40 — Wednesday, December 9, 1992 ~- North Shore News

i ents. If you haven't started yet, don’t despair: there are |

CHRISTMAS SHOPPING is an art unto itself. Some
people begin in the dog days of summer, scooping up
cheap wrapping paper and bows from discount bins.

15 shopping days left, and if you’re looking for deals
most retailers seem te be willing to offer prices that were

Kris
Tuyssuzian

INQUIRING REPORTER

WEST VANCOUVER
DISTRICT COUNCIL

Recycling
depot to
close on
Jan. 30

Clyde Avenue

WEST VANCOUVER resi-
dents will have until Jan.
30, 1993, to use the loca!
recycling depot on Clyde
Avenue.

By Maureen Curtis
Contributing Writer

Located close to the district's
largest intersection al Taylor Way
and Marine Drive and operated on
an annual budget of $14,600, the
depot is one of three recycling
drop-off depots on the North
Shore.

West Vancouver District Coun-
cil voted Nov. 23 to close the
depot by Jan. 30.

A second West Vancouver
depot at Horseshoe Bay was clos-
ed in 1990, with no public reac-
tion, according to West Van-
couver assistant director of opera-
tions Doug Wylie.

Now that the blue-box recycling
program is in place, council
agreed that West Vancouver resi-
dents did not need the depot.

Used by residents, non-residents
and commercial enterprises, the
West Vancouver depot was often
left in an unsightly state that was
the source of regular complaints.

Council was left with the pro-
spect of increasing the weekly
cleanup of the depot, which cur-
tently costs $5,000 a year, or
shutting down the facility and
directing users to the curbside
blue-box program,

The long-term regional plan is
to have one manned central depot
in North Vancouver that would
accept a wider range of materials.

The West Vancouver closure
was protested by one man who
said he liked having an ‘‘alter-
native’? to the blue-box program
available.

Others wait until the last possible minute to buy pres-

Have you started your Christmas shopping yet?

Stewart Jones Tom Mason
North Vancouver

I’ve bought my No, I never shop until
presents al- four days before
Christmas. In our family,
we have a raffle in
September, and every
adult picks out a kid’s
name and an_ adult’s
name. I generally buy
presents when I feel like
buying someone a pres-
ent.

Steve Kalazic
North Vancouver
Yes,
Christmas
ready.

I have.

os

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Yes, as a matter of fact

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Tom Matzen
North Vancouver
I haven't

two weeks before.

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North Vancouver
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