Community

service

By Michael Becker
News Editor

PEMBERTON Heights residents
Frank and Marjorie Ashdown
were honored Aug, 28 for 40

. years of service to their communi-

_ A dedication ceremony was held at the
Gateway Gardens, at West 23rd Avenue

and West Keith Road.
Frank Ashdown
Pemberton Heights

founded — the

Ratepayers

Association and acted as president of the
organization for 25 years. Ashdown
remains active as municipal council Haison

for the community association.

In the early 1970s Ashdown was the
North Vancouver District Centennial

Committee

chairman for

the B.C.

- Centennial celebrations in 1970-71.
Asa member of the centennial com-
mittee Marjorie Ashdown recommended

the ecology centre at Lynn Canyon as the

q. centennial! project.

She also created and maintains the
Gateway Gardens at Pemberton Heights.

SEYMOUR ’
CHRIS Kwan, spokesperson
‘ ‘forthe North Van |
Community Network, has
the results of a recent tele-
phone survey conducted in
the Seymour area in an

effort to gauge community

support for highrise devel-
opment.

‘e Kwan said the sroup
used an auto-dialler drawing,
924 and 929 prefixes of

_. telephone numbers listed on
a CD-ROM data base.
Residents were asked if
‘they supported highrises in
the Seymour area.
The auto-dialler called
8,164 numbers, From that,
“2.059 people participated in

“the survey: 319 or 16% said ©

 4yes’ to highrises in
Seymour, 1,740 or 84% said

“no” to highrises in
Seymour. ;
‘The results were present-

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MCCARTNEY CREEK

A new sports fieldhouse
at McCartney Creek Park
will be dedicated to the
memory of Keith Millar on
Saturday at 11 a.m., during
an opening ceremony
attended by North
Vancouver District Mayor
Murray Dykeman and mcm-
bers of council.

Millar was the late chair-
man of the North Shore
Senior Soccer League and
was a founding member of
the Recreation Advisory
Committee for North
Vancouver District. ;

"His community involve-

ment in sports led to awards.

including, the Governor
General Olympic Award for
community service in 1988.

The Larkhall Crescent
ficldhouse will serve as the
softball tournament centre
for Nerth Vancouver. The
building includes two
changing rooms, public
washreoms, a referees room
and a small concession

stand.
ogo ;
We'd like to share infor-
mation about the folks who
are making a difference in
your neighborhood.

Forward all information, .

including your name,
address and telephone num-
ber, to Neighborhoods c/o
Michael Beckez. F-mail to
trenshaw @direct.ca Fax to
985-2104. Mail to North
Shore News, 1439 Lonsdale
Avenue, North Vancouver.
V7M 2H4.

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Friday, Saptember 6, 1996 - North Shore News - 9 :

NEWS Paul McGrath

MARJORIE and Frank Ashdown were recently honored for 40 years of providing community
service in North Vancouver. A plague commemorating their efforts was placed in a garden they
created at the entrance to Pemberton Heights.

EMILLY Stedman (leit) and Elsie Beasley (right) dank
Read, the News mascot, during a trip to Lonsdate Quay.
Said West Vancouver resident Stedman, “We enjoyed our
outing and especially your North Shore News fatiows.”

Robertson
missed

A memorial service was
held Aug, 23 for George
Robertson,

Roberson, 49, passed
away Aug, (9 while on the
job as a court ligison work-
er for the North
Vancouver RCMP.

Robertson served with
the RCMP for 24 years
prior to taking on the
court job in 1991,

North Vancouver
RCMP Supt. Gil Yard
remembered Robertson at
the memorial service.
“George’s untimely pass-
ing has
been par-
ticularly
hard for ali
of us who
knew and
worked
with him.
Iti an envi-
ronment
of uncer-
tainty, he represented an
island of dependability and
good humor,” Yard said. -

Robertson and his wife
Heidi, 2 North Vancouver
City bylaw officer, enjoyed
riding their Hailey.”
Davidson motorcycle to
Nevada, Arizona and Baja.

“Other passions of
George were tattoos and
musicals, As for the for-
mer, a good portirn of his.
body was coverea with
them,” Yard said. :

At the beginning of his
career Robertson had the -
choice of accepting a draft
with the Detroit Red
Wings or joining the
police. ;

Said Yard, “George
consistently displayed an
unselfish concern for oth-
ers along with what could
only be considered a zest
for life.” . . ;

Robertson teaves
behind Heidi, his wife of
four years, arid his 24-year-
old son Kevin.

-~ Michaci Becker

Georg
Robertson

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