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City under pressure
to light P&T gardens

PRESSURE was on North Vancouver
Council Monday to hold an early public hearing
for the Park and Tilford Gardens shopping centre
proposal, in trade for the gardens to be lit up in

time for Christmas.

- In a letter to council,
John Kinney of Hyland
Turnkey Limited, the com-
pany which manages the
30-acre site, talked about the
“increasing public pressure
to illuminate the gardens this
year.’”’

“We fully recognize our
commitment to the city to
get the lights on,’ Kinney
said.

NV Pioneer dies ai

THE FOUNDING father of |

Lynn Valley died Monday at
age 102.

After 79 years on the
North Shore, Walter Makay
Draycott leaves a pioneer
heritage and community
spirit as long as the many
years he has lived in his hand
built home on Draycott
Road, a home he carved out
of virgin forest 73 years ago.

He was a director of
Scouts, Cubs, Explorers, a
geology club and a debating
club.

LOCAL EXPLORER

He fought in the Boer War
and out-shot everyone in
B.C. in 1911 with his .22 ri-
fle.:As a military
topographer he helped blow
up Vimy ridge in France;
was the first to thoroughly
explore between Horseshoe
Bay and Pitt Lake between
1919 and 1928; and
discovered six varieties of
magic mushrooms but didn't
tell a soul.

GIVING MAN

He donated four stamp
collections that could have
made him rich.

An avid reader, Draycott
always said if you don’t use
your mind. it’s Jike killing
yourself, perhaps his key to
longevity.

A durable bachelor,
Draycott lived on his own
tight to the end. He even
drew and sent out his own
Christmas cards.

| By JANE ODDY |

The developers, Daon and
Brodel, are currently waiting
for a go-ahead on an ap-
plication to have land rezon-
ed for building a $36 million
shopping centre and festival
gardens at the Schenley-
owned site.

But some North Van-

City couver City Council

members want to maintain
the industrial zoning, as it is
one of the last pieces of in-
dustrial land in the city.

Kinney appealed to coun-
cil for ‘‘any assistance the
Mayor, council members or
city staff might be able to
provide towards any early
approval of our rezoning
application.”

He also said that residents
had suggested lighting up the
site next year as an Expo 86

attraction.

But Ald. Dana Taylor
told members he was oppos-
ed to giving the company

any assurances.

“This letter presumes that
approval will follow and that
simply isn’t so,’’ Taylor
said. ‘‘It hasn’t even been
debated yet. I don’t think
this hurry-up approach is
beneficial when a project is
of such importance.

Taylor added: ‘‘Hyland
Turnkey manages the prop-

-erty and if they want to light

up the gardens, they have
the option to do so at any
time — they don't need ap-
proval.’’
Ald. Stella Jo Dean felt
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ever 75 years on the North Shore in which time he took an active role in the community's

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