12- North Shore News ~ Wednesday, June 7. VanCity CE — 2000 promotes clean air options NEWS photo Mike Wakefield DAVE Mowat, CEO of VanCity Credit Union, will travel by foot, bus, SeaBus, carpool, SkyTrain, VanPool, tan- dem bicycle, aquabus, dragon boat and rollerblades to get to work today. It's Clean Air Day. Jopén: 1OUSE 1 JUNE !2 - 16 City Hal! Foyer, 141 West !4th Street JUNE 19-25 PGE Station, Foot of Lonsdale City Council Presentation: Evening of Monday, June 26, 2000 seshoe Bay/% . e sewellsmtaritacgm LONSDALE CORRIDOR MASTER PLAN- PROPOSED DESIGN SCHEME After several months of design development and after hearing and reading about your ideas for she Lonsdale Corridor, the City of North Vancouver is presenting a proposed design scheme for Lonsdale Avenue from the waterfront to 29th St. We invite you to come and have a look at the creative ideas that you helped to shape for the heart of our community. The proposed design scheme has been prepared by Sharp & Diamond Landscape Architecture and the Spaxman Consulting Group. If you would fike further information, please contact Karen Russell at 983-7384. Northy. Icotver BC coe Vashti Singh Contributing Writer CLEAN Air Day is being celebrated by Dave Mowat with a three-hour commute, complete with 10 forms of transportation. Mowat, othe ¢ VanCity Credit Union, foot, bus, SeaBus, carpool, VanPool, tandem aquabus, dragon boat and rollerblades to get to work today. Abandoning his usual 30-minute car ride, he will commute with the masses, at least for one day, The North Vancouver resi- dent has challenged B.C. Gas CEO John Reid to see who can convince the highest percent- age of their employees to par- Heipate in this vear’s Go Green Commuter Chailenge. The Conmmuter Challenge focuses on discouraging people from driving bv themselves to work in favour of taking public transportation or carpooling. Mowat is contigent: that almost: all: VanCity employees will rake up the challenge. “We'll be over 90% and are aiming for 100%,” said Mowat He estimated that approxi mately 49% of VanCity’s ‘Canadian 270.000 members do nor ray chin singly panes vehicles to vet ta . VanCin as known tor its environmentally consciaus appreach oto business. Its downtown headquarters are built around the ain Street /Science Wort ‘Train station and were ¢ maxim ce energy eflicienes As Mowatis quick to point out, Lac company tries to make it easy on its employ to arrive at work in an) cnviron- mentally friendly fashion, Mowar, “All the best parking places are for carpool and smali cars.” The building is equipped with lockers and showers for employees whe run or bike to work, numbers are offen ht er regard than the communities that institutions serve, Mowat sees VanCity us standing: apart tram) other financial institu- tions. “By making the community better, we make our business better.” he said. “We make money to provide service to the community.” Clean Air Day is a nation- wide event and part of Enviroament Week, taking place this week to June 10. Sealife celebrated Vashti Singh Contributing Writer TOUCH a starfish, look like a crab and hear a sea tale, all while learning more about our oceans. Wi liff Park in West Vancouver is hosting the eighth annual Oceans Day Family Festival. From I} am. to 4 pam. on Sunday, June 12, the park will be transformed into a showcase of oceanic experi- ences. ager fish enthusiasts can learn “hands-on” while vis- iting the touch tanks or have their faces painted into their favourite ocean animals. Sva creature arts and crafts, scuba demonstrations, musical entertainment and a micro- scopic view of what's in the ocean are all featured activities, A. professional story-teller will be on hand to tell of sea- ide adventure, and an interac- ¢ watershed display invites tors to see how common outdoor activities like washing your car can affect the health of Your Gom local water. As well, the Canadian Coast Guard hovercraft will pay the festival a visit. Said Stacey Shand, Oceans Day coordinator, “We want to get the community involved and aware of how diverse Whyteclif¥ Park is.” The national theme this year, said Shand, is Oceans in Your Backyard. Oceans Day in West Vancouver adopts. thi theme by showing what indi- viduals and families can do to make a difference. In 1993 Whytecliff Park: became the first area in North Ameri “no-take” marine protected environment. The designation prohibits the harvesting. of marine fife within 100 metres (330 ff.) of the shoreline. Ry conserving and protect-” ing living marine . resources, : West Vancouver naw serves as a mode! to other communities. As part of the celebraticas, Capers restaurant in West Vancouver will donate 5% of its sales on Saturday, June 17, to Oceans Day. lete We repair all makes of foreign and domestic cars & trucks: Down draft paint spray system for factory finish “- © Unibodyframe alignment specialists aa ALL WORK GUARANTEED FOR AS LOMG AS YOU OW THE VENICLE He me “ae Government licensed inspection station ARA ceriitied body shop ¥ ‘a shod BCAA approved 183 Pemberton Ave. TALKING YELLOW PAGES 985-7195 ler 2 to be designated as a -