NORTHLANDS

‘Biggest |
land-use
decision’
finally

to get
hearing

AFTER THREE years of
planning, the public hearing
for the proposed Northlands
golf course was finally set
after a short but acrimonious
North Vancouver District
Council debate on Monday
night.

By Martin Millerchip
Contributing Writer

Council introduced bylaws
that would adjust the District
and Seymour Official Com-
munity plans and establish a
comprehensive development
zone to accommodate:

@ an 18-hole golf course,
driving range, clubhouse and
pro shop, restaurant, coffee
shop and lounge;

@a community park aad
pathway system;

@ a secondary school;
© 27 single-family
dences;

® 100 multiple-family dwell-
ing units.

The Northlands site is
bounded by Mount Seymour
Road to the east, Northlands
Drive to the west, an extend-
ed Hyannis Drive to the north
and Mount Seymour Parkway
to the south.

The public -hearing is
scheduled to take place at
Windsor secondary school,
931 Broadview Dr., on Tues-
day, April 20. ;

The scheduled date is one
week iater’ than originally
proposed, but Coun. Joan
Gadsby told council that she
had not been polled as to her
availability on April 14 and
that to proceed. without
changing the date of the hear-
ing would be an act of “bad
faith.’’

Coun. Rick Buchols
responded by asking, “‘Why
‘should the rest of council ad-
just their schedule. to suit.
Joan Gadsby?”’ .

The meeting had already
witnessed a raze challenge to
the chair when Mayor Murray .
Dykeman was. narrowly’ sus-
tained by a one-vote margin
in a ruling that denied Coun.
Ernie Crist a chance to speak
on first reading of the
bylaws.

Dykeman maintained that
council policy was to speak at
second reading after a public
hearing.

Crist fabelled the ruling
typical of ‘‘a banana
republic’? and later referred
to Dykeman as ‘‘Mr. Stalin.’

Meanwhile, Coun. Janice
Harris castigated planning
staff for the lack of maps in
the briefing package.

“This is the biggest Jand-
use decision this council will
make and we get more in-
formation for a garage con-
version,’’ charged Harris.

resi-

The majority of the hous-
ing in the Northlands area
will be developed on the
private holdings of Cressey
Development Corp. and
United Properties Ltd.

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&4& It was the last weekend before
school started, and they were bored
to death. 9?

By Paula Carlson
Contributing Writer

WHY ARE some teens so violent?
Where is the rage coming from,
and more importantly, where is it
directed?

Many teenagers today hold no
traditional hope. The problems
just seem too big. Their social in-
is shifting. Their
parents’ hopes and dreams are not
their hopes and dreams. Things
once ‘held dear education,
home ownership, health — hold
no promises to today’s youth.

Following in the flailing
footsteps of the X Generation,
young people realize they are blaz-
ing new trails. The blueprint of
their ancestors provides no clues
now.: They must carve out their
own niche just to survive.

Will they survive their teens?
This common quettion holds a
new threat now: AIS, the plague

of the century, has already cut

down too many.

Children today, in so-called civ-
ilized society, are being abused,
beaten, exploited and destroyed.

Contributing writer’ Paula-
Carlson spoke to people on op-
posite sides of the fence: the vic-
tims and the perpetrators of teen
violence. Part one of a special
News series tells the story of two
victims. .

In next Sunday’s News, two

_members of a local gang tell their

story.
BARBARA AND Jan aren’t
paranoid.

But they’ve moved out of their
apartments, changed their

‘lifestyles, and developed an un-

conscious habit of being keenly
aware of their surroundings at all
times.

— NV beating victim

This includes looking behind
doorways, checking out the back

seat and keeping a steel pipe han- |

dy on the floor of the car.

Dan and Barbara are, in fact,
behaving quite normally under the
circumstances. They are both vic-
tims of brutal teen violence.

At was 12:30 a.m. on Sept. 3,
1992, when Barbara, 32, and Dan,
30, decided to walk across the
street from their apartments on
3rd S*reet and Forbes Avenue.
Their destination was the Mohawk

gas station. They wanted to buy a

pack of cigarettes,

The couple were jumped by 15
to 18 teenagers, apparently an
equal number of boys and girls.

Dan was punched and kicked
into semi-consciousness.

Barbara managed to escape, but
not before sustaining several inju-
ries. She made it back to the
apartment building, where. she
frantically dialled 9-1-1,

“It was ‘a planned pummel -
ling,”’ says Barbara. “It was the
last weekend before school
started, and they were bored to
death,’’

Barbara was beaten and kicked
all over her body. There were
bruises — the deep, purple, pain-
ful kind — on her arms, legs, tor-
so and face.

Dan’s beating was worse.

‘“‘When i first saw Dan after the
beating,’? says Barbara, ‘I almost
vomited.’’

Both eyes were swollen shut. A
deep gash ran across his forehead.
It required several stitches to close.

There was blood everywhere.

He had sustained massive head
injuries. The hospital staff wanted
to monitor him overnight.

But Dan was too angry to stay.

He went home. Barbara had to
awaken him every three hours to
make sure he was OK.

Robbery
+222%

" Offenalve Weapons”

+242%

THE TABLE shows a dramatic increase in youth offences
(especially crimes of violence) in Canada since 1281. '

What is wrong with this pic-
ture? Kids bounce off the street
corners with unchannelled anger;
society runs scared of its own
chiidzen,

“Bad role models, poverty.
These kids have. probably been
acting out, asking for -help for
years, and nobody’s heard them,”
says Barbara.

Dan says that changes to the
Young Offenders Act (YOA)
might help.

“The YOA works for first-time
offenders, to scare them off. But
these kids are not first-time of-
fenders. They’ve been in and out
of court, and the system to them
is laughable,’’ he says.

He says nothing can be done to
help the group of teens that at-
tacked him.

“They’re a write-off. They will
probably go. on to be career crim-

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inals..1f changes to the act were.

made now, there might be some
hope for the next batch of kids,”
he says,

Barbara. says she still feels
compassion for her attackers, even
after all that she has endured. .

“T mean. they’re children, and
they’re so screwed,’’ she explains.

Dan hasn’t forgiven them at all.

“Why should we pay? To hell
with the martyr attitude,’’ he says.

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