‘TIS THE SEASON THE ANNUAL collection of food, clothes and toys to brighten Christmas for needy families has gone fairly smoothly in West Vancouver. But the situation is anything but the same in North Vancouver, where a record demand has the North Vancouver Christmas Bureau worried. *‘We’re hoping to get by,”’ fund chairman Jerry Miller told the News Monday morn- ing as she faced the prospect of raising more funds. ‘‘People have been ob- viously sitting on their ap- plications (for food hampers or grocery certificates) and hoping that they’ get by,’’ said Miller. ‘‘As Christmas gets nearer, they’re deciding that they can’t.”’ In a more normal year, says Miller, less than half of the applications that are distributed are returned. Last year, with the economy in deep recession, there were 628 requests for hampers and certificates. As of this Monday, the North Vancouver Christmas Bureau had requests for almost 700 hampers and cer- By NEWS STAFF tificates. More were coming in and Miller was not sure the money would be there to meet the requests. ‘“We’ve issued nearly $15,000 worth of food cer- tificates,’’ Miller said. **‘We do not have the money in hand for them yet.’’ (While donations § aren’t meeting the expectation — and the number of food hampers prepared by outside groups such as schools ap- pears to have dropped — Miller says the Bureau's Toyshop program appears to have done all mght.) With demand running behind expectation, Miller faces a busy pre-Christmas week. Much of her time, she says, will be spent contacting past donors who haven't come forward this year. As well, she is appealing to the community to help the Bureau make it over the hump. New Display Advertising Deadlines start January 1984. Wednesday edition: Al advertisers’ copy to the News by Friday 4:00 p.m Sunday edition. All advertisers’ copy to the News by Wednesday 4:00 pm "Our atm with all display advertisers ts to make ads that sell and © provide high quality service by our sales representatives our ad traffickers, and ow dispatchers ” “To hetp us produce effective advertising and to provide better service. we will bring Gur deadlines forward beytoning in the New Year “The new deadlines will be easy to cernember ednesday for Sunday Friday for Wednesday Ttm Francis Advertising Director Dw -tunannrlond vavwwndrelachendeaynvtelectranamerentatead sunday ° news north shore news Bureau hits cash crunch ‘*People need not be con- cerned if their donation doesn’t reach us by Christmas,’’ she. said. ‘“We’re not billed for the cer- tificates until after Christmas.’”’ **We've never had to cut it off (the distribution of food) early before,’’ said Miller. ‘‘This year it’s a day to day thing. We'll keep going as long as we can determine there is money coming in.”’ Donations can be dropped off at any branch of the North Shore Credit Union, at the Christmas Bureau's donated office space in the North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce office at 131 East Second or they can be mailed to the Bureau at Post Office Box 86081, North Vancouver (V7L 4J5). GRIP SET BY SCHLAGE A9 - Wednesday, December 21, 1983 - North Shore News Sagers push restaurant SAGER’S MAPLE Shop, a landmark building in the Dundarave area of West Vancouver , iS in the public spotlight once again as its owners have pro- posed a controversial conversion plan, which will see a 194 seat capacity teahouse restaurant replace the furniture store. Earlier this year, council rejected a request to convert the building into a neighborhood pub. Now council, is concerned about the parking problems a large restaurant will create. According to a report, a zoning by-law would require 23 parking spaces. There would only be eight or mine provided. ‘‘In practice, a minimum demand for parking for restaurants would be approx- imately one space for every four seats and possibly higher staff at peak times,’” said the report. However, planning staff did say that a ‘‘restaurant would be an attractive poten- tial use of the building.’’ ““A 194-seat capacity 1s considered excessive, given the parking situation.”* Council decided to advise the Sagers, that in its opi- mon, a 194-seat restaurant would create hardship in the Dundarave commercial area. ‘‘More appropriate uses for the existing building would appear to be retail, of- fice, and perhaps a small restaurant (fifty to seventy seats),’” said the motion council passed. 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