a ECNal | ree Hoe: ASABE SUS 118, 1986 News 985-2131 Your Number One uburban Newspaper seal Class ‘RECEIVING A hero's welcome, West Vancouver artist Daniel Izzard is greeted at Vancouver International Airport by his family on-his return ' Thursday from London, Ontario. Izzard has been recovering in London since December from a heart transplant operation. He is the oldest man in Canada to receive one. Above, six-year-old son Aaron hugs his dad, while daughter Jemila and wife Denese look on. : ‘Boat harbor at Whytecliff a losing Television listings are now more convenient NORTH Shore News television listings will be returning to each edition of the | newspaper for readers’ convenience. i‘ Instead of concentrating the whole week’s TV listings in the Friday edition, the | 2: News will again be publishing Friday to Sunday program listings in Friday’s paper, [© Sunday to Wednesday listings in Sunday's paper, and Wednesday to Friday listings in Wednesday's paper. . ' Viewers can now easily refer to their most recent edition of the News. _ Real — _ Estate | - section - comes “into | _ its own | DUE TO popular reading and increased advertising support, the Real Estate sec- tion in Friday’s North Shore News has grown into a newspaper edition of iis own, Starting today (April 18), the News will be delivering its Friday Homes with the regular Friday News, but as a separate edition. The complete Real Estate section, filled with listings of North Shore homes for sale and a map to provide detail- ed and accurate locations, will now be easier to read and more efficient to use. Today’s edition includes 48 pages, with listings from 28 different real estate com- I 12IICS. Ai photo lan Smit Ih NEWS proposition for 20 years’ WHYTECLIFF Marina has been sunk despite attempts to keep it afloat by a West Vancouver entrepreneur. West Van director of parks and recreation Frank Kurucz = said Wednesday the marina had been a losing proposition for the past 20 years, ‘‘and council decided it did not want to encourage another operation that would ultimately end up losing money.”’ Kuruez said the decision to close the marina and turn it back to a public park was made after ‘he last marina owners had gone b. .krupt in November, 1985. But boat mechanic Sulian Alfreds said, “Closing the marina seems silly, really. [think everybody realizes that there is a shortage of moorage in the Lower Mainland area, especially with Ex- po coming.” He said he had made application to West Vancouver Council to buy the Whytecliff operation and put it back on its feet. By TIMOTHY I News Reporter Alfreds said he had bees prepared to move a trailer House onto the property, invest $10,000 in overhauling the marina, ane drop moorage rates by 20 per cent in an attempt to make Whytecliff a viable operation once again. “The marina was losing money because it was run so badly for the past’ five years,"’ Alfreds said. “There used to be 80 boats here, now there are about 20." West) Vancouver Council, Alfreds complained, had led him to believe that 1 would approve his application. He said he had subse- quently invested two months of his time in working out the details of taking over the marina. Kurucz said only two applica- tions had been received, one of which, he said had been totally un- satisfactory. Kurucz reiterated that a marina at “hytectiff was just not viable. Other than private automobile, transportation from the marina, he said, was limited, He pointed out that regular swells from B.C. Ferries made Whytecliff a poor anchorage, and to build a proper breakwater would cost up to $500,000. “The marina is currently 50 per cent capacity. | don’t think there is much of a demand for moorage there,” he said. Kurucz said the marina will be returned to public park, where a fishing guide service will operate from the marina. The boats currently anchored at Whytecliff would not be kicked out, Kurucz said. Anchorage would still be provided for about 20 boats, but there would be no fuel or other services available. - : NEWS photo Terry Peters THE REMAINING few boats using West Vancouver's Whytecliff Marina bob gently amidst the picturesque surroundings of Whytecliff Park. West Vancouver Council recently turned down an application to keep the bankrupt marina afloat. Anchorage will still be provided for a limited number of boats at Whytecliff, but no services will be provided.