preventing barriers to catch trees
and ‘debris en the Mackay Creek
ributary that flooded;.
the culvert system was not ade-
uate;

the" municipality possibly

pproved a subdivision in an “area .

hat was unstable.
‘Those ,are the things -we. will
ave to investigate,” Baker said. “At
this stage it is really early.to say.”

But district director of parks and -.

ngineering services John Bremner
said the district is not at fault.
He said the district was not neg-
igent in the way the flood was han-
led; nor could flooding have been
prevented.

’ Drainage‘ works, said Bremner,

e more than adequate for water,
Volume:.and thé subdivision‘ ‘does
ot have stability problems. ;

Debris catches would have had
ino impact’on the flooding, he said.
rigineer Mike Currie said the large
volume of debris would have over-
whelmed ‘debris catches.

The Rahger Avenue. culvert.

camé blocked with, debris, lead:
Z to the floods:

‘The problem originated on prop- ”
ty. owned by Western Delta Lands’ 7

bove. Ranger, said Bremner.

On Friday, he'said residents have ©

ut thé’ district on notice, saying
hey: hold: the ‘district ‘responsible. ».
se letters have’ been' forwarded

a Municipal ° Insurance:

ii case, 10 years ago, when flood vic-
ims; sued the: district and received.

hings are as they appear aoe
- pany would* be. cenie even nif

‘past damage.

leg i in’ ‘both. I don’

m just. really scared. m

O'Flaherty ‘said many: en
her neighborhocd ; are angry and |

“We can't just, pull out $20,000
ut.of our-back pocket. [t hurts.”

 The‘second ‘group is scheduled “

‘meet, at’ Montroyal elementary
5310 Sonora; . North

ver, at 7.p.m. Monday night .
ide whether. to’ pursue. any

dependem “search. for the facts"
nid:whether.to hire a lawyer, which’
‘ould be Baker, said O° Flaherty. :

ker said a suit would not be a _

lass action. Instead, he expects the

1 f plaintiffs to

consolidated into:ene action’ to
@ heard at the same time:

But. damages:.will | be ifferent

plaintiff, Insurance . firms

cated: ‘they: won ‘t pa ay. for
ce flodd damages.“
"And O'Flaherty. wouldn't accept
out $2,000 froma provincial Pro-!

oney. now,.. she éan't claim’ if

looding reoccur:

“native who's

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ate
sR iota

REWS photo Mike Waketietd

WINDOW WASHER Danie! Jones dangles from the eighth floor of the Deer Ridge complex at the foot of t Cypress Mountain in-
West Vancouver. Deer Ridge. affords a spectacular view of Vancouver harbor. a

Studio. plan
could. benefi it.

“Cap “students

bee PANACHE has
~lent (a. shine. to. Capilaro

: College’ s mew ‘commercial
animation program. ot

* By lan Noble

. News Reporter

: “The 22° students in the pro-
. gram, which ‘was introduced’ this
year, welcomed Disney's.
announcement that. the: interna-
"tonal. eatertainment company ah,
+ famous for its animation in fea-
“tures such as The Lion King —
‘would be setting up a studio in

. Vancouver; in early 1996.

Said Mike Luney, a Victoria
‘lived cartoons: since he. was a. kid:
“Vancouver has a lot of studios to begin with, but having
» Disney is ‘a dream come true.”. ~ ;

Noting Disney’s high profile and “amazing” quality, he
added that it’s great to have Disney in “our back yard.”

Vanessa Wong, 3 rabid fan of The Lion King, said the

Disney move gives her a chance to work for Disney, her:

-ultimate goal.
.. But Gord Heath isn't looking that far ahead, noting he
still has [4 years to go in the animation program.

Sull, he recognizes | that the more work available, “the
. better it is for us,

On Nov. 30; Walt Disney subsidiary Walt Disney

“Animation: Canada: Inc. announced it- would open a:

‘Canadian studio with offices in Vancouver and Toronto,

~ creating about 200 jobs. i

The Caniidian studio will produce home videos i in con-
nection ‘with Walt Disney Television Animation, which

produced The Return of Ja afar, a sequel to Aladdin and the

best-selling “direct-to-home” video of all time.
Disney «is currently looking for studio ‘space . in
. Vancouver.” /..:
According to Capilano College, animation has become
a growth industry in B.C., but is limited by a shortage of

. trained commercial animators,

For program coordinator Don Perro. Disney will like-
ly become ‘the largest studio in-a’ string of about cight
Lower Mainland studios that could hire his graduates. 3,

. “Even though it now looks as good us it ever has in
Canada, it’s still an up-and-down industry.” ‘said Perro.

But: Disney i is not the only fish in the animation sea.

= 1

NEWS photo Mike Wakeliotd :

- COMMERCIAL ANIMATION ‘student Gordon Heath uses leading
"digital ‘equipment in the painstaking process of creating cartoons.

‘Perro has spoken with other major. animation players,
such as Warner Brothers and Fox, to fet them know the
fledgling program exists and what its goals are. _

Those goals, he said, are to train commercial animators
to work in areas such as television, feature films, com-

-Mereials, and computer animation.

Reaching that level takes hard work, said Perro.
The painstaking animation process includes ‘detailed

study of how things move‘and are structured, he added. .
~ Nodding toward a frozen frame of a running gazelle on
the classroom’s television screen, Perro said: “You can’t."
animate a gazelle unless you know how a gazelle moves, |
‘Ifyou don’t understand the live action, you'won't be able

to animate it to‘make it believable.”

» - One drawing is graphic design, 3,000 drawings are uni-":
mation, said Perro.

Heath understands the demands of the job.

Although he enjoyed cartoons as a child, he now looks
at animation froma new perspective. ©

“E's still fun but you look at things ina different light.”
he said. “Basically, witat it comes down toisa lot of hard

work.”

Wong reiterated much of what Heath, said. :
~ When asked if animation is magical, she replied, “No.

‘it’s a lot of hard work.”

At Capilano, 80% of the commercial animation cours-
es focus on drawing, suid Perro.
Students are trained in all areas of commercial anima-

tion, then specialize in areas such as layout design, ani--

mation, character design, special effects animation, and
computer animation in their final semesters:

i man’s

for emergency surgery.’

‘man into providing a’§
“against his girlfriend.:
irges | ‘had 5
been. laid 10 ‘press! time, no,

‘names were released, ;
“Vancouver :
“RCMP. investigatic

A NORTH: Vancouver man:
“Was stabbed i in the stomach.

during an, apparent. argu-

> ment with his girlfriend: of

Wednesday ; in. the: 1200:

block of East 16th Street.

By Anna Marie D "Angelo

: News Reporter

The: 33. year-old man was

found inside” the house suffe

ing froma serious stab wound,”

according toa North Vanco
RCMP spokesman. |)

«His 33- “year-old girlfriend.
was found lying on the lawn in -

The North Vancouver resident:

‘wus arrested in conection with

the assault with a weapon::
Witnesses told the police
thatthe couple | had been argu-

‘ing.

The man’ was rush d’ to
Lions Gate Hospital with a one-

“inch (2.5 em) piece of intestine

hanging ouvhis wound. {-

“front of the house: by thé police. :

He refused, surgery: recom- *

mended by a doctor and left the .

~ hospital. cag

But the police went to. the.
s house a few. hours. later
and convinced him.to go back «

The North “Vancouver °
RCMP were unable to talk the:
atement

i Because no" ch

The North’
nti” the.
incident continues: ” aa

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