A3 - Wednesday, September. 28, 1983 - North Shore News

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BABY BREAK — ‘vrs.

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life-saver as far as some single. Travel ............@9
mothers are concerned. TV Time..........B19

PAGE CI —_— What's Going On. .817

ant more time.to The season has started for the

ya proposal'that-they take sportsters as well as the scholars
over from the ‘Rentalsman. with schools back in action.

PAGE BI

For schools
Sfay open

LAST SPRING, the
Ministry of Education
told West Vancouver
school trustees that they
would have to keep the
‘‘babies’’. Now the
trustees are seeking sup-.
port payments.

By BILL BELL

The babies were Glenmore
and Eagle Harbor elemen-
taries, and the Ministry of
Education's order to keep
those two schools open for
one vear, despite the protest
of school trustees, ts now
costing the board $314,000.

“Ll think we have a good
case for getting the money,”’
said Chairman Norm Alban.

The board plans to write
the Minister of Education
asking him to take into con-
sideration the cost of keeping
the two schools open.

“Surely this situation is
unique to West Vancouver
and we should be asking for
extra funding,’’ said Trustee
Fran McDowell.

NEWS phote Stuart Davis
In other board business,

Trustee Michael Smith con-
tinued to publicly speculate
that he will resign before the
fall election.

AH, THE vagaries of public opinion. While the sun was shining, Big O Tire owner Ted Lee

figured he'd start a write-in campaign to elect well-known weatherman John Pachold. The
rain came down Monday -- and so did the sign.

‘Definitely maybc,"’ said
an upset Smith who is not up
for election

Five storey plan for waterfront
A PROPOSED five-storey apartment building in residential complex, with ad-
the 1700 block Argyle Avenue in West Vancouver Joining beach property to
will be reviewed in connection with the Ambleside- Sublic. MacHale also sie.
by-the-Sea waterfront program, despite urgent re- gested that a seawalk be in-
quests by some residents that the proposition be

“‘E’'m concerned that the
majority of the people of
West Van are not being heard
by this board "'

Smith has been upset that
the board allowed the pupil

teacher ratio to drop from
174 to 168 an a year of
“fiscal restraint."’

‘*We now have cight addi-
tronal teachers and that
should never have happen-
ed,’’ Smith said.

“hm tured of being on the
other end of these three-two
votes,’’ Smith said

shelved.
Discussion of the dwelling
development reached a

fevered pitch at Monday's
West) Vancouver council

mecting during which,

representatives of Unit Con.
struction Lid , the company
submitting the development
proposal, and tocal com
munity groups voiced their

JOANNE MacDONALD

opinions on the subject.
Speaking on behalf of five
property owners living on the
block in question, the presi-
dent of Unit Construction
itd, Larry MacHale told
council his proposal consists
of the construction of a

stalled along the beach or put
through John Larson Park
in perhaps the most emo-
tional address to council,
resident Joanne Webb asked
how the development could
even be considered when an
official plan of Ambleside
by-the-Sea had not yet been
passed by council
See ‘lke need’
on AS