Newsstand Price 50¢ December 7, 1983 | Newsroom 985-2131 NEWS photo Eric Eggertaon CHRISTMAS CAROLS, Santa sales and - ~ _ of course— trees. Mountains of them. And dedicated sellers like West Van Venturers Martin Triggs and Dave Jones who are out to raise money for West Vancouver's scouting movement. It all adds up — it's beginning to look a tot like Christmas, WEDNESDAY Cloudy, with sun THURSDAY Cloudy, with sun E SET FOR EW COUNCIL Baker sets tone **DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS”’ not run-of-the- mill bureaucrats are the keys in making North Van- couver District a smoothly operating civic govern- ment, Mayor Marilyn Baker said Monday in her 1983 inaugural speech. Baker expressed that senti- ment in welcoming two new politicians to council: Aldermen Steve McMinn and Craig Clark. Baker’s speech focused on the positive and she sard that despite economic hard times, District managed to ‘‘come through (1983) on line — on a very tight budget.’’ She outlined varivus pro- grams initiated by council during 1983. At the forefront of her speech was the Sey mour crossing, scheduled for completion in February In addition, she said, ma jor community) plans in District got) underway in cluding the contentious Sey mour development City She also said work will continue in District to remove flooding threats realized by many residents during the past several years. ‘“*A total of about $1.5 million has gone into remedial and upgrading works recommended by con- sultants. This work seems to be paying dividends.’ Baker, in addition, touch- ed on the coming 1984 municipal budget and said District has been told by pro- vinual government officials to expect at least a 10 per cent cut in revenue sharing grants. She concluded by saving “Most of us know that not everything is good and right all the time let us cross Our fingers, sav our prayers and work dike the dickins for oa bright new year in L9k4 aces increases [us ADRIAN CHAMBERI 1s NORTH VAN Clty tan payers may have to shell out more moncy for 1984 Neat years provisional budget adopted ino the in augutal mecting oof North Van Cooly commerh Neda shows an $338 000, OFF three percens over the LYX) bucpet tnerease uel “Costs have iereased fos several necessary and impor lant serves pole protes tion, the Recreation © omnis son, and the North Shore Board of Health 9 said Mayor Jack | oucks in his in augutal addicss ‘Porecasts indicate less revenuc will be received from the Provincial Revenue Shas ing Grants, the Developer and barcensing Services Departinecnt Straott tersne oun vestments, interest ane tas penalties." said boucks The budget was adopted in adi. vote, with Ald Stcila de: Dean and Ald Ralph bail VovCeh ge ct pe deat The tinal budget for North Van Caty will be adeyre doin May