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July 28, 1985

Glitters
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News 985-2131 Classified 986-62 Circulation 986-1337 40 pages 25¢

NEWS photo lan Smith
alike will heed posted signs noting park closures and campfire bans. With rain but a dis-
tant memory local parks and wooded areas are tinder dry and the fire hazard rating runs
the gamut from high (o extremely high.

LONG-TIME forest inuabitant seems to stand on guard for the Corporation of the
District of North Vancouver. The young deer, photographed near the tourist area at the
top of Grouse Mountain, and fire prevention officials are hoping residents and visitors

mea r

In addition to obeying fire
closures and regulations,
Kurucz said all residents
should report any fires or

Cyptess Park road follaws te remember regulations
the July § closure oof already in place: ne smoking
Lighthouse Park. Rurucz — or fighting fires in parks.

Everything is toralb dried
oul, grass, trees, everthing.
it’s to the point where even

FIRE HAZARDS in local forests have increased
park closures and tightened restrictions in those

parks that remain open.

West Vancouver District's
Director of Parks and Ree-
reation, Frank Kurues, said

Friday all wilderness parks
within che district's jurisdic-
tion will be closed until fur-
ther notice.

Kuruez described the situ-
ation as, ‘very dangerous.

the reflection fram a mirror
or a tin can could start a
fire. It’s nice weather, but
for beaches only.’
Closure of West
couver’s Hollyburn
Woodward Park,

Van-
Ridye,
and

said it has been at least 10
years since the fire situation
has reached such extreme
revels in’ West) Vancouver's
1014 acres of parkland.

He appealed to the public
to obey the new closures and

Refering to several small
fires in’ Lighthouse Park
prior to its closure and a
minor fire in the Cypress
Bowl park last week, Kurues
said, "We have been tucky

anyone setting fires in) or
around district parks.
“We're not only trying to
protect public property but
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