Ice rik debate he ats up Suitability of half-sized Lynnmour facility questioned THE PROPONENT of a plan to build a half-sized ice rink near Main and Mountain Highway in North Vancouver District’s Lynnmour area‘says he is tired of being told that the facility won’t solve the problem of lack of ice time for organized hockey in the municipality. says his rink meant te Terry Grimwood proposal was never resolve that issue. “There are. 450 children in- volved in minor hockey on the North Shore,’ Grimwood told a public hearing Tuesday night. “There are 16,000 children on the North Shore not participating in minor hockey of an age to benefit from what we will offer. ‘As a parent the best that £ can do with a four-year-old and a seven-year-old is teach them good life skills so that when they get to be teenagers they might participate in healthy activities.’’ The proposed rink site at 1375 * Crown St.. isin the middle of an industrial. area and requires coun- cil approval of a rezoning ap- ' plication. | Grimwood told the hearing that the site and the 24-foot-high (7.3 m) ‘metal. rink building would -revert to industrial use in ap- proximately eight years. : But .some adjacent - businesses say the location is inappropriate fora recreational facility. . Ina written submission to the “hearing, Bob Caldwell said, ‘‘We believe that .the safety of any “youngsters “using . this . facility would be placed in jeopardy by being in close proximity to semi- trailers and delivery trucks back- ‘ing in and: out of businesses along \n overview of the N. Shore's federal ridings NORTH VANCOUVER DISTRICT COUNCIL by Martin Millarchip Crown Street.”” Neither Crown Street nor Lynn Avenue have sidewalks. Tom Schufeld opposed what he called “spot zoning’’ in an indus- trial area and asked why a metal building could be considered for the ice rink-when other businesses in the area have had to conform to more stringent building codes? Schufeld: also had concerns about mixing industrial traffic and children. “Traffic in that area is horren- dous, especially after 4 p.m. when many children will be using the rink,’” he said. But Lynnmour resident Moni- que Frydrysek suggested that signs be erected warning truck drivers to slow down and watch for children. Frydrysek has a daughter in- volved in competitive figure skating and a son who wants to play hockey. “This is not a rink that will fulfil my kids’ goals, but it will provide practice time for skills,’’ said - Frydrysek, who takes her daughter to the PNE Agrodome in Vancouver twice a week. “Ie will also help low-income CAPILANG - HOWE SOUND families in Lynnmour find afford- able recreation. Right now we need anything we can get,’’ she said. Grimwood told the hearing that he will make free ice time avail- able to all elementary schools on the North Shore. He also told the News that he expects to offer an instructional skating program organized by Olympic figure-skating silver medallist Karen Magnussen ‘‘and other programs strictly for fun.”’ He plans an entry-level hockey program that will provide two hours of ice time a week for 26 weeks at a cost of approximately $120. “We will include safety equip- ment and skates if the kids do not have their own,”’ said Grimwood. He plans on keeping the rink open seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and says that he has already had inquiries from small groups of adults who would like to play pickup hockey games for an hour at a time. Grimwood has worked in both the public and private recreation fields. He is a former North Van- couver City councillor and recre- - ation commissioner and has owned two ice rinks, a curling rink and a tennis club. Grimwood said the disirict’s Official Community Plan has not zoned enough land for organized recreation. “This community is lost if it expects the recreation commission See Coquitlam page 14 NORTH VAI NEWS photo Brad tedwidge THIS ADULT bear was caught on. Thursday night jn a trap set in the 1900-block of Limerick Place in Lynn Vailey. Conserva- tion officers tranquilized and relocated the animal on Friday. The bear was suspected of dining on residential garbage for the pasi week. ICOUVER NORTH VANCOUVER 26,7 NEWS graphics Joan Pedersen IN THE 1988 federal election 43,402 people voted in the Capitano-Howe Sound riding and 49,348 voted in the North Vancouver riding. CALL US: THIS WEEK’S QUESTION: What is important to you in the municipal elections? . SINCE THE | last week ‘in September, each. edition of the North Shore News has included an indepth look at election issues of concern to North Shore residents. Those issues have.. ranged from the debt and the GST to voter apathy. and native self-government. Each issue included responses from local candidates running for the North Shore’s two federal ridings. Biographical summaries. of ali 20 North Shore candidates were presented in the Wednesday, Oct. 20, News. On the eve of Canada’s federal election, the News presents brief overviews of the Capilano-Howe Sound and North Vancouver ridings, a history of how the North Shore has voted in past federal elections and a complete list of North Shore polling sta- tions. POLLING STATIONS: 16 CAPILANO-HOWE SOUND: e@ Population in 1991: 83,407; in 1986: 74,243; in 1981: 72,773. 1988 federal election results: @ Enumerated: 52,585, @ Number who voted: 43,402. @ Progressive Conservative: 20,219 (46.58%). @ Liberal: 12,828 (29.55%). @ NDP: 6,174 (14.22%). ° @ Other: 3,996 (8.19%). NORTH VANCOUVER: See New page 14