NORTH VANCOUVER
DISTRICT COUNCIL

Composter
demand
booming

Great response

to district offer

THE NORTH Shore’s
Backyard Composter Pro-
gram has the sweet smell of
success, proving to be more 2
than twice as popular than . Lovely 14K gold
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An April 22 advertisement in 2 . : Regular $525. /
the North Shore News offered 1 ‘ : . Special $395.
1,000 composters to North Shore : : Iola OST
residents for $25, a saving of ap- ; : : oa netudes
proximately 50%.
By April 29 over 1,600 cheques
had been received by the com-
poster distribution program.
The number of applications
with cheques had risen to 2,100 by
Monday night when recycling
coordinator Allen Lynch appeared
before North Vancouver District
Council to ask approval for an
additional 1,000 subsidized com-
posters.
Ald. Janice Harris proposed
approval of 2,500, saying that it
was important to take advantage
of resident interest if the waste Ae : mit .
seam was to be successfully NEWS photo Paul McGrath
But council voted to approve

the purchase of only 2,100 after
ynch expressed concerns that Y. , _ : —
volunteer distribution of the com- OT ith ballet
posters on the weekend of May 23
and 24 would be overtaxed by the

higher number. THE ROYAL City Youth Bailet is presenting Coppeiia for one

The composter cost to each performance only at North Van's Centennial Theatre on Fri-
North Shore municipality will be day, May 15. Camilla Fishwick (centre) and Michael Davies ] |
determined by the number of (left) portray the engaged lovers Swanilda and Franz. Artistic
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composters sold to residents in director, Dolores Kirkwood, will work with a 36-member cast

that municipality. (including Chelsea Steyns, right) on the ballet which was first
Lynch said that he anticipated performed in 1870.
repeating the composter program

in the fall,
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