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Canadian Pupkecabons Mal Sales Product Agreument No 9167238

48 Pages

WV hoy
bowling
"em over

By lan Nobte

News Reporier
san@nsnews.com

THE scene at the West
Vancouver Lawn
Bowling Club Friday
was somewhat similar
to other lawn bowl
clubs in the Lower

Mainland.

Under an overcast’ s
people dressed strictly in white qui-
etly walked on the manicured lawn,
following the languid action of
jacks and bowls on the greens.

However, in West Vancouver,
one of those watching the action
has yet to enter his teens.

Unlike golf, which now has
Tiger Woods and the Nike machine
behind him, lawn bowling has never
had a magnetic star co grab the
interest of the younger gescration.

As far as II-year-old Ryan
Clancey knows, he’s the only junior
plying othe game in West

See Bowler pane 20

By Martin Millerchip

Contributing Writer
miller@nsnews.com

GARBAGE collection in the District of
North Vancouver will remain in the hands
of unionized employees for the foreseeable
future.

That was the unanimous vote of council Monday following,
staff recommendations, but it leaves one private contractor crying
“foul” on the sidelines.

“Quite frankly | was flabbergasted by the
Metras of Canadian Waste Services Ine. (CWS
Waste Systems) told council.

“The in-nouse cost estimates upon which district staff have

F report,” John
formerly Laidlaw

NOW you can enjoy FRESH, SAFE, 2:
; GREAT TASTING water at your
tap for PENNIES a day!

~ Lunar rover ni9 Douglas Cole p21

Moon vehicle touches
down in West Van

The Voice of North and West Vancouver since 1969

Neighbor remembers

SFU historian

Table hopping:
Pasparos Taverna

A slice ot
summer p22

$1.00

NEWS photo Pout McCirath

ELEVEN-year-old Ryan Clancey practises his lawn bowling technique in West Vancouver Friday. Tha young bowler entered a tour-
nament in Victoria on the weekend and advanced to the quarter-finals with his two teammates.

ns trash

uses flawed cost estimates
to make garbage decision

based their recommendations are, in our view, seriously
and have been skewed to the point of making any cony
with the private sector bids meaningless.”

All three North Shore municipal ssucd 1 te
garbage collection, yard trimmings collection, recyclable
tion, and recyclable processing and marketing on April 25.

The province has set a 50% waste reduction goat by the year
2000 and the tri-municipal North Shore Integrated Solid Waste
Management Plan has drawn up strategies to meet or exceed this
target ina “cos ctive and environmentally sound manner.”

Residential recycling, programs will be expanded to include
mixed paper products and old corrugated cardboard while a sep-
arate collection of yard trimmings from all single-family homes
should start in early 1998.

Rids v eceived from:
Birternational Paper Indust-
nes (IPI), which has had the
North Shore recycling contract
since 1990 and bid on all com-
ponents of the contract,

@ CWS, which bid on all bur the recyclable processing and mar-
keting; and

@ Browning Ferris Industries, which bid only on the collection of
garbage and yard trimmings in West Vancouver. That bid has been
considered in-camera by West Vancouver council but no public

north vancouver
District Council

See CUPE page 3