Classifieds 986-6222 Office, Editorial 985-2131 SUNDAY Barry Downs: The other famous local architect Affluence & Influence: 38 Display Advertising 980-0511 Distribution 986-1337 52 pages 25¢ danger West Vancouver residents told to clean up underground tanks or face consequences A WEST Vancouver investigation into abandoned Resi- dential Underground Storage municipality has found that a staggering 87 per cent of Tanks (RUSTs) in the tanks tested contained quantities of oil ranging up to 250 gallons. Two West Vancouver students, who spent the summer combing the West Vancouver hills in search of RUSTs, located hun- dreds of the leaky and abandoned tanks, which pose a serious threat to surrounding environments. West Vancouver's Operation Oil Tank was coordinated by the West Vancouver Fire Department and involves a systematic effort to remove RUSTs and the oi! they contain. Municipal records show that 4,500 underground oi! tanks, ranging in capacity from 250 to 1,000 gallons, have been insialled in West Vancouver since 1945. The two RUST sleuths hired by the municipality contacted 950 homes between June 25 and Aug. 29, Of the 950 homes visited, 750 were found to have abandoned oil tanks on site. A full 650, or ap- proximately 87 per cent, of the 750 tanks located contained amounts of oil ranging from five gallons to 250 gallons. And according to Operation Oil By Michael Becker News Reporter Tank coordinator Gerry Harr- ington, most tanks being removed are corroded. Once their tanks are identified, RUST owners are being asked to either fill them in with sand or have them removed. There are an estimated 50.000 home heating oi! RUSTs buried throughout Lower Mainland communities. The majority of the steel tanks were installed in’ the 1950s and 1960s, and a high per- centage of the tanks are located on the North Shore. Their max- imum lifespan is about 25 years. Abandoned fuel from the rot ting tanks gradually seeps into the surrounding ground, fouling creeks, ground water and soil. The fire department is asking council to continue the program nent year, The agency plans to put four students to work knocking on doors in search of RUSTs from May | to Sept. 1, (991. Baker acclaimed as Socred candidate VANCOUVER District Mayor Marilyn Baker will represent — the Social Credit party in the newly-created provincial riding of North Van- couver-Lonsdale in the next provincial election. Baker, who was nominated by acclamation Thursdity, said she will move into the provincial po- litical arena ‘tone step at a time.” “YT ouess we're all waiting to see whether there will be an) election called for the fall or the spring. The issue of what the campaign is all about) -— we'll certainly be looking at that and pulling together volunteers and putting together a campaign team,"" she said Friday. North Vatnecouver-Capilano MILA Angus Ree, who has decid- ed to step our of provincial poli- ties, currently represents residents living within the boundaries of the new riding. Approsimately F000 people at tended Thursday might’s roniimt- THOT Mmeehie . North Warmeouser T onsdile Seciai Credit: Constituency Association president: Bill Cromp- NORTH NORTH Vancouver District Mayor Marilyn Baker ...waiting for the premier. ton said he does not rule out the possibility of a fall election call. But he said. “We just have to wait for the premier on that.” When the eleetion cull comes, Baker will be barding NDP North Vaneouver-donsdale candidate Dasid Schreck for electorate faver. On Wednesday night Dr. Rodney Cdyen- Moris won the Seered nomimation in the newls created riding of West Vancouver - Gauribale’, or NEWS photo Stuart Davis IT’S A dog’s life. Max the schnauzer gets a lift in a makeshift carrier on master Craig Goodmurphy’s bicycle on a sunny North Shore afternoon. Local residents have been enjoying the fair September weather. 3 LIFESTYLES: 29 3 SUITES MRT LE SNE EE Bia A AES MHI RSE TEP Ne