-received a $2,000 grant from

. provincial government, and
today or ‘tomorrow. is-.ex-
pected to present carefully _
‘prepared answers to.

- questions .and ‘uncertainties ...
raised by district council. °°

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- - All forest parks in West
“} Vancouver were closed |
-F' completely to the public’
“Tuesday afternoon “until
further notice because of
the " “explosive” fire —
hazard, The parks _af-
fected are. Lighthouse
Park, Whytecliffe Park
(except the developed
portion) Cypress. Falls
Park. and all. trails: into
Cypress Bowl.' Fires in
any West Vancouver
’ park are also forbidden.

|The society has already:

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_ dosed to

slopes was -

mountain |
8 only 200-300 ft. from homes on Rondeval in North
' “» watched by worried residents (lower picture) -- had to make a major detour via the
reach the burning timber, then quickly got the fire under control. But the threat continues,
break in the hot weather expected -- see story om page 5 (David Ingram photos), — _

e wooded

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‘CURRENT FOREST FIRE
demonstrated Sunday eve
Vancouver. The fire truck
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_ cash refunds instead'of. more
tickets.

_. And insult .was added. to
“injury..when they : went: to
_ Collect their free tickets and
» the box: office ‘staff had. not

|.been. told of the

- arrangement. -
-.... Even having become more
and more. disillusioned ‘with
North Pacific, Presentations.
Ltd. and: their festivals I.
found myself almost’ as .
flabbergasted as many others |

clearly felt.

‘From the size of the crowd
’ it wes obvious the promoters
“would make'a severe loss—a —
’léss ‘they were obviously not

“preparedtotake. <
-- PROMISES |
WITHOUT ACTION |

Tt was the latest—and by.
- far the worst—example of
_ arrogance of. these |
‘promoters who talk big and:
then fail to deliver, _

The same people who told
the News. only in May, |

' first and most successful
festival: | in

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