atet an issue
ith Caulfeiid
hurch’s plans

Catherine Barr
montributing Writer
BEVERAL Lower
aulfeild residents feel left
t of the decision to place
preschool in their cozy,
ritage neighborhood.

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Franeis-ln-the- Wood
nglican. Church recently
nounced that it intends to open”
preschool ii the Lower Caultelld
onservation Area,

. The'school, whieh will be ean

the, Montessori Mes’ Petits

ademy,’ and ‘the Lighthouse
Mepontessori Society, will’ conduet

messes at the church for 20 chil-
en in a morning session and 20

ure is: plahned, ‘The school
make. “use ‘of a 390: ware.
q re: addition - built: in 1988,

No expansion to.the existing

NEWS photo Paul MeGrath

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affic clogs WV preschool debate —

Hiere will: be some changes to
ndscapin ing.

{Some residents, ; however. ate,
than’ pleased. During an impromptu’ meet-

8.1 tae ay" night, neighbors expressed ‘their »
Bpricerns about traffic, parking and safety issues. ;
“L think ticre’s a feeling at the church that

| anti-chtirch sentiment.and the only -

; traftic,” said area resident Ron Woodall.
Phere could'be a’ McDonald’s coming in here ©
id we'd ‘feel: just as’ bad about it, so itt 's Rot:

nci-church, it’s anti-traffic:”. ;

| The: preschoot . has’ taken several steps to
‘the “area’s safety. It plans to ‘instruct par-

ing the school: to access the area via a

Dale, The school ‘is also

thar the school expects children to come from
nearby,

“We already have three children who will
presumably be able to walk to the school, * he
said, 8

In‘a report to council, West Vancouver

District’ 's aug shout “ department notes, “The -

narrow roads should be able to accommodate
‘the increase in traffic, but'this increase in traffic
“ contd result in increased risk of conflict between
pedestrians and automobiles,”

Said “long-time. resident ‘Glen Patterson:
-." These streets are more walking paths than they

NEIGHBORS in Caulfelia gather outside St. Francls-in-tho- Wood Anglican Church to discuss their dis-’
may with traffic congestion they believe will occur if the church opans a preschool.

:
is going to be a serious accident — without
question,”

The quaint, picturesque neighborhood sur-
rounding the church is often disrupted by cars
speeding down the narrow streets,

A gravel lane provides access to the church's
main entrance, The parking lot accommodates

" approximately five to six cars and has been

deemed adequate by the district, even though

manic ipl zoning, bylaws would usually require

23 parking stalls, District planners, in an effort
to preserve green space, have allowed this dis-

. crepaiicy,

tu host the school,

“1 found out abou it an july
LH, long afer the fact,” sald
Patterson,

Windsor disputes this, “We
have never been seeretive about
this.

“The neighbors to the west
were informed fast November and
‘the neighbors to the north were
informed tn Mareli.”

‘She school is scheduled to start
classes chis September, A business
licence has not been issued from
the District of West Vancouver
because one ts not required for
Hon-prolit societies, District” staf?
have been advised that the
preschool is being registered as a

' nonprofit sockery under the nanve
Lighthouse Montessori...”

Mes Petit Montessori and Les
“Petit Montessori hold. business
licenses in the City of North
Vancauver and the District of
North Vancouver respectively.

Rita deGraaf, principal. of
Montessori Mes Petite Academy,
will teach at the new'school, She °

" said the school would be charging
$290 per child, per month, for
tuition, The church will receive
$1,000 per month for rental of the
- facilities,

- Half of the proceeds raised by.
the church will be donated to Covenant Hotise
(a program for Vancouver street - kids)... The
remainder is to cover landscaping costs,

Mayor Pat Boname said she couldn't imag-
ine why deGraaf would not be' designated as
non-profit, “But hypothetically, if she doesn’t

et non-profit: status “and: needs a- business:
be? he would come back. to municipal

a 4

Boname, who also chairs the Emergency
Services committee, (the committee that would '
deal with emergency vehicle access to the area),.
reassured residents that she would be more than "

. rcouraging, parents to organize car fools. ae vehicle routes.and even without the.

Church spokesman John ‘Windsor confirmed preschool i it is s extremely dangerous now. There-

um

“A
he
i

“She added that in addition to bet-

ster food quality, St, Paul's food is also

y the patients and

’ bé. much ‘happier

Ath the food quality: than what was

urnaby,” said Gaudet, _

e:new food system, 80%

the'food at Liotis Gate will origi-’
St-Paul’s kitchen”...

} peel soups and cereals, will be~*
at Lions Cate,, said Gaudet.

_ marginally cheaper,
.. She expects that trucking food in
fiom St, Paul's will meet the hospi

ital’s goal of the  $1-million-a-year.

“cost saving initially anticipated under
: € Burtaby Y Hospi cook: chill sys:

‘cook-chill de with Burnaby Hospital ini- -
ity imieed good food at cheaper pricas, the food unfortu- «
nately lived down to the reputation of institutional fare.

ervice kitchen, - the?
time dietary workers,
For 1997-98, the hospital has
budgeted for 96. 39 workers.
|” Meanwhile, food and. production
costs have risen’ from $1.7 million in

. 1994-95 to:a budgeted $2: I million

in 1997-98.
* Gaudet said she expects the move
to cook-chill to ultimately be- suc-

hospital f
_ employed the equivalent of 119 full:

cessful,
“It’s like eve thing g else: you have
to spend some time in order to’ get it

_ working right,” she said.

In. April 1996, a management
review of the cook-chill system dis-

covered $400,000 a year in labor and ;
‘product waste.

“The most obvious problem

‘product i is the food, the quality of

which is of a mini-
mal standard but
lacks consistency,”
mae stated the report
a by dutrition ser-
vices director
Shirley Power,
Gaudet said ‘a

discrepancy about.

-how, Burnaby and

Lions’ Gate. hospi- °*

tals were to pay for’,
¢ cook-chill -sys-. |.
m is:now ‘under :

iscussion.

“It will proba:

bly go.to arbitra-
tion’ while “it is

. being. discussed,” .

said Gaudet.

BY ie can "ts “talk ms

rabout it.”

Lions Gate, will : :

make: ‘its final pay:

put ‘in: the cook-

: chil system. . 7
“T don’t. know that (the money)

was necessarily: lost because it did

develop 2 new system in the hospital ..

in order to receive food from anoth-
er site into Lions Gate Hospital,” said
Gaudet.

Meanwhile, the hospital posted a.
$994 000 deficit for 1996: 97, leav-

ing ® the hospital reserves depleted,
said Gaudet.

ment in September ~
‘on: a” $3-million |
-., loan it took out to.

Overall, residents are disappointed t that the
church was not more forthcoming with its plans

ps Burnaby food |

pleased to look into any safery problems arising’
from the | situation. .

A Sunshind Cabs: driver was
wounded in the hand with an X-
acto knife on July 16 during a
Struggle with a passenger in the
-100-block of West 23rd Street.

The Cabbie was not seriously injured dur
ing the 9 p.m. incident, a

He was able co get out of the taxi a ing.
the knife with. him, said North. Vancouver!
RCMP Const: Tom Seaman... °°.

Police.say the passenger. took off in’ the:
cab and struck three parked cars. on: 22nd.
:. Street,

The abandoned cab was foiind : an hou he
later i in the 900- block of West 17th Street,

According to the police, the cabbie picked up the passenger in the SeaBus *
area, Nearthe White Spot restaurant’s parking lot just west’ of Lonsdale _
Avenue, the passenger grabbed: the driver by the neck and put the’ cabbie

into a head lock, -

1

Police say the taxi passenger pulled out the X-acto knife and tried to sta

the cabbie. .

The knife-wielder is described as being a Cai casi

ian, 20 to 23. years old,’

1,83 metres (six feet) tall and 82 ‘kilograms (18f:. tbs). He was clean shaven,

with a Mohawk style hair cut.

Anyone..with ‘information about the incident. is asked to ‘call ‘North

: Vancouver R ROMP Const: Ben | Rodrigue at 988-131] or Crime Stoppers at’
669-8 “8477,

— Anna Marie i Ange

: WEST. Varicouver Police called i in the Vancouver Police’
emergency response team for assistance on July 17 when‘a

drunk man’ with an arsenal.of ‘Buns : wouldn’t leave his’.

“British Properties home. a

The: daughter of the. 57-year-old ‘drunk: called West Vancouver Polige.t
the Eyremont Drive home shortly after midnight.

The-woman said her father announced he was going to load some guns,
during a family argument that evening. — ;

The woman and her sister, both adults, ieft the home ‘safely along with”
their mother, said: Sgt. Steve Watt.

West Vancouver Police surrounded the house. The man did not answer”
police phone calls. The drunk man came out of the front door about; 30 min: ° :

utes after his family.

Police seized three handguns that they fourid on the dining’ room floot. “
Ten rifles and shotguns and a crossbow were found ina bedroom; said Watt. -

. Boxes of ammunition were also found in the house.

The man may face charges of unsafe firearms storage, said Watt.

— Anna Maric D’Angelo

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