reac aera ER en SOS rr Tree - Wednesday, March 10, 1982 - North Shore News Firewood gathering kindles neighbors’ anger TT WAS around 7:30 a.m. Saturday that residents living along Park Drive between Lynn Canyon Park and Ross Road began to feel sour towards members of the North Shore Winter Club hockey team. That was the time the residents were woken by the roar of chainsaws as members of the club began bucking up alder logs which are to be sold to raise money for the team’s planned tnpto Sweden later this year Some of the residents who went out to see what was happening were incensed at the scene of devastation that greeted them. All the alders which had lined Park Drive were sprawled across” the roadway — being bucked into firewood lengths Norm Poulin, who lives nearby. says that when he objected fo what was happening, one of the weekend loggers raised an axe and threatened to use it on him. What the neighbors wanted to know was why live trees in perfectly good condition had been cut down for firewood —~ and why members of the hockey team apparently had rights to them Non-communication — led to anger and to accusations Some of the neighbors began Suggesting that the situation was due to the hockey team having an ‘in’ with execuuves at Distmet hall One resident turned up and helped himself to a pickup truck load of firewood. in a standoff Even this) week. local residents were sull wanting to know why the area had been cleared of healthy alder exclusive apparently purely for the benefit of a hockev team’s fundraising Distnet Parks Supenn- tendent Dirk Odnostindte called the News in an at- tempt to straighten out the mess. The winter club wasnt being favored at all, he said They happened to be the oaly ton who had athed trict to be allowed to firewood. agreed that the trees were perfectly healthy bet mot that they were being cet down to provide firewood, or for the benefit of the winter club He said alders would continue to be felled in vanous locations of — the District and practt cho Comparca the weeding that Hie caplamed Ube ve tices are the fastest preowiny Vpectes oon the coast ane have thie effect oof sup poe syrary verpbec ns aed lee tiey chien bioow yrbn Vy Hi. i im , t to eS Veena te Yoowi fi oy yteow h D A We vel ' Vf ae vay '. let ton 1 yy j (1 1 ) book bie tat j , ! t ' vail ve 1 > \ Yoo, y i . The I me 1 tohaot petery il tt ' wd th port teow tothe h. a debe al i Voc ane ne tN thee cv etidy ge 1) tae th Peas abe cd beoe ut cay thre scone f treat rN t vase bee saved Ltn 1 pra die. tiny Yians ce Oe Por. aes oed vNe Fs ee eS preobecs on cs Ooaaeda tra vste tie vated he ape ed oc ao poo tee ba to de By CHRIS LLOYD would be woken at” upset at being 30 on a Saturday by the roar of whainsaws and said he regretted he had not been called at the ume about the problem “T could have straightened the thing out ain five minutes,” he insisted Meanwhile. the neighbors near the canyon are not the only ones unhappy with Districts tree “weeding” practices Staff at North Van City Hall received calls a few weeks earHer from people concerned about dozens of alder trees cut down at Sutherland School It was later ascertained the falling was being done by North Van District staff. who are responsible — for maintenance of schoolgrounds in the entire school district ~ in the City as well asthe District When City February 1S apreed council met aldermen letter to District that they were “of the opimion there should not) be any un- necessary cuttigg of trees on school board property ” to send a advising Tne Canadian Red Cross Society Fo prac at Hamster Starter Kit 25 Yo Fish Sale Corctbbds Fancy Goldtiat. CG); we sthy.s mall VI9Od Lyon Valles 986 4812 oft OUSEHOLD 4== OTLINES au= A WEEKLY DIRECTORY OF RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL SERVICES MOVING AND STORAGE” USIEIZIELS) wwe Ferguson Moving If you would like & Storage - 5)