The Ron Zalko facility, at 1989 Marine Dr., was sold to Fitness World in the wake of the marital break up of Ron and Dana Zalko. “We are honoring all Ron Zalko memberships, there’s no question about that,’’ Fitness World president Henry Polessky said Wednesday. In a Jan. 9 News story, Ron Zalko said it was his under- standing that the Zalko member- ships would not be honored at Fitness World. But Polessky said Zalko should have known that ail memberships would be accepted at the new fitness facility. ‘He knew all along 1 was go- ing to honor the memberships, and if he didn’t, then he could have found out from Dana,’’ said Polessky. “It (club) was MEMBERS WHO attended the North Vancouver outlet of the Ron Zalko Health Club before it was sold recent- ly to Fitness World fitness centres will have their memberships fully honored, the president of the new fitness facility said this week. By Sur} Rattan News ieporter purchase’: because they (Zalkos) broke up. Otherwise, -I don’t think they ‘d want to sell.”’ And Dana Zalko, who was not contacted for the Jan. 9 News story, said she would not have sold the club if she knew the Ron Zalko memberships were not going to be honored. “All of the (Zalko) staff are properly being taken care of,’’ she said. ‘‘The members are the most important issue. Henry (Polessky) will make everyone happy.” She added that she has no in- tention of selling the remaining two Ron Zalko fitness centres in Vancouver. “It’s business as usual,’’ she Sunday, January 13, 1991 - North Shore News - 3 NEWS photo Cindy Goodman EIGHTH GRADE Hillside student Colin Richie sleds down a West Vancouver driveway. Record snowfalls this week caused chaos on the streets but gave younger folk time off from school and a chance to ptay in the snow. New NV health club to honor former Zalko memberships New owner plans to spend $600,000 upgrading fitness facility DANA ZALKO ... Ron “aban- doned business in March.”’ said. Ron Zalko maintains that he was ‘‘compelled’’ to sell all. of his interests in ‘‘my fitness operations to my ex-wife’’ under a B.C. Supreme Court order. But Dana Zalko said she had bought out 2 y interest her ex- husband had in the company, and she denied a claim by Ron Zalko that he and his ex-wife were ‘‘full partners.’* “Ron Zalko had abandoned the business in March. Ron Zalko was a minor shareholder. As much as he fantasizes about being important in the company, he was not involved,’ said Zalko. ‘*He was bought out com- pletely. He walked out of the business,’’ she said. The Zalkos, who have a four-year-old son, originally opened the North Vancouver location in 1986 following the sudden closure of the Sprint Family Fitness Centre at the In- ternational Plaza. The Zalko club was the fourth health spa ! operation in the hotel location. { Polessky said he will spend about $600,000 to upgrade the Fitness World club and added that all of the former Ron Zalko staff have been asked to attend interviews for possible employ- ment with the new facility. Bulk housing bylaw reaches third reading THE MUCH-debated phase two of West Vancouver District Council’s bulk housing regulations was passed to third reading Monday night. ‘*We are moving one step closer to more environmentally sensitive future subdivisions,”” West Van- couver Mayor Mark Sager said after council voted unanimously to approve the bylaw. In December, a lengthy debate raged over whether to approve the revised collection of bulk housing regulations pertaining to new sub- divisions involving steep grades or to return to an earlier version of the bylaw that West Vancouver District planner Steve Nicholls had found unworkable. The bylaw had suffered through a difficult gestation period, with council originally looking at regu- lations that Nicholls feared would ““downzone’’ numerous lots in the By Maureen Curtis Contributing Writer municipality and reduce the ability of property owners to subdivide lots that could previously have been subdivided. The situation would have had serious legal ramifications for the municipality. Put off by some of the more unsightly subdivisions that have been blasted into some of West Vancouver's steeper areas, council intended to control or restrict new subdivisions to avoid hazardous conditions and to protect the nat- ural environment on steep terrain. But Nicholls came up with a WES? YANCOUVER DISTRICT COUNCIL new plan that turns the entire municipality into a development- permit area. Under the plan, development permits would be required for any lot in a proposed subdivision located on steep terrain. Permits would also be necessary where driveway grades in propos- ed subdivisions exceed 20 per ceni (using existing topography}. By requiring the permit, the bylaw now brings before council's consideration subdivisions that would previously have been passed through regular procedures at municipal hall. The new accompanying amendment to the Official Com- munity Plan suggests that measures to reduce the impact of construction on steep terrain might include: © restricted foundation work; * avoiding construction on more extreme slopes; *® smaller house size or footprint; * restricted or shared driveway access; «reduced creation of artificial grades; * variations from regulation set- backs; * preservation of existing site landscape features: * and/or provision of site restora- tion measures. Under the new bulk housing policy, council can delay the is- suance of development permits as fong as concerns remain over haz- ardous building conditions. Eighth person charged in connection with Christmas kidnapping AN EIGHTH person has been arrested and charged in connection with the kid- napping of West Vancouver millionaire Jim Pattison’s daughter just before Christmas. Christian Snelgrove, 19, of North Vancouver faces five charges, including kidnapping, ex- tortion and three counts of unlawful confinement. Snelgrove appeared Thursday in North Vancouver provincial court where he was ordered to return with three adult co-accuseds on Jan. 14 at 9:30 a.m. He is not being held in custody. Meanwhile, four youths — all 16 years old, including one female — also appeared in court Thurs- day in connection with the kid- napping. The youths, whose names are protected from publication under the Young Offenders Act, were ordered to appear Jan. 23 in North Vancouver family court. The three male youths are in custody, Last Dec. 21, Pattison’s 30- year-old daughter was abducted from her North Vancouver home after her four-year-old twins were tied up by tire kidnappers. A large sum of ransom money was fater recovered by the police. Seven people were arrested follow- ing a wild pre-Christmas spending spree that allegedly invotved some of the marked ransom money paid. Under a recently instituted court ban on publication, the names of the victims in the kidnapping case cannot be published. EC index Wi Gary Bannerman .... 9 @ Cocktails & Caviar... 26 M Fashion ............ 13 @ Horoscopes ......... 31 W@ Lifestyles ........... 293 @ Travel .....0..----. 16 Vintage Years....... 18 @ What's Going On ....25 Weather Sunday through Tuesday. periods of rain. Lows near 0'C: highs near 6°C. Second Class Registration Number 3885