Events, awards honour local preservation Jan-Christian Sorensen Contributing Writer THE North Shore is celebrating its past this week, Various events are sched- vied as part of the annual Heritage Week celebrations in both = North and West Vancouver. Local events run through Sunday and coincide with National Heritage Week in Canada. Some highlights include: B “pub week.” teaturing old time pub food and photos of old West Van at the Dundarave Cate, 2427 Marine Dr.; @a display of First Nations artifacts, featuring jewelry and artwork by David Neel, at Salmon House on the Hill at 2229 Folkestone Way; @a Lions Gate Bridge video presentation at the Ambleside Business Association on Marine Driv ® heritage displays at both the Ferry Building on l4th Street and the Dundarave Business Association on Marine Drive; ® a slide show and presentation entitled “Lighthouses of B.C.” by Don Graham, histeo- rian, aurhor and former Point Atkinson light- house keeper at the West Vancouver Seniors Centre on Thursday night; @ a “chen and now” photo display plus items from the West Van police and tire departments on display throughout this weekend at Park Royal (south mall); @ a Hollyburn Family Snowshoe Adventure, with free equipment, lessons, access to trails and barbecue at the Cypress Bow! cross-coun- wy area. (24-hour advance reservations are ‘ PROSECUTING Crown lawyers voted 96% in favour of being off the job for four days from March 27 to March 30. Last week, most criminal prosecutors in the province, including the eight at North Vancouver provincial court, were off the job for two days. The jeb action disrupted criminal court proceedings and hundreds of prosecutions in the province. Some cases were dismissed because there were no prosecutors. The prosecutors took a vote on Friday for further job action. The results were released yes- terday. Crown lawyers have been v From pare 1 without a contract for two Wednesday, February 23. 2000 - North Shore News - 3 age Ce required — call 922-0825). The week will culminate with the presenta- don of the sixth annual Heritage Achievement Awards ata ceremony and reception on Saturday at 2 p.m. at the West Vancouver Museum and Archives. This vear's recipients include: B Jessie Binning, whose home was the first pri- vate residence in West Vancouver to be desig- nated a national historic site; @ Laureen Jones, a volunteer with the Heritage Society; Bi Jack Leyland, who spearheaded the effort to preserve and restore the Ferry Building and the Gertrude Lason House; @ Don Luston and Lilia d’Acres, who co- DOUG Carter is against the widening of the Stanley Park causeway. Construction, backed by the parks board on Monday, will see some trees removed. On Tuesday Carter suspended himself from a park tree to draw attention to his cause. Decision faces challenge night and vowed to remain perched until the construction ends. photo Cindy Goodman SCOTT and Valerie Burkett enjoy the interior of their home, which won a Smal! Scale Heritage Improvement Award of Honour from the city of North Vancouver. authored the book, Lious Gate, which details the history of the Lions Gate Bridge; @ April and Chris Gill, who renovated a 1950s-era bungalow along with designer Morgan Gatto, who will share ia the honour, @ West Vancouver Streamkeepers, who raise awareness of the natural creck environment through education and restoration programs in West Vancouver. A display of past Heritage Award recipients and heritage books will be on display through- out the week at che West Vancouver Memorial Library on Marine Drive. The West Vancouver Heritage Advisory Commission js also considering the idea of a picture book cataloguing the flora and fauna rated and landscape patterns of West Vancouver and an area inventory of homes that coud merit desiynation as heritage sites. bor more information regard ing Heritage Week in West Vancouver, call 925-7236 or 935.7295. Updates will abso be posted to . North Vancouver District council also presented her- itage awards at its meeting on Monday night. The recipients of Community Heritage Conrmmission Awards include: BD Poole of 3219 Regent Ave, and Jim and Liz Mossop of 180 Windsor Rd. for restoration of residential or commercial structures; @ Development company Adera, for heritage advococy with signave, park improve: ments and the Skid Reads brochure; @ Sylvans) Gift | Shop. Edgemont Village, for the promotion of local heritage publications; M Wild Bird Trust, for the enhancement of the Maplewood mudflats; @ Stream Keepers, for their advocacy work in the preser- vation of natural heritage landscape: @ the Cameron residence at 164 East Kensington and the Rose/Sylte residence at 3955 St. Alban's Ave., for compatible new design in a heritage context; @ Selwyn Puilan, an award of merit for his early photographic documentation of the West Coast style of architecture on the North Shore. The Advisory Design Panel Awards recipi- ents include: B Capilano Volkswagen Audi Ine., 1151 Marine Dr., for design excellence; M Parkgate RecCentre, 3625 Bant¥ Ct.. for design excellence; @ The Evergreens, at L145 Ease 29th St., received a commendation for design. schreck’s man Dosanjh wins it all Ex-MLA pushed campaign Bob Mackin News Reporter bmackin@nsnews.com WILL David Schreck follow Ujjal Dosanjh to the premier’s office? The ex-North Vancouver-Lonsdale NDP MLA managed Dosanjh’s successful campaign for the leadership of the NDP — and premiership of B.C. The attorney general beat agriculture NEWS photo Julie iverson offered.” $8 minister Corky Evans on the first ballot Sunday. Schreck was an aide in the premier’s office from November 1998 to August 1999 until Premier Glen Clark resigned amid a casino Jicensing and conflict-of-interest scandal. Schreck’s job would have paid $92,000 had it lasted 12 months. Schreck said he doesn't know if there will be a similar posi- tion for him in Dosanjh’s administration. “We haven't discussed that at all,” he said. “My role in the campaign was that of a volunteer, it curned into a volunteer seven days a week, 14 hours a day, and right now [°m just enjoy- ing slowing down for a couple of days. “{ haven’t asked for anything and nothing has been years. They work under the Ministry of Attorney General. Last year, the prosecutors stopped threatened job action when the province appointed former ombudsmen Stephen Owen to conduct a report and make recommendations in a bid ro set: up a process for rais- ¢s and to address workload issues. The government received othe = report in December and has not acted on the recommendations. —— Anna Marie D’Angelo Environmental Conservation (SPEC) presi- dent David Cadman promptly announced that his organization and the Friends of Stanley Park would be filing for an injunction to stop the widening. Backed by the Sierra Legal Defence Fund, Cadman hopes to show in court that the park board overstepped its powers by agreeing to cede park land for the causeway expansion. Under the terms of Ottawa's lease agree- ment with the park board, the land is only to be used for park purposes, he said. In addition to its legal challenge, SPEC is also. supporting several protesters who climbed trees along the causeway Monday Lyan Valley resident Mike Flynn, 21, was among those taking to the causeway Tuesday morning to protest the board’s decision. He was sitting at the base of a cedar tree midway along the causeway while others perched themselves in nearby trees. Said Flynn of the plan to widen the cause- way, “I’m sickened. What they’re doing is totally pointless. “We're sitting here looking at single-occupant cars and it’s saddening.” Flynn’s wife Keista was ready to join him, buc found herself with a more pressing issue to deal with. “My son or daughter will be born at any time now,” he said. An election must happen by June 2001. Can Dosanjh form another NDP government? “1 don’t know if it can be done, bar if it is doable, certainly Ujjal Dosanjh is the right person to do it,” Schreck said. “We will see a dramatic change in the style of government to fess confrontation and more consultation, more inclusion.” A dispute never materialized at the convention over Dosanjh’s controversial membership drive. Thousands of new members joined the parry during the race. Many of the new- comers were Indo-Canadians -— some of whom were also Liberals. “I don’t think there’s going to be any beholding to any one group no matter hew one would characterize that group. The Indo-Canadian community is extremely active in all political parties,” Schreck said.