1% — Wednesday, August 19, 1992 - North Shore News A.P. McCredie INQUIRING REPORTER A SEXTEEN-YEAR-OLD Burnaby youth drowned in Lynn Canyon last week, renewing a decade-long debate on the banning of swimming and jumping in Lynn Canyon. The Burnaby youth’s death was the third fatal- ity in the pools of the cunyon in the last month, bring- ing the total in the past 12 years to 17. Strong currents Why do you jump in Lynn Canyen? and siippery rocks have been cited as the main factors in: past fatalities. Ernie Crist, a North Vancouver. District - councillor, has recently called for a complete ban on swimming in the canyon, but many of those who take the plunge feel that the deaths are :nerely the result of : inexperienced jumpers and swimmers, Jacky Cioudt (jumper) North Vancouver It’s a very nice swimming hole and it doesn’t have to be dangerous if you - know what you're doing. It’s a great way to spend Jeff Morrow (jumper) Surrey It’s just the thrill 1 guess. If you’re stupid you'll die, if you’re not you won't. Chris McCann Gumper) Surrey ‘It’s a rush. It’s not like anything else. Sorne parts are dangerous, but if you’re smart you don’t jump there. Craig Mitchell Gumper) Delta It gives you something to do. It’s clean, It can be dangerous if you're out of control, but if you... watch what you’re doing Kevin Samson (jurapier) : it’s fun. It’s - outside When you. jump it’s t * nothing you’ve ever don before. Hoye a hot afternoon. Council considers playing Polish tune NORTH VANCOUVER. City Counci? ‘will need. mere informa- tion before it ‘agrees to. 8 .pro-.- posal: from:the Canadian . Potish Academic Club to have the-Polish . frumpet melody Hejnal performed * every day. at noon. adjacent to the - Joe Bustemente Trumpet sculpture which was : installed . at Pp . By atauireen Curtis Concributig Writer Staff were. ‘asked ‘Aug. 10 to _ determine whether. Hejnai is the most: appropriate tune for North Vancouver and Bustemente’s trumpet/sculpture. _ : . **] would like the historical . aspect of whatever he played to be checked out,’ said © Coun: Rod Clark... .Coun. Stella Jo Dean asked that the. matter- be. referred to the North Shore Arts Commission to ‘determine the suitability of the song proposed by the club. The ‘trumpet on display, which was played by Bustemente to communicate with the ships in the Rogers. “NORTH VANCOUVER CITY COUNCIL harbor, has already been outfitted with a speaker and a wire, al- though a further $1,000 worth of equipment would be required to have a piece played from it once per day. De. Jan Bobrowski of the Ca- nadian Polish Academic Club brought a recording of ihe Hejnal, which his group is willing ta do- nate as the chosen tune, The song ends abruptly because, according to legend, in 1241 in Kracow, Poland, the tune was be- ing played from a tower to warn of the approach of marauding Tartars when the player was shot in the throat. “But we think it is actually an iaternational melody,’’ said Bobrowski, calling attention to similar stories in other cultures. The Hejnal was played on the hour in Kracow, starting in the 18th century, and since 1927 it has been broadcast on Polish radio at noon. CATHEDRAL LAKES . Art Class in Cathedral Park with renowned English Artist Geoff Watkinson. . For reservatioas call 499-5848 or 492-1606 (Lodge) RR#i, Cawston, BC. VOX 1C0 Ast classes limited to 12 participants only JOB HUNTERS are being sent on wild goose chases across the Lower Mainland in pursuit of jobs that have been filled months ago. By A.P. McCredie News Reporter So charges a North Vancouver man who says he is tired of chas- ing down job feads from the job board at Canada Employment Centres, “Some jobs that i know have been filled are still on the board for five or six months,"* said Max McKinnon, who regularly checks the board for security guard pos- tions. “Some of the young guys who are desperate for work have wasted trips to Burnaby and Sur- it’s no problem. rey pursuing jobs that aren't availzdle.’* McKinnon, 72, said he has ap- proached the North Shore Cen- tre’s staff regarding the delay in removing the filled job cards, but . has been told that it is the employer's responsibility to phone the centre when a job is no longer aveilable. “The people in the office don’t seem to give a damn about the job board after they have put a card on it,’’ said McKinnon. ‘ht becomes damn frustrating.’ A clerk at the North Shore Canada Employment Centre con- firmed that it is possible for a fill- ed jod to remain on the job beard for an extended period of time, but added, “every two weeks we Single Vision Regular Plastic Lenses with Scratch Resistant Coating $69. 0° Complete I (Sphere+/- 4.00 D. to Cyl. -2.00 D.)§ Extras Excluded try to update the board by ‘calling: the employers to confirm -if ’ “the « job is still available.”” But ssid thie clerk, ‘he is the: Te sponsibility of the employer.to cali ; us when.a job hasbeen filled so that we may remove their card."’ McKinnon added that he. knew. of an employer in cast ‘Vancouver who never: phoned the employ ment centre- even ‘after :an. app! cant for: ‘the advertised” "job: hired. x alwat® Employer fold me shat te ways hed trouble keeping »,t io filled, so he liked ths: fact'that the card Stayed posted ‘for months at a time,” McKinnon ‘said said he had a stockpile of names from people who ~ kept him CHILL: ‘Specials on Nikon Scratch-resistant, multi-layer, anti- jreflection coated, water repellant lenses. 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