ai Biss tee ee SER ee tet cere Mabe ee DN E81 OEE EE AS POSET ES SON po eth Ee ET og RT a me tony an OO PARC TEIN AMIS ch te peta PERSE Oe lpagnee Ten LIAR RA SERA ETL BEG LP TRIE AERIAL OA PIONERO PTE ELSTON A EEE SEIT, RAR ERROR EON SI ’~ Hutchinson, *West Vancouver IN West Vancouver’s municipal election November 16 three aldermen are running for re- election against three challengers in the race for the three available one-ycar terins. ; Voters will also be casting their ballots for or against the approval of Sunday shoppiiig in the municipali- ty. ae: DAVID FINLAY Incumbent David Finlay, 54, has been a lawyer and a resident of West Vancouver fer the past 17 years. Mar- tied with two children, Finlay is seeking his fourth term as alderman. Citing survey, council’s alderman responsible for planning and development says controver- sial issues facing West Van- couver are few and far be- tween. He says, however, that he would like to see proper development of the Blue Bus depot into a ‘‘people place, “not something sterile’? and replacement of the present inbound steel girder . bridge spanning the Capilano River on: the’ eastern frontiers of the’ municipality with a four-larie bridge to match the" outbound four-laner to _ its immediate south. Finlay disagrees that West Vancouver. council is secretive or deaf to public concerns. He says he is in favor of Sunday shopping in the municipality only because area. merchants ‘are losing out: to other municipalities who now have it. DIANA HUTCHINSON “Also up for re-election. is _Diana Hutchinson. The 54- assistant is fourth -term. a West- Van- couverite for the past 27 years, is married and has three. children. Of major concern to her is the prudent development of the Ambleside area and its waterfront and in particular the soon to be vacated Blue Bus depot at the foot of I4th Street. Admitting council may have ‘‘slipped up’’ on the Cypress Creek issue, she says she is an advocate of public input to‘area deve’ opment. “Like the rest of council, “think “I’m ‘hard-working aid committed. 1 am-a peo- ple -person, 1 love to work with people.” ‘ year-old legal seeking -her the satisfaction | 50-year-old -sales ~ sentative Frank Beallie. ‘Married with one daughter, ~ are ali Hutchinson preferred to make no comment on the Sunday shopping issue, say- ing the issue will be decided by the people of West Van- couver, eoeoe From the status quo, 62- year-old incumbent Gordon Rowntree is chasing his third term. Married with a son and a daughter, the market- ing consultant has lived in West Vancouver for 31 years. Currently the alderman responsible for health and welfare in the municipality, Rowntree is also a director on the boards of both Lions Gate Hospital and the North Shore Union Board of Health. He wants to see, as an ad- junct to LGH, a medium- care facility built in one of the five West Vancouver locations, which he says are now being considered. GORDON ROWNTREE Rowntree also sees the congestion of West Van- couver streets by B.C, Ferry and Whistler Mountain traf- fic as a major problem fac- ing the municipality. Like Hutchinson, Rowntree would not give his stance on the Sunday shopp- ing issue. | eeece Third, challenger for one of the three available one- year aldermanic terms is repre- the 20-year West Vancouver resident is, of the’ three challengers, the most ‘vocal in his criticism of the current West Vancouver council and its policies. FRANK BEALLIE Saying he has attended council meetings regularly for the past four years, “more than most council members,’’ Beallie hammers away at what he sees as West Vancouver Council’s Jack of community priority and ten- tative decision-making abili- ties. “There are no individuals on the current council. They ef one mind as far as I’'m.concerned and they are ‘not representing the wishes of. those people who elected them.” Beallie says public awareness and interest in West Vancouver council and the municipality’s business will be stimulated by more open discussion and less in- camera council meetings. He is for Sunday shopping and against construction of any more highrises. eenes Cuthbert (Bert) Fleming, 62, a retired hardware store owner and resident of West Vancouver for 40 years is making another run at West Vancouver Council, he says, because it is time council got a transfusion of new aldermanic blood. “We just are not getting enough debate over issucs from the present council. The assumption is that everybody i is happy out here, but that is not the case.’ Fieming, a father of three, 3 - Wednesday, November 13, 1985 - North Shore News FACES AND THE IS§ UES istrict Council* points to recent controver- sies over the proposed con- struction of the debris pit on Cypress Creek and infill housing in West Vancouver as examples of dissatisfac- tion. CUTHBERT FLEMING A past president of such West Vancouver community organizations as the Ambleside Business Associa- tion and the West Vancouver Chamber of Commerce, Fleming is vehemently op- posed to Sunday Shopping. He wants improved flood control measures for West Vancouver, tighter control! of school spending in the district, and a stronger bid in the community to provide facilities that will attract more young families. aeeen West Vancouver alder- manic candidate William Pesry, 54, says he is running, not so much to replace tired blood, but to add broader insights to the municipality's present direction. Minister at West Van- couver'’s Presbyterian Church for the past seven years, Rev. Perry is married with three children. Pointing to his three aldermanic terms served in Chilliwack, Perry says civic politics are one of his pas- sions, not a recent idle whim: “I have always served the community in which | live and that’s what I want to do in West Vancouver. WILLIAM PERRY. Perry, a member of the Social Planning Advisory Commission to West Van- couver, does say, however, that the municipality's business should be con- ducted in a more open man- ner by council. *Morth Vancouver School UNLIKE ITS West Vancouver counterpart, North Vancouver’s District 44 School Board has the semblance of a battle in the upcoming civic elections. ‘ The two one-year trustee terms in West Vancouver's District 45 were filled by ac- clamation as District 45 School Board ‘ chairman Margo Furk returned unop- posed and Barbara Howard, past president of the West Vancouver Parents’ Associa- tion, filled the other vacan- cy. Trustee Dawn Sikula did not seek another term. ROY DUNGEY In North Vancouver five candidates, three incumbents running under the Citizens Association for Responsible Education (CAREY slate and two independents, are seek- ing the three available two- year terms. Running under the CARE slate, incumbent Rev.. Roy Dungey, 44, has been a trustee on the North Van- couver board since 1980. An analyst with the Parole Board of B.C., Dungey is married with three children and has lived in North Van- couver for eight years. Of major concern to Dungey is the dwindling financial and planning autonomy of local school boards. : “We have been’ virtually reduced to the position of caretakers. The question is, are we going to be allowed to provide the education people in this area want or are we going to be catering to the lowest common denominator?”’ eseen Also seeking re-election under the CARE slate is the board’s present chairman Marg Jessup. A retired social worker and former director of the North Shore Family Services Society, Jessup, 66, is married and has one daughter. She has been a resident of North Vancouver for 30 years. Highest priority facing District 44’s schools, Jessup says, is education itself: ‘‘to educate our children to deal with the 2ist century, and more specifically, to main- tain our present quality of education under the current severe cutbacks we are fac- ing.”” Of the prevailing confron- tation that has one side of the District 44 board table lining up against the other over almost every issue, Jessup says she is trying to create a good working rela- tionship within the board, ‘‘ but I’m not causing the con- frontations so I don’t have all the solutions. My objec- tives are longterm, not just to win the little battles. Hassling over every small detail is counter-productive to our goal of maintaining the quality of education in this district.’ 3 x3 MARG JESSUP She says the board has done especially good work in providing special education facilities in North Van- couver. eceee Last of the three CARE incumbents is Squamish In- dian Band Chief Philip Joe. Chasing his fourth term, Joe, 49, is married with three children, one of whom is adopted.. Frugal with his words, the Squamish chief says he feels the board, despite occasional . batties within the ranks, has worked well through .a_— difficuit period of restraint. ' PHILIP JOE He says he is. working with the’ district to help instill a more comprehensive Native Indian curriculum into the area’s schools. eee0 Sue Cook, the = in- dependent challenger for a seat on North Vancouver’s school board, says she, is concerned about what she calls the political polariza- tion of the district’s board, which has resulted in “our kids being used as pawns’ t SUE COOK A single mother with three children the 38-year-old Cook has iived her entire life in North Vancouver, The realities of restraint, according to Cook, “should be ;handled with more re- sponsibility.”” She advocates making better use of school facilities in the immediate area, and paying closer at- tention to that large popula- ‘ tion of artistically inclined students who she says have been largely lost in the shuf- fle of catering to special needs students and high ac- ademic achievers. eseee Independent candidate Ernest Sarsfield says he is voter disinterest: avery. nately,’ we “have: ‘good’. stu- Board* fighting an uphill battle against more than what he says is the current board’s inefficiency, but an overall “When it comes to school board and municipal elections, North Vancouver city is dreadful for apathy.”’ Sarsfield, 58, has lived in North Vancouver for. 19 years and has retired after 15 years.as an engineer with Canadian Occidental Pet- roleum Ltd. Married with one child, he served as a trustee on the District 44 board from 1979 until 1981, when he was defeated by Chief Philip Joe. ERNEST SARSFIELD According to Sarsfield, education under the current board is being administered inefficiently: -Fortu- dents and good teachers in the district: The two have combined. for good’ educa- tion results thus, far, but we have classes, of 30 and 33 pupils and we ‘still have a ‘pupil-teacher ratio of 18 to one. To me that shows inef- ficiency. There are just not enough teachers in the - classrooms.”’ For polling locations see Friday's. . paper