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Newsstand Price 50¢ September 5, 1982

Recreation
funding:
the crunch
is coming

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WEST VANCOUVER

AFTER THE PARTY ... this was what remained of the rented house at
604 Forbes. Owners of the house say the RCMP refused to go tn and deal
with the 300 partygoers who smashed cvery window, tore out the rear
steps, ripped out the phone and disconnected the Hydro, upturned the
fridge, smashed gaping holes in the inside wall and tore the front door

_ Tel. 985-2131

HHH

Lye,

down. Landlord Jim Casano wishes the RCMP had sent their dogs in to
deal with the hooligans as they did at last weekend's party on Chester-
fleld. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Casano, are pictured wondering just
where to start on cleaning up the mess. See letter on page A7.

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(Terry Peters photo)

‘It’s make or break’ — Bell

THE FATE of North Vancouver Recreation
Commission almost certainly hangs on a decision
to be made by North Van City council Tuesday.

That is the day the council
will agree on its official

position over cost sharing.

with the District for North
Van recreation facilities.
And the outcome will almost
certainly decide whether the
shaky marriage between the
two will continue on a trial
basis or will end in divorce.

A joint funding formula
committec, with
representatives of both

councils, has recommended
that funding should be split
between the municipalities
according to the use of
facilities by residents from
cach areca.

But some City aldermen
will be urging their council
Tuesday to push for a better

deal, whereby only
operating costa would be
divided on that basis.

These members [eel that

each municipality should
bear the total cost of capital
expenditures, oxpensive
maintenance and upgrading,
new cquipment§ and
enhancement of  cxisting
facilities to buildings located
within its boundaries

This point ts being
strongly argued by Alder
man Stclla Jo Dean and a
handful of other City
members who point out that
the vast majority of
recreation facilities in North
Vancouver are located tn the

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‘Manipulation’

charged

“PARLIAMENTARY
skulduggery” was the
last resort of Pro Life
supporters after the
anti-abortion slate was
wiped out in the Lions
Gate Hospital Society
board election
Wednesday night.

A predominantly Pro Life
crowd was all that remained
by the end of the long and
tedious annual meeting. And
they used the opportunity to
push through three motions
attacking the hospital's
Therapeutic Abortion
Committee.

The motions, brought up
under “other business” by
former board member
Patrick Webb, obviously
took organizers by surprise.
Although voting was in
order, successful board
candidate Don Burbidge
slammed the action as “the
worst kind of Parliamentary
skulduggery.”

But the board of directors
still has one last chance to
stonewall the opposition.
Pending Icgal advice, the

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