es 5: = Coe : an : {Laas Home Living/Summer Sale m oe 4 - , insert (promo #687) NV park eyed for soccer use Kevin Gillies News Reporter TREE preservation should take precedence over soccer games, according to residents of one North Vancouver neighbourhood. Cloverly Residents Association members appeared betore North Vancouver City council on Menday night to appose a city plan to turn what they consider a sensitive natural enclave accer pitch, s will greatly disturb the animals of the region and the residents,” said Valerie fenkins told council. “The bald cagdes nese there every vear,” she said after the reting. “We're afraid that if even one tree is taken our, they wort come back. Jenkins told) councillors: that the residents’ association : unanimously passed a resolution to lobby for the park's L . . i j end table preservation. - 3 j eee ie ana pantry wil not be avasi Sunrse Park, admitted|y, is in rough shape having been ; : ; , : i : used to dump gravel, asphalt, grass clippings, road chips and : ; F : 10H GARBEN other materials. The park is located just west of the Park and : “Secretary Our tag $2,299 Tiltord shopping centre in the 900-block of cast tth Street. : it ot be avaviabte unt . UG really needs to be cleaned up hut a soccer field is too : ; : . ‘ ; Page 22 - 25% off Eaton ticome extreme,” Jenkins said. fj vad f . ° i Me Damass St 4 ; ; L, : ae 7 amass Sips sheet sets. duvet cov- However, North Vancouver sadly lacks parks tor ity 1,200 0 6 . na. : } ers, bacsaits and snams - will not pe young soccer players and 300 volunteers. *§ : aie ; ts ; available unt May 24, 1299 “Phe growth in soccer has been phenomenal and contin: : We sincerely apologize to our ues to be healthy,” said Larry Wilson, president of the North re - valued customers and regret any Vancouver Lions Gate Soccer : Siation. . se re : inconventence or confusion this c ' may have caused. dso many kids are playing that teams have been | ‘ ; ae up on fields tor practice. ; : _S- j ae , E AT re) Ni f s§ “We're now at the stage where we have to triple up,” he : , eu 3 said. : : Wilson said there have only been one or two new parks | 4 be . . . created in North Vancouver in the few years and he di SEAN i es ie Bos FAV AILA'BHESONSTHEIN Exlg agreed with the notion that Sunrise Park is a pristine forest NEWS photo Julle Iverson http//werw. area, CLOVERLY residents Valerie Jenkins (left) and Peggy Mcintosh want North “What we're taking is a city transfer station, levelling it Vancouver City council to preserve Sunrise Park instead of turning it into a and allowing kids to play soccer on it,” he said. “We've got soccer pitch. lots of kids that want to play and that takes space.” North Vancouver City Coun Darrell Mussatto — who sits on the North Vancouver recreation commission — said space is at a premium. “This is one of the very few, or the last, places we could put a soccer field in with a minimum impact,” Mussatto s: “We need more fields (but) we've got no more space left. The last logical place is Sunrise.” Mussatto said thar not many trees would come down, and because Sunrise Park is close to Park and Tilford Centre, it would mix in with a commercial and industrial area. “I think, long-term, a soccer field works best at Sunrise,” Mussatto said, adding the need is “critical.” North Vancouver City council] adopted the plan to deve! op an all-weather sports field wich lighting in Sunrise Park on Feb. 15. enders, “Quest Chrome* Photo caption - oo u : Join us May 15th for our corrected poke sm qgus mg cane. 4 Bate? A photo caption in . naiehe a: | Fabulous Free “Diamond Dig the Wednesday, May “Si ee You Can “Dig” for a beautiful News incorrectly iden- FACTORY FUTON ayes : 320 CARAT DIAMOND tified West Vancouver Entrance tn feat lane Mos. Sat. 1-8pm Sunday 42-5 pm _o® , $ 500 Police Chief Const. . Grant Churchill as the = ga: ay ee " . appn aISER Gi 3. West Vancouver fire aap : : : — : chief. The photo showed View a Sparkling Collection of Carat Diamond Rings Churchill and Const. Ian J pe Een 3g . og