JACK MOUNCE from the West Vancouver Memorial Library (left) and campaign director Glen Boyd NEWS photo Mike Wakefioid prepare to raise a 48-foot banner as part of the library's $4.75 million fund-raising campaign. WEST VAN MEMORIAL LIBRARY janner raising heralds fund-raising campaign WEST VANCOUVER residents know what’s happening at the popular West Vancouver Memorial Library now that a huge banner on the building’s roof heralds the news. **Special Edition: The excite- ment is building for your West Vancouver Memorial Library’* tells citizens about the campaign that should raise $4.75 million to rencvate and expand what has become Canada’s busiest library per capita of population. Mayor Don Lanskail and fellow aldermen have declared October ‘Library Month in West Vancouver.”’” The public appeal for funds will be officially taun- ched at a massive, all-day cele- bration this Sunday, Oct. 29. The Municipality of West Vancouver has allocated $1.2 RAYNARD million for the project and will match every dollar raised by the community up to an additional $1.2 million. The planned project will add a structure to the east and another to the west of the present library, a pavilion on top of the present parking deck, and a complete reorganization and moderniz- ation of the existing facility. The Memorial Library is one of North America’s most heavily used libraries, with activity levels 50 per cent higher than the Lower Mainland average on a per capita basis. The library, which was begun in 1950 with 3,000 books and a staff of three, now has a staff of 60 who oversee 185,000 books and thousands of pieces of sup- port information. More than 30,000 people now pass through the building every month, and are expected to bor- row more than 765,000 items this year and pose 100,000 reference questions. John Humphries, Dr. Robert Wyckham and James MacCarthy are three members of the com- mittee running the campaign from a special office on the premises, says campaign director Glen Boyd. 3 - Wednesday, October 25, 1989 - North Shore News P&T THEATRE UNAFFECTED Ticket takers locked out at 6 B.C. cinemas MONDAY’S LOCKOUT of unionized ticket takers and candy counter clerks at six Cineplex-Odeon movie theatres around B.C. will have a minimal effect on North Shore cinema operations, according to a representative of the Cineplex-Odeon and Famous Players theatre chains. John Nixon said Tuesday the companies’ lockout would only apply to the three-screen Odeon theatre on Marine Drive in West Vancouver, which was closed in- definitely following the initial Oct. Hl lockout of unionized projec- tionists at 42 cinemas around B.C. Ticket takers, ushers and candy counter clerks at the Park and Tilford Cineplex-Odeon are non- union and therefore not included in the most recent lockout. The B.C. Government Employees Union (BCGEU), which represents the unionized theatre workers, launched a strike against Famous Players theatres, including the Park Royal cinemas, on Friday. By Tuesday, Players theatres BCGEU picket lines. Unionized projectionists, repre- sented by the International Alli- ance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators Local 348, re- main locked out at all 42 Cineplex-Odeon and Famous Players theatres around B.C. As of Tuesday, the two theatre chains were operating 34 of those cinemas using replacer .t staff, Guake shakes From page 1 Famous eight behind were crete ramp when the earth began to rumble. “It was pretty incredible. You Start fearing for yourself. There were bits of dust coming from the cement and then you could see waves of concrete coming towards us. And then it’s over and you’re left fuil of adrenaline. After it was over there was a dead calm,’’ he said. Large lamp standards ringing the stadium swayed back and forth in the aftermath. “Those were waving pretty good. After it was all over, people started cheering, believe it or not. These guys were having a good time.”’ The full impact of the quake didn’t sink in until McBratney left the stadium to return to his friend’s home above the Marina District. ‘‘The drive home was pretty wild. The power was out. People were directing traffic. The mayor and a hospital ad- ministrator were calling in volun- teers over the radio,”’ he said. While his friend’s home suffered no damage, McBratney spent a sleepless night while the quake aftershocks rolled in. The next day McBratney went to the Marina District to take in the scene. ‘From my perspective, | Business Classified Ads......... Comics................54 North Shore Now.......28 including Park Royal and Park and Tilford. Nixon said replacement workers have been staffing the Park Royal theatre since the projectionists were locked out. **So basically it will be business as usual,’’ Nixon said. Unionized ticket takers and theatre clerks are currently paid between $6.44 and $7.83 per hour. The Industrial Relations Council recently ruled that the two theatre chains breached the law when they locked out the 90 projectionists by failing to negotiate in accordance with the Industrial Relations Act. But an IRC panel refused, in an interim decision, to order an end to the lockout after stating that the breach was not sufficient violation to nullify the lockout. The IRC is scheduled to reconvene its hearing into the mat- ter on Nov. 3. Nixon added that while there were no current plans to reopen the West Vancouver Odeon theatre during the labor dispute, ‘“‘if we feel we can find the staff and pro- vide the level of service we feel wouid be acceptable, then we will reopen it.” up observers think it would be hard to be right there when people were being ex- tricated. They had tandems of ambulances and fire trucks moving from district to district. It looked really well organized. (But) a disaster is a disaster. We could handle the roof collapse at Metrotown, but the trouble with a major earthquake is access. A hospital could still be functional, but not accessible. Communication seemed to be the big thing to cail in off-duty personnel and volun- teers.’” According to Peterson, the lesson of San Francisco’s quake is that the North Shore disaster response plan requires regular testing, an infusion of trained vol- unteer and emergency responders and public self-help education. Said Peterson: ‘‘We have an urgent training need on the North Shore for about 300 people to provide the initial response — from volunteers, fire, police, am- bulance, search and rescue, pecpie trained in site management, stress counselling, site coordination. We're not unique, all of the municipalities share this problem.”’ Peterson also called for the systematic structural analysis of buildings and public infrastruc- ture. WEATHER ce | Wednesday and Thursday, rain. Highs near 12°C.