my SURE EE NEWS photo Paul McGrath | Capilano fishing frenzy WITH THE saimon jumping, these fishing enthusiasts have a field day at the mouth of the Capilano River in West Vancouver. Continuing ed instructors join NV teachers’ union Contract talks stall over wages, education ‘quality’ THE NORTH Vancouver Teachers’ Association (NVTA) has certified about 50 continuing education instructors and will now bargain on their behalf for a first collective agreement. The certification follows a re- cent Industrial Relations Council (IRC)-supervised vote by the in- structors to join the NVTA. NVTA president Linda Watson said the vote results were released to the union last week. But those results have yet to be officially released by the IRC. “The vote was successful for us,’ said Watson. ‘‘We will be representing them (continuing By Surj Rattan News Reporter education instructors) and will now bargain for a separate con- tract.’” She added that the continuing education instructors first ap- proached the NVTA to discuss joining the union. Meanwhile, Watson said con- a TE ET Index B Alfluence & Influence. ..38 @Gary Bannerman ...... 9 Mi Classified Ads......-..- 40 B Cocktails & Caviar ..... 36 B Comics .........00 00066 32 W8 Editorial Page ......... 6 @ Fashion............--- 13 @ High Tech . M Horoscopes......--.--- 32 i Mailbox .............. 7 @ Miss Manners .30 @ Municipal Affairs 5 @ Road Blocks ... WwW @ Travel... 2... .33 @ Vintage Years ..... ..20 8 What's Going On ...... 21 Weather Sunday through Tuesday, mostly sunny. Highs near 19°C. Second Class Registration Number 3885 tract talks between the NVTA and the North Vancouver District 44 School Board (NVSB) are at a standstill. The union is negotiating for its second collective agreement with the NVSB. The first contract ex- pired in June. “Officially, we’ve broken off. (But) we're confident that we can get things colling again this month,”’ said Watson. She added that while ‘wages are a factor in any negotiations,” her membership is primarily con- See NVTA Page & Sunday. September 16. 1990 ~ North Shore News - 3 NEWS photo Pau! McGrath DAVID NEGRIN, spokesman for Grand Adex makes a bid to move in on Cypress Ridge Golf Ltd.'s lease for ‘‘a million dollars more” at Thursday's West Vancouver public meeting. WV meeting turns into heated course HEATED DEBATE con- tinued Thursday night at a West Vancouver public meeting over the en- vironmental impact of the proposed Cypress Ridge golf course. By MAUREEN CURTIS Contributing Writer The meeting at West Vancouver Secondary School had been scheduled to make public the details of the lease agreement be- tween West) Vancouver Council ard the golf course developers, but it turned into a forum for continued public debate over the 27-nole golf course proposal. {t also provided an opportunity for David Negrin, spokesman for Grand Adex (a company associated with Victor Li, son of Expo lands developer Li Ka-shing) to make another bid to move in on Cypress Ridge Golf Ltd.'s lease for ‘ta million dollars more.”* Grand Adex was not one of the five companies that bid on the development in 1988 following a call for tenders on the project, but Negrin claimed that council had an obligation to the citizens of West Vancouver to consider the company’s current proposal. “We intend to fit ihe golf course into the site, rather than impose it on the site,’ Negrin said. Following its own 10-day study, Grand Adex produced a_ large three-dimensional model showing a new golf course layout that Negrin claimed would save 69 acres of old-growth forest rather than the 22 acres set aside by Cypress Ridge Golf Ltd. But’ Cypress Ridge principal Frank Sojonky said, ‘*The only way you can do that would be to oolf debate Second development company offers $1m more for Cypress site create an effective clearcut.”’ And Sojonky’s partner, David Hynes wondered how Li Ka-shing would like it if the province sud- denly threw the Expo lands open to new bids. Cypress Ridge Golf Ltd. has invested about $400,000 in devel- oping their proposal, engineering, forestry and financial feasibility studies, While a number of golfers showed great enthusiasm for what they termed a much-needed facili- ty, others at the meeting con- tinued to speak against the pro- posal in any form. Fred Fenning of West Van- couver expressed concern about the development, which would be adjacent to the Cypress Bowl rec- reation area on Hollyburn Moun- tain, and its impact on Cypress Creek. And while the golf course idea has been discussed since the 1930s, with a study being done in 1973, Ken Fairhurst’ emphasized = that “that was a long time ago and we are now more aware of downslope effects." “Ecological awareness has changed dramatically since that time,’’ added Peter Buitenhuis, calling for a referendum on the subject. See Golf Page 5 News scoops SNA awards THE NORTH Shore News For the secend consecutive year the News took first place in the best entertainment section category. The award recognizes standards set in The North Shore Now weekly entertainment package of reviews, profiles and listings. Meanwhile, News reporter Elizabeth Collings won third place in the sports writing category. won several recently in the prestigious 1990 Suburban Newspapers of America (SNA) 1990 editorial contest. awards petition, And Terry Peters, News photography manager, picked up second place in the sports photo journatism com- News scooped first and second place awards in the best spot news photojournalism category. The SNA is a trade association comprised of ap- proximately 42 associate members and 180 companies publishing more than 1,200 suburban and community photographer f