘I assumed there was a possibility, it was. the same person who shot the two dogs just up the street from Gibbins said. ‘‘] was just looking out for their welfare.’

But North Vancouver Alison [rons said police do not believe the incident is related to the shooting of two dogs in the

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ordinary walk

SUZANNE Gibbins wasn't looking for. adventure

Deep Cove area.

Gibbins said the man, wearing a toque and a hunter-style vest, was smok- ing marajuana. ‘‘He looked pretty spaced out,’* Gibbins said. ‘‘Usually at that time of morning if you see other people in the park, you ‘ac- knowledge them, say hello. But he was zombied.”’

Gibbins said the man pro- ceeded down the hill, past the picnic tables until he came to the duck pond, where he rested under a tree.

“| notified the park warden whose house is on the property,”” Gibbins said. ‘And vhe phoned the police.’’

Gibbins said she beach area and-was walking towards her shop, when she noticed the man had got up and was behind her.

then, made her way down tc. the:

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school.

“He was following me,’’ she said, “and then he crossed over the street onto the south side of the park.”

Police arrived at the scene shortly after the call was made at 7:45 a.m.

“There were police all over the place,’? Gibbins ‘said. ‘‘They had their guns out of their holsters. The police came and took my story.”

Cst. lrons said the North Vancouver male in his late 20s was arrested a short distance from Panorama Park for possession of 2 weapon dangerous to the public peace.

Irons confirmed that the weapon was a high-powered pellet rifle which was seized.

The man is’ currently

undergoing psychiatric ex-’

amination.

3 - Friday, April 26, 1985 - North Shore News

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DOG GROOMER Suzanne Gibbins, owner of Cove Clip-

" NEWS photo neny ‘Polers.

pers, kneels with her collie dog Sawyer in Panorama Park in Deep Cove where she saw.a man carrying a rifle in a gry

garbage bag.

NORTH SHORE News photographer Ian

- Smith took first place

honors in the sports category of a newspa- per photography con- test.

By BARRETT F

Smith’s kayaking ‘picture.

topped other sports entries from all over North America in the Suburban Newspaper Association’s photography contest.

This is the second year in a row North Shore News has won the sports category for the SNA contest.

Smith; who also won first prize in the features category in a British Columbia and Yukon Community News- paper Association photo contest earlier this year, has been with the News for six years. :

The 34-year-old photographer was delighted with the award. Said Smith: “I'm honored. I’m always happy to be recognized for my photography work.**

To get the picture of the kayakers in the rapids below the Capilano Dam in North Vancouver, Smith took off his shoes and socks, rolled up his pant legs and waded

News photographer snaps a winner

out to a group of rocks out- side the reach of the rapids.

“T got myself in a position where I could have the kayakers come _ straight towards -me,’’ Smith said, ‘and also where the canyon walls provided’ a dark background for the waves, which were -sidelighted by the sun, so they, would be very visible.’’ —

Smith is showing a collec- tion of his photographs at West Vancouver Memorial Library as part of an exhib- ition of personal works by North Shore News photographers. The display will be at the library until the end of April, where it will then go to Park Royal for a week and then to Lynn Valley Centre. ‘