LOTTO 6/49 winners who buy their tickets out- of-the-province may never see their prize money. By NEWS STAFF That is if they rely on their own province's ticket machine to check for a win- ning number, A Vancouver businessman, who wishes to remain anonymous for pro- fessional reasons, said he had a winning ticket, but the B.C. Lottery Corporation’s printout said he didn't. Lotto 6/49, a Canadian organization, has vendors in all provinces selling lottery tickets, but the machines that check whether the tick- ets contain a winning number or not will only cor- rectly identify tickets that were bought within that province. The businessman travels between Vancouver and Edmonton at least 30 times a year, and regularly pur- chases 6/49 tickets in Alber- ta. He said he usually will spend the week in Edmon- ton, return to Vancouver for the weekend, and then check his. lottery ticket in the retailers’ machines on Mon- day or Tuesday. “IT never won anything, but that didn’t surprise me,”’ he said. ‘‘When a retailer's machine would spit out the little ‘not a winner’ note, I would. throw my_ tickets away.”’ ‘The man bought a June 15 ticket, and said for some reason he decided to check the numbers with the published results, and found that four of the numbers qualified him as a $62.40 winner. “] took my ticket to a retailer and asked her to cash it for me,"’ he said. “She entered the ticket number into her machine and told me it was not a winning ticket, giving me another ‘not a winner’ slip. I CANADIAN Lotto 6/49 tickets bought out of the province do not show up on a B.C. ticket checking machine. Right, a winning Lotto 6/49 is seen with computerized printout stating ‘““NOT A WINNER”. The ticket at left shows was astounded and asked where 1 could check- the numbers and she pointed me to a wall where she said } would he able to look at a printed list. “There was no list there so 1 went back to her and she brought the winning ley OP el KI ES WEST VANCOUVER COUNCIL | Blasted for inconsistent zoning CHARGES OF WEAK-KNEED com- pliance to development interests were leveled at West Vancouver District Council Mon- day night. | By TIMOTHY RENSHAW | In a public hearing over council’s proposal to amend zoning in the 2300 block Bellevue Ave. to allow con- struction of a duplex at 2327 Bellevue, angry area residents hammered away at council's development policies in general and its inconsistent zoning policies in particular. Speaking on behalf of his 83-year-old mother, Mary _ Seymour, whose home borders on the proposed duplex development site, John De West told council members that they had a re- sponsibility to protect the position of people in the community and to consider carefully any ad hoc rezon- ing changes. ‘‘My mother, like so many elderly people in this com- munity, has contributed so much to West Vancouver,” said De West. ‘‘She has lived in her house here for 40 years, and now council wants to give in to the inter- ests of two absentee landlords, who 1 believe want to build on a land speculation basis.”’ He told council that the proposed zoning amend- ment, if adopted, would adversely affect the remain- ing years of his mother’s life: ‘‘She would lose her view. She would be sub- jected to a year of construc- tion noise and mess. Her whole way of life would change.’”* De West also complained about the lack of notice af- forded to area residents con- cerning the proposed zoning amendment, saying that most were unaware of the June 3 council policy and planning committee meeting that recommended amend- ment of the standard RT-1 lot size in the 2300-block numbers up on the computer and gave me the printout showing that in fact I had four correct numbers,"’ he said. The man showed the retailer his winning ticket and said she too was as- tounded, but said she could Believue from 49 to 47 feet in width. De West characterized his mother as a helpless victim of land speculation who was largely innocent of how council changes zoning bylaws and how it notifies the public of those plans. In answer to Ald. Diane Hutchinson’s questions as to whether West Vancouver council had gone through the correct procedure in publicizing the zoning pro- 3 - Wednesday, July 10, 1985 - North Shore News not pay the winnings on the ticket. The businessman called Lotto 6/49 and was told that since he had bought the ticket out of the province, he would have to take it to a retailer in the province it was purchased. posal, Municipal Clerk Doug Allan said residents affected had not been notified by let- ter because more than 10 parcels of land were involv- ed. The West Vancouver district zoning amendment plans, he said, had been published in two consecutive issues of the North Shore News and posted at the district hall as is legally re- quired. Assistant Municipal Clerk, Greg Betts said later that Film crew gets graveyard shift if necessary, and could make HAIR-RAISING movie-making will be coming to North Vancouver City’s cemetary in August. City council agreed Mon- day to allow the three-day shooting of feature film Captive Hearts in the local cemetary. Location manager David Israel told council producer Paramount wishes to use the older portion of the North Vancouver cemetary, west of Lillooet Road, because it is isolated from any city set- ting. Israel said the company By BARRETT FISHER would need three days for shooting and a couple of days in advance to set the scene, including adding more tombstones and setting up a movie cript. Actors Craig Sheffer and Virginia Madsen will be starring in this ‘modern Romeo and Juliet love story’’ that has a happy en- ding, Israel said. The production, which will also be filmed in Van- couver, Cranbrook and the Fraser Valley, will employ about 120 to 150 Canadians, Israel said, with 6 or 7 American employees. Israel assured the mayor and aldermen that movie employees would be kept in full control, the public would be respected and clean-up at the cemetary would be guaranteed. Israel also agreed that his company could post a bond a donation to the North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce. Location/production con- sultant Brent Clackson, hired by the ministry of tourism, said Hollywood movie companies brought $60 million budgets to B.C. in 1984, and he added that 90 per cent of the movie crews must be Canadians. Clackson said the movie companies depend on the cooperation of individual communities. ole Lotto hassle “I have been travelling back and forth to Alberta and buying these tickets for years,'’ he said, ‘‘and I have always asked the retailer to check my tickets. I could have thrown away thou- NEWS photo a printout of the winning numbers, proving the ticket has four of six numbers For a payoff of $62.40. The businessman who purchased the ticket in Alberta warns others. with the 15 properties in- volved, required notification of residents within 100 metres would have run into approximately 1000 notices and been an extremely com- plicated procedure. George Murrell, president of the Ambleside and Dun- darave Ratepayers Associa- tion (ADRA), called the re- zoning plan an ‘‘absolute disgrace. Everyone who owns property in that neighborhood knew the zon- ing rules when they bought, so why change them now? This is a betrayal of the res- idents who have lived in the area for years.” Murreil echoed De West’s concern that duplex zoning had already been amended in 1980, shrinking the required width of duplex lot sizes from 50 to 49 feet: ‘‘Now it’s going to be cut again to 47 feet. Where will it stop?"’ Allan pointed out that the lot in question met the min- imum RTt-1 site requirement of 6000 square feet. Ald. Mark Sager said council should investigate to see if the zoning change would affect other areas of West Vancouver. Council adjourned its decision to July 15 pending a staff report into concerns raised.