Tenants homeless

THREE PEOPLE are homeless following an early mor-
ning apartment fire in North Vancouver City on June 9.

North Vancouver City Fire Department firefighters
were called to 304-545 St. Georges Ave. just before 8
a.m.

A mana and a woman, trapped inside a burning suite,
were evacuated from a third-floor window. The paiy suf-
fered smoke inhalation and were transported to Lions
Gate Hospital where they were treated and released later
in the day.

The fire originated in a bedroom; its cause is still
under investigation.

Fire damage was contained to the bedroom. The rest
of the suite sustained smoke damage.

The suite was not equipped with a smoke detector.
The tenants were not insured.

A trust fund has been set up for the suite’s three resi-
dents. To contribute to the fund ask for the Sherry
Casieel trust fund at the Bank of Montreal’s 15th Street
and Lonsdale Avenue branch.

Bikes stolen

MOUNTAIN BIKE thefts are sky-rocketing, according
to a West Vancouver Police spokesman.

Since April 20, the police have recorded 31 mountain
bike thefts in the West Vancouver erea.

The bikes are valued at $32,025 in total.

In most cases the bicycles are being lifted from in-
secure underground parking lois, yards, open carports
and insecure garages.

The police advise cyclists to lock up their bikes or risk
losing them.

Density change

THE OLD North Vancouver City library site at 135
West 12th St. will be redesignated high density residential
if city council approves ar amendment to its Official
Community Plan.

A public hearing on the issue of increasing the site’s
density has been scheduled for June 15 at 7:30 p.m. in

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council chambers at city hail, 141 West I4th St.

NVC lobbied for Cypress
Bowl expansion support

IN AN effort to rally sup-
port for a proposed $40
million upgrade of his
company’s Cypress Bowl
recreation facilities in the
Cypress Bowl provincial
park, Cypress Bowl Recre-
ations Ltd. (CBRL) presi-
dent Wayne Booth outlined
CBRL’s plan to North
Vancouver City Council on
June }.

By Pamela Lang
Contributing Writer

The privately-funded plan must
be approved by the provincial en-
vironment ministry before CBRL
can proceed with an upgrade that
includes:

@ new permanent structures;

@ new skj runs;

® additional parking,

@ access to the facilities for the
physically disabled.

Although CBRL wants no fi-
nancial support from the city,
company representatives are hop-
ing city council will back their
plan by registering city support
for the expansion with the provin-
cial government.

Booth told city council that
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youth, and with the expansion, he

said, the company would become |®

‘the largest employer of disabled
people in the Lower Mainland.

The controversial parts of the
plan include:

@ increasing from 600 to 700 hec-
tares the area of the B.C. Parks-
owned land on which CBRL
operates its facilities;

@ logging 21 hectares of old-
growth forest;

@® extending West Vancouver's
sewage system to accommodate
the facility.

When questioned by Ald. Stella
Jo Dean about the need to log
part of the park, Booth said that
although some trees will be selec-
tively logged, another 126 hectares
would be reforested.

CBRL was awarded a 50-year
lease in 1984 from the provincial
government to operate what had
been the government-run Cypress
Bow! ski facilities; it has a 50-year
renewal option to operate recre-
ation facilities within the provin-
cial park.

City council sent the CBRL
master plan to city engineer
Chuck Gale for comment.

THAT’S HOW MANY
CANADIANS ARE LAWN
BOWLERS .

THE WEST Vancouver
District 45 School Board
(WVSB) will spend about
$22,000 to send its superin-
tendent back to school.

By Surj Rattan
News Reporter

The WVSB has agreed to allow
Doug Player to study at San
Diego State University for six
weeks during the summers of 1992
and 1993 and to take a six-month
educational leave of absence from
January 1994 to June 1994,

Player will be studying for a
doctorate degree in education.

WVSB chairman Barbara
Howard said Player will still stay
in close contact with District 45 by
fax and electronic mail; he will
also be on call for consultation

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NEWS BRIEFS going back to school for doctorate

and in the district during the an-
nual District 45 budget process.

District 45 funding for Player
covers only the working weeks he
will be absent from the district at
60% of his current salary.

Player will also have his salary
frozen for two years untif June
30, 1993, and his grant must be
repaid on a pro-rata basis if:

@ Player is unsuccessful in his
studies;

@ he decides to Seave District 45;

@ he decides to leave District 45
up to three years after completing
his degree.

Player said he is looking for-
ward to going back to school.

“J think every organization
should be a learning organization
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learners,"’ said Player. ‘‘I'm cer-
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it.”

Howard said WVSB’s policy is
to encourage and support profes-
sional development of district
staff. She added that keeping
abreast of new technology and
methods in education provides a
dicect benefit to District 45 stu-
dents,

“The board has allowed Mr.
Player this opportunity to return
to school, (it) commends his
commitment to further his knowl-
edge and expects this experience to
be an important contribution to
our school system,’’ said Howard.

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