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September 18, 1983 Classified 986-6222

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wear a hard hat.

side to pick flowers.

By WENDY HAYSOM

The reason? Their West
Vancouver home at 6090
Marine Drive now backs on
to the ninth tee at Gleneagles
’ Golf Course and all summer
it rains golf balls on them.

Carrell has been hit three
times and his wife has come
‘within inches of being wal-
-loped by balls which come
flying over the top of the
house without warning.

‘*We can’t put up with it
any more. We've had to give
up our yard because it is
simply too dangerous to go
out,’’ Mrs. Carrell told the
North Shore News this week.

Monday their plight went
to West Vancouver Council
which considered a_ letter
from Mrs. Carrell appealing
for action and compensation
for damages.

‘“*The present situation,’
she wrote, ‘‘with the balls
coming in from on high like
bombs, is untenable. We
would appreciate your atten-
tion to solving this problem,
so that we may be able to en-
joy the use of our yard and
garden again without fear of
injury.’’

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‘Seeks relief from
ninth tee barrage

WHEN JACK Carrell tends his garden he has to

On sunny days his wife Grace is afraid to go out-

Last month (August) she
saw a boy visiting at a neigh-
bor’s.home hit on the head by
a golf ball which came over
the top of the house. ,

She urged immediate ac-
tion ‘‘before there is a serious
accident.’’

Director of Parks and Rec-
reation Frank Kurucz
reported to council that the
problem of golf balls on
private property had become
acute since the golf tees at
Gleneagles had been rear-
ranged. Protective netting
around the club has deterio-
rated and in some places rot-
ted away, he said. He told
Council that the netting
would be replaced and this, it
was hoped, would solve the
problem.

After the meeting he said
that some netting had been
installed already, there were
more nets to: come and if this
wasn’t enough his depart-
ment would take ‘‘further ac-
tion’’ next year.

Mrs. Carrell, who was not
aware of any new netting so
far installed, agreed that the
situation had got a lot worse
over the last couple of years
especially since the relocation
of the 9th tec.

West Van council

takes week off

WEST VANCOUVER residents. Bet a break from

municipal politics this week.

Because of the annual convention of the Union of
B.C. Municipalities, held last week in Penticton, there

will be no meeting Of West Van municipal council Mon-
day evening.

The regular schedule of weckly meetings resumes a
week from Monday to Sept. 26