40 — Sunday, September 6, 1998 — North Shore News

Contributing Writer

IN an effort to promote safe riding
practices, improved bike trails, and
combat “road rage,” engineer Ken
Kerr has devised a plan.

The soft-spoken North Shore resident and
co-owner of Kerr Wood Leidal Associates

“The responsibility is
on bikers to ensure
they’re not causing

Ltd., brainstormed
with colleague Mike
Dickens and concocted
Bike Trek °98.

“I’m the last person
to say we need more
bike lanes on our city
streets,” Kerr’ admit-
ted.

“After all, such a
small portion of people
actualy bike to work,

but the ones that
do should be recog-
nized.”

Kerr, 62, is a true advocate of the cause.
The, consulting engineer’s offices on West
16th Street are equipped to facilitate employ-
~— ces that choose to bike to work instead of dri-

ving.”

“When we renovated the building we had
showers built in the washrooms, and an
indoor, heated lock up for the bikes,”
“We wanted to accommodate

Dickens said.
those employees who do ride.”

ike Trek is a “warm up” to the B.C.
ci al Public Works Conference which.i ‘is

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Bike trek to promote
Safe riding practices

By Liam Lahey

Chilliwack. Kerr personally mapped out the
route by which an estimated 25 cyclists will

participate.

Kerr said the trip, which will

include stops at the city halls in Burnaby,

plete.

Coquidam, Maple Ridge and Abborsford,
will take approximately seven hours to com-

Educasion is a key factor to cycling on city

streets according to Kerr. Especially with the

traffic
disruptions.”

increasing threat of road rage.
“The responsibility is on bikers to ensure

they’re not causing
traffic disruptions,”
Kerr said when asked
about the road rage
issue.

“Bike couriers, for
example: [have
respect for what they
do, but they ride on
the streets, on the
sidewalks, they have to
decide what they are
going to be.”

Kerr offered driving
licences for cyclists as

a possible solution.

“Vd like it if people were required to be
licensed complete with a provincial bike plate
and insurance,” he said.

The trek will commence September 14 at

8 a.m. from North Vancouver City Hall and
will end at the Holiday Inn in Chilliwack.

Interested participants should contact Ken
Kerr at. 985-536! to register.

KEN Kerr (left) and Mike Dickens are
navigating Bike Trek '98 on September

14 from North Vancouver to Chilliwack.

The MS Society is looking
for the last 10 lucky partici-
pants to play 100 holes of golf
in an effort to raise $100,000
to aid the fight against the
most common neurological
discase affecting young adults
in Canada.

For more information or to
register, contact Brice at the

MM MS Society at 602-3271.

~The Multiple
S) Society is seek-
ing marathon golfers.
The second ‘annual MS 100
. Hole Golf. Challenge is being

GSO
INLINE HOCKEY ... The
North Shore Bulldogs have
struck gold.

The inline hockey team
won the Gold medal at the
Canadian Hockey Inline
(CHI) National Canadian
championships on August 16

ed in round robin play beating

Medicine Hat, Hamilton and

Kamloops, before trouncing

Winnipeg 8-2 in the final.
ooGg

SOCCER ... Thirteen year
old Santiago Fernandez is the
best soccer player in the world.

The best in his age. group
that is.

The North Vancouver teen
won the Best Player award for
his age group at the 14th
Annual Tan Rush International
Soccer Tournament in
Aberystwith, Wales in late
August.

Fernandez’s under 16 team
took the U16 Cup at the tour-
nament, much to the surprise

THIRTEEN-year-old
Santiago Fernandez.

tion to Canada at first, our

~would. be. like a. team -of. 2
‘ English’ kids coming to ‘a -
tournament in’

hockey
Canada and winning.”
Tulis is the president and

“, founder of the Roman Tulis
European Soccer School of .

Excellence in Burnaby.
a0

. CLIMBING ... The Mr.
Kilimanjaro climbers are on
top of the world.

Despite the fact half of the
climbers suffered from alti-
tude sickness; Vancouverite
Bruce Allen and his crew safe-
ly climbed to the peak of the
19,500 ft. mountain.

The climb was done to
support the Alzheimer

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kids’ performance was an
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upset to say the least,” said
coach Roman Tulis. “This

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Sorry for any inconvenience

of their European counter-
parts.
“Nobody paid any atten-

in Edmonton.
Led by coach Chris Brule,
the men’s team were undefvat-

held at. the «Carnoustie Golf
Course in Port Coquitlam on
September 221.

MINI-RUGBY

Tall or short, fast or not-so-fast, big or little, girl or boy
there's a place for you to have great, safe fun playing MINI-RUGBY, the world's fastest
growing team sport for kids. The British Columbia Rugby Union, and Capilano Rugby Club,
Vancouver's premier rugby club, invite

BOYS and GIRLS
ages 5 to 13

to come along to our weekly, fully coached Mini-Rugby session and learn to play Rugby in a safe,
controlled environment with an emphasis on having FUN!
Training Sessions take place at Klahanie Park, behind Earl's at Marine and Capilano, Sundays at 10am
September 20" to November 29" 1998, and February 7* to April 25" 1999

Girls Softball
Rep Team Tryouts

Loutet Park, Sept 12, 13, 19 & 20
Year Division Time.
1987,88 Squirt 9:00ara
83,84 Bantam 11:00am
81,82 Midget 1:00pm

Loutet Park, Sept 14, 15, 16 & 17

Annual registration is only $25 (including full player insurance)
1985, 86 PeeWee 4:30-6:30pm.

REGISTER AT KLAHANIE ON SUNDAY, 13™ SEPTEMBER 1598,

BETWEEN 10am AND Tlam

For more information call Paul Timperley at 921-6623

Information meeting Sept. 9, 8:30pm
Lynn Valley Rec Centre, Cardinal Room
For info call Paul 983-2276

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