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February 20, 1008

Council Meeting Agenda Summary

Monday, February 21,

Recognitions

* Awards - Joint Community Heritage
Commission / Advisory Design Panel

Council Matters

I. Seycove Marina Development Issues

2. Options for New Deep Cove

Youth Outreach Agency

3. Rules of Procedure Amending Bylaw /
4. Officers and Employees Bylaw"

S. ‘Local Improvement Cost Sharing
~” «Formula Bylaw - “Paving of Gravel

Lanes

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Give life toa
black bear

Donations to help save local
black beazs continue to rol] in,
thanks to’the generosity of
North Shore residents. But,
~ while pledges, so far, cotal over
$3,000, the Northwest Wildlife
Preservation Society is still
short of its $5,000 target. " If
we don't do something to
we're

protect the bears

going to lose them," says

*’ Society: member and District

' ! gesident. Tony Webb, referring

to the more than 1,600 bears
killed in B.C. lase year.

Donations will buy kits for the

North Vancouver R.C.M.P. to
use in "aversive conditioning,"
an alternative to killing bears
who wander. into residential
neighbourhoods. Techniques in
the kits let the bear know it's
unwelcome, dissuading it from
returning to the area. It's
hoped these kits will reduce the
number of bears killed in the
District.

Please give the black bear a
fairer chance at life by sending
your tax-deductible donation
(marked “North Shore Black
Bears') to:

2000 [Saturday. 9 a.m., Rogers Cable 4]

6. St. John Ambulance - Request for

Funding

7. Awarding of Contract - Sepply and

Delivery Equipment for SCADA system

Policy

8. Parks Integrated Pest Management

9. Council Expenditure Bylaw - removal

of car allowance
10. Decriminalizing Drugs
" Note: for more information call 990-2211,

-or refer to Diistrict InfoWeb at
www.dny. OE, where you can find back-

ground reports on agenda items. «

Northwest Wildlife
Preservation Society

707-1112 West Pender Street
Vancouver, B.C., V6E 2S1
Phone: 713-6686
Fax: 713-6698
E-mail: NWPS@direct.cajnwps

www.persweb.direct.ca/nwps

Any excess funds will be used by
the society for visits to North
Shore schools to promote bear
and wildlife awareness. e

a

Maplewood
Farm looking
sheepish

Mary hed a little lamb- in fact, a
record-breaking five sets of
twin lambs, which were born at
Maplewood Farm in _ late
January. The births were a
wonderful surprise to the
Maplewood Farm staff, who was
still celebrating the earlier birth
of twin lambs on Christmas day.
The latest deliveries were
unusual in that the farm has a
history of single births. "It's
terrific baving so many babies

working

, in fucure

together.

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around,” says Farm Manager
April Johnston. “They're lit-
tle wrinkly bags when born,
but they fill out right away
because they gain weight
quickly.”

The babies’ healthy growth
is a tribute to farm staff who
worked diligently to ensure
the lambs were getting their

* milk in the crucial first 24

hours. The babies sre now
enjoying life with che rest of
the sheep and can be viewed,
during regular farm hours,
every day (except Mondays)
from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Speaking of sheep, mark
your calendar to join the
Greater Vancouver Weavers
Guild at
Maplewood Farm's Annual
Sheep Fair 6n May 28.

& Spinners

Watch a professional sheep
shearer in action st
11:00 a.m, and 1:00 p.m. or
take in a sheepdog herding
demonstration. More details
District
Dialogues. «

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Wats NEW

Streamkeepers need your help

Help make a difference! Join the many committed volunteers who
work as North. Shore Streamkeepers to restore and enhance the
streams and watercourses in our beautiful community. The group
needs volunteers for fry trapping on Mosquito Creek. Volunteers
will set traps Friday, Hebruary 25 and count and mark the fry en
Saturday, February 26, No previous experience necessary - just a
love of nature! To sign up, or get move information call Karen

Milne at 986-6715. «

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community

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Maple leaves in Hastings Creek. Photo by Marlee St. Pierre