Health of district trees questioned following storm Anna Marie D'Angeto News Reporter dangelo@usnews.cour DOUG MacKay- Dunn couldn't tell the difference between a cedar and a hem- lock about a week and a half ago. One viciony wird storm later and Mackas Dunn almost tree C\pert “Dwall never target a hemlock tor gas Pine Psbeutd bo able to Aemlock trem oar least 300 yards” Tre: said A S0smetre C100 teers) hemlock ona nerhbour’s fat hit MacKay Dunas Parkgate area house during the Nov. 24 wind stort The tree broke through the root andomte the hedroom of Mackay: Duna’s ve-yearold daughter. Luckily, MackKay-Dunn had taken the voungster out of her room and ime her parents’ roomy about mo hours berore based on his “sath seme” thar something might hap- pen. “LT wasn't sleeping thar soundly hecause we could hear the trees erick.” said: MacKay Dunn. “AH of a sudden the howe Bm moved. «Mv wate and Fi went ino =a the bedroom and literally, there it ; was.” MacKay-Dunn said rhe room was full of tree parts and shards of glassy trom a broken mirror. The hemlock, which was about 76 cm (2.5 ter) in diameter at the hase, landed atop the voungster’s bed. The tree had rotted inside out. Although the hemlock was froma avighbour's vard, MacKay- Dunn has concerns about hemlocks on district- owned paths near his home. A municipal-owned hemlock had ako tallen near his home during the wind storm. MacKay Dunn is con cerned that the disrupted root os: tems of many municipal owned trees in the area make them a hasard. He said that hemlocks have shal- low roor systems and rot tron. the inside out. A rotting tree absorbs water, which makes it heavy. [f sup: porting trees are cut around a dis. eaed hemlock, it is more prone to falling. MacKay- Dunn, the current chair- ato DOUG MacKay-Dunn stands in his fi huge hemlock broke through the walt rotten hemlock. man of the North Vancouver District 44 school board, wanes the district arborist to take core amples of all hemlocks, “We have to take proactive action,” he said. MacKay- Dunn added that if the municipality wants to keep trees, it must take care Of them. He said the rotten tree that fell on his house looked tine, but closer inspection revealed rotten portions. North Vancouver District community forester Stephen Jenkins said 63% of district trees are hemlocks. Jenkiny said he couldn't estimate how many were on municipal land. Jenkins said tree inspections are done if requested: ‘To look at all the trees proactively, he said, would require a “massive change of direction and bud- get.” The wind storm felled more than 300 farge trees in the district, Numerous houses were hit, said Jenkins. He added that a wind expected every 10 years, torn of that intensity is Jenkins said troubled tree signs include discoloration, heavy cone produc- tion (indicates stress) and dieback tno needles at top or outer branches). A wall and most of the roof has to be replaced at MacKay- Dunn's home near Dorothy Lynas elementary, Insurance will cover the cost of the damage. Wednesday. December 2. 1998 ~ North Snore News - 3 Tree rot concerns raised NEWS photo Paul McGrath ve-year-old's room in their Parkgate area home where a and roof, Maggie MacKay-Dunn (below) stands beside the Photo submitted rth Van senior dies after being hit by van Anna Marie D'Angelo News Reporter dangclo@nsnews.com A 74-year-old North Vancouver man died on Sunday after being hit by a van in Lyn Valley. Emmanouel Karayannakis died in Lions Gate Hospital. According to the North Vancouver RCMP, Karayannakis was crossing Lynn Valley Road in a marked crosswalk at 7:30 a.m. when he was struck by a van. Karayannakis was going from Lynn Valley Centre mall to MeDonald’s te get a cup of coffee when the accident occurred, said Sgt. Bob Beaudoin, head of the RCMP traffic section. The van driver was in the curb lane heading towards the Grand Boulevard. Just before the accident, police say a motorist driving a Ford Tauras made a quick stop at Ross Road and turned onto Lynn Valley Road where she drove into the inside lane. The Tauras driver stopped for the pedestrian. Bur the van beside the car did not, according to the police. The van's driver was a 42-year-old: North Vancouver man. There were also three teenagers in the van. The group was heading to a sports event in Nanaimo, according to the police. Karayannakis was thrown 14 metres (46 feet) after being hit by the van. The Lynn Valley man died later that morning. Police said it was dark and rainy when the acei- dent occurred, The incident is still being investigated. Olympic | quest clears | another ' hurdie Andrew NicCredie Editar andrew@usnews.com NOW the real work begins. West Vancouver’s Arthur Gritiths and SOMpany are roliing up their sleeves follow mg vesterdar’s announcement that the Vancouver Winstler bids ter the 20800 Winter Olvmzies is the Canadian Oivmpre Assegianon'’s (COAL bid of shoice to take te the loternanional Olvmpic Committee LOC), The Vancouver Whistler bid beat our bids tram Quebee City and Calgary. The decision went to a second bal- Jorn with) Vancouver Whistler edging out Quebee City. ~The real adventure begins now.” said Grouse Mounzain president Stuart McLaughlin. The North Varcouver fesort figures prominently in the 2010 Winter Olympic plan. If in tact the all-mighrw IOC gives the Whistler- Vancouver bid the nod, Grouse will be the site of a site of the-art bobsled luge track. The next date cirdled on the Vancouver-Whisder com: mittee’s calendar is June 30, 2001, On that day the [OC will announce from Moscow the city which will host the 2008 Summer Olvinpies. HW Torrente selected. the thinking goes, the Vancouver-Whistler bid tor the Winter Games two vears later will be frazen out No single country has hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympics in such a shore time span. The 2010 Winter Olympic location will be announced in 2003. Because of the situation, the Vancouver: Whistler com- mittee is forbidden to lobby its case to the TOC until the summer of 2001. “Phe COA doesn't want the [OC to become confused with two different bids com- ing from the same country,” MeLaughlin said of the COA- imposed = moratorium — on speaking with IOC delegates. “So at this point in time most of the work that needs ro be done is planning work,” he said. The committee which put forth the Vancouver-Whistler bid to the COA will now dis- solve and a new board of directors will be struck, with one-third coming from the COA and the remaining from local representatives. Bur yesterday MeLaughlin and other members of the bid committee chose to bask in the moment. Ir had been a nervous week-and-a-half for the com- mittee. Instead of having the decision announced on Nov. 21 — as scheduled — the COA chose to wait until after Monday's Quebec provincial clection. The COA didn’t want to turn the bid decision into an election issue.