Weather wreaks A FREAK wind storm knocked out power to about 14,000 North Shore homes and businesses on Saturday afternoon. By Surj Rattan News Reporter The short-lived storm also knocked a tree onto a parked car in the Edgemont Village area in North Vancouver, knocked out traffic lights at the busy Upper Levels’) Highway and. Westview Drive intersection and sent North Shore Lifeboat ‘Society (NSLS) “) crews scrambling to respond to several; mayday emergency calls’ ‘from boaters in Howe Sound. Bill Waddell, B.C. Hydro regional manager for the North Shore and Coquitlam. region, said North Vancouver’ s Capilano area havoc as power knocked was the hardest hit on the North Shore. He said the rain and wind storm knocked out hydro’s Capilano substation. “Once we lost that supply, we Jost all the feeders that come out of that substation,’’ said Waddell. He added that most of the power outages on the North Shore occurred at about 4 p.m. Saturday and power was not restored in some areas until midnight on Saturday. “All of the power outages were tree-related. People ask why we have to trim trees so much and this is the reason why. Nothing was knocked out by lightning. “Once you’re torn down, you have to assemble the crews and they have to start re-stringing the wires. It was quite a freak wind,’’ said Waddell. _ The power outages, he said, NEWS photo Paul f€cGrath ~ Oom pah pow A TUBA player in ‘the Vancouver Dorfmusik band keeps the oom-pah-pah beat.during Edgemont Village’s Bavarian Festi- val on Saturday. index B Budget Beaters.........58 MA Business ..............5 ‘Classified ...005....6.. 88 @ Doug Collins. : E8 Comics ...... o Crossword... . a Cuisine Scene..........57 @ Bob Hunter....... Ei Inquiring Reporter. Lifestyles... News of the Weird &@ North Shore Now . .13 44 8 Sports|. 6.0.0.6... BTV Listings ...... Weather "Thursday, Friday and Saturday, mostly sunny with highs 19°C, lows 8° C. Canadian Publications Mail Sales Product Agreement Number 0087238 ‘from. West cost B.C. Hydro about $7,500 in repair costs on the North Shore alone. The North Vancouver District Fire Department responded to 15 storm-related calls. Most of them involved electrical wires being knocked down; one involved a transformer fire. ' Meanwhile, Paul Atterton, of the North Shore Lifeboat Society, said the North Shore-based Coast Guard auxiliary unit was ‘dispat- ched from Fisherman’s Cove in West Vancouver to respond to several distress calls from boaters in Howe Sound. Atterton, along with rescue crew member Bruce Falkins, was en route tO a mayday call from a 23-foot (7.0-m) sailboat one mile north of Anvil Island shortly after 3 p.m. Saturday when they were dispatched to a more serious rescue call further up Howe Sound é off Porteau Cove. Atterton said a 14-foot (4.3-m) sailboat had capsized, tossing its two occupants into the water. He added that winds had reached 100 km/h (60 mph) with waves over eight feet (2.4 m) high. “What looked like small tor- nadoes — water spouts — ap- peared around us, lifting the water into the air in a funnel shape. ‘Rain was coming down upon us with such force that it felt like being in a hail storm. Wearing protective glasses didn’t make any difference,’’ said Atterton. “You could not look into the rain without the salted rain burn- ing your eyes." He added that the rescue crew’s boat — a 20-foot (6.0 m) Boston Whaler weighing over 3,000 pounds (1,360 kg) and powered by a 200 horsepower outboard engine “was thrown about in the out, traffic disrupted, boaters stranded waters like a little dinghy while it struggled to gain ground heading into the hurricane-like winds.” Atterton said after the boat was tossed around in the water for two minutes, the vessel’s rear alumi- num light mast broke away and the crew feared. that. the boat would flip over from winds cat- ching the underside of the boat’s cathedral hull design. It became increasingly danger- ous for the rescue boat to con- tinue fighting the storm. But Atterton said a tugboat had reached the overturned sailboat’ and began towing the vessel. The sailboat’s two occupants; who had been treading water for about 50 minutes, were wearing full wet suits and neither was suffering from hypothermia. They were transported by the tugboat to Porteau Cove. est Van takes another look at controversial noise bylaw Outcry continues over proposed new restrictions A DELUGE of letters from residents concerned about proposed noise bylaw amendments in West Van- couver has resulted in a re-examination of the bylaw by a municipal committee. WEST VANCOUVER DISTRICT COUNCIL by Maureen Curtis The overwhelming response Vancouverites prompted West Vancouver District Council to delay adopting the proposed: noise bylaw amendment at Monday night’s meeting. Instead, Councillors Don Grif- fiths and Diana Hutchinson will work with municipal manager Doug. Alian and municipal clerk Margaret Warwick to come. up with recommendations for further amendments. Mayor Mark Sager said he was impressed by the enthusiastic and thoughtful public interest in the issue. Added Hutchinson, ‘‘In all the years that I have served on council I have never seen such interest in a change in a bylaw.” The interest shown in the issue, she said, is a sign that people are becoming more involved: in the ‘ running of the municipality. The proposed amendment PAE 44 In all the years that I have served on council I have never seen such interest in a change in a bylaw. 99 would prohibit residents making, causing or permitting ‘‘by any animal, bird or thing,’’ any “sound that disturbs the quiet, peace, rest enjoyment, comfort or convenience’’ of people in an area. The proposed changes would bring the bylaw into line with similar regulations in Vancouver and North Vancouver City and District. It adds decibel limitations to continuous and non-continuous sounds i in ‘‘quict,”’ ‘‘activity’’ and “mixed’’ zones for daytime and nighttime hours. The current list of noise types prohibited from continuing longer than 15 minutes includes: @ radios, stereos, musical instru- ments;.. ® whistles, sirens, horns; @ explosives; ® shouting, singing, haranguing; @ and the barks and cries of animals. Proposed the additions to from — Coun. Diane Hutchinson ‘list include: . ©. engines with no mufflers; ® squealing tires; © unauthorized car horns. West. Vancouver already . pro- hibits construction on Sunday, but would further: restrict hours for the rest.of the week before 7 a.m. and after 6 p.m. -! The over 70 letters received by the district on the noise bylaw issue included . support and op- position... . Concerns expressed included: @ restrictions on gardening (par- ticularly on Sunday); © implementation problems; @ rights of entry for the noise control officer; : @ restrictions to car repairs; @ restrictions to practising musical instruments. Letter-writers also wanted to be sure that trucks with air brakes, garbage trucks, freight trains, motorcycles ‘and cars without mufflers would be included in the future restrictions. Changes aimed at construction clamor | CONSTRUCTION noise is one of the main targets of the proposed changes to West Vancouver’s noise bylaw. At Monday night’s West Van- couver District Council meeting, Coun. Pat Boname said she will be taking aim at the impact infill construction has on established neighborhoods. Boname said construction in her own neighborhood has convinced her that there should be some “special consideration’’ for resi- dents disturbed by the noise it generates, : According to Boname, the municipality frequently receives letters from people complaining about the noise and mess resulting from new home construction in established neighborhoods. Coun. Rod Day agreed: ‘‘Peo- ple are coming into neighborhoods and disturbing them without any regard to those communities.” He added that he knows of a young mother who, with her small children, had to leave her home frequently during the summer to escape area contruction noise. According to West Vancouver’s new noise bylaw, the loading and unloading of construction or building materials or tools would be prohibited on Sundays and holidays. Additional restrictions would be placed on the use of rock drills or rock hammers on Saturdays. - Construction would be permit- ted from Monday to | Saturday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. WEST VANCOUVER District | Coun. Pat Boname... residents need ‘‘special consideration.”