\Yanconver- Ny E ‘ Yeni A996 ORGANIZERS. EXPECT the B.C. Winter Games to be a $2- million money-machine for North Vancouver. ; Based on past B.C. games, local businesses can expect an economic spin-off of ‘that amount; said Winter Games - president Gerry Brewer. .- | .. “Brewer notes the budget. for “the games alone is $675,000. He “expects 2,700 athletes, 300 offi- “cials:and coaches, parents. and . “Spectators.” to’ contribute-. enter-. ;tainment,’ soilvenir, ° : “tvansporta- : “tion, accommodation and festau- . ponent ‘of, the: ‘ed mot oo io athletes : at’ the’.1996 gam Tatlow Avenue resident upset over service KATHLEEN MCCAIG has a bone to pick with her garbage- tossing garbage man. By lan Noble News Reporter The Tatlow Avenue resident called the News Wednesday mom- ing after her garbage collector had again left a litter-strewn mess and casually tossed her large garbage bin so it rested upside-down, block- ing her driveway. “It’s frustrating, it's maddening and it’s flat-out rude,” she fumed. McCaig said she's called the dis- trict countless times with com- plaints regarding her garbage man. Because of her previous experi- ences with the worker, McCaig said she must waich him while he loads her garbage or he creates a mess. She noted the - irony that Wednesday, one of the only days she has not been able to watch him lately, the garbage ended up on the ground. “He knows I'm watching him. That’s pretty bad when you have to watch the garbage man," she said. McCaig claims the man swears at her. “He's made it his life’s work to bother me because I’ve phoned,” she said. North Vancouver District's superintendent of sanitation Dary! Mielty said he’s had a talk with the pony-tailed perpetrator and assured McCaig the incident won't be repeated. As for the garbagemen, Mielty said: “‘We have an internal process that will deal with the matter. It's not going unnoticed,” He said he hopes the situation will be remedied before dismissal is nec-_ essary. ° Mielty said the man is a longtime sanitation employee and other com- plaints have been received regarding him. But as a “general mile,” the work- er has not generated more complaints than other drivers. Mielty would not release the man’s name. Although not an excuse for his worker's behavior or a reflection on McCaig’s garbage-bagging habits, Mielty noted garbage collectors become frustrated by people indiscriminately leaving medical waste, drywall, ani- mal feces, and sawdust in their bins. Salmon project jeopardized by winter storm UP THE street from the McCaig’s, the garbage men per- formed a similar public service Wednesday morning. 44 He knows I’m watching him. That’s pretty bad when you have MEWS phote Terry ; Those items can be thrown back in the collector's face when dumped into hop- pers. “Those are the types of things they are faced with pretty. much on a daily basis,” Mielty said. McCaig acknowledges her garbage is not always tied as tightly as it could be. But she adds if there’s a problem with her garbage-tying skills the man could simply leave the garbage. “If the guy dislikes bis job, he shouldn’t do it. But I'm sure he’s there to pick up his paycheque and all the other benefits that go along with a city job,” said McCaig. On Wednesday, the district's Sean Fawcett visited the site of the garbage man’s latest shenanigans after receiving the complaint, said McCaig. She called Fawcett very efficient. “He was willing to go out of his way to help, but it was too late,” she said. to watch the garbage man. 99 — Tatlow Ave. resident Kathleen NeCaig Possible rezoning of site discussed From page t Lynn Creek fish eggs saved - A LYNN Creek salmonid enhancement project had a brush with disaster Jan. 21 after water was cut off to more than 38,000 fish eggs. ’ By Anna Marie D'Angelo :- News Reporter “These are Lynn Creek coho (eggs). 1 don't know if you have ever tried to fish in Lynn Creek, but it is really hard to catch fish there,” said ZoAnn Morten. The North Vancouver resident has spearheaded a project to return fish to Lynn Creek. Morten said eggs from 17 fish caught in Lynn Creek last year were used for the project. Trees came down on the building housing the eggs Jan. 20 during 2 snow storm. The building is located on the northeast side of the old Premier Street landfill, south of the North Vancouver Cemetery. Water necessary for the fish eggs’ survival stopped flowing. The eggs were packaged for transport immediately. “People just walking on the bank came up and wanted to help us. It was just fabulous,” said Morten. Seymour Hatchery worker Brian Smith was called at home for help. He drove from Coquitlam to open up the hatchery building to receive the eggs. oS Morten. “So far we haven't lost anybody (fish eggs). If we didn’t have somewhere like Seymour to take them, we'd have no where to turn to when we needed help,” said Morten. She said the eggs are doing well in their new home. Morten said work to replenish Lynn Creck with salmon has been going on for approximately eight years. The coho and chum eggs are slated to be released into the creek in early sprin P Merten has support for the salmon enhancement project from various organizations including the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and North Vancouver District. She has involved local school students in the project. which was origi- nally associated with conimunity schools. y ' LYNNMOUR’ 1 NEWS photo Terry Petars ZOANN MORTEN said North Vancouver District workers will be removing any dangerous trees near the site of a Lynn Creek salmonid enhancement project after trees came down in a snowstorm and cut off the vital water supply to fish eggs. ly against the development. A sam- ple of survey responses from’ 29 residents seems to support her con- tention. Some. say the four-storey buildings are too high and create too much density. Others feel their properties will be devalued. | However, some heed Larco’s warning that bowling alleys and theatres may be built. One resi- dent said recreation developments | allowed under existing regula- tions will create more problems for residents than housing. — District special projects plan- ner Ross Taylor said the possible rezoning of the site has been dis- cussed for the past two years as a key issue by the Lower Capilano Planning Committee. The committee has drafted a plan for the area, which includes | district lands south of the Upper Levels Highway and west of MacKay Creek. The committee, he said, is looking for public input. Open houses are scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 13, at the International Plaza, 1989 Marine Dr, and Thursday, Feb. 15, at Capilano school, 1230 West 20th St.. North Vancouver. Information gleaned from the public process will be used to draw up a final plan that will go to council some time in March, Taylor said.