“The - “North Shore ski

~sopes: -are-heading for their”

The indications are laid

——out-in-the-statistics-as “huge

crowds ‘swarmed ‘over the
. Slopes of. Cypress Bowl,
Grouse and ‘Seymour last

“Shore ski areas” say a total
_approximating 16,500 skiers

put on the boards for runs -

down the — -busy. slopes
Sunday. : °

*

Grant .- MacPherson,

_assistant district -superin--

tendent for the provincial

‘Officials a at t all three North” ;

He’ S_- equally ~ optimistic
_about prospects for a banner
year on Seymour Mountain

-as well, .

Save’ up to 50%

He points out the North ©
Shore is fortunate in having

more snow that Whistler so |

far this season.

on pretty party’ fashions

‘and. the latest w

Sunday was a banner day

for all three as_ the

——— “parks branch, says Cypress
catered to 6, ,000 which he
e biggest day

weatherman cooperated to
a

of the season”.

‘One’ reason for over-
crowding of the available ©

“parking Spaces_is that-there

-is mo bus service to serve_

~ Country. Casuals _

‘inter wear at

- Page 5, January 17, 1979 - North Shore News"

; pleasant weather, good snow

nditions and ace

cessability to the mountains,

-In fact, it was so busy
Sunday that West Van--

Another 5,500: flocked to

Mount Seymour and Diane~

McGuigan, ‘public. in-
“formation officer for Grouse
Mountain Resorts Ltd., says
another “5,000 took ad-

-skiers on Seymour and

Cypress this season, the
service having been
discontinued last season due
to poor response. As a
result, more cars are

“were forcéd:to close down
the access road to—
Provincial Park for 1%
“hours to sort out the traffic.
The problem was not that
. there was insufficient room
: for the skiiers but that the
‘available parking [spaces —
were jammed,

Traffic . Similarly . was
heavy on Mount Seymour as
police had to shut down the

; road for an hour-

1 police ~

vantage of the ideal con-
ditions to ski on Grouse.

BEST SEASON EVER

“We're hoping for our best
season ever in C

Cypress
Provincial Park,” Mac-:

Pherson says.

_ Cypress Provincial Park in
West -Vancouver launched
‘its ski-service with a chairlift

in January of 1976 but 76
and 77 were poor ski

seasons for CYDFESS.

h

: now they are all smiles.

trekking up the mountains. |

It was just a year ago-that—
ski operators on the North
Shore were crying the blues
over lack of patrons due to
the poor snow Conditions but

McGuigan says this is the

first season the Super

Skyride on Grouse is getting ‘

the crowds of skiiers. They
are eager to take advantage
of the good skiing weather.

~-

Ro wdy goings on

at Telegraph Hill -

-A noisy teenage drinking
party on top of Telegraph
* Hill m ‘West Vancouver last
August which saw scream-
_ ing, whistling and bottles
' being smashed resulted in
‘the appearance of a North
Vancouver youth in” West
Vancouver Provincial Court
Thursday. -

Scott McLuckie, 18, of
1998 Glenaire Drive was
appearing on a charge of
causing a disturbance by
being drunk in a_ public
place. He was also charged
with possession of a stolen
credit. card, escape and
failure to appear.

Judge Perry -Millar deci-
ded to reserve a decision on
the case until February 23
when the latter charges will
also be dealt with.

Constable Stuart Macleod
testified there appeared to be
about 40 youths between the
agesof 15 and 18 of both

sexes hyvolved in the distur-

Macleod found a large
number of empty’ wine
bottles and empty kegs of
wine scattered over the top of
the hill when he went up to
investigate the noise.

He said he was about 25
yards up the hill when he
heard someone whistling and

screaming from the bushes

oft the side of the trail.

He flashed his light on a
person he alleges to be
McLuckie and told him to
stop the noise. The youth
continued the noise and ran
down the hill.

The youth was stopped by
Macleod’s partner, charged,

Catch 22 at the co-op

North Shore Food Co-op,
formed by residents wanting
to cut their food bills and
who are willing to open and
run their own store front to
do it, is facing a Catch 22
situation.

They need paid up
members in order to get
capital to rent and stock the

but most people don’t
ws hand over the bucks
without sccing what they're
getting.

Latest target for opening a
storefront is spring this year
but of the 350 signed up
membera, only about 35 are
fully paid up.

And the _ frustrated
organizers are telling people
that if they want to sce a
storefront they'll have to put
their’ money where their
mouth is.

Members must be
prepared to put in two hours’
work a. month at the store 10
the co-op may function and
five shares at $310 per share
have to be purchased to
become a mem

Food committee
representative Heather Till
understands peoplo's
relectance to hand over
moncy before the store is
created but sayz:

and’ after having his hands ~~
cuffed behind his back was ——

placed in the back of the
unmarked palice cruiser.

Macleod said he charged
McLuckie because he
thought it was ‘‘in his
(McLuckie’s) best interest’’
to be arrested as he appeared’
to be incapable of helping
himself and may have fallen’
and injured himself.

Defence Council! Marion
Allan attempted to have the
case dismissed on grounds of
insufficient evidence of a
disturbance being caused
and gave several! examples of
similar cases being dealt
with in such a manner.

Millar said it was an
“offence against common
sense to find there was not a
disturbance, "* at the scene,
but ‘wondered if the distur-
bance had anything to do
with McLuckie being intoxi-
cated as charged.

“They're not losing
anything at all. Even if the
thing folded up, which it
won't, their moncy is always
refundable.”

She adds that shares can
be purchased in instalments
over a four-month period.

An open meeting is being
held Wednesday neat week
in St. Andrew's Church Hall,
1044 St. George's Avenue,
North Vancouver, at 7:30
p.m.

Meanwhile, members are
still looking for a suitable
locatin ‘to start up the store
and are considering premises
at the foot of Lonsdale and at
Second Narrows Bridge.

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