| | | | | ait vee a bala: A vigorous attack on slingshots by Ald. Gordon: Rose resulted in a decision by North Vancouver. District’ council Monday to ban them from the- district ; as quickly as. possible. . “In the wrong ‘hands a slingshot. can be .a highly - dangerous weapon,”’ Ald. ' Rose told council, demon- | strating one of the slingshots he had brought. along. They: _ can deliver blows up to a. - distance of 225 yards, he said,-‘and in view of ~-the varidalism - prevalent in the municipality; property: damage. oS **At close range,” warned Ald. Rose, ° “they can ser- iously maim or even kill pets or children.””. " | -He.-showed the council’s policy and planning commit- _ tee a new type of powerful, metal-handled slingshot. be- ing sold on the North Shore. ‘sale of slingshots, . could . cause - ie | put it | in the same class with air rifles and pistols,”’ he said. West Vancouver, he not- ‘ed, already. had a. by-law imposing a $500 fine ‘for the. North Vancouver District should go one step further and On Ald. Rose’: s motion the committee urged that .a by-law be_ rushed through - making it unlawful to sell, distribute, possess.or use a slingshot i in the municipality. | The by-law will. now be - “drafted: by the ‘municipal — “authorities and presented to council for approval in the near future. North Vancouver District council’s policy and planning committee decided Monday to refer the Hidden Valley zoning by-law back-to council until the key question of soil stability at the’site has been | resolved. 2 Hidden Valley: Estates ke seeking to rezone 14.3. acres on the west bank of Brownie. Creek from. one-acre_ resi- | dential to. single family, in five acres, s, leaving the rest as Peek. . - The development has been- vigorously opposed by local . resident groups, which ‘want | the entire area left as. park - aud also. claim. that «soil - continued from page 1 | the cabin. over. the: several months, — working evenings and weekends. For: ‘ a-year or. more prior. to: that | ~ they had. raised .money for the project with ' the: sale: of .. raffle tickets, - chocolates, : ‘cookies. and. ‘grant from - the - ‘student. council. Cash value of the building materials, said Cuthbertson, was in the neighborhood of $1,000. “The ‘parks brarich had - already booked a: helicopter to “lift the cabin to - its _° mountain site in September. . But Cuthbertson saw no way in which the cabin could’ be | ‘rebuilt in ‘time ‘because’ the 30-40 students involved were © ” now dispersed for the sum: , mer vacation. The vaiidalism investigating... No: other school property, . “Cuthbertson hag appealed for voluniccrs to help sort out .. ‘the senseless ' pile of rubble and salvage as much of it as ° Help — would be great. ly appreciated _ ~ possible for. re-use, ‘ baa en a and any students or others : willing | to Jend a hand-for a, few hours ‘should contact Jay” 2 or ' : = a Lundy at 926. AA23 920 4051. vere * study © past. + ‘ 7 with’ bottle , drives, as well as obtaining a was promptly reported to West . ancouver police, who are: ‘damage was apparently done to any ‘ sean Cons yee Layee a a es Valley shelved — -erosion . problems - ‘make it unsuitable for building. Ald. Peter Powell urged - council to have the ‘soil’ ‘stability question studied by; independent consultants. - Ald. Gordon ‘Rose shared _ Powell’s concern, though he ‘felt. an independent study~ would cost council too much. He said he would like to have. seen Hiddén Valley preserv- ed ‘as parkland, but recog-- -nized that this was beyond : -erder to build 18 houses on «. the municipality’ s resources. " “Council agreed! ts defer the issue until such time as a soil . -- concentrating in- particular on the east bank of _. the creek because of concern _about possible: slidés -- can “be carried .out by the - - municipal engineer. : ‘their use altogether. _ LOVE’S LABOR LosT. A pile of lumberyard rubble was all that vandals left of the handsome cnn pe $e ERNE TA TEES ETERS SETS 7 anno nna aaa page 3, July 7, 1976 - North Shore News A West Vancouver priest who is on record as enjoying an occasional bet. on horse -races has. been named a alpine cabin built and paid for by West Van Secondary School students in their spare time. - next season’s skiers - a. see page Y story [Noel Wright. photo}. op crest Gatsby would have loved it oe By Alon Twigg If the Great. Gatsby were | around today, living. on a fixed income, he’d probably wish. he resided in ‘West ‘Vancouver. -A recent: Advi- sory Planning Commission propesal for an ‘estate _ preservation’ zoning scheme would likely - solve, all -his. retirement. problems. The scheme i is designed t to. "guarantee" that. ‘large, pri-. _ Vately ‘owned estates would. - “remain in’ their present form, _ “providing areas “of “natural: - landscape. to’ relieve ‘urban development patterns, Ideally, owners of such aa | _ estates would. volunteer their :. properties for inclusion in “estate zones’. In return for: . : renouncing: sub-division po-. |§ tential, wey, might be com-. - “engagement . rings. sting (:42 ot. in total), Plight your troth with'an : “orlginat hand-made ene. * - gagemant ring from J. . Yjord. This is an 18k " $780. diamond engagement appraisal service IAflation affacts your fine jowollory, too. Koop track of tho prosent value of your Jowellory by having . It appraised. The written, appraisals aro. invaluable In vaso of a loss or thoft. WORD .. DESIGNS. 2 North Shore locations per: Hom. $5, no oxtra charges "2460 Marino, Wost Van 922-3014 1535 Lonadato Avo, North Van ‘9B4-9811 shecventeetwensnyaeeseepeveren ten pensated by: . tax their homes. . - Tax assessnient authority, however, does: ‘not rest with ~ the municipality. An alter- nate method. of © ‘providing . relief’, says the commission, would be for.‘‘the landowner | to sell all:his land,-save that: immediately around his resi- dence, say one acre, to the municipality ‘for a -nominal sum, 7 The. ne municipality” - Chine Cobinet Size 15""x a6" x ht. ea" $l 79° reliefs ' , allowing owner-occupants on fixed incomes - ‘to. maintain would, in turn, enter. into. a contract to lease: back; the - surrounding - land to the: “ owner:..in. perpetuity for. a Similar nominal sum. .The commission’s report is expected to be formally presented to council next week. Meanwhile, the com- mission has already prepared- : ‘a tentative inventory: of :all ” potential estate properties in ‘West. Vancouver. that. might . ‘be affected by the scheme, if - China Cabinet ‘Size 17” x 36" x ht. 69" y 2A7 Ross Road Lynn’ ‘Valley - apon: Monaay, Tunnday, « Weiinaaday and Saturday fl am yo Ae am Thuraday ant Frufey ws 16 y. ' 4 | @ rors availble’ 1 i. Pe ee council i eventually adopted i it. ; “aan an parking: | \ Ohh rh _member of the B. c. Racing ‘Commission. os Rev. “Desmond . Kimmitt, rector. of St. Christopher's Anglican Church,-.was app- ointed last week by Attotney- - General Garde: Gardom, to- "gether with Bruce - Harvey, partner-in a Vancouver law Cabin was to have been installed by the provincial parks branch on Garibaldi or Seymour for | oa The © two - - appointments followed the’ resignation. in * April of commission | chair-. “man: David Gibbons and commissioners °°“ Bruce ~Lar- sen, Clint English and Josiah . Wood as the result of.a policy. dis agreement with the gov- ernment.’ Further appoint- ments are. expected in the near future. : a Caisse of the disagreement - was. the cabinet decision to. cut 10 days from the harness racing” season, which: ‘over- lapped: thoroughbred racing. The commission had rec- ommended the overlap as an . experiment. . Rev. Kimmitt was an -unsuccessful candidate for -the Social Credit nomination ‘in North Vancouver-Capilano “at last December’s provincial -election:: He is--reported. to . have been a racing fan ever Te " Cabinet Sale Oe he DWAGT YY ‘ i lust off byan Valloy Road: 984-9588, me an QHARGEX MAN Te HOM ANGE Syn emceoet Kh Reisatl ec 2 se ghia ste ws since his childhood in Ireland < abet tpn 0 mat oh 3 ‘E ana Sau tay go me nl