undarave overhaul to start in spring DEVELOPING a sense of community within a historical comtext is one of the main objectives of the $710,000 Dun- darave Revitalization project. Another objective, Dundarave Business Association president Gordon Clark recently told West Vancouver District Council, is to gain a higher level of support from focal residents and become a “must-see’’ attraction to visitors, Architect Karl Gustafson outlin- ed some of the changes that will help create more of a comfortable village atmosphere in Dundarave. Large, old-fashioned black lamps with brass tops will Jine the street, along with trees and planters. Seating and bus stop enclosures will all help to create a more com- By MAUREEN CURTIS Contributing Writer fortable environment, according ta Gustafson. Mid-block pedestrian walks will connect Marine Drive with adja- cent alleys on both sides. Parking areas will be more clearly indicated and a sense of pateway or entrance to Dundarave will be created. The revitalization project has created such local support that res- idents on the 2400 block of Bellevue and Haywood Avenues have agreed to Share the cost of the program, “Ht is quite unique and signifi- cant because it shows that business and hemeowner can co-exist and cooperate in areas of mutual con- cerns,'° Clark told council members. In conjunction with this work, which will begin by March 1988, the municipality has plans to ex- tend the seawall tn 28th Street and upgrade the local park. The cost to local property owners will be just over $530,000, “Etake great pleasure in this and share the excitement you feel," commented Ald. Mark Sager, whose family once owned a business in the area. NEWS photo Tom Burley IT’S A girl! Martha McDonald rang in the New Year by giving birth to the North Shore’s first baby of 1988. Baby ‘“‘M’? —~ Martha and husband Ian have not decided on a name yet — was born Jan. | at T:16 a.m at Lions Gate Hospital. The seven-pound, 10-ounce infant is the second child of the Mcionulds. The B.C. Medical Association presented the McDonalds with a car seat. News sponsors financial MONEY MAKES _ news. And people need advice about money to help them manage their own finances effectively. So the North Shore News is sponsoring the first Financial News Seminar, which will be held Jan. 18 at 7 p.m. in North Vancouver's Centennial Theatre. “We have had such a lot of in- terest in Mike Grenby’s column that it has shown me there really is a need for objective information on personal money matters,’’ said North Shore News publisher Peter Speck. ‘T feel that putting on a public seminar is a wonderful way for the North Shore News to develop its relationship with its readers, by providing a meaningful service.”’ Speck said the Financial News Seminar will feature a slide pres- entation by Grenby, the nationally known author and personal finan- cial adviser whose award-winning Dollars and Sense column appears regularly in the North Shore News. seminar NEWS publisher Peter Speck...‘‘a need for objective information on personal money matters." Certified general accountants at the seminar will give tax advice as well as individualized projections of retirement income. And representatives of local companies providing financial ser- vices will also be on hand. Weather: Wednesday and Thursday, mainly cloudy with isolated snow flurries. Highs near 3°C. INDEX Business ............ 18 Classified Ads........27 Doug Collins......... 9 Comics wseeee 26 & Dr. Ruth. ‘ Editorial Page........ 6 Food ..... 205 Bob Hunter.......... 4 Lifestylas............28 Mailbex............. 7 Sports.....5........ 13 TV Listings... What's Going On.....25 3. Wedaesdas, January 6. 1988 Oakalla fugitive charged in robbery ONE OF the six fugitives still at large from Oakalla prison to press time Tuesday was originally charged in connection with a hold-up attempt at a North Vancouver drugstore. , George Randall Gravelle, 39, was charged jotntly with Wallace Leon Graveile, 24, with two counts of robbery, one count of using a firearm during the commission of an indictabl< offence, and pointing a firearm in connection with an April 30, $987 incident in which two men altempted to rob the Queensdale Phaniwacy. Pharmacist Bettina Voigi’s Rottweiler dog was shot during the Jncident. George Gravelle escaped with 12 other Oaksila prisoners early New Year’s Day after a prisoner with a makeshift knife over- powered a guard. Seven of the fugitives have since been recaptured. ‘86, "87 drinking ' stats similar — - LOCAL POLICE. CovnterAtteck. rotdblock’: in tou force until . ” Jan. 3, are yielding similar infractions numbers to last year’s count. West Vanconver Police issued 17 charges of impaired driving and 25 24-hour rondside suspensions in December, For the entire month of December, 1986, the police department issued 16 charges, of in- paired driving and 31 24-hour roadside suspensions. From Dec. 8 on, North Vancouver RCMP stopped 4, 850 vehicles at roudblocks. The checks resulted in six charges of impaired deiv- ing, 13 24-hour roadside suspensions, three drug charges and 70 tickets for seatbelt infractions, defective vehicles and failure to produce driver's licences. “+¥e's about the same as last year. If anything, the number of cars checked Is up and the number of impaireds is a bit lower than fost year,’’ sald Cpl. Ewen Freethy. “Road checks are cot good producers. You don’ t have the driv-! “ing evidence. The ones you do get are blitred, ** he sald.” > building and cut into a safe. with. an acety : . ‘The Incident. ts the: second: “major: thef¢:at the: North. Vauicouver * ‘postal station in the past six ‘months. : Pollce believe the focal thefts : ae linked to. ai least six thefts: of- cash and stamps at six other NORTH. ‘VANCOUVER'S: Guy; Carscadden recently brought the ‘ Christmas spirit alive with an elaborate. Christmus’ display,~ and in the process collected $1,241.72 to add.,to. the /North Vancoaver District Fire Department Burn Unit fund-raising effoit. | “l had g hoot,’* said Carscadden, “1 saw things and felt. things” I'd only read about in Charles Dickens. : . Over 3,000 people visited the: display. att ‘Grand. ‘Boulevard... | ‘For 14: days, Carscadden stood in front. of, the display, ringing, up’ donations: “I had red overalls dnd a Santa’ hat on and shook ‘bells - until I was beyond it. Pm hoping for’ another’ Gu next year to help. serve coffee,”” he said. The display featured a topiary train at the North Pole, a six-foot Burnie the bear with electrical coin box, Frosty the snow man and family, anda nativity scene. ; North Shore News