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AN OVERFLOW crowd at North Vancouver-:
_ District Council Chambers Monday witnessed an~-
emotional plea by the Silver Harbor Manor Society’

for a joint donation of $80,000 from the District-”

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_and-City.of North Vancouver. _

Bill Sorenson, a director of
the Society, told District

Council that no other com- —

munity in B.C. does ‘‘so little
for seniors.”’

He made extensive com-
parisons between Silver Har-
bor and West Vancouver’s
Seniors’ Activity Centre ad-
ding that the municipality of
West Vancouver contributed
over $137,000 to its Seniors’
Centre tast year.

In contrast, the 1983-84
Silver Harbor budget con-
sisted of a:55 per cent provin-
cial subsidy, While the re-
maining 45 per cent was rais-
ed by members.

With the provincial
government now axing its
support, (which totalled

- $114,500 in the fiscal year en-
ding March 31, 1984) Soren-
son said the Centre has now
devised a 1984-85 budget
totalling $196,500, with 40
per cent to come from the
two municipalities and 60 per
cent from the menibers.

Membership fees at Silver
Harbor were recently raised
300 per cent, along with in-
creases in program fees and
meal costs. Membership fees
are now $12 a year.

“Surely if the City and
District can find the means to

subsidize the Recreation
Commission som
$1,750,000 a year to provide
recreation and social pro-
grams for 80 per cent of the

population, they can:collec-"—
tively find $80,000 to sub- .
sidize Silver Harbor which |
caters to 20 per cent of the

population,’’ said Sorenson.
**An additional $80,000
added to the City and District
tax base is peanuts compared
to the total City and District
budget, and the cost to in-
dividual taxpayers would be
less than $1 per capita, when
you consider the portion of
taxes paid by commercial and
industrial taxpayers.”’
Following Sorenson’s
presentation, Council voted

to strike a committee which ;
would meet with a City com- ©

mittee and representatives of
Silver Harbor.
According to Silver Har-

bor statistics, 31 per cent of |

the regular users of the facili-
ty are District residents, while
60 per cent are City residents.

Current research shows that :

16 per cent of the North Van-
couver District population
were over 55 by 1991 and 30
per cent by the year 2000.

Woman attacked

AN 85-YEAR-OLD North
Vancouver woman suffered
bruises and scrapes when she
was shoved to the pavement
by a purse-snatcher Friday
evening.

The unidentified woman
was getting out of her car at

1425 Marine Dr
West Van.
922-3512

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HOBBIES & CRAFTS

Open 6 Days a week

First Street and Lonsdale
when a lone male grabbed her
purse and pushed her to the
ground.

The man fled with the
elderly woman’s purse and
the $40 it contained.

The incident occured at

about 7 p.m. Friday.

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