Page A conversion approved = 3 . Carry out renovations. ~ - * former . The Court House Racquet POT | t @ a a shales which has. taken over the Capilano Winter Club, 2305 Fullerton Ave., was given conditional ap- proval by North Vancouver District Council Tuesday, to Council agreed to have a by-law prepared, but warned the operators (a representative was present) that they should carefully study the municipal staff recommendations and , prepared for a_ public hearing upon their~ proposals. The Court House proposal seeks expansion of the entry area of the former winter club, with associated. im- provements to the facade. They. also seek a 30 feet high addition adjacent to the swimming pool to ac- commodate five badminton courts with parking below. | Various changes within the buildings are also planned such as_ the of a . and aie conversion of the curling rink to racquet-ball courts. provision Oa are HUuUrsers To achieve these changes they require a siting area amendment to the plan _ Section of the zoning by-law. The staff reports upon the | subject. generally ‘ indicate approval of the conversion - of ‘the winter club into a | racquet sports operation, but have been very specific in...the recommendations made for changes in the original planning. _ Another change in the ° Fullerton; Avenue area will be__that Council Tuesday to remove the resident only parking signs on the south side. of Fullerton between Belle Isle — eo Place ahd’Capilano Road. This change was made to assist the Strata title owners of the Woodcroft complex who .have long complained that these restrictions inhibited their guest parking facilities. VISITING TANZANIA Clark winds up African tour DAR es SALAAM, Tanzania (UPC) - Prime Minister Joe Clark headed into Tanzania’s northern highlands Friday to view.a game farm and a Canadian- supported wheat project on his last full day in Africa. The prime minister had a six-hour stop in Nairobi, Kenya Saturday before flying to the Canadian air SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (UPI) - Marine scientists Friday reported “considerable mortality” among some forms of sea life exposed to oil from history’s worst spill. _. Tests at a University -of.- never LOkas marine—jaboratory at- They said they would not _ «. Port Aransas showed oil that- know- theglong-term effects | had traveled more than 500 miles to reach U.S. waters had lost only 25 percent of its toxicity. ” base in Lahr, West Ger- many. The prime minister wound up his serious business here Thursday with an ‘appeal to Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere for confidence in the British will ‘to carry through its promises to provide a new constitution and supervise elections in‘ Zimbabwe Rhodesia. The mortality rate of brown shrimp exposed to a mixture of 18 parts per million of oil in water for 24 hours was 9 percent. Post- larval redfish suffered “considerable mortality” after -similar exposure, the scientists said. until later this week. The Brownsville-Port . Isabel area is the home of the world’s largest shrimping agreed — VANCOUVER: An RCMP boat passes by the Queen of Alberni after she ran aground . between. Vancouver and Victoria, on Thursday. No one was injured in the mishap although several cars and trucks ’ were damaged. Six tugboats, were needed to take the ferry off the rocks Friday. It is expected the ferry will require at least two weeks in drydock to make repairs. (UPC wirephoto) Clark told Nyerere that British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's ability to gain the confidence of the black African states was crucial to the realization of. the .peace plan worked out this week at the Com- monwealth Conference. Clark reportedly told Nyerere that one potential stumbling block to peace in Gulf oil spill a killer fleet with an annual catch worth more than $130 million. Amid disagreements about whether the oil from the runaway Ixtoc I rig ‘in Mexico’s Bay of Campeche would cause major spoilage of--south -‘Texas-—beaches, ~concentrations ~ attention focused--on~the---what—would be~ found im- Zimbabwe Rhodesia was the question of black confidence in Mrs. Thatcher's own ability to sell the plan at home. With that in mind, Ex- ternal Affairs Minister Flora MacDonald left Tanzania for Britain Thursday for a round of speeches in support of the Commonwealth agreement. ' Tests described as “ex-- tremely preliminary” in- dicated the weathering effects of sun, wind and ocean reduced toxicity only by one-fourth. Dr. Patrick Parker of the UT laboratory said sea life was exposed to similar to marine’ life tests’ that could ‘mediately beneath a floating: not be conducted until scientists saw what form the oil was in at the end of its nine-weck journey. Ministry defends | predator controls | VICTORIA (UPC) - An environment ministry of- ticial has defended a provincially led assault on predators, saying the campaign will kill only about 600 of British Columbia's 91,000 wolves and coyotes and a few of its 46,000 grizzly and black bears. Allan Murray, deputy assistant to British Columbia's mirister, the administration of the poison sodium fluoracctate would) relieve “predator problems” in certain parts of the province, while having litde impact on total animal populations. environment The official denied ac- cusations by wildlife protection groups that the said Wednesday, ministry has given farmers and ranchers “a five-year blanket permit” to poison the animals. 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