Propcsed WV golf course to get a second look TAKING TO heart com- munity concerns over a stand of old-growth cedar _ trees in an area earmarked for the 27-hole Cypress Ridge golf course, West Vancouver District Mayor Don Lanskail announced Monday that the issue of “possible retention’? of the trees will be considered by a golf course advisory com- mittee. By MICHAEL BECKER The Hollyburn Ridge Golf Course Advisory Committee was originally set up to review various golf course proposals for municipal land located just south of the Cypress Bowl ski area on Hollyburn Mountain. Because a member of that com- mittee has since dropped out, Lan- skail appointed professional for- ester and local resident Glen Pat- terson in his place. “At the public hearing on this subject he (Patterson) spoke in favor of the golf course, but also for the retention of the old growth trees,”” said Lanskail. The committee will be directed to review the matter and report on the feasibility of changes. But Friends Of Cypress, a group pushing to spare the old-growth cedar trees, wants West Van- couver council to appoint com- munity group representatives to the committee. - The original terms of reference for the Hollyburn Ridge Golf Course Advisory Committee called for the advisory body to “consist of up to 10 members appointed by council whose background experi- ence and knowledge would be of particular relevance in assessing a golf course and related facilities.” But said Friends of Cypress spokesman Paul Hundal, ‘‘Now that there is a land-use issue in- volved it is incumbent upon the mayor to bring in a broad com- munity perspective. Only golf- oriented people were on this com- mittee.”’ On Monday, both Hundal and Ambleside and Dundarave Ratepayers’ Association president Capt. George Murrell asked coun- cil to include community group representation on the golf course advisory committee. But Lanskail said Monday that Hundal’s concern would be ad- dressed in the future. Meanwhile, Friends Of Cypress have organized weekly walks up to the old-growth cedar stand. People interested in visiting the giant trees can meet at 12:30 p.m. at the old park gate entrance at Cypress Bow! Road. For more in- formation call 926-9273 or 926- 6686. Error corrected CONTRARY to a report car- ried in a May 30 News Day In Court listing, Jean Claude Beaudoin was not convicted of mischief under $1,000. The 25-year-old North Vancouver man was fined $300 after pleading guilty to a charge of assault. The Crown entered a stay of proceedings in the orig- inal charge of mischief. The News apologizes to Mr. Beaudoin for the error. me ae ea te ean a ane anne NEWS photo Stuart Davis It’s time to go green, North Shore Shore incorporating ‘‘green’’ practices into their everyday lives. PROVINCIAL ENVIRONMENT Minister John Reynolds, wife Yvonne (centre}, son Christopher and Jennie Keeran of North Van- couver District's Task Force on the Environment study the Going Green on the North Shore three-month calendar distributed in to- day’s North Shore News. The calendar, which offers four environmentally-sound lifestyle lips each month, is the focus of the community-wide Going Green on the Nort: Shore campaign, which aims to get everyone on the North Anne Macdonald named YWCA 1990 Woman of Distinction NORTH VAN SCHOOL TRUSTEE HAS LONG LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS NORTH Vancouver School District 44 Trustee Anne Macdonald was awarded the YWCA 1990 Woman of Distinction award in the community and humanitari- an service category Thurs- day night at a banquet cer- emony at Vancouver’s Hyatt Regency Hotel. By MAUREEN CURTIS Contributing Writer “She is a true Renaissance woman,” said UBC Provost Dan Birch in presenting Macdonald with the award. Macdonald, the first president of the North Vancouver Com- munity Arts Council and the first executive director of Vancouver Community Arts Council, has promoted and nurtured the arts locally since 1969. “To think is to act is her mot- to,”” said Birch in his description of Macdonald’s achievements. Angler raises Capilano fisheries or the smell or taste of the water, but the fish were coming up only a short distance and then stopping. “So [ have some concerns if large quantities of — for want of a better term — stale water coming From page 1 Capilano power plant could gener- ate revenue of up to $1.7 million annually. “But that’s a very preliminary figure and is subject to negotiation with Hydro,”* he said. The GVRD plans to hire an in- dependent consultant to conduct the environmental impact assess- ment. Study results will then be forwarded to Fisheries and Oceans for input. Said Heath, ‘*The main concern is to see if what effect, if any, this will have on downstream fish- eries.” Macdonald helped establish, along with Squamish Indian band, Friendship Through Arts, a pro- gram that provides young Indian and non-Indian artists with a forum to exchange ideas. Described by Birch as an ‘“‘in- novator and a leader,’’ Macdonald was instrumental in the creation of Presentation House. She has also developed and ini- tiated the promotion of Studio Fair, the Civic Arts Committee, Paper Fair, the B.C. Arts in Education Council and the West End’s Parksite 19 heritage project. The school trustee and “prime soldier in the recycling war’? was also nominated in the Woman of Distinction arts and culture cate- gory. Birch also pointed to her in- volvement in developing The Story of a Community, the multi-media display chronicling the history of the North Vancouver But said Eric Carlisle, a director of the Steelhead Society of B.C. and a brood-stock fisherman for the winter steelhead required to stock the hatchery at Capilano River, ‘‘We have noticed at times when they release water through the diversion tunnel instead of the spillway it does tend to slow fish migrations. 1 remeniber in early September of 1983, they were releasing water through the diver- sion tupnel. We had a long spell of low water which held salmon at the mouth. Then it (the water level) came up and I’m not sure if it’s a different oxygen or lack of oxygen “The ‘Going Green’ calendar is an excellent way to get involved in (Environment) week,’ Reynolds stated. ‘‘By using the ‘Going Green’ calendar, everyone can do a little extra to protect our en- vironment.”’ For more information about the community project, see the special environment feature on page 39 of today’s paper. school system from the year 1900. The display drew huge crowds during its exhibits at Park Royal Mail and Capilano Mail. “lam just a humble member of the huge group of people,’’ said a nearly breathless Macdonald in ac- cepting the award. She praised the YWCA and its patrons and sponsors for their ef- forts and thanked her nominator and past Woman of Distinction award winner Nicola Major of Major the Gourmet. Macdonald also thanked her mother, who is in her 90s and was attending the awards banquet at the Hyatt Regency. Macdonald’s father, Mickey McDougall, was a long-time high school principal in North Van- couver, and her late husband, Malcoim Macdonald, was a family court judge. A total of 12 North Shore resi- from the bottom of the lake through the diversion tunnel were being released,’' Carlisle said. According io Carlisle, who has been a Capilano River angler for close to 30 years, the Capilano River fish hatchery releases ap- proximately $00,000 coho smoits on average annually. An additional 500,000 eggs are taken up-river every year for release above the DISTRICT 44 Trustee Anne Mac- -.*ttrue Renaissance dents were nominated for Woman ef Distinction awards this year, in- cluding Nancy Stibbard, Madge Wiesman, Judy Rogers, Joy Leach, Bonnie Gordon, Susan Hills, News columnist Joy Met- calfe, Mobina Jaffer, Joan Vanstone and Shamin Lalani. concerns lake and dam. Said Carlisle, ‘‘Those fish, or smolts, have to migrate down the river, find their way through the Jake and over the spillway. | would have concerns that during the smolt out-migration time, which is now, and water was low and most of the water was coming through the diversion tunnel, they might have some difficulty.”” Meanwhile Heath anticipates studies assessing and detailing the power plant proposal will be firm- ed up by September, when B.C Hydro calls for proposals from in- dependent power producers.