Trail tri Andrew McCredie Editor andrew@nsnews.com THE time has come for a North Shore moun- tain bike trail sumimit. Why waste the vatuabic tme of property owners, bureaucrats and governn: officials for the sake of 3 bunch of gnarly dudes and dudettes who do their muddy thing in the woods? Close your eves and imag: ine a world in which hikers routinely blazed their own trails through the North Shore woods and high alpine. And when that trail fell into disrepair from rain and usage, the hikers simply blazed another one a tew mieures away. Now imagine a world where uniformed patrols beat the bushes with ticket books in hand in search of these Ik: ing, hochaans, And imagine andowrers oringute ther Meaniaintop property line with a high steel tence, and selhing, cards for access to the pristine wikdernes-. Now replice thea Ts with bikers. Open vour eves, because it’s a reafity on the North Shore. A battle is currently being waged by B.C. Parks to pre- serve the rugged land con- tained within Mount Seyinous Provincial Park beundaries. Park rangers are writing-up peopic who are caught build- ing 2nd riding iHegal trails. The park has an extensive mouniain bike trail system — including large sections of Old Buck and the Baden- Powell trail -— bur with private When your windows show signs they need replacing, trusc us to get the job done right. With our affordable financing ‘opcions, the average home can have new windows for just $108 a month: ‘homeworks’ HOME RENOVATION PLAN Increasing frequency park off chs are discovering new trals hacked, primsrily, trom stem to stern on stcep grades. These trails may be great tor nding, but for the park enuronment they are devas: tating. Add rain -- of which the provincial park gets plenty --- co the trail mix and seathin one season that once awesome trail will be a muddy, vertical ness. And when a new replace: ment trail is buile running par- allel ro that trail, the next sea- son will bring another earthen gash to the quickly deteriorat- ing ecosystem. Bottom line? dude. If this was 2 problem con- tained within Mount Seymour provincial park boundaries it Bursrmer, would be manageable. Bur it isn’t. Tegal trail buildi ing and riding -- and the subsequent destrucnon of the forest and dining Neor — occurs datiy across the Nurth Shore, nam the waterfront to the peaks. [no oaddition to private property, these trails can be fourd on Jand owned by, amony others, all three North Shore municipalities, the province, the Greater Vancouver Regional District. and the Greater Vancouver Water District. The time has come for a North Shore mountain bike trail summit, Mountain biking has come 2 long way since its birth in the northern California foothills two decades ago. In 1996 i, Adlanta, the world’s best mountain bike riders raced in the Olympic Games, a watershed moment for the wo-wheeled sport. All window installations and renovations by our authorized BC Gas Inc, Homeworks® contractors are quality-assured, Call *Based an $4,900 financing over 60 months, for a total of $6,465. OAC. en 895-3570 today to improve the comfort and energy-efficiency of your home. Among tha.e history-mak- ing Olympians was North Vancavver’s Alison Sydor, who wor a siiver medal and got her picture on a box of breaklast cereal. And in just its second year of existence, the North Shore high school mountain bike league boasts Liundreds of par- teipants, At the end of this month, more than 500 young riders frem azross Une province will desvend on Grouse Mountain for the first-ever B.C. Tiegh School Invitational Mountain Bike racing Championships. Mountain biking is here to stay. And so are the people who live it and love it. The time has come for a North Shore mountain bike trail summit. To help with this process, Vd like to invite representa- tives from all the landowner groups and the newly-estab- lished North Shore Mountain Biking Association to the North Shore News board- room anytime they like. * The trail starts here. (Call me at 985-2131. lucal 147). LIONS GATE HOSPITAL A Caring Community Calendar Screening Mammography ‘Tf you are a woinan aged 40 or over, you may refer ourself to this program. or an appointment call 984-571 Prostate Cancer ort Group Tel! ay 26 at 7PM. in Seminar Room A A video presentation. For information call Jack Carlisle at 929-5183 or Burt Anders at 924-0776. Breast Self Examination Teachin Clinic Tuesda to 7:30 BM & Th ys yo 10 A.M. to 1 PM. in the Medical Petty Forappointment call 925-1952. Outpatient Speech Language Assessment and treatment is available for adolescents and adults as well as resi- dents in extended care facilities with voice, fluency or swallowing disorders. Sessions can be individual or group. For more inf). call Nicole Armstrong at 988-3131 locai 4418. Coping with Cancer upport Group Wednesdays at 10 AM in the Chemotherapy Unit For patients and their families. For infe. call Joyce Auld S.W. at 984-3709. Pre-Natal Tours Tuesdays at 6 PM meet in the Main Lobby A tour of the maternity unit for women expecting to have their baby at L Partners welcome also. For information call 984-5864. Volunteers Needed If you are able to give 3 hrs a week join the Auxilia to Lions Gate Hospital. information call 9 3734, Patients & family please be aware that discharge time at the hospital is 10 a. Your cooperation is appreciated, THE following is a brief summary of the topics on the agendas for the North Shore municipalities and school boards. North Vancouver City Council: Monday, May 25, 6 p.m. policy committee meet- ing; 7 p.m. public hearings: rezoning of 120-148 West 16th Street and 1601 Lonsdale Avenue te permit construction of 15-storey building, 318 East Kens Rd. to allow a comprehensive development, 123 Wesr 15th St. to allow comprehensive development; 8 p.m. public mecting: temporary use per- mit to allow Royal Canadian Legion to operate a 1200 block Lonsdale space as a clas A facility. North Vancouver District Council: Monday May 25, 7 pem.: Rezoning application for 3355 and 3590 Mountain Highway; devel- . opment variance permit for 697 and 699 Riverside Drive; setting of Northlands Golf Course green fees; 24- hour care boarding home for the mentally ill — schizo- phrenia; proposal for car allowance to be rolled into council indemnity package; appointment of acting may- ors; UBCM resolution — petition for effective land use regulation authority. West Vancouver District Council: Monday, May 25, 7:45 p.m.: M. Rushton dele gation to address proposed Western Community Centre; Horseshoe Bay — coffee wagon; Upper: Folkestone convenience store space; transter of North Shore Health; library foundation fundraising event. North Vancouver School District 44: Tuesday, May 26, 7:30 p.m. West Vancouver District 45: Tuesday, 26, 7 p.m. — Rubert Galster School May f instructor - Health & Home Support Duties: Teaching theory m courses ir: the Resident A Care Attenclant Program; supervision of students in practicum. A Qualifications & Experlence: Health professional, RN preierred: experience working with older adults; teaching experience essential; Master's 2 degree preterred; q education program f Management cesired. Appointment: a Temporary part-time. . 1- Dec. 30, 1998. ibility of employ- ment in spring term.) Salary: Faculty scale. Closing date: June 5, 1998, 4 p.m. = Applications to: John Potts, Dean of Business, Human Services & International Programs Fax: 984-1758 cuz @a Capilano Capiteno Colege 2055 Purcell W: C-_ College. tre" couves Where Opporhinities Regia VI9 3H5