Sunday, April 26, 1998 — North Shore News — 3 Awards to recognize youth achievements North Shore pair to pick up Youth Unlimited honors Youth Unlimited Awards are presented inv tir Nest Vancouver Chamber of Canmierce te cele- brate outstanding young people living in: te community. The awards recognize ontanading youth whe Yave overcoute obstactes, are positive vale matels for their peers and have made significant contri- _utions to the conrmunity. Six will be recognised at a dinner on April 30 at the Hollyourn Country Club. The Youth Unlimited Awards are sponsored by Cypress Bowl, The Menusroom, Park Royal, Suses x Realty and tie North Shore News. Deana Lancaster News Reporter deana@usnews.com FOR the Youth Unlimited Awards judges, it must have been difficult deciding which category Chris Lewis fit best in. , CHRIS LEWIS re. presented in Community Service, . Creative Arts, Environment, Sportsmanship, : Entrepreneurship .. -and _-Annovation, ‘and Courage categories. ; o The. 18: year-old Carson’ Graham: student “seems to have almost-all of the, character traits the judges were looking for. » He? has. “overcome adversity to achieve xtraordinary. heights” — he has moderate to severe hearing loss in: his left ear. “It’s not really that bad,” he says. “I only car the hearing aid so I can hear the whispers and crackles and other stiff.” ‘ : “And as a First Nations student, he has faced : and dealt with stereotyping and racism. He is:“a positive role model for his peers” he ‘offers “support: and encouragement to younger students who suffer from hearing loss. “The: awards News Reporter - miller@nsnews.com A repo: t on shared services between North Vancouver City and. District got a mixed recep- tion at district council on “Monday. - - ots To Coun: Janice Harris the report made “ali the sense in the world” while to Coun. ‘COUN. Janice Harris... says report makes sense. CT te also makes a point of being there for other First Nations students. “['m just doing exactly what older stude nts did for me — 1 tell theni to ‘stick with it; to make something of yourself. “I don’t mind. They’re my people.” His grades are good ind he’s been on'the honor roll since Grade 8. He has his future all mapped out — he wants to open an auto repair shop on the Capilano. reservation, where he lives with his grandparents. : His skill in mechanics is known throughout the school, and his own ’89 IROC Z28 i is tes- tament to it, “Ie wasn’t a clunker but it wasn't running Police Services @ Direct staff to work with the RCMP and NEWS photos Mike Waketield CHRIS Lewis, left, and Sean Heaslip, above, are outstanding young people. to my performance standards,” he says with a grin, “Money for me goes on | the car... not on clothes, all on the car.” But in the end, the judges devided to give Chris: the Sportsmanship award. He's plaved lacrosse since he was eight, and rugby and football in’ high school. Spearts have provided him with an out- let for any frustrations he has. He says the hearing impairment is not a problem in the lacrosse box or on the ficld. “] just fet them know ‘I can’t hear you, so .speak up.” His skill and sense of fair play have been noticed. This year, he was named to the North Shore Football AU Star Team at the offensive tackle position. - SEAN HEASLIP When he's not studying: for his Grade the city to create a mechanism to periodi- cally audit the allocation of resources. @ Subject to funding, direct staff and rhe RCMP to implement a PARR {personnel and resources review) study in 1999. Chamber of Commerce @ Conclude a Chamber of Commerce for 1998 with new ‘terms, conditions and performance mea- sures. ® Add the issues of tourism and the role of the Chamber of Commerec in economic development to an economic development strategy study. (This strategy study has just been contracted to Urbanics Consultanrs Ltd. ara cost of $35,000.) @ In a close 4-3 vote, council defeated the ‘ COUN. Ernie Crist...thinks. report seriously flawed. But Crist’s assertion that “the city new contract with the “Ir was all right,” Engine fitter Ben Brizee offered a‘ similarly p posi- tive review. . “For an average lunch it’s pretty. good, ” said - Brizee. : ’ Howev er, both men expressed a lot more enthu- siasm when it came.to describing the vessel they-had™ nearly finished building. “ft’s gonna be a nice vessel, that’s for sure,” said”, Brizee, 61. “The general opinion here is, of course, - positive. We look at the bright side.” 1 ; Said Abney: “There was a few delivery date prob- lens but all in all everything’s gone quite well.”. The controversial fase ferry project, which calls for the construction of three aluminum catamaran- * Ernié Crist it was “seriously flawed.” ‘Council. first -determined to hire an “independent consultant in March 1997 to “review the costs and benefits to the district :“resulting from. existing or possible shared . services” between the city and. the district. Council subsequently -reduced | the scope of the review to “existing shared ser- vices” after a request for ‘proposals was ‘issued. The $48, 000 review was completed by ~. Coopers and Lybrand and presented to “council Jan. 5, 1998. On Monday council considered feed- - back from staff and affected agencies. *4] know why this report was produced “in the first place. “It arose out of trying to get a handle on the important issue of amalgamaii ion,” said Crist.. “The city and. district are “both losing smoney as a ‘result of not being one. If nva of everything is better the Royal Bank and ‘the Bank of Montreal had better come to us for lessons.” builds highrises while we build playing fields” was just fine with Coun. Trevor Carolan. : Carolan said if that was the case it was an equitable division of services and he knew where he would rather live. Coun. Pat Munroe described the $48,000 consultant’s study as a “soft ... mild report on services that we do share.” : Said Munroe, “It looks like we've got what we asked for because we didn’t ask for an amalgamation report.” Some of the recommendations made by municipal manager Gord Howie from the study and endorsed by council included: Recreation Services B® Reinstate drop-in user surveys at recre- ation centres to monitor changing usage patterns and reporting te council any sig-. nificant change. ® Benchmark recreation costs against other Lower Mainland municipalities. @ Staff provide a report on the replace- ment cost of recreation facilities and the land value on which they sit. whereby the district would provide service- suggestion that the contract for operating the Travel InfoCentres be tendered in 1999. (The InfoCentres are operated by the Chamber of Commerce.) Fire Services § Track call-outs by municipality and con- sider adjusting the cost-sharing formula accordingly. @ Explore opportunities to share fire train- ing and vehicle maintenance services. Recycling Services @ Consider relocating the-recycling pro- gram offices to district hall to reduce costs and improve communications. Playing Fields @ Staff prepare a capital and maintenance program regarding school field use for pre- sentation to the. Minister of Education for-a-fee to the province. Council also asked for a staff report on the timelines to implement these and other directives but defeated a proposal by Crist that a report be provided on services not shared with the city. : “- y final exams or working at Hollyburn Country Club, Sean Heaslip likes to play the odd round of golf on weekends. “Bur nor by myself,” savs the P7-vear-old. “Pd never find the ball. It kind of adds an extra chal- lenge.” When Sean was cight, doctors diagnosed him with Stargardt’s Macular Dystrophy, which meant that he. would slowly lose his vision. His visual acuity now is 20/400. Perfeer vision is 20/20 -— the greater the difference, the more severe the vision problem. He doesin’t wear glasses. He says they would’: help him. “Team’t remember if 1 could sec, and then it went; or if ] never could see, and then they teld me.” What he can remember i is feel- ing angry. “When you're younger you want to be like everyone else. But you adapt to it. “Tery to do everything on my own. I only ask for help when | really need it. Now, despite having ne central vision and having to hold reading material at nose Ievel, the West’ Vancouver secondary student is achieving high grades (he had an applied for early admission ta URC, Eventually, he'd like ro work in the film industry. “I've always liked movies and [ like writ- ing.” It’s because. of his determination to suc- ceed despite his poor vision that his visual assistanee teacher nominated him fora Youth Unlimited Award. : Sean ‘is to be recognized with a Youth Unlimited award in the Courage category. — given to a young person who has overcome the limitations imposed. by a disability to - achieve their goals: . He’s a little surprised by all the fuss: and: offers this encouragement to others. “I don’t think anyone who can’t sce that” well should just accept it. You have’ to sur- vive, and do things along with everybody else.” A complete list of the six award recipients will be published in the North Shore News-;. : after the April 30 Youth Unlimited Awards ceremony. . new ferry fare From page 1 said Abney. style vessels to ply the Horseshoe Bay to Nanaimo route, is nearing completion. The first -vessel -is scheduled to hit the water on June 18 and then embark on a month-long series of sea trials. While the project is over-budget and nearly two years Jate, ” Catamaran Ferries International board chairman. . Jack Munro hopes fast Thursday marked the begin- ning of the end of what he calls “goddam ridiculous criticism. “It’s unfortunate it (the fast ferry project) gets a hell ofa lot of negative publicity. The true judge will be the people that use the fast ferry when it’s in the swater,” British Columbians in British Columbia for British Columbians. It’s going to be super.” Later when he had had a chance to sample the food Munro qualified himself as a meat and potatoes sind of guy before passing his judgment. “ Myself Pm nota fan of quiche or pizza. I was worried bur it turned out well. {t's saich Munro, ; He estimated that the first vessel should be in ser- vice some time after the Labor Day long weekend. said Munro. “A lor of it is designed by 8.4 good variety,” 83% average jase term) and has”