. Ss tT 0 n T eT . UF g ~ * FROM PAGE A10 council also voted to send a strongly-worded letter to Curtis, but their ‘criticism was, tempered -by comments. *: that’ ‘thé. _ Provincial govern" - ment ‘was in financial dif- ficulties : “and could legally © withhold the payments. More than $30 million in grants was tied up across the province by the freeze, announced in July. North Vancouver City was ex- pecting about $2.25 million. The City stands to lose about $40,000 a month in interest rates, “Treasurer. Dave Moulding told - the News. “We can survive until September 8,” Loucks said at the meeting. Though all council members present were angry at Curtis, (Alderman Bill Sorenson was absent) Alderman Frank Marcino had especially harsh words for the finance minister. Marcino called Curtis ‘irresponsible’ and suggested the minister should be charged a penalty for the delay, since property owners are charged a 12 per cent penalty for paying their taxes late. Alderman Elko Kroon warhed that the City may face trouble with the North Vancouver School Board because of the freeze on homeowner grants. Some municipalities have been withholding tax money collected for local school boards in a bid to pressure Curtis into thawing out the frozen homeowner grants. But North Van School Board Chairman Verna Smelovsky has sent the City a ‘strongly worded’ letter pointing out that the City is legally required to send this money each month, said Kroon. With jhe province withholding money due the City and the school board demanding its money, said Kroon, the City could find itself in a real financial bind. But Loucks said the threat of stopping payments to the ountcils send letter board might be a valuable weapon. ‘However, the mayor added that North Van- couver-Capilano MLA Angus. -Ree.promised to talk 6: Curtis: about the City’s plight’ ‘on Tuesday. - ' The province isn’t legally required to pay the grants as soon as they’re applied for, he added.~“The act is silent as to when they have to pay it.” North Van City is in a worse position than the other two North Shore municipalities, he said, becauSe:.. it didn't begin applying for the grants until just before the freeze. “We have not received one red cent of that sub- mission,” while North Vancouver District and West Vancouver have received about $4 million each, Loucks said. District council was most concerned with having the provincial government reimburse the municipality. for the lost interest on the grants. A memo from E. M. Palmer, the acting municipal ‘manager, states that if the grants are withheld until next March, the District will lose $325,000 in interest revenue, which would cause taxes to jump by three per cent in 1982. Most District aldermen, like their counterparts in the City, were outraged and the situation. But Alderman Peter Powell was more sym- pathetic to the economic plight of a “resource oriented. province” in which “the resource industries are not producing.” Powel] said that govern- ments “from the federal right down to the municipal level just don’t have the cash.” But Mayor Don Bell had not sympathy. “The provincial govern- ment has fiddled with our budget for the past two years they're shifting = their problem onto us.” ASSISTANT . (Regular Part. Time) Asa member of the College Health Team, you will be required to respond independently and affectively. to emergencies, administer first aid, and pertorm various typing and clerical duties. Qualifications: Grade 12, minimum 80 wpm typing, © experience as a Medical Office Assistant or oxporience in a madical office 4s a clerica) and technics! assistant, a valid industrial First Ald Certificate, Minimum Clase “GC”. Salary: $629 00 - $588.00 monthly for a 15 hour work ween, The position is open to both male and female applicants, : A.U.C E Local #4 membership isa condition of , anploymnen. | 2 "Applications 0; Jan Mindiin, Personnel Department, . _ Capilano College, 2065 Purcell Way, North Vancouver, B.C. “4 V7J 3H5 (Telephone: 986-1011, local 286) quoting | Competition #61. 465- S; % ‘at aan Closing Date: Auguat 28, 1981, A . { TEAK DINETTE SUITE | Including. a stylish 40” eliptical table that extends to 58” to seat six, and four classic matching chairs from Denmark. This set should be sold for atleast $695 “special offer” price ONE LOCATION ONLY... All - Wednesday, August 26, 1981 - North Shore News TEAK FINISH WALL UNIT This 5’6” durable “teak finish” melamine wall unit has plenty of space for TV and stereo, plus shelves and cupboards and a large lighted glass door display area. Shou'4 be sold for $679 “Special offer” price 1470 PEMBERTON AVE., nortuvancouver Owned and operated by Scandicraft Furnishings Ltd Phone Y980 6922 t.