AlO - Wednesday, June 29, 1983 - North Shore News

inquiring
reporter
ee
by
Ellsworth
Dickson

The libraries in the City and District of
North Vancouver are very popular places
and cater to a wide variety of people differ-
ing in ages and interests.

Today’s question is:

“What do you think of
the North Vancouver
libraries?"

Stanley Dzuba
North Vancouver

For a small city, I think
our libraries are ex-
cellent. The service is
great and they have lots
of periodicals. No com-
plaints.

Dorothea Matewish
North Vancouver

I think the North Van
libraries are a_ terrific
source of information. |
find the staff is always
courteous. They seem to
really like their work.
They have much on B.C.
and other good reference
books as well.

W .J. Busch
North Vancouver

They have been
treating me very well |
do genealogy research
and the hbrary staff have
been very helpful They
have got informaton for
me from back East

Jeasic Crute
North Vancouver

1 think they have a
great selection of books
Also, you are not
restricted to taking out
three or whatever The
staff are pleasant I find
the City library quite han
dy

Lori Phillips
North Vancouver

Louse the childrens see

fron often I tthe the
selection of books and the
story Gime they offer for

the children TF also like

the various interesting
people the bbrary brings
in for declares  stomes

and so on

HOLLYBURN Country
Club's plan to put up a bub-
ble housing four new tennis
courts was given conditional
approval by West Van-
couver council Monday.
Council agreed to give the
club the go-ahead provided

an agreement can be worked
out between the club and
municipal officials concern-
ing a tree trimming program
in the area of the new courts.

Council wants the club's
assurance that, in addition to
landscaping, it will under-
take a tree topping program
to benefit neighbours who

Kids of 11 ‘not
responsible’

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He also urged them to op-
pose costly record-keeping
changes and to support the
provincial government stand
that there must be federal
funding to pay for the addi-
tional costs involved.

Unwilling to go that far
without further study of the

issues involved, council
voted to table Lester's
recommendations until it

meets with representatives
of the solicitor-general's of-
fice and the British Colum-
bia Police Commission.

Summarizing the changes,
Lester explained that from
April 1985, 12 to 17 year olds
would be considered
juvenile offenders instead of
8 to 16 year olds.

“Is it correct to say that an
11-year-old has no
understanding of right and
wrong and therefore should
not be punished or corrected
for his or her misdeeds?”
asked Lester.

“The act makes no provi-
sion for parental respon-
sibility. An L1-year-old can
shoot anybody and not be
held accountable,” he claim-
ed.

Lester estimates that the
changes will cost West Van-
couver an additional
$212,000 in 1984 and, in
1985, may be as much as
$528,000 above this year’s
costs.

“While the intent of the
act may be laudable, 1 1s
another example of
bureaucracy gone wild in the
semor levels of government
with the cxpense transferred
to the local government.”
said Lester

He pomted out that,
although the changes would
be discussed by the Union of
British Columbia
Mumecipalites in the fall, it

was the eleventh hour
because the act had been
passed and was waiting only
for proclamation before it
would go into effect.

But Alderman Doreen
Blackburn, who put forward
the tabling motion, felt that
the issues were too complex
for council to understand
without further study:

“Our municipal manager
is rightly concerned but this
is a very, very important act.
The main purpose of it is to
make young people more ac-
countable for their actions,”
she said.

To this end the federal and
provincial governments have
been studying the proposals
for change for about six
years, she added.

“We must have more in-
formation in front of us
before we take a stand on
the pros and cons.” she said.

However, Mayor Derrick
Humphreys would have lik-
ed to make 2 more im-
mediate protest.

“There are those who
think, and ] am one of them,
that if the present bill goes
through, it will be so expen-
sive and cause so much delay
that the delivery of justice
will get totally bogged
down,” he said.

Rugby club
gets home

CAPILANO Rugby Club has
been granted permission to
build and lease a $65 000
clubroom addition to the
caretakers cottage at
Klahame Park West Van
couver council has approved
ino oprinciple the project.
which will be constructed
with the amd of votunteer
labour club members

it’s summer
fun-time.

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Club to get bubble, provided...

will be most affected by the
bubble. Several of them
complained to council that
they have lost their views
because of the overgrowth of
alder on club property.

Club president Tom
Baillie said that it was in the
club's best interest to live in
harmony with its
neighbours: “We are anxious

to go ahead with this plan
and I am confident an agree-
ment can be worked out,” he
said.

Once an agreement is
made, council will finally
adopt the bylaw changing
the land use contract to
allow the bubble at its next
meeting (July 11).

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