THE VOICE OF NORTH AND WEST VANCOUVER ay 3 Galleries make you sick? Terry Loychuk knows why North Shore Now: 19 Classifieds 986-6222 Office, Editorial 985-2131 Display Advertising 980-0511 Distribution 986-1337 Ast on the rocks a ay" ’ 52 pages "NEWS photo Neil Lucente JAPANESE ICE carver Shinichi Kayasugi works on the horse section of Team Tokyo’s Fighting Samurai entry for the international ice sculpting competition heid last weekend at Seymour Ski Country. Teams from Canada, the USA and Japan competed in the two-day event. The winning carving was entitled, Who’s Treasure, by Team Seattle. h shed faceoff Residents, waterfront industries lock horns over expansion plans NCRTH VANCOUVER residents squared off against each other Monday night during a heated public hearing on the controversial proposal by Neptune Bulk Terminals (Canada) Ltd. to build a $24-million potash storage shed at its Worth Vancouver waterfront facility. And Neptune president John Willcox also came under attack by angry residents who argued that the expansion will only add to what they claim is an already bad polution problem in the nearby Cloverly area. But other residents defended Neptune’s expansion plans and By Surj Rattan News Reporter said that area residents should first clean up their own environ- ments before criticizing the bulk- loading facility. Brian Balducci, who said he has lived in the area for 30 years, told Willcox that he used to be able to swim in Burrard Inlet when he was 12 years old at the same loca- tion where Neptune is now. But Balducci said the area has become so polluted that he prob- ably wouldn’t even be able to catch a fish there now. **He (Willcox) said he’s a good neighbor. Well, Saddam Hussein was a good neighbor to Kuwait," Balducci said. “If you think you're « good neighbor, then why have you turned my beautiful inlet Patink Lis aT into a cesspool?”’ Another area resident, Mark Shorter, said Neptune should first be made to comply with existing North Vancouver City noise bylaws before any expansion is allowed. He added that the proposed ex- pansion will increase noise pollu- tion because more trains will be moving in and out of the Neptune facility. “You can’t tell me that an in- crease in train traffic will not in- crease noise,’’ said Shorter. Allan Kenny, who has lived in the area for 25 years, said he was not opposed to expansion at Nep- tune. But he said the Vancouver Port Corp. (VFC), which leases the waterfront site to Neptune, should provide assurances that extra monitoring devices will be install- INGS: 30. ed to ensure Neptune does not create any more pollution. ‘*We are opposed,’’ Kenny said, “*to allowing the expansion of a continual 20-year source of pollu- tion. Until the VPC, as a landlord and proponent of the expansion, accepts the responsibilities of its tenants, we will continue to have these problems."’ But VPC chief executive officer Capt. Norman Stark told the hearing that the Greater Van- couver Regional District is responsible for ensuring that pollution-monitoring systems are installed. Area resident John Playle said he supports Neptune's expansion. The project, he said, will provide much needed jobs for the North Shore. See Shed page 3