at NEWS BRIEFS Fire injures NV man A QUICK response by North Vancouver City firefighters is being credited with confining a fire to one suite. recent apartment North Vancouver City Fire Department spokesman Dave Burgess said firefighters were called March 17 to an apartment fire at 5-321 West Fourth Stree! at 3:26 a.m. Fire department crews arrived at the scene within two minutes of receiving the call. “It was an old building, built in 1958,’’ Burgess said. ‘There was extensive damage done to the corridors and flames were going up the side of the building, but our guys were able to get there quickly enough to put that out.”” But the suite received extensive fire damage and was completeiy gutted. A tenant of the building also received second and third degree burns to his right hand when he attempted to put out a chesterfield that had caught on fire. Loaded rifle recovered THE WEST Vancouver Police recovered a loaded .22 calibre rifle March 14 after puiling over a vehicle on Westmount Road. A Vancouver woman faces several charges in connec- tion with the incident. Police noted the ‘‘erratic driving pattern’ of a vehicle travelling along the road just after 2 p.m. A rifle was subsequently recovered fram the vehicle. Lynda Ann Thurber, 44, now faces charges of carrying a concealed weapon, impaired driving, breathalyser re- fusal, driving while prohibited and carrying a loaded weapon in a vehicie. Presentation head resigns from post AFTER NEARLY five years at the helm of North Vancouver's Presentation House, Kathleen Str- inger has resigned as managing director. Stringer, a Carson Graham grad, told the News that ‘‘the ar- By Evelyn Jacob News Reporter ustic direction of Presentation House needed more attention than I could give it.’” “It’s just been too much to carry in the last two years. I’m very, very tired. People just burn out in arts organizations,’’ said Stringer, who says she heard that two people will be hired to replace her. It is the second time that Str- inger has suffered from exhaus- tion. In the fall of 1988 she came close to collapsing after working 16-hour days for two years. She took a short leave of absence and returned the foliowing spring. “That’s what happens to arts people -- after about two years they just burn out. I was right on time — it was like an alarm clock went off in my head,’ Stringer was quoted as saying in an April 1989 News story. Since becoming managing direc- tor in 1986, Stringer has been burdened with running a chronically under-funded arts cen- .. exhaustion reason for resignation. tre for which she spent YU per cen! | of her time penny-pinching and chasing corporate dollars. Presentation House suffered for years from funding cutbacks. In 1980 it accumulated a deficit of roughly $80,000. Under Stringer, the 87-year-old arts centre balanc- ed its budget every year. And for the first time, it began producing its own theatre, beginn- ing with a summer mystery series. Stringer directed Wally’s Cafe and will direct Presentation House Theatre’s next play, The Four- poster before she steps down at the end of April. Paper felt article necessary From page 3 students. But Douglas College spokesman Bill Bell, who is also a North Vancouver City alderman, would only say that the Other Press is an autonomous student newpaper. “The administration hasn't taken an official stand. From an administrative point of view, I don’t have a comment,” Bell said. Tim Crumley, resource coor- dinator of the Other Press, said the newspaper has received some negative comments since printing the article. But he added that the newspa- per’s staff felt it was necessary to print the article. “We decided to print it for a variety of reasons. One was to be in support of the Muse who had pornography charges laid against them. The idea is to get the point (of how to avoid AIDS) across,’’ said Crumley. Districts change access to park WEST VANCOUVER DISTRICT COUNCIL A NARROW road will have to be built through part: of Klahanie Park to maintain access to park users while a Rotary seniors and family housing project’ is con- structed in the area. By Maureen Curtis Contributing Writer The development, which is planned for a site just east of the Capilano River and north of Easl’s Restaurant, is on West Vancouver District property but is accessible only through North Vancouver District. Its approval has required the agreement of both municipalities and a commitment to create a cul-de-sac at Glenaire and Curling Road, effectively cutting off the parking lot in the park from out- side access. Opening Fullerton Avenue for park access has not been seen as a viable option because West Van- couver Parks staff opposed the in- trusion of a road into the park. ‘But it’s the best.of all the op- tions,”” said Ald. Diana Hutchin- son at the Monday night meeting of West Vancouver District Coun- cil. West Vancouver parks director Kevin Pike said the new, narrow access road will require the removal of very few trees. Residents of the neighboring area in North Vancouver District have raised concerns over the in- creased traffic that they say could result from the development. FOR $9,000 inctudes GST and PST Available in 2 door, 4 door, and station wagons 198911990 Models WEEKEND SPECIALS - CALL 985-0694 Wy CAPILANO VOLKSWAGEN 4154 MARINE DR., NORTH VAN SATURDAY DOGRCRASHER 100% Cotton PRESHRUNK Qc SWEATSHI RTS Vv CANT WALK AWAY FROM 1696 ROBSON PRICES YOU 128 E. 14TH ST. 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