8 - Friday, June 8, 1990 - North Sho * 7 Re Track project gets $95,000 boost FUNDING FOR the track and field project at West Vancouver Secondary School is closer to its $300,000 target after ceceiving a $95,000 Growth and Opportunities (GO B.C.) grant from the provin- cial government. Ry ELIZABETH COLLINGS News Reporter But the project still needs $60,000, says Don Fletcher, chairman of the West Vancouver community track and field fund- raising committee. And the overhauled track will still not meet standards that would qualify it to host provincial track meets. “We hope that the people of West Vancouver will come through,” Fletcher said, adding that the committee will start rais- ing the initial $45,000 by July so that the first stage of the project can start in August. West Vancouver District Councit re News EQS st eA Cent ARS Sean. HMETETE THAN ESF et and the West Vancouver School District 45 Board have signed a joint-use agreement that gives the district’s schocis priority use of the track and field facility until desig- nated times of day when it can be booked through the municipality. The rest of the funding raised so far includes a $50,000 contribution from the district and a commit- ment for $95,000 over the next two years from the school board. The West Vancouver Secondary School track is the only track and field facility in West Vancouver, and Fletcher said its gravel and cinder surface track is more than 30 years old. Although specifications have yet to be finalized, the new facility will be an all-weather track made of a resilient synthetic surface with five, four-foot wide lanes and six, four-foot wide lanes in the dash areas. The lanes are now three-feet wide. Improvements to the field facili- ties include installing a synthetic surface on the high-jump fan and on the pole vault and long jump Retailers Boost your ad budget with co-op advertising Most major manufacturers offer co-operative advertising plans. This means your purchases may have earned dollars which can pay all or some of your newspaper ad costs. It costs nothing but a phone call to find out about all available co-op advertising dollars you qualify for. CO-OP 980-0511 THE VOICE OF NONTH AND WEST VANCOUVER SUNDAY +» WEONESDAY + FRIDAY ANDREW COPPING of Sentinel Secondary hurdles over a GO B.C. cheque for $95,000 hefd by track and field athtetes Mark Ernsting of West Vancouver Secondary and Joanne Hatcher of Hillside. The grant helps boost the coffers for the upgrading project at West Vancouver Secondary’s track and field facility, but further funds are needed before the project meets its $300,000 target. F-A-S-T COLLISION REPAIRS CALL THE PROFESSIONALS AT “JAXYLORMOTIVE ~ 1959 LTD. FREE RENTAL COURTESY CARS B.C.A.A. APPROVED — A.R.A. CERTIFIED 1.C.B.C. VENDOR FOR ALL MAKES - QUALITY WORKMANSHIP aed TRUSTWORTHY SERVICE 174 PEMBERTON AVE. consuLTATiON NORTH VAN OR APPOINTMENTS 965-7455 NEWS photo Stuart Davis — 1 approaches. Fletcher said students will use the facility as a training facility, but, because the radius of the track doesn’t meet provincial standards, it will not be able to host sanction- ed track and field competitions. Dawn Copping, president of the NorWesters Track and Field Club and the committee’s secretary, said the project goes half way in meeting the NorWesters’ needs. “It will help us in that it will provide us with a training facility. We will have a safe surface to train on,’? she said, adding that the NorWester athletes have been forced to use the facilities of Richmond and Burnaby clubs because of the lack of safe training facilities on the North Shore. But the West Vancouver project falls short of a track and field fa- cility that would enable the NorWesters to host meets. “We will not have a place to compete and the high schools won’t have a place to compete because it is a training facility,” Copping said. PUBLIC NOTICE Residents of SQUAMISH, LIONS BAY, HORSESHOE BAY, WEST VANCOUVER AND NORTH VANCOUVER are advised that major construction activity has commenced on the BC Rail right-of-way between Squamish and North Vancouver, B.C., and will continue until August 31, 1990. This work is necessary to maintain and upgrade the railway line throughout this area. BC Rail further cautions that during and after the construction period, heavy equipment, work trains and/or other vehicles will be operating extensively in the | area. For safety reasons, residents and visitors are reminded that unauthorized use of the BC Rail right-of-way and other railway lands is extremely dangerous and prohibited by law under the Statutes of British Columbia. For further information, contact: Brian Ennis — BC Rail Engineering North Vancouver 984-5174 yw Summer SH Sleepwear 0 OFF Gowns, Babydolls, P.J.’s Jumpsuits to size 14 ft DREN'S CLOTHING C LYNN VALLEY CENTRE 988-7466 I 7 Bee mel ct Get eet Peel et Pert ™ Pel