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Missing man found dead in wilderness

Bob Mackin News Reporter

THE search for West Vancouver resident Daniel * Monk ended tragically Thanksgiving Day.

But triends lite Denise Kilpar

k and Karen Davis are thank-

ful they had the uiance to know a man who they say had an unde-

nialy! ¢ for lite.

<’s body was found Monday at 3:30 p.m. ona trail west ind Dam. “The 25-year-old was reported missing to

neouver Police Sept. 28

ntal records were used to identify Monk, according to West

Vancouver Police Cpl. Janis Jean. Foul play i Kilpatrick met Monk when they were 13-) Vancouver and continued

‘students at Sentinel secondary in Wes! to stay in touch after graduation.

_ “He was the only person I ever met that nobody can say a bad : thing about, everybody has a memory of Dan that is positi Kilpatrick said. “He was daring, he was a crazy kid. He’s very pas-

sionate about everything he did.”

Kilpatrick fondly remembers the day he dyed his hair bright

ted in Grade 12. “Just to get a reaction,” she said.

Monk was an avid manufacturer and user of snowboards and

wakeboards. He made snowboarding videos at Cypress and Whistler with friends and even competed twice at the national

. championships.

4 He also voluntcercd as a gymnastics teacher at North e&, Vancouver Recreation Centre. eae: He graduated this fall from the University of B.C. with a cer- ficate in teaching technologies. He also studied at BCIT and ano College and spent a summer tending Park and Tilford

‘Gardens.

“He was a (giving) person, a caregiver, and a good friend to ii miss him forever,” his parents Douglas and Doriane Monk said in a prepared statement. “We know he has

di now he will be coming back and help-

many’ who will miss

gone to a better place an ing us from there.”

DAN Monk with wakeboards that he made. The 25- °

B: year-old’s body was found Monday.

renovated gas stations to provide full-service

See Funcral page § = Pumps.

In a legal petition filed on Oct. 4 in B.C. Supreme Court,

Petro-Canada asked thai the bylaw be quashed through a judi-

cial review.

Petro-Canada states that the bylaw is “unreasonable, unfair and oppressive and is an abuse of the power delegated” to the

municipality.

Petro-Canada states the bylaw is also an “illegal restraint of

trade.”

In April, the contentious change to the zoning bylaw was adopted by North Vancouver District (NVD) council. -Gas stations were divided into “gas bars” and “gasoline ser- -vice stations” under the General Commercial Zone called C3 and newly created C3A. Both gasolinc service staticns and gaso-

line bars

ave to provide a full-servi

‘¢ pump for at least 12 hours

a day or all hours that gasoline is dispensed at self-serve pumps, under the zoning change

In addition, 2 gasoline vice of repairing vehicles, according to the bylaw.

Petro-Canada states that any self-serve gas stations that have a major renovation or redevelopment will have to add a full-ser-

¢ station “must” include the ser-

| smoke sales cost

‘Anna Marie D’Angsta

pi News Reporter dangclo@nsnews.com

THESE days a pack’ a cigarettes cost you $575.

“That is what 2 merchant pays if he or ¢ is caught selling cigarettes to young cople.. - a : ‘On the North Shore so far this year, ven $575 tickets have been issued to ‘chants selling to young people under age 19. co . ‘The majority of merchants are tryine be: compliant (with the law,)” said bert Birtles; tobacco enforcement offi- cr for North Shore Health Region. “There are a few people in there who { they can sell to minors and we ticket ‘on a regular basis,” he said, _ “The $575 ticket is a condition of rovincial legislation revised in 1997. It’s cd at lowering the number of young cople who become addicted to ciga- ettes, : ; - :.This year tobacco enforcement offi- ers reccived 199 complaints from the ‘public O11 rhe North Shore about tobacco Bbeing: sold. to minors. Investigations sing 56 “decoy” teenagers were con-

Health Region works with B.C. ticketing power

ducted'at the suspect stores.

Tobacco enforcement statistics for the previous year indicate there were 744 complaints lodged, 54 decoys used and 19 tickets issued.

Merchants can appeal their $575 tick- ets before a provincial court judge.

Two recent appeals involved Mitra’s Bulk Food and Deli in West Vancouver

and William Food Mart in North

Vancouver. In both cases the merchants lost their appeal and had to pay the $575 fine. Siamak Garman, of West Vancouver, at Mitra’s Bulk Food and Deli, 1451 Clyde Ave. in West Vancouver, was tick-

_eted on Oct. 10, 1998: Feresateh Vadadi

was also named on the tobacco sales infraction.

Jong Sue Lee of North Vancouver, appealed her ticket issued at William Food Mart, 1604 William Ave. in North Vancouver, for an infraction chat

occurred on Oct. 1, 1998.

Lee, the wile of the corner stere owner, was behind the counter at the time of incident, according to court information. A Korean interpreter was required for court.

Birtles said an investigated complaint involves “testing the market” by sending a decoy young person to buy cigarettes. If the merchant sells to the minor, the mer- chant gets a warning letter. A second sale of a full package of cigarettes warrants a $575 ticket, said Birtles. A third sale to a minor results in another $575 ticker. After two tickets are issued, the store’s licence to sell tobacco is suspended for six months. The store is also required to place a yeilow and black notice on its door stating, “We cannot sell tobacco because we were convicted of tobacco sales offences. Smoking is a major health hazard.”

Meanwhile Birtles said the decoys are young people, age. 14 to 16, empl part-time and trained in Vancouver. The young people are students who look their age. Birtles said an adult buying ciga- rettes for a minor can also be ticketed $575. A package of cigarettes costs about $5.50.

NEWS photo Tory Foes

PETRO-CANADA employee Dan Turnbull fills. a tank at a full-serve pump at the Mountain Highway and Main Street station. Petro-Canada Is taking North Van District <0 court ever a bylaw requiring full service pumps.

Petro-Can takes on NV

Company seeks te quash full-se; Anna Marie D’Angelo

News Reporter dangelo@nsnews.com PETRO-CANADA is taking North Vancouver District to court over a bylaw that forces new or

e bylaw in Supreme Court

vice pump under the bylaw. Full service stations are barred from converting to self serve only.

Petro-Canada states that requiring certain gas stations to provide fuil-serve pumps will add to the cost of operating the stations, inefficient staffing and increased capital costs.

This may lead to delay or abandonment of planned redevel- epments and possibly closure of the resulting locations that are not viable, according to Petro-Canada’s court petition.

Petro-Canada states that the marketplace has shifted dramat- ically with consumers preferring to service their vehicles at auto- motive dealerships and specialty shops instead of local gas sta- tions. St

“The tying of the sale of gasoline and other petroleum and related products to automotive service bays is an attempt fo re-. establish a link that no longer exists in the minds of the majori- . ty of the consumers in the marketplace,” according to: the’ Petro-Canada petition. we Tat Cheerios?

Petro-Canada states the bylaw change prevents it from rede- veloping gas stations to meet future consurner demands whic may include convenience food stores, car. washes and resta rants. Petro-Canada said the bylaw restriction prevents it from getting the best financial return: at any given location in the ., municipality. reduces the property’s value and: fixture income capabilities. . bok, a :

NVD director of corporate ‘services Dave Stuart said. the municipality had received rhe petition. mo :

Petro-Canada has four gas stations in the municipality.

TOBACCO enforcement officer Robert Birtles

plays signs merchants must display by law. «