Page 4, June 6, 1979 - North Shore News CCA claims credit. for tax drop FROM PAGE 1 Burbidge emphasized the importance the board and its staff attach to the work of establishing the school district's annual budget of approximately $44 million. Much care, he said, is taken to ensure that both the _Students and taxpayers of North , Vancouver receive the maximum educational value for each dollar spent. For that purpose he noted that the board had recently set up a committee whose sole function is to review school programs and ex- penditures. For more than a year the North Van School Board has been under regular attack from the militant Concerned Citizens Association for alleged extravagance and excessive educational costs. Club gets At last November’s school board elections the CCA successfully fielded two candidates of its own — Ernie Sarsfield and David Craig -- who now serve on the board. The CCA claims that any relief in school taxes for the individual taxpayer is due, at least in part, claim denied by Burbidge and other non-CCA trustees. Special targets of the CCA have been the costs of ad- ministration , and “frills” at a time of declining enrolment. Non-CCA trustees con- tend that they already cut costs to the bone, consistent with maintaining a high — quality of education -- which they suggest would suffer if all CCA demands were met. - OK for licence A private recreational club got the green light from North Vancouver District council Monday to serve liquor. Council considered a request from Lions Gate Racquets Club for municipal approval of its application to the provincial Liquor Control and Licencing Branch for a Class “Ac-diquor licence.. Such :a_ licence would permit the serving of. all types of alcoholic: drinks for consumption on the premises for any 14 hour period between 9 a.m. and 2 a.m. and between the hours of noon and 10 p.m. on Sundays. The club has been in operation for three years, has about 750 members and has usually, in the past, secured special permits for the serving of alcoholic beverages. Lenna | Jones, municipal social planner, in a report to. ‘council, indicated that she knew of no complaints raised by nearby residents on those occasions and added that this was generally true of all other social clubs within the municipality. Council adopted her recommendation that application for a Class “A” licence be’approved, subject to limiting the number of patrons to 75 and the hours of operation to no later than 12 midnight. Reunion at former boom town Former residents of Hedley, east of Princeton, will hold a_ reunion this August to recall the heyday of the town and its nearby mines which yielded more than $50 million in gold during the first half of the century. Ironically, the former boom town now is such a small community today that the reunion has been booked in Penticton to ensure sufficient accommodation. The beginnings of Hedley were actually shaped by the first claims on nearby Nickel Plate Mountain in 1894. But it was gold not nickel that everyone was secking. By 1899 the areca was covered with claims and a com- munity was established named after R.R. Hedley, manager of the smelter at Nelson. Any former Hedley resident now living in the North Shore areca who wishes to attend the reunion should contact Mr. Jack C. Moore, 14616 - ILIA Avenue, Surrey, B.C. The reunion will be held at the Penticton Peach Bowl Convention Centre, August 18, 1979. to its own. continuing campaign — a-° school - the . THE BUG STOPS HERE. This Volkswagen used North Vancouver Cli: Hall for a » stopping block Friday evening, when it apparently rolled from the library parking lot down an embankment. There was no damage and the car was towed out. (Terry Peters photo) FROM PAGE 1 _ It is believed the man was armed with a .357 calibre handgun. The spokesman said the man jumped over the counter and rifled three cash drawers, and then escaped by running out of - the ’ building and up a stairwell to the north. This stairwell, the spokesman said, exits onto the first and second levels of parking, approximately in the centre of North Park Royal. He said a vehicle may have been parked here which the robber used for to make his getaway. WHITE MALE SUSPECT The suspect the police are looking for is described as being a white male, about 20 to 30 years old, and ap- proximately five feet 10 inches high and weighing 150 pounds. The man, who was of medium build, is said to have a” KEEP COOL THIS SUMMER 20% OFF ants * AWNINGS * PATIO COVERS * SOLAR BRONZE GLASS * ALUMINUM REPLACEMENT THERMO WINDOWS * OPENING SKYLITES Phone now for a free estimate and save ALUMINAIRE INDUSTRIES LTD. 182 Pemberton, North Vancouver 986-6022 been wearing a grey hooded sweater, blue cord pants, and at the time of the holdup was wearing a grey or beige mask. 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