for Cypress Mountain THE SAVE Cypress Bowl] Committee (SCBC) is taking its gloves off in a fight for free access to wilderness in Cypress provincial park. Committee members, are organizing a March 1 ski-in on Cypress Mountain to protest what they say is the illegal blockade of wilderness areas in the provincial park. Lawyer John Beltz, SCBC spokesman, said the ski-in has been arranged not just for SCBC members, ‘‘but for everyone who is interested in preserving the wilderness, and for everyone who is interested in seeing that the park is not given away.’”’ Beltz, a member of the original Mews Report SCBC, which fought to save the Cypress and Hollyburn Ridge areas from logging in the late 60s and early 70s, said the committee’s current fight boiled down to the same thing: ‘‘The area is in danger of being taken away from the public.’’ In a Feb. 14 News story, SCBC chairman Lynn Von Krosigk said free access to wilderness trails of NEWS photo Mike Waketleld NORTH VANCOUVER City firefighters probe the ceiling of a home at 228 Acacia Tree Place to make sure that a fire, which was discovered there, did not creep along the walls and ceiling. The cause of the fire has yet to be determined. LYNN VALLEY CONCERNS McDonald's drive-through re-routed NORTH VANCOUVER District Council is exploring ways to re-route a controversial McDonald’s drive-through in Lynn Valley. In response to neighborhood concerns about increased traffic from the proposed drive-through, district engineer John ‘Bremner came-up with three alternative routes that would divert drive- through traffic from residential streets and re-route it onto Lynn Valley Road — a major thorough- fare. While the alternatives would solve many residential concerns, Bremner said all three options would biock off or realign some residential streets, restricting access onto Lynn Valley Road. By NEIL LUCENTE Contributing Writer Council will prepare a report exploring how the re-routing op- tions would affect the residential area. McDonald’s, a prospective te- nant of the $1.8 million develop- ment, says it will pull out if council turns down its request for a drive- through. Developers of the site say the project may sink as a result. A vocal group of area residents the provincial class A park, guar- anteed by the provincial Parks Act, was being denied the public by management of Cypress Bowl Recreations Ltd. (CBRL). The private company was awarded a licence to operate the mountain's ski facilities in 1984. Interpretation of that licence by CBRL, and the boundaries con- trolled therein, Von Krosigk said, required wilderness hikers pay for access to backwoods areas, because they must cross groomed cross-country trails to get to those areas. * JOHN BELTZ But CBRL general manager Wayne Booth has said that though wilderness hikers and cross-coun- try skiers might not use those specific groomed trails, they do use other mountain facilities and therefore should help pay the ap- proximate $400,000 annual cost of maintaining such facilities as roads and parking lots. Beltz said Friday that mountain management has stepped up its obstruction of wilderness access to include snowshoers and cross- country skiers, who cross downhill runs in attempts to reach Black and Strachan mountain trails. ‘‘They’re now stopping everybody wearing skis anywhere in the park,"’ Beltz said, ‘‘and they have no such authority. It is a complete breach of the Parks Act and section 387 of the Criminal Code.”” He said people are realizing that they have rights to public park ac- cess, and he added he had 80 signatures of hikers and skiers who planned to attend the March 1 ski-in. See Licence Page 5 are urging district council to reject the proposed drive-through. Several aldermen spoke in favor of approving the drive-through at Monday’s council meeting. Ald. Stephen McMinn said McDonald’s would create jobs for Lynn Valley youths, and urged council to grant the restaurant chain its drive-through. Ald. Craig Clark agreed. “We're talking about a very minor amendment to the develop- ment,” said Clark. ‘‘There are jobs to be created. The entire complex is being held up by this minor amendment."’ Council voted to refer the matter to its next regular council meeting scheduled for March 10. 3 ~ Wednesday, February 26, 1986 - North Shore News Feds give | budget today FEDERAL Finance Minister “Michael Wilson wilt bring. down’ his:* federal budget for. the 1986-87 fiscal year today.’ ; . Of the. many problems besetting the Canadian economy, the. . most serious,. according to B. Cc. resource industry spokesmen, is the country’s deficit. . : ‘According to government figures, “the. et. federal Confederation will be av. estimated $225.2 billion by the end of the. . 1985-86 fiscal year March a Annual cost of servicing that ‘debt is ; $26 billion. w Total annual budget deficit ‘for ‘the 985-86 fiscal year s $33. 8 , billion, according to government figures. : ; The finance minister will deliver his Sndget to the “House of a Commons at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Standard timie or 1:30 p:m. locally: The North Shore News will carry futl coverage, of the budget ft in, its Feb. 28 edition.