sbest carts dane ef the Dacian rd Ue wil hy pai bapect UNE 4, 2000 Le =| Bright Lights Cetebrations Classifieds Crossword Renshaw eoo7 Talking Personals «= 33 eco 12 eoe 27 33 ACH Pitmcatan Company Ppkyrer Pater Seer Agreement No 3087236 The Vaice of North and ciesmnd St eh GN ar tiie ctu dan dane dian te 10 Sports p32 Clint Smith recalls Stanley Cup action Artists For Kids project captures fashion on film Fashion pi WWW.NSNeWS.c water in ool Deana Lancaster News Meporter dlancaster@nsnews.com TEE Saturday night Teen Swim at Lonsdale recCentre isn’t for children. ‘That seems to be the lesson learned by one North Vancouver parent who took his 12-year-old son to the weekly night of adolescent: fun and sport. “Iwas shocked, there were racist remarks and violence. It just wasn’t a good atmos- phere,” said Kevin Murphy. The swim, which cakes place every Saturday night, from 8:30 to 10 p.m., features dimmed lights and an oppor- tunity for young people to play their own tunes at top volume. It’s aimed at kids aged 13 and up. According to Murphy, he NEWS phutoTerry Peters and! his son were teamed up LONSDALE recCentre’s youth program supervisor Junko Sakamoto hangs out above the pool, site of the Saturday night Teen Swim, which one North Van parent compluins plays host to violence and racism among teens. Deana Lancaster News Reporter dlancaster@nsnews.com THE Squamish Nation announced last week that it’s working with International Forests Products Ltd. to formulate a plar. for logging parts of the Elaho Valley. The area Interfor has a licence to cut is Crown land, so tech- nically, it doesn’t have to negotiate with the Squamish Nation in order to proceed. “No, we don’t have to, but it is their waditional territory,” said Ric Slaco, Interfor’s chief forester. “It’s an important thing from our perspective to acknowledge that, and work with them.” The B.C.-based forest products company and the Squamish Squamish Nation joins with interfor in Crown land harvest Nation, which has its head offices on the North Shore, signed a Letter of Intent to establish a formal process around developing a plan for harvesting in the area, which is north of Squamish. According to a joint statement released by Interfor and the Squamish Nation, the process is to culminate in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) within three to six months. ‘The pri- mary objectives of the process are: @ to acknowledge and respect the aboriginal nghts and title of the Squamish Nation and to foster economic opportunities for the nation and ics members; B to provide economic and leg: and ensure a viable and sustaina tainty for Interfor’s business orest industry within the tra- make no monthly payments until September Sat 2000! ditional Squamish Nation territo @ to ensure a long-term protection and preservation of the for- est, its flora, fauna and habitat and to respect the Squamish Nation's cultural and historic ties to its traditional territory. While the ewo parties work towards establishing the MOU, Interfor has agreed to delay road building and logging in one cutblock, or area authorized for harvest, that’s culturally impor- tant to the Squamish Nation. The area is home to caves that con- tain drawings, or “rock legends” created by Squamish ancestors. The site is to undergo a full cultural review. “We put a reserve area around them, and we've held off on any activity in that area,” said Slaco. The two parties also agreed that in the interest of maintain- ing employment for Interfor’s business in Squamish, some activ- ities in the Elaho area north of Lava Creek would proceed this See Environmentalists page 13 4g aneall on reguiad 24 “manth fitness Mrogram.