12 - Friday, March 22, 1985 - North Shore News $38,000 park ‘welcome mat to the world A JOINT federal gov- ernment and GVRD grant is putting four local youths to work on a_ beautification scheme in Lynn Head- Waters Regional Park. The $38,000 grant will cover the wages of four 17- year-old workers and a pro- ject manager, as well as the materials, van rental and equipment rental needed to construct an entranceway to the park, located past the top of Dempsey Road in the District of North Vancouver. The project — = which Started March 4 and is scheduled: to run until June 28 — calls for a general beautification of. the’ area, highlighted by extensive landscaping 2nd the instaila- tion of kiosks. Project manager John Raymond is a Vancouver _ resident, , Gordon Smith, Park Planner with the GVRD Parks department, says the park will be the largest regional park in the GVRD system at a size of 10,000 acres — 10 times the size of the 1,000-acre Stanley Park. Smith says the unofficial opening for the park has been slated for May, with the official opening sched- uled to take place prior to Expo 86, Queen Mary Community School youth worker: Kelly Mortensen told the North Shore News the idea for the grant arose when he was ap- proached by officials of the GVRD Parks Planning department. Mortensen said he selected the youths for the project, according to their willingness to work in a group. “This will be the first rea! work experience for these kids. What these kids are doing is laying out a wel- come mat for the world,” said Mortensen. Dog brings home SOME DOGS are known for being particularly good sca- vengers, but a North Van- couver resident had to con- tend with a rather adven- turous canine Saturday when a pet dog arrived home car- rying what appeared to be a piece of human flesh. North Vancouver RCMP | immediately attended the complaint reported by the shocked resident — received by the RCMP at 2:30 p.m. Saturday — and seized the skin, flesn According to police, the flesh was believed to have been picked up in bushes near the Capilano River. Police took the item to the Lions Gate Hospital and, after a thorough examina- tion of the flesh, authorities determined it was not human flesh, but pig skin, which is reportedly similar in ap- pearance to human Mesh. RCMP could not confirm the discovery of the body of a dead pig in the area to presstime. PROJECT FOIREMAN John Rayment (lef) and Kelly Mortensen go over plans for work at the entrance to the proposed Lynn Creek park. See accompanying article for details. ; : ae NEWS photo Terry Petars B.C. & Yukon Blanket Classifieds The Blanket Classifieds of the B.C. & Yukon Community Newspapers Association allow you to place the same classified ad in more than 70 newspapers covering nearly every suburban and rural market from Van- couver to Whitehorse. Make one phone call Call the News Classified Department, we. will explain how the system works, and then place your ad in the B.C.Y.C.N.A. newspapers, which reach 690,000 households and nearly 1.5 million readers. Only $109 for 25 words You pay just once for your ad in more than 70 newspapers. For more than 25 words there is an additional charge of $3.00 per word. For convenience use ViSA, Master- card or American Express. 986-6222 THE VOILE OF NORTH AND WEST VANCOUVER ,B.C.& YUKON RRS “aoee BLANKET news. acyewe CLASSIFIEDS news NORTH SHORE NEWS CLASSIFIEDS 1139 Lonsdale Avenue, N.V. Stongs Edgemont Village 3151 Woodbine Ave. N.V. * Stongs Dellarton Dollar Shopping Centre, Deep Cove 22nd Ave; at Rupert St. Vancouver