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Cove elementary OVERCROWDING AND portables will be a thing of the past when North Vancou- ver School District 44°s Dorothy Lynas clementary school opens for the 1994-95 school year, By Douglas Broome Contributing Writer Instead, there will be a “portable with class.” which is how District 44's buildings direc- tor Bob Wilson describes the new school extension. Originally designed for 380 students, the Deep Cove school now has 596 students registered. The overflow has been accom- modated with one school expan- Sunday, February 6, 1994 - North Shore News - 3 Pall cast over figure skating, dallist says Calls Harding affair ‘appalling’ Former world figure skating champion and Olympic silver medallist Karen Magnussen says the Tonya Harding affair is a dark point in figure-skat- ing history, By Anna Marie D'Angelo News Reporter Magnussen predicts that it will be difficult for both Harding and her American teammates al the upcoming Lillehammer Winter Olympics if the controversial skater competes in Norway. - Harding is at the centre of a storm that has blown up over an assault on fellow American skater Nancy Kerrigan, a member cf the U.S. Olympic figure-skating team. The assault injured Kerrigan's leg. preventing her rom competing atthe American national champi- onships. Harding’s former husband, Jetf Gillooly. and the skater’s body- guard have admitted involvement in the attack. : Said Magnussen on Monday. “The whole story is uppalling.... Figure skating has always deen rel- atively squeaky clean.” Magnussen knows both Harding and Kerrigan. The: North Shore resident described Harding as’a “tough fitthe “cookie™ she met a couple of times in Vancouver. Magnussen has known Kerrigan ever since the skater was a young- ster working with Magnussen in the Boston area. “She was a sweet litle girl,a very (hard worker,” — said Magnussen, who lived in Boston for LL years. 66 Magnussen has known Kerrigan ever since the skater was a youngster. 99 “She (Kerrigan) was working her brains out in.June last year, while we were there. She was look- ing forward to this year.” Magnussen said figure skaters don’ineed bodyguards. “Right from the beginning, we all said to ourselves, ‘What the . heck does she (Harding) need a bodyguard for?’ There is no vio- lence in our sport.” Magnussen said that in her day. about the only. warning given to competitive amateurs was (hat their skates be by their sides at all times. ..’ “There were stories that some; one in the dressing room would get your skates and dull the edges’ or. put nicks in-the edges,” said Magnussen. fo She said the skating community is relieved to know that the assault on Kerrigan was an isolated inci- dent and didn’t involve:*some nat out there somewhere.” / : “The fact this has touched any sport, let alone the sport you are: involved in. is beyond anyone's imagination.” said Magnussen. “/ - ing Indian River neighbortiood « of North Vancouver District.’ The building was designed by architect Jim Barnum, who also . designed the main school build~ ing. , "Tt will have 10 classrooms, washrooms, staff room and stor- . “age area. A covered walkway will con- > ‘nect the main school with the’ ‘ extension, The two buildings will resem- ble cach other. The extension will have wood trim and a mansard- style roof, , District 44 aésistant superin- tendent Chris Kelly said school "district staff were consulted on the NEWS photo Paut MeGrath NORTH VANCOUVER Schoo! District 44 chairman Pat Heal, Dorothy Lynas parents’ association. representative Brenda Manlove and North Vancouver Mayor Murray Dykeman examine plans to eliminate overcrowding at the elementary school in North Vancouver. sion and class- rooms, The new structure is a semi- permanent building. which cizht portable “demountable.” District 44. officials described as meaning Uhat it can be dismantded when a new school is buifCin the rapidly grow- THIS WEEK’ S QUESTION: Should municipalities have more powers to limit adult video stores? design. The building will cost approxi- mately $1 million, Kelly said, Several builders manufacture the sort of modular units needed, but the contract has not yet been put aut for bids, The project ‘will go to public hearings in March. North Vancouver District . Mayor Murray Dykeman prom- ised to facilitate the process.