THE JUDITH Marcuse Dance Co. ‘premiered its. directos’ Fy lat. est work, Second Nature, Wednesday evening at North Van- couver’s . Contenniai: Theatre. The troupe leaves: for Whitehorse on Jan. 29. to: begin: a tour that wilt fake i them ‘across Canada. See story page 14,00: ya W. Van considering “metering residential - water consumption IN THE. wake’ of last. summer’s unprecedented . 10-week olitdoor watering ban; West Vancouver District is pursuing Friday, oe 22, 1993 - North Shore News ~ 8 Emergency vesseis rescue crabbers in frigid waters ‘Kiddie’s’ raft sinks; trio pulled from Burrard Inlet NORTH SHORE-based marine emergency support vessels the tug initially spotted the people and a tugboat aided in the rescue of three people who found themselves fighting for their lives in the frigid waters of Burrard Inlet on Friday, Jan. 15. The’ Canadian Coast - Guard \ ship Osprey was dispatched. from ‘the. idea of instituting a residential ,water-meter program in. : the: municipality to encourage water. conservation and to. monitor water consumption... : Currently, water. usage | by commercial ‘and ‘industrial businesses on the. North Shore is 3 monitored by water meters. “Residential properties are’ By A.P. McCredie ‘News Reporter bans, and charge ‘them accord- charged a flat rate. Water. fees are based. on a yearly. fixed usage fee - rather” than © on individual con- ‘sumption. " : The concept of. using residential “water meters to.control and record individual consumption -has been “in. the rest of the GVRD_ area, . “ because West Vancouver. supple- - round '.for:.some . time,’ but the ‘prohibitive ‘costs’: involved «in ingly.” Of the $487 the average West | Vancouver resident will spend on | municipal ‘utilities in. 1993, $169 will be spent on water. The water rate.is rising by 11% . in West Vancouver, 6% less than reading the meters. have. been too - ments ‘its. GVRD. water supply great to make the. program’s im- lementation . economically prac- tical. 2 . * But recent advances’ in water “meter technology have. made the, from its own Eagle Lake system. North Vancouver City’s’ Tempe” eights subdivision has “a ¢com- munity, water meter,’ which monitors ‘the water _consumption concept more feasible. of 180 homes.’ $t Both Seattle and communities in the! Victoria’ area have residential , water metering programs, which -the community meter gives the ci- require all < residences.. to. have - ty a-better’ idea’ of. how much meters installed on their incoming : water the average home uses. water lines... ‘West: Vancouver’ waterworks “superintendent Kevin Ramsey said residential. water-metering * for “West Vancouver is inevitable. But he said that it would take ‘10, to:20. years’? before every ~ Vancouver home. “West” Vancouver | residence could be put on the systein.~ eyed “Greater. ‘Vancouver : * Regional * District. (GVRD) spokesman . Bud /Elsie said: that residential” water . meters’. would” help *.the GVRD - “monitor: ‘who abuses their water - ileges during ¢ times of watering superintendent Brent Mahood said has.no plans to require people to install individual meters. Ramsey. said an «subsidy program would be needed . but it would. be up to thé. home: - owner to buy it,”’ said Ramsey: Supplies, a residential water meter costs between $500 and $600. » Installation of a meter takes be- tween one and two hours.” Poee ce BAS BE Mailbox. oo. f Classified ‘Ads..0..0.1).28°° a Paul St.. Pierre . . . 8 Editoriat Page .... co @ . & What’s Going On ......43. & Home & Garden - lee AB: IZA eA o cee “Weather | mo ~ Saturday, mostly cloudy ‘with showers, high 5°C, low °C - Canadian Publications Mail Sates Product Agreement Number 0087238 © B Automotive Meee North Vancouver City utilities But he said the city currently. incentive. or: to install the meters in every West : “We. would ‘install the meter, According to B.C. Plumbing | , ’ firefighters .North Vancouver West, Vancouver last. Friday night to assist. North Vancouver. City aboard the , North Vancouver-based fireboat “No. 2, a Deep Cove-based rescue boat Operated by the North Shore Lifeboat Society, the tugboat Pacific Force, the Burnaby-based fireboat No. 3 anda Burnaby Fire Department crew. According to Barry Sotham, City Fire Department assistant chief in command of fireboat No. 2, a Vietnamese woman and two men were pulled from the water. The three had been fishing for crabs from.a log boom on the Burnaby side of the inlet. : Said Sotham, ‘‘It ended up that they were. from the United States. They had rented a car, come up here and decided to do some crab fishing. “T guess they scrambled down the bank from the Barnet High- way, crossed the railroad . tracks, set up a little campfire.”* . Sotham said the trio used a small plastic one-man ‘*kiddie's’’ 40 N. Shore residents. receive Confederation awards FORTY ‘NORTH: Shore -residents received the Commemorative Medal for: the 125th anniversary. of. Canada’s Confederation in By Michael Becker ' News Reporter raft for their fishing vessel. “It was one of those things you blow up and put in the pool in the yard. They went out with this and set up some crab traps off the log boom. When the girl was in the raft it started leaking. “The other two stripped down, jumped in to save her, and then none of them could get back up -on thé. log boom, because they were so cold,’’ he added. Rescue crews were alerted from land when a member of the group , who had been left on shore :al- tempted to: flag down help-from a car on the Barnet Highway. His. efforts. resulted in causing a car accident. Said Sotham, “Burnaby (fire - department) got the call for. the: accident and (when they got) the call for people ia the water they. thought,. ‘Boy, this is some acci- dent.’ said. Sothan said the crew aboard.” bestows nat’l honors | _a.ceremony on Wednesday - at Cheers’ restaurant in North Vancouver.) °: . “By Surj Rattan News Reporter The medals were presented’ by : North Vancouver : MP Chuck Cook, . The: medal recipients included North Shore News. publisher Peter Speck, News Associate Ed-” ’ itor Noel. Wright: and: News col. umnist Doug Collins. . "In newspaper. appeared on. North Shore. It attracted some . good people.’ . “The North Shore News ‘has gone on to become one of the most outstanding newspapers in North. America. “On the North. Shore, 93% of us read at least part of the. North * Shore News. This man started . “from scratch and has built a ma- jor business: He’s done an out- - standing job. He’s a good sailor, and I like sailors,” Cook said * when presenting the: award to Speck. ‘ . Speck ‘said he was’ flattered. and pleased to have been’ award-’ + ideas : and concepts; . but -' very” - Davis, . . : + rarely does he attack an individ-.. “My ° interest:. is ‘in Canada, ed the medal. . and I’m grateful my interest has 1969, a new rag. of a. ‘the.. NORTH VANCOUVER MP Chuck. Cook, It: was pretty bizarre,’’ he. in the water. All three victims suf- fered hypothermia. ‘ Rescuers were hampered. by the fact-that the victims did not speak English. . “The young woman was going into shock. She didn't speak any _ English. The only word she: could . ‘say, was ‘baby,’ and she kept say- ing baby over and over again. So we were concerned . that: there. _ might be a ‘child involved Gn the. water). “It wasn’t until two ‘hours after , we had dropped her. off and we got an interpreter litied up and taken to Royal, Columbian _Hospi- tal‘ when. it: was determined that;. yes, all the people were accounted for,’? he said. . | Jim Schellenberg, the officer in ‘charge at the West Vancouver Canadian Coast Guard hase, said “the coast guard has been called to the area in the past to rescue peo- ple fi shing for crabs. : “T live in Port Moody,’ and I £0 - down that road all the time, and | see them fishing constantly, fish- ing there off the log boom. ““E think quite often: they jump - out on the log booms, walk out to the end, drop off their crab pots, * -and then the tide changes and the log: boom changes position, and _ they? re * caught out there.” ' left, presented: the’. ‘. Commemorative Medal for Canada’s 125th birthday to 40.” North Shore residents, including (left to right): North’ ‘Shore News columnist Doug Collins, News publisher Peter’ F Spock : and News Associate Editor Noel Wright. a and honored to receive ‘the medal. : (OP m particularly pleased ‘that the paper has been recognized, ” said Wright. . |. . . ‘ Cook said Collins: has always * ’ been “forthright” in “his _col- umns.: ” pote “Doug. will : attack people’s ual,”’ said Cook. . Collins said he thought some-.- “trey. Ballard, " District ‘44° choo!” * trustee . Donald Bell, Nora Ann . Birkenhead, Ann. Bradwell,” “North: Vancouver City ‘Coun: “John. Braithwaite, -William « Cameron, .Craig.. Clark, Jac-, queline Coinner, Hugh Cooper,’ North:. Vancouver District Coun. Ernie, Crist, Alan-Dahlo, Donald ° Jean ‘Douglas;:. North”. Vancouver - District “Mayor Mur-.. ’ ray “‘Dykeman, © Kenneth Fowler; ‘Burrard Band Chief’ Leonard been recognized. : This is much : one was playing a joke on him George, Len : Golder, . Margorie “larger than’ all of the (political) parties,’’ said Speck. : a] Cook said more people on the North Shore” have read: Wright’s when ‘he fir rst learned about the. ‘medal. J “When - T got ‘the letter, 1 thought ‘it. was a hoax. I. Was *: ‘Goodman, Sherrill - Hardy, Capilano College president Doug Jardine, , Janice, Jarvis, Squamish | /Band ' Chief - Philip ‘Joe, Jack. columns over’ the last 20. years pleased: to find out it was genu- / Jung, Jenny: Kaderali, Dudley than any other columnist. “Sometimes I agree with him, “but. a lot of times 1 don’t. 1] think .he deserves:; this honor. - He’s' made a' great: “contribution ‘ ‘to his ‘community,” Cook’ said of Wright: . - pot . Wright s said he. was ‘surprised -ine,”-said Coilins. Other . North Shore. residents ; who received. the ‘medal, which’, recognizes Canadians who ‘have: made .a_. significant contribution’: to their fellow citizens, . their! ‘community of to Canada: ©. / _ Father John Bailey, Dr. Geof-'’, / Kill, . North: Vancouver . City. Mayor Jack - Loucks, Arthur McLaren, .Edward . Mulcahy, ‘Mollie Nye, Stephen: Partington, ” Barbara Perrault, Noreen Pro- -. vost, Angus Ree, Ronald Smith, Phoebe: Stenson and | Rosemary . Tindale.