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March 23, 1997

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Study of key North Vancouver City
waterfront property in final phase

By Oeana Lancaster
Contributing Writer

IF you’ve always fancied yourself an enlight-
ened amateur community planner, now is your

chance to speak out.

Beginning Tuesday at
North Vancouver City Hall, a
display and open house about
the Versatile Shipyard Land
Use Study will be cvailable
for public viewing.

“Its a chance to show
people the work we've done
so far,” said Jay Wollenberg,
of Coriolis Consulting Corp.
“And it gives (the public) an
opportunity to give some
input.”

The land in question is
16.88 hectares (42.2 acres)
of waterfront property locat-
ed just east of Lonsdale. It
once was the site of a major
shipyard.

The property's owners,
the Vancouver Port Corporation and the City of North Vancouver
commissioned the study. It is entering its final phase.

Coriolis and Vancouver architects Hotson Bakker have come up with
some trial plans for the site

“We are looking at three options but there are literally hundreds of
possibilities,” Wollenberg, said.

None of the proposals are firm.

“Tt’s a chance to show
people the work we’ve
done so far ...We are
looking at three options
but there are
literally hundreds of
possibilities.”

—Jay Wollenberg,
Coriolis Consulting

Othello fellows

ACTORS Mark Holden (left) and Tim Laplante take part in an action-packed production of
Shakespeare's Othelio. The play runs from March 27 to April 12 at Presentation House, 333

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Chesterfield Ave. in North ’ancouver. Tickets are $16 each. For information call 990-3474.

Murder witnesses get trauma relief

Anyone suffering from traumatic stress related to the event
should realize their reactions are normal and can be treated
with counselling, said Snelgrove. When people feel such stress

“It’s an automatic pilot response, we're not in control of it,”
said Snelgrove.
On Wednesday, Easton-Snelgrove Inc. held a free informa-

By Joey Goodings
Contributing Writer

IF the smell of popcorn causes you to fear
for your life you might think you're
going crazy, but it’s probably just a nor-
mal reaction.

Popcorn may be one of many possible triggers to remind
you of the recent murder of aman in a North Vancouver movie
theatre and c¢ you to panic, said Dr. Foby Snelgrove. He
works as a counsellor specializing in traumatic stress.

Warren Kinsella
takes on the
far far right _

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tion session for the public to discuss symptoms and ways to
cope with traumatic stress.

About 20 people attended the session at the RCMP station
in North Vancouver. It was scheduled in response to the Feb.
28 shooting of Mohammed Mirhadi, 21, during the gangst
movie Dannie Brasco. Mirhadi died later at Lions Gare
Hospital.

‘The gunman escaped through an exit door in the theatre.
No arrests have been made for the murder. About 220 people
were in the theatre at the time of the shooung.

Merchants eager
for Westview
completion

the “body switches to its animal survival mechanisms.”
A traumatic event is a jolt to our psychological system for
hich we aren't ready and may be caused by an event such as
witnessing a death or learning of the death of a close friend.

The most profound source of trauma is any event in which a

person feels his or her fife is threatened.
When a traumatic event occurs, our senses become height:
ened and our mind records every sight, smell, taste, sound and

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Anna Wyman
dancers profiled

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