jer 2 1986 News ‘985-2131 Classified 986-6222 Circulation 986-1337 72 pages 25¢ urch launches suit insurance clai ALMOST A year after a fire destroyed North Vancouver’s St. John the Evangelist Church, a suit has been launched against three insurance companies for breach of contract. The Anglican parish and the Diocese of New Westminister are suing the companies for failing to make payment on the church's in- surance claim. Lawyer Jim Brennan commenc- ed action Wednesday in B.C. Supreme Court against Allianz In- surance, Symons General I[n- surance and the B.C. insurance Company. : Brennan said the action against the companies was to claim dam- ages for their failure to make payment on the church’s claim. REFUSED COMMENT He refused to comment further on the law suit, which results from the Feb. 8, 1985 fire that gutted the 75-year-old, church on [3th St. Bridgit Roccasalvo, a claims supervisor with Symons Insurance in Toronto, said any information on file with the company is con- fidential. Vancouver lawyer Les Blond, who is representing the three companies, said he is cur- rently in negotiations with the ‘Anglican church and would not be able to comment on the matter. ‘June McMordie, the church’s “marina ‘expansion BATTLE lines are being drawn ii an impending war over the proposed..construction of a 300- boat marina in Bowen Island’s Snug Cove. Application has been made to the provincial Ministry of Lands, ‘Parks and Housing by Seattle sail- or and. island landowner Rondy Dike..to expand one of the two present Snug Cove, marinas froin $5 10.300 moorage slips. . The cove currently has moorage capacity for approximately 150 boats.- " COMPLETE COVE “Phe $3. million development would include overhaul of adjacent onshore facilities to include a 1,395 square metre commercial structure . comprising a restaurant, pub and retail and office accommodation. - “It’s not just a marina,’’ Dike said Thursday. ‘‘It’s a proposal to develop a complete cove. marine village that will provide a catalyst to inspire the overhaul of the whole cove area.’ But island residents who formed an 18-member Bowen Island Save the Park Committee (BISP) on Monday night, ere howling en- vironmental foul, while the B.C. Ferry Corporation is predicting an increased threat to navigational safety. The development, residents. say, - will destroy the entrance to -the Greater Varfcouver. Regional District’s. (GVRD) 600-acre Crip- pen Regicnal Park, which fronts on the cove. DEVASTATION “It would create total ¢en- vironmental devastation in Snug Cove,” Bowen Island resident and BISP spokesman Carl O'Day said Tuesday. ‘*The density proposed is 10 times what is allowed under island bylaws.”’ George Helenius, former GVRD director for the island, said that Crippen Park was purchased by the GVRD in. 1983 for $3.6 million to preserve the island’s rural- marine environment. Dredging, he said would ruin the recreational attributes of the area, reduce the - already limited - an--. chorage, and reduce the size of the 20-berth government dock. B.C. Ferry spokesman Capt. Thomas Whelan said in an inter- view Wednesday the corporation has definite concerns over the pro- posed marina. PROBLEM DOCKING “Our dock is at the head of the bay, adjacent to the marina. Dock- ing and departure could be a pro- blem,’’ Whelan said. Entrance to the cove, Whelan said, is only 600 fect wide. En- trance to Horseshoe Bay is more than double at 1,400 feet wide. But Lawrie Lock, president of the Bowen Island Chamber of Commerce, said Tuesday the See Snug --Page 5-.- pastoral’ assistant, also said she was unable to comment specifically on the litigation. CONFIDENTIAL But she did say the congregation has been worshipping. in the church’s Sunday school hall since the fire. McMordie said there are plans to rebuild the church, which would be at an estimated cost of $800,000. ‘*There’s no way you can replace it,” MceMordie said. ‘‘It had his- torical value.’””?* . On investigating the fire, North Vancouver City Fire. Department and North Vancouver RCMP suspected arson to be the cause of the blaze. Said. McMordie: ‘‘The insurance people went on the assumption it was defective wiring. We’d rather . think it was defective wiring than someone deliberately doing it. But the cause is not really an issue (in the litigation).”’