Julie inquiring reporter Crawford | Ma: CA GLOBAL WARMING is an increasingly hot topic these days. Also known as the Greenhouse Effect, global warming is caused hy increased levels of carbon dioxide and other man-made gases in our It’s increasing the world's tempera- ture, resulting in strange weather patterns and yes, a shorter lifespan for snowmen. Yet sun-worship- pers refuse to take up the bottle. forsaking SPF safety for that California tan, even though 100,000 people die each year from skin cancer, And we refuse to keep our cars tuned up, or beiter yet, walk or cycle to our destination. This year, give yourself and all of us a gift by driving tess, taking shorter showers, making your home more energy efficient or even planting a tree. Merry Christmas! SED atmosphere. oe, LC. Mann West Vancouver Yes Iam. I can’t take the heat so I'm moving the family up North. ~ Crystal duNeige North Vancouver No, not really, I've finally Managed to pounds. shed a few Mark Meltwater North Vancouver No comment. | INV crossing guard piea made School district asks NVD council for $70,000 “NORTH | VANCOUVER DISTRICT COUNCIL By Martin Millerchip eee, WORRIED PARENTS from across North Vancouver District joined with School District 44 Monday to ask council to consider paying for the continuation of the adult crossing guard service threat- NN >" oxing Day Sale! ONE DAY ONLY Dec. 26 9:30 - Entire Stock MELROSE NE. Melrose Sauare Accessories LONSDALE QUAY 2ND FLOOR ened by education funding cutbacks. Keith Denley, assistant to superin- tendent of schools Robin Srayne, appeared as a delegation to ask coun- cil for a grant of approximately $70,000 to fund the crossing guards from the beginning of February to the end of June. The school board, facing ever- tightening budget restrictions, initial- ly announced an end to adult crossing guards at the end of the 1994-95 fis- cal year. \ 6:30 pm ——— > | $87-8009 a STEREOS. The program was then extended to December 1995. Brayne gave the guards another month on the job for January, committing the school dis- trict to half the year’s funding. Denley confirmed to council that the school district's costs for the pru- gram to the end of January would also be about $70,000 and that it would continue its administrative and supervisory rotes, “What we'd like to do is bring this to you not in the spir- a OF : eo” y BAZOOKA 7) : 4 Al 4 4G st100 ne ‘ cross over, 660 wit 2x65 watts per channel, reverse polarity, thermal 2 overiood protection, adjustable bass q PG M44 Arms 4 channel, built in O cross Over, B2wor J it of off-loading a financial obligation to another jurisdiction,” he said. “We'd like to bring this to you in the spirit that this council has come to the school district in terms of the Winter Games initiative and the Joim Use ini- tative (community use of schoo! facil- ities). “In that spirit we'd like to also engage in a discussion about the joint use of crossing guards as un issue.” Adult crossing guards patrol 12 intersections in the district. Shock Sensor Man 6G Mo0 per channel | CON 60 Built-in Anti Car ceis—an Teverse polarity, therma | ceNSO 1 Jacking Sys’em, Remote Contral, F af & overload protection, “| Sensor Adjustment Anti Core : adjustable bass oe Grobbing PG M25 See 2a CAR STEREO 150 PEMBERTON AVE, North VANCOUVER | (KITTY CORNER TO THE PEMBERTON STATION} : BAZOOKA: MOTOROLA’ > ‘PANASONIC 986.1 171 10:00am - 5:30 Parents whose children cross Keith Road, Mouniain Highway and Highland Roulevard ‘vere on hand Monday. “Without adult crossing guards we would be asking young children to make decisions that they” 2 aré not yet old enough tu muke.” said Karen Hilton. Her children attend Eastview school. Council referred the funding — request and the suggested commmitiee + to staff for a report. § SUPERNGYVA it Anti Code BRRREMOTE i Graber Glass and Shock B) Sensor Plain View Valet fi CON 20 Anti Cade 4t Grabber Valet Switch © LEATHER CAZES . RAPID CHARGERS S CAR «iTS BOXING DAY ~ HOURS BEL ° CLIFFORD.