3 - Stunday, May 22, 198K - North Share News

Ww. VAN'S JOHN LAWSON. PARK

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A NORTH. Shore man was recently shocked to find a

poisonous wood preservative. oozing from a section. of a
- wooden playground his: young son was playing on at West

Vancouver’ s John Lawson Park.

Patrick Kinney ‘had taken 1%.
year-old son Brennan to play at the

Park | fast. weekend. While the tod- ;

: Y . a :
-dier, was playing on: a wooden |
John ;

MOT THER DEBBIE Kinney ‘and |.
_ son Brennan pose by ® log:
treated with creosole which had
kids playing at. West Van-
couver’s John Lawson Park
coming away, with black hands.
and soiied clothing. The toddler
was playing in the park recently
when bis father discovered the -
substance he was coated in‘ was
poisonous ‘creosote. The
municipality has since covered
the exposed log. | °°

Shore - “jesidents : ‘ean - call”. Van-

couvet,, Richmond, Burnaby,.New

. Westminster, and Port Moody, tolf-
free. ;
"Subscribers who chose the local
- service option would be limited to

; ‘calling North Shore numbers toll- ‘
“free and consequently charged the:

_ lower. monthly 1 rate, :

“his
, creosote. ‘I used to work for the
forest: service and I knew it was a-

bridge’ structure at the
Lawson Park playground he soiled
his hands: and clothing. in a black
substance.

POISONOUS SUBSTANCE
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- On closer: inspection” he found

son had been coated .-in

poisonous preservative. 1 was pret-
Ay pissed off. You don't exactly

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leistaiice: CHARGES

long distance.’

The estimated charge for: ‘a long .

distance call to Vancouver from
the North; Shore under® full day-
time rates ould be 38° cents for
the first minute and 18 cents for.
cach additional minute. '

That rate would be reduced 30
or, 60. per ent | if a call..was: “made
during " evening’ discount, or late
‘rate hours.)

-* Residents. opting ‘for: ‘the, loca
service option: will NOt t be charged

| layground poison.
shocks local father

expect a poisonous substance to be

readily available in a playground. mo

Kinney said the. main wooden
support beams of the . structure
were oozing the .oily fluid. ‘'You
could see. other kids had it on them

“and you could sec them trying to

tub the stuff off in the sand.ilt has

” PCBs in it; it's carcenogenic and
you're not Supposed. to touch i it”

20 YEARS OLD . |
Said West Vancouver! Director
of Parks and Recreation. Frank
Kurucz: ae te putting skirting
around covering it swith
plywood: ‘We weren't: aware of it,

being a. problem until Mr. Kinney.

brought it to our attention.:! It’s
been there for at least 20 years:) We

believe it was an isolated case. Any: ;
wood being used. in playgrounds . .

now is pressure treated." a :

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$23.50 fee. to cover adminis ation ’
and technical reconnec n costs.

“communities included in an area 8
basic, sy based calling ‘area’

rity) list: nee
“toll-free areas ‘pased-on.t

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