Pohce were summoned
Sunday to deal with the
Situahion and set up road
blocks at the entrance to the
park, confiscatung beer and
liquor from’ carloads of
youngsters as they arnved.

Sunny weekends at the
end of winter are always a
problem at Cypress because
of youngsters taking beer
with them to dnnk as they
sunbathe there in the snow.

But this year ts even worse
than usual, because of the
attraction of unusually heavy
snow.

Ski Manager Earl Sinclair
estimates the |.200 skiers in
the park Saturday were at
least matched in numbers by
sun revellers sprawled out on
the slopes beside the road.
dnnking heavily.

A5 - Wednesday, March 24, 1982 - North Shore News

DRUNKEN louts, lured out to Cypress Park in
West Vancouver by the weekend sun, pelted
passing cars with beer bottles and snowballs.

parks office by families using
the park.

Drugs wer€& also in
evidence and an ambulance
had to be called to deal with
a young woman showing
symptoms of drug abuse.

Vehicles _enmjering and
leaving the park were
showered with bottles and
snowballs hurled by the
drunken sunbathers and an
ambulance called to attend
an injury was also pelted.

Sinclair commented on
the Saturday problems. “At
least half the people in the
park were just up here for
dnnking. You get four or
five kids in a vehicle with
half a dozen cases of beer
and two bottles of the hard
stuff and they're just using
this as a drink ing spot.

Sinclair says the park staff
are determined to keep the
park accessible for skiers
and family outings by
preventing these problems.

After the lesson of
Saturday, they called West
Van police to set up road-
blocks at the park entrance
Spnday and did not ex-
perience anything like the
same trouble.

Even on weekdays the
problem is there lo some
extent dunng the current
sunny weather.

“The litter up here as
tremendous.” says Sinclar.
“Every day we have to go oul
with two or three people just
to collect all the beer bot-
thes.”

He ts promusing that the
weekend roadblocks will be
maintained by police all the
time the weather 1s fine as he
is determined to keep the
park accessible for the

As the day wore on they “We have people coming enjoyment of skiers and
became more drunk and = up here and dnnking to the famihes who want to use
more abusive. with com- point where they are getting Cypress for weekend
plaints pounng into the out of hand and obnoxious ” recreation.

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RESIDENTS of Crescent smoke

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Argyle in West Vancouver shut off and the repair
were evacuated just before service was called. while
noon Sunday when the West Van firemen cleared
elevator motor overheated smoke which accumulated tn
and filled) hallways with — the top three stairwells

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