the Greater Vancouver Kegional
District was to colour the water in
w€h,.the Capilano lake green, maybe the
citizens of the North Shore would sit
up and take notice as the colour of its
tax money is flushed over zhe spillway
of the Cleveland Dam.

Kesidents in the Upper Capilano
area have been concerned for some
time over the truck traffic thai will be
generated on Capilano Road during
the impending leak proofing of the
Cleveland Dam. When they learned
about the extent cf construction
_ involved in buildin; a proposed ozona-
ton plant at the dam some of them
began to evaluate all of the GVRD’s
water plans.

The citizens involved are not your
average NIMBYs and the expertise that
these civil engineers possess make their

north shore news

VIEWPOINT

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Their conclusion: the need for an
$85-million ozonation plant that is not
fully capable of disinfecting the waters
of Capiiane Lake «nd that will be ren-
dered redundant in approximately 20
years has yet to be justified. Moreover,
not building the ozonation plant
avoids turning the tourist attraction of
Cleveland Park into an industrial site.

North Vancouver District engineer-
ing staff agree. Using figures provided
by the GVRD, they argue that an alter-
native exists that would cost less and
provide equivalent or better water
quality than the ozonation plant. Will
the GVRD listen? Only if told to by its
politicians is our guess. And recent
cost-projection performances suggest
senior GVRD management is well used
to steering political opinion.

It’s time the public paid more atten-

YeP THERE 7 1S—ANOTHER
DECREPIT, RuSTeucKeT
FILLED WITH DESPERATE

Kl

. opinions worthy of debate.

you said fi
. . “The whole trial celebrated what a wonderful per-
on she is. The fact that she killed two people is just a
footnote to her whole glorious career.”
.. «Caz Simril; after Julia Campagna, the driver of the car
* that killed his daughter Monique Ishikawa, walked free
on Thursday. (From a Sept. 3 News story).
. a QQQ
: “Marry the wrong partner and one day is too long
“s— marry the right partner and a lifetime isn’t long
enough.” a
“Mary Ann Phillipson, on marriage. (From a Sept. 5
News seniors story.)
; aaa

: “It’s a substandard roadway. It’s just a huge lawsuit

:, waiting to be-launched.”
West Vancouver.councillor and engincer Russ Frascr,
on. the narrow ‘lanes proposed for the Stanley Park
| Causeway by the Vancouver Park Board. (From a Sepi. 5

News story.) .

“T's no use them screaming and pounding their lit-
tie feet now.” .

“Vancouver... Park... - Board chairman Alan
Fetherstonchaugh, on North Shore residents who opposed
a-third Burrard Inlet crossing and who have, he says, no

“right to complain about ze narrow lanes proposed for the
Stanley Park causeway. om the same Sept. 5: News story.)
- oO a | . ai .

, “It can’t be afraid of cows — one rider goes into the
herd and sends them charging down, and then there's
15 cows'with their tails up, hellbent right at you.” _

Whitey: Dsopko, West Van cowhand and cow-penning
competitor. at this year’s PNE,.on the qualities needed
from: a good cattle horse. fon a@ Sept..3 News story)
“We're like a microcosm of the Horseshoe Bay ferry
issue. Victoria doesn’t care. It’s like big brother, The
want to’ niake more money, so they'll ‘saddle us wi
blems. “If, it--inconveniences people, to hell with
them.” ee wee .
E West:.Van‘resident Bino Anand, on Blendl’s restaurant
obtaini

* Marth Shore News, founded in 1969 as an
independent suburban newspaper and uatfied
under Schedule 111. Paragraph 134 of the

" Excise Tax Act, iS published each Wednesday,
Friday and Sunday by HCN Publications
Company and distnteted to ever; door on the

provincial liquor licenice. (From a Sept. I News.”

tion to the GVRD bureaucracy.

‘Have a ball rig

WHAT to do for an encore?
The recurring problem faced by
all annua! festivities, from
Christmas and Canada Day to
the Spuzzum fall

fair.
Happily, 1999 has
solved that problem for
the North Shore’s own
unique farewell to-sum-
mer fun — one whole
week after Labour Day
sternly reminds the rest
of North America that,
trom Tuesday onward,
life is once again grim
and carnest.
This year marks the
20th anniversary of the Coho ¥estiva!
and president Jim MacCarthy’s organiz-
ing committee has pulled out all the
stops to make it a memorable occasion,

with a whole raft of new. attractions.

For the first time the celebration will
extend over two weeks — actually four
weeks if you include the impressive
mixed media exhibition “Our Salmon,
Our Children, One Earth” by 30 top
artists — on display at West Van Ferry
House Gallery since Aug. 24 and con-
tinuing until Sept. 12. Don’t miss!

Meanwhile, the big new feature all
this coming week in Park Royal South
will be the Coho Festival Photo
Exhibition of North Shore waterways

~ scenes and fisheries activities.

Then all the following week of
Sept.13 the ever-popular school stu-
dents’ Coho Art Show will be on dis-
play in Park Royal mails — winding up
on Saturday, Sepz.18, with a Students’

aes fig *
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Creative Servioes Director
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Tag Day to raise funds for salmonid
educational programs.

But the climax, as always, is Coho
Festival Sunday —- this year Sept. 12 —
with its 10 hours of non-stop fun and

interest centred on
Ambleside Park.
For the super-fit, the
i4-km Coho Run
from Kits Beach (360
entrants last year),
with pancake break-
fasts and prizes on
arrival.
For the fairly fit, the
eight- or five-km
Coko Walks (in 1998
over 4,500 partici-
pants) down to the
park along the banks of the Capilano,
with shuttle buscs all morning to the
start points.

At the park itself, from noon
onward, have a mayor, councillor or
MLA cook and serve your dinner at the
famous celebrity-chefs salmon barbecue
(1,400 meals done to a turn last year).
Relax in the beer garden. Enjoy non-
stop stage cntertainment, together with
sports and beach activities all day, spe-
ctal events, games for the kids and envi-
ronmental displays.

All of it as you soak up (hopefully!)
the gentle fate-summer sun — nine out
of 10 Coho Eestival Sundays to date
have been bathed in warm, sunny

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to fall!’

North Shore salmonid cducation pro-
grams and salmonid enhancement pro-
jects. ‘. ‘
On total 1998 revenues of $42,450
the festival realized a net income of | *
$8,330. :
Added to accumulated reserves from
carlier years, this made possible dona- -
tions over the past 12 months of grants
totalling $10,500 for 'salmonid studies _
in North and West Van schools, and tor
volunteer salmonid enhancement:activi-'’
ties by Scymour Saimoni:t Society and.
by West Van “and North Van’: ..
Streamkeepers. . Per
This year in particular — with its.
alarming drop in the number of spawn---
ing salmon — the efforts of the Coho ~
Festival’s dedicated voluntcers become ;
more important than ever. 0s tp
So these next two weeks “have ball
right up to fall.” 2 SP
And | as you enjoy the festival's

many:
events, enjoy also the nice, warm' feeling

t.

that you’re doing your own bit to lure. -

back our precious salmon in‘the years’
ahead! Coles

: oon BOD
MANY HAPPY- RETURNS of tomo
row, Sept. 6, to. West Van Kiwanis: birth-
day boy Paul Johannes®.;..And wish
that again Tuesday, Sept..7 to:his fel
Kiwanian Steve Knight.

weather. Could this be Nature’s way of |

saying “Thank you for helping: me?”
For the serious side of the Coho
Festival, ever since it was 2 twinkle in
founder Mike Niceil’s eye back in the .
late 1970s, is its dedication to funding

WRIGHT OR WRONG: Try to fix :
the mistake, not the blame.” s

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