WINDS GUSTING to 59 km/h in the Vancouver area and up to 150 km/h along the B.C. coasi Monday night and Tuesday morning uprooted trees and cut power to municipalities all over the Lower Mainland and the North Shore. “We had a pretty busy night,’’ B.C. Hydro spokesman Peter McMullan said Tuesday. Major power outages on the North Shore affected approximate- ly 3,300 B.C. Hydro customers. Power went out for 500 residents MOTHY RE 3 Reparter from Lions Bay to Britannia Beach at 2:57 a.m. and was restored at 4:08 a.m. Isolated pockets on Bowen Island were still without power to MEDIA STAR Pooh Bear was driven from Los Angeles to the press time Tuesday after falling trees Knocked out a major island circuit and cut power to 800 island residents at approximately noon Monday. McMullan said crews worked through the night and continued to work Tuesday morning attempting to restore Bowen Island power. In West Vancouver, a 1¥2-foot diameter hemlock tree crashed into George Hale's house, destroying the chimney and punching holes in the roof. “It sounded like a volcano,” Hale said. ‘‘lt was very frighten- 3 ~ Wedoesdas, December 2, 1987 — North Shore News ing.** Hale said the tree hit his 4386 Erwin Dr. home at approximately tl p.m. Monday night. West Vancouver fire department crews responded to Hale’s call for help and removed tree branches and placed tarpaulins over holes in Hale’s bedroom and living room ceilings. The high winds also tossed driftwood and logs up along West Vancouver beaches. In North Vancouver, approx- imately 2,000 residents bounded by Capilano Road on the west, Ith News photo Mike Waketield wilds of North Vancouver recently to be filmed in an episode of the television program 2/ Jump Street. The show was shot at the St. Alice Hotel. Animal trainer Jerry Ther- rien gives Pooh a pat and a couple of pointers during a break. unicipalities agree in pr $100,000 and would be included in ALL THREE North Shore municipalities have now agreed in principle with the Greater Vancouver Regional District’s plan to install an ‘enhanced’ 911 emergency phone service in 23 municipalities and electoral areas in the Vancouver toll- free zone. Estimated cost to acquire the system for the 16 GVRD municipalities, three electoral areas and Langley City, Lungley Township, Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows is approximately $1.7 million. Total annual operating costs of the system are estimated at $700,000. Share of that total, which will cover both capital and operating costs, will vary depen- ding upon the municipality. In North Vancouver City and “District, whose councils voted Nov. 9 to agree in principle with installation of the system, annual 911 costs have been estimated by Reporter the GVRD to be $31,501 and $48,180 respectively. West Vancouver municipal manager “erry Lester recently estimated the system will cost West Vancouver $40,395 annually. The muncipality’s council voted Nov. 16 to plug into the 91i system. Estimated annual 911 costs for Lions Bay are $1,792. The annual costs for residents in the various municipalities would be based on. property assessments of $1 per tnonth on a home worth the annual tax bill sent out by municipalities. Under the basic 91] system, the three-digit number connects emergency callers to a‘single cen- tral dispatch. Under the enhanced system, emergency calls go automatically to a municipality's police department. Emergency calls for ambulance or fire equip- ment are immediately redirected by the dispatcher pressing the ap- propriate button. By making use of existing police, fire and ambulance facilities, the system eliminates the need for an expensive central dispatch centre. The preposed GVRD enhanced 911 system would automatically provide 91] dispatch operators with a caller’s phone number and address on a 911 dispatch screen. The display would enable the 911 dispatcher to send emergency per- sonnel and equipment to a call’s point of origin regardless of a caller's physical or mental condi- tion. GVRD spokesman Bud Elsie said Thursday, 14 municipalities have voted to join the system, ‘‘so on that basis, officials are ¢on- vinced it {the system) will go ahead,"” The GVRD, he said, has re- quested municipalities respond ta the 91! plan by the end of November. If all GVRD municipalities agree to installation of the enhanced YI! system, Elsie said it could be in place by the end af 1988. He said Monday he was not aware of any areas that have turn- ed down the GVRD proposal. But Bowen Island, E said, will not be participating because iInciple Street on the east, Southborough Drive to the north and Marine Drive to the south lost power at 8:59 p.m. Monday night after a tree Knocked out a B.C. Hydro circuit, in the 2200-block of Capilano Road. Power was restored at a.m. Tuesday. North Vancouver RCMP had four reports of trees down in North Vancouver City and District during the storm. One tree hit a house on Mount Seymour Parkway. No injuries were reported. 12:13 Seymour golf clubhouse opens NORTH VANCOUVER’S Seymour Golf and Country Club will officially unveil its new $1.8 million clubhouse Dec. 5. The opening ceremony will take place at approximately 3:30 p.m. Plans for the 18,800 square-foot clubhouse, which also has 4,000 square feet of deck space, were approved by the club’s member- ship in March. . The old 10,700 square-foot Seymour clubhouse, which was described by club president Tets Haya as being a ‘‘dilapidated old building’, was torn down in April. [t was built in 1954, Included in the new clubhouse will be a coffee shop, men’s and ladies’ locker rooms, hot tubs, a jacuzzi, a separate members’ din- ing room and additional banquet facilities that will be available for public use. Parking will also be increased from the present 165 spaces to 192. “It’s turned out really well,’ Haya said Monday. ‘‘I think it will help tie the club together.”* North Vancouver’s Dodson Moroz Architects designed the new facility, which was built by another North Vancouver company, MG Builders Led. The Seymour Golf and Country Club opened in 1954. Its 18-hole course is situated on 131 acres of land leased from North Vancouver District. The clubhouse occupies an additional four-acre site that is owned by the club. Though it is a private club, Seymour, under its agreement, with the district, niust be available to the public on Mondays and Fri- days. Current about 800. to 3771 island residences do not have street addresses available for display on 911 dispatch screens. Only four areas in B.C. current- ly have 911 service: Vancouver, Richmond, Kamloops and Squamish, : The Vancouver-area systems now in place would have to be upgraded to be compatible with the GVRD’s enhanced system. “It’s a good system,’’ Elsie said. ‘And the cost is not that great.’ Most major Canadian cities, in- cluding Montreal, Toronto and Calgary, already have the enhanc- ed 911 system. ; The entire state of California is serviced by a 911 system. Introduction of the service re- quires the GVRD reach an agree- ment with B.C. Tet and get formal authority from the provincial gov- ernment to acquire the system. club) membership is