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ICHRISTMAS
NEWS
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RECENT HEAVY rains proved a boon to kayak enthusiast Uwe Meyer. The rains raised the level of the Capilano River creating an especially wet

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LAST-MINUTE FUNDING PAVES WAY FOR 1989 OPENING

on fast track after al

THE PLANNED construction of a new Indian River area
elementary school is back on the fast track thanks to an
eleventh-hour announcement that an additional $30 million
is being made available this year for new school construc-
tion.

The announcement, made joint-
ly by Education Minister Tony
Brummet and Finance Minister
Mel Couvelier, and the subsequent

District is included in the funding
confirmation by the ministry's ac- has North Vancouver School

ting director of facilities and ser- District officials canfident a
vices that North Vancouver September 1989 opening for the

Dorothy Lynas Elementary School
is still feasible.

Just the day before the Nov. 2
announcement of additional fun-
ding, the school district received a
Ministry of Education letter fa-
dicating that funding for the con-
struction of the school would not
be released from the provincial
treasury board until April 1989.

The bad aews seemed to cancel
an earlier understanding the school
district had with the ministry that
construction funds would be

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released this year to accommodate
an early 1989 school construction
start.

But said zcLool district secretary
treasurer Leonard Berg: ‘‘Our last
word with the ministry officials
was affirmative and unequivocal
that we are included in the $30 mil-
lion.”

But Jean Hodgson, president of
the Seep Cove, Dollarton, Indian
River Community Association,
stated she “would really like to see
something in writing, the cheque

itself, or somebody starting to dig
a hole in the ground. ['d like to
think that the protince will wot
back out a second time."

Hodgson, whose association has
been lobbying for the schooi atong
with area parents caught by a lack
of sufficient elementary school
spaces in the rapidly growing
Seymour area, is concerned the
additional costs due to process
delays may provide one more hur-

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