A3 - Wednesday, December 14, 1983 - North Shore News

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. HARMONIOUS
A wedding and a song for every
occasion as I Do I Do hits the

boards.
PAGE B17

FOR THE DOGS

--- and the cats, rabbits and
hamsters. Doris Orr has some
petable Christmas gifts.

PAGE A9

Just in time for Christmas we
have the recipe for making dolls
— and happy hearts

PAGE C13

RESIDENTS OF Bowen Island will meet with

Stuart Hodgson, the Cor-

representatives of the B.C. Ferry Corporation Fri-
day to discuss the recently announced fare increases
for the Bowen Island ferry run.

The increased fares, effec-
tive January 1, see the Bowen
istand passenger fare rise
$1.14 return for passengers,
while the fares for cars will

increase 70 cents for each
trip.
Georg Helenius, GVRD

director for Bowen Island,
told the North Shore News

By JOANNE MacDONALD

Monday the Bowen Ferry
Committee intends to
prepare a brief on the issue,
in addition to contacting
Alex Fraser, Minister of
Highways, George Baldwin,
General Manager of the B.C.
Ferry Corporation, and

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poration’s chairman of the
Board.

He said the Committee
decided on this route at a
meeting held at the Bowen
Island Community School
last Saturday. Attending the
meeting were representatives
of the Island Trust, the
GVRD, and the School
Board, three members at
large, and about 175
members of the public.

“John Rich (an
trustee) phoned the

island
B.C.

Ferry Corporation on Friday
to find out why the rates went
up and they refused to give
him any information,” said
Helenius. *‘This is so out-
Ttageous, and it just doesn’t
make any sense ... What we
think is that the B.C. Ferry
staff made a mistake in
calculating the Bowen Isiand
runs. If it was just a matter of
increasing the fares by 15
cents then nt wouldn’t be as
bad.”’

Citing Alex Fraser's com-
ments last June that all

Crown corporations would
have rates or fares increased
in accordance with the
government’s six and five

formula, Helenius stated,
‘*We could understand
that.””

However, he added if the
rates go through as announc-
ed ‘‘a totally different and
chactic parking situation’’
would be created both in
Horseshoe Bay and on
Bowen Island.

‘*Horseshoe Bay would be
inundated with people try-

NEWS photo Stuart Davia

JAUN-PAUL ST. LOUIS angrily displays the extra $1 65 0 trip ie will Cost him to use the

Bowen Isiand ferry come January !.

St. Louts says the increases will cose him and hes

flancee as much as $600 more a month to commute to the mainland Sce story above

ing to find parking spots and
in the summers it would be
even worse. There’s about
210 cars a day commuting
from Bowen Island and there
are no real parking facilities
here to speak of,’ said
Helenius.

He said he now plans to
mention the fare increases at
Wednesday’s meeting of the
GVRD and to ask for the
group’s support in the
Island’s drive to have the
fares reduced.

“PT chink we have a good
chance of setting up a
Meeting with the corporation
this week, and | feel our
chances are equally pood at
getting the cates lowered” he
said

Return ticket priees tor
ferry passengers to and from
Bowen Island will Coste adults
$2 80. and children ages © LE,
41 80

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tree from Monday to briday,
as owill BOC | sentors trom

Monday to Phursday
Cars, which were pees tous
yo charged $6 60) will pow

cose $8 return while oom
Wunder vehiede trokets will be
set at $6

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amounted to