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LYNN VALLEY residents (from left) Patti MacDonald, daughter Catlin, Barb Ellis, Neil Clegg

and Shirley Lees are some of the people opposed to a plan by the Lynn Valley branch of the
Royal Canadian Legion to expand its seating capacity. See story page 4.

Charities lament income loss as city sinks pro fundraising operation

NORTH VANCOUVER City’s denial of a proposal to
establish a seven-day-a-week commercial bingo hall in the
municipality’s Lower Lonsdale area has left casit-strapped
local charities without a desired new source of stable in-
come.

ities during the first year of
operation and $1 million annually
thereafter.

North Shore Special Olympics
(NSSO) was one of the many
charities to ask city council to

unteers and an annual budget of
$20,000.

The money is used to allow
about {00 mentally handicapped
people to participate in 14 sports,
including skiing, floor hockey,

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A proposed 220-seat bingo hall
at 125/127 East fst St. run by
professional gaming operator
Anzac Enterprises had the support
of approximately 25 North Shore
community groups.

Local charities raised approxi-
mately $2 million from gambling
in 3992. Most of the money was
raised in casinos and bingo halls

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located off the North Shore.

Bingo hall supporters estimated
that a new North Vancouver City
facility would have raised an
estimated $600,000 for local char-

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support the bid by the Northstar
Charity Bingo Association
(NCBA) to overturn -the city's
five-year-old) bylaw banning
commercial bingo operations.

NSSO relies 100% on public
donations and on money gener-
ated from two casino nights held
each year,

The NSSO works with 70 vol-

soceer, track and field and swim-
ming.

On Sept. !3 city council voted
against relaxing its gaming ban
and allowing professional bingo in
the city.

Some councillors argued that
opening the door to the bingo

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