Managers
run film at
Esplanade

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? Pehowr notice on emplavers.
But projectionists
focked-out of Famous Tlavers
theatres Deo. 11. after refusing
t assemble the week"
release, Star Tick: Lusurrectron.
“The tim’ was produced | by
Fanious Players’ Parent compa-_

_ ty, Paramount.; :

Said Frew, There’s enough
“money to go around in the:
entertainment industry.

— *Fanor.an executive who
jets to Berinuda — }'m just a

vin Vancouver whor has a
“mortyage to pay.”

He claims the cmema chains”

_ implication that-trained projec-
_.. tionists are no longer essential to
* theatre operations is a fallacy.
“Why would you not want
trained professionals operating
tens ‘of thousands of dollars’

“worth of films and equipment?” ;

he asks,

Frew: says he was escorted’

out of the building at Esplanade
“on Dee. 11 by three: security
guards...

Since ‘then, the. chain has
been using cinema managers to
‘cover: projectionists’ shifts, in

s addition to ‘their own. The eine-

“Tima chains claim that profession-

“al projectionists: are almost 2
redundant part of the now high-

ly:auromated screening ‘process.

Frew’ - disagrees. The -one-
~tiihe cinema usher spent two
years on.a BCPU apprenticeship .

program, before beginning his”

~ full-time stint as-a projectionist.

He dovsn’t believe that technal-

ogy has eradicated the need. for
trained professionals;

“They: *(the-. cinema. chains)

Care, putting a corporate spinon
this, saying it’s ‘just a case of
‘push a button,’” he said, point-
ing out’ that’automation ts not.
» foolproof; and, that the mecha- -
* “nisms for) opening cinema’ cur-
“tains, “dimming the lights, and

starting’ ‘up’ the Projector can.

ily break down. |

CeThere’s a public misconcep-" :
‘tion that.there is one Projection- ap
st for cach cinema sercen,” said

Frew, “lr fact, Pm the only guy
six screens - Ge

‘and. nights: | -

‘work a 91: hour weel

that after’ yearsin

used. to deal.

“curtains, “butt worries that

managers, without ‘the *
relevant experti

well-prepared:

“['ve been™ ‘taught how. to :

training ny:

ect operation of
prics, ‘ses and - reflectors,
‘safety and ‘electrical systems.

The task ofa film projection

t, Frew’ said, is-often a ‘thank-
ane. “Wh n We do a great
People,

ice! the projectionist

Nonétheless Frew j is: ‘getting’

dlor ofsupport from sympathe

ic North Vai couver moviegoers,

Were

higgest

sanight not be”

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NEWS photo Paul McGrath ”

THE waters at Deep Cove were filled with debris Monday as the remnants of a land slide in 1 Indian Arm washed through the’ area. AL
Canadian Coast Guard advisory warning boaters of the Gangers i in the Arm was issued ¢ on Monday. . ; a

Robert Gatster
News Reporter robert@nsnews.com

A landslide has filled Indian Arm with
debris.

“The whole Arm ‘has wood j in it. You can’t 1 real-
ly take a boat through it,” said Eric Kirt, who live
near Helga Bay, about 12 km up the inlet.

“Ifyou had a bath tub full of water and called it

looked tike.?

‘Kite said the passage was so clogged, his wife was
‘unable to transport their children. to school last
Monday. The stide occurred’ some time last week-
end near Clementine Falls, some 10 km up the Arm
and damaged a Portion of-a Burrard Yacht Club

Curlers to k

Liam Lahey’

; “Contributing. Writer
THE North Vancouver
Curling Club (NVCC) scored
a major victory in its fight. to
remain at the Lonsdale.

:  RecCentre. tink on Monday,

With North Vancouver City coun-
“ell voting 4: 3 in favour ‘of allowing -,

“the club to remain at Lonsdale, the’

+ recreation “comimission’s efforts to
move it to the: North: Shore’ Winter
Club (NSWC) and?allow the Flicka
Gymnastics Club to'make use of | the
-Lonsdale facility’ is dead. ot
» Councillors Barbara Sharp, ‘John
“Braithwaite and Barbara; Perrault.
voted to allow’ the ctirlers to ‘stay at
Lonsdale« Mayor Jack Loucks cast the -
deciding, vote to ice the issue.

Shayne Dunlop, league: represen-
ative for the NVCC, appeared before:
> council for the secand time in recent’

weeks ‘to. persuade the city not to
movethem..

‘

‘did ‘not want to “move and. that he
“feared if Flicka were permitted to use “ation,
; Lonsdale, curling ‘would never return ©" now
theres 0 a ts es [es
Ho “Alter ‘listening: to ‘Dunlop's pre-,

lik

“Indian ‘Arm and filled it with sawdust, that’s what i it

i

; “When a group does.ivhat they are

‘ ‘Dunlop told. council the curlers: asked to do; they. should’ be compen-
‘sated os you show.me.a public reer
“program. that.-pays’ for’ itself;
ere, Will you find one in. Canada.
health or the toadways; ir ll
‘never pay'for itself’), there’s.no way”

“déck is in the area. :
“Ye’s (the, slide) obviously someivhat substan:
tial,” said Vancouver Port Corporation spokesman
Jamie. Lamb.
“I's in the water-and there's
Meanwhile > North ‘and

sa lot of debris.”
West | Vancouver

‘Emergency | Program, coordinator Ross Peterson

said crews are working i in the area to limit the ‘slide’s
impact.
“The challenge right now js to remove the debris
_ before that becomes a navigational, hazard,” he said.
Vancouver Port harbour master Chris Badger

“added that the Burrard Yacht Club's dock, although ;

damaged by the slide, is acting -as a boom and i is
- keeping a lot of debris from floating free.
Badger. said that the Vancouver

ws mee : NEWS photo Paul McGrath’,
” SHAYNE. Dunisp, right, “and {fellow curlers will remain’ at. the.
‘Lonsdale, RecCentre rink, following a decision... bys ‘North’
Vancouver City councillors on Monday. .

“ment sith the NSWC,:

proceed swith. the,
“tract,”

Young:

‘shipping on. Monday”
marine traffic of the d

- provincial government. It includes land und
by the Burrard native band.

Port .

~ both’ couinells to enter into any agree:

Because we, don’ t have
on (from both councils), we can’t
nrersclub’con-
e director. of: reereation’ Gary’

id Tuesday. : Young ‘added

Cc omporation ‘has two boits in the'arex ‘looking for,
debris that could ‘ereate a navigational hazard.

The Canadian’ Coast Guard issued a notice to
frernoon warning “Joca
{ agers posed by the’ debi

"The site’ of the’slide is part of ‘the Indian’Arm :
Provincial Park, which was created in: 1996 i the
claim

‘Ministry ‘of Environment, Lands and: Parks
spokesman Betst ‘Terpsma said an “environmental.”
assessment of the slide is pending, °

’ According to Burrard Band land res

her Doug Aberley, the latest known acti
area’ Was a-“short-term:-heli¢oprer logging opera:
tion,” wi concluded j in July or August 1993.

on the ree commission, argued that it
“mov ing the: curlers to’ the) private
inter club, tacility, ae
resp

bility of providing sulsid y ‘a curling

on the, Nortli Shor nr
Well be. fe ven
though it’s private, and ha

“public curling on the North Shore

’ Mussatto said."“Weshave two curling .
rinks on the.North Shore anid horh

are being | used at less than 50% capac-:

ity In years to sein we can

“lars anymore,

“The: ree,

public curling:

mately $200 per curler per: y

2%, There’s an estimated 300° curle
in North Vancouver.
Coun: Stella Jo. Dean ‘agreed With

- Mussatto. ‘After, weighing. the, num:

bers, she: said, she was surprised the

district voted as it had.

SOF, the curlers“on /t “North
" Shore,? ‘70% reside in the’ distric

in the ‘city, and’23% ‘in, other. areas.

‘Tm surprised the’ district, vored, for

* the’curlers to’ go to the

“she ysaid.. “Pm voring in favour of,
= moving the'curlers, it’s a good

permis

theatres: No picketing. i s taking
Park: and -Ti ford ‘cin

‘the. Caprice’ Park"
independent:
ma chain and: herctore’ not

is part 0

d not...
; sentation, Braithwaite — never one:
“tocheld back’ "threw a few"rod
Zhimself in support of the eltib. i.”
‘Argued ‘Braithwaite; “If-T were on
“the ree commission ‘d fight to keep:
“the'curlers happy. Over the past num-
increased’ their
“numbers, they've brought in younger’
ir’snoti ‘just, old people like

- commi

Flicka should be’ ene over a curing,

Tink.” ua

fated 10> authorize the ree:
ion to ‘enter ‘into a fivesyear:

lease, agreement. with the
k.

council

c NSWC last.

thar! th recreation commission was?
unlikely 10 ai the'city’s decision.
‘ill continue. to”

< To.get nve rinks ogether that
6 full

Club in, its. 7 eu

search for a new home a

"We thought we'd found’ the best
ion: Apparently it’ Wasn't: the

* best: solution,”/ Young ‘said, so -we'll

i ot continue to. ‘Took for: another facility.”

“game and we have
In the past, [ did support moving the
urlers to the Winter Club put I now