4 — Sunday, November 22, 1998 - North Shore News NVD OK’s rink Martin Millerchip News Reporter NORTH Vancouver District Council has agreed to support a lounge Jiquor licence application for its new Seymour ice arena. miller@usnews.cont Bat the decision was not unanimous, and some area residents sav they had no idea that the rink would be a licensed facility, Blucridge Community Association co-chairman) Angela Trudeau says almost all attendees at arecent neighbourhood meet- ing were opposed to the application and asked council to postpone 2 decision until area residents have been polled on the issuc. While the licensing proposal was pubhe information during the rezoning process for the three-sheet rink, the intention of the operators to seek a maximum-capacity “A™ licence appeared news to some at last Monday's council meeting. Cantan Investment Corp. (the district leased municipal land to Canlan to build and operate the rink) is in the process of obtain- ing a “B” licence for the restaurant area on the mezzanine level of Ice Sports North Shore at Berkley Road and Me. Seymour liquor licence Parkway. Canfan doesnt need council approval tor wars basically 2 “restaurant” licence that will cover 335 sq.m 15.789 sq. tt and include a banquet /mecting room and Uwe viewing arcas scan, 2 total of 240 patrons, However, ence the “B” licence is obtained, Cantan will appiv for an “A™ (lounge) licence to accommodate a total of 120 seats. Hiquor Control Board regulations usually allow tor one lounge seat for every 13 sq. ft. of floor area and Cartan has always shown A915 sg. ft. lounge in ity plans for the Sevmour rink, So council was expecting an application tora 70-seat tounge Monday, But Canlan want a lounge licence tor 120 scat based on LOB regulations that allow for 40) seats per sheet of ice ina “winter club™ setting. Several councillors eypressed surprise at the size of the lounge appfication but ultimately only Couns. Erme Crist and Par Munroe opposed the bid. (Mayor Don Bell was in China and absent for the vote} Hockev has been played on the three ive sheets for a dow weeks bue the arena awaits an official opening. The restaurant. and fourge will be operated by Maplewood Neighbourhood Pub owner Kelly Willett. Teen silence stalls robbery probe Anna Marie D'Angelo News Reporter danaclo@nsnews.com POLICE believe there is a teenage conspiracy of silence concerning the identity of a youth who robbed a 13-year- old of his Halloween candy at knife-point in the Deep Cove area. The suspect wore a Richard Nixon mask during the incident near Myrtle Park. “The problem we have right now is that we feel a lot of kids know this person, but are too afraid to say any- thing,” said North Vancouver RCMP Const. Tom Seaman. Council Meeting Agenda November 23 - 7:00 p.m. Live on Rogers Cable 4 Delegations ° Mr. Mike Murphy or Mr. Francois Du Preez regarding Cleveland Dam Works * Superintendent Graham, North Vancouver RCMP, re Lynn Valley Community Policing Centre Council Matters 1. Waterfront Task Force, Phase tl Working Group Report Const. Donovan Tait, who is investigating the incident, interviewed several voung people who either did) not want to be seen as a police informant or appeared to be afraid about revealing the sus- pect’s identity. The suspect was one of five to seven older teenagers who approached a 13-year-ald boy and his friend near the park shordy after 10 p.m. The older teenagers sur- rounded the nvo boys. The older teens asked the boys how much money they want- ed for their candy. Police say the younger boys said their candy was not for sale. The boys then tried to get out of the circle made up of the older teens. One of the suspects, wear- ing a Nixon mask, took outa medium-sized buck knife and jabbed it at the victim's shoul- der. The victim: pushed the knife away with his hand, which sustained a superticial wound, according te police. The victim lost his candy bag in the incident. The knife wielder was described as being 1.78 m (5710"). Police say one of the sus- ristmas Gift Suggestions DIAMOND JEWELLERY $637 Lonsdale Ave. 1730 Marine Or. North Vancouver ‘West Vancouver Lynn Valley Karen Magnussen/Kirkstone Park Sport Court Options rop by an open house to review and give feedback on five proposed sport court options, including locations for skateboarding, basketball and tennis. Learn about the pros, cons, and cost implications of each option. Fill out a pects in the circle was recog: nized as a Grade 11 student from Seveove community secondary school, “We feel the parents of the suspect with the knife and wearing the Nixon mask must know or other parents know. We need somebody to give us a name,” said Seaman. Anyone with information we ais - / Oo NEWS photo Mike Wakefield s a Fashion police WEST Vancouver Police officers now wear dark navy blue shirts as part of their new uniforms. Const. lan Craib (left) poses in the old uniform that police wore 2. Annual Fees and Charges 3. Kilmer Road - Rezoning and Subdivision Control Bylaw Amendment 4. Procedure Bylaw Amendment - Setting of Agenda 5. Procedure Bylaw - Councillors' Speaking Time 6. Correspondence from Councillors to Senior levels of Government. 7. Federal Funding of RCMP 8. 1999 Council Appointments to GVRD For more information call 990-2211 or refer to the District InfoWeb, where you can find background reports on agenda items. questionnaire, and the results of the Open House will be presented to Council early in the new year. je Coon, See what's happening in your community and participate in the planning of future recreation facilities. For more information, contact the Parks Department at 990-3800. is asked to call Const. Tait at 985-1311. ATTENTION: www3.be.sympatico.ca/jimpexautc/impexauts.himl Ce it GE ee ee = Ew ae Other meetings around the community Seymour Roche Point Community Association and East Seymour Community Association Il residents are invited to attend the first joint assocation meeting between the Roche Point and the East Seymour Community Associations to discuss the new Parkgate Community Centre. Updates will be provided on. the current status of the new Community Centre, such as: when will it open? Who will operate the facility? and What programs and resourses might be available? For more information, contact Chris Kwan at 929-3660 or Jean Thompson at 929-6395. Capilano Edgemont West/Forest Hills Neigh::curhood Zonin Il residents of Edgemont West and Forest Hills are invited to Open Houses on single family neighbourhood zoning. Come find out more information on how the process works and see the dis- plays. Changes in your single family zoning affect what you can build or how you can reno- vate, as well as what can be built on prop- erties around you. You will have recieved a survey in the mail recently. Please make sure your views are heard by taking the time to fill this out and return it to Municipal Hall, or attend an Open House. For more information please contact the Planning Department at 990-3761. for more than 15 years. Const. Scott Findlay (right) sports the new darker look. @: man skem exeall —