Biaze hits N. Van home NORTH VANCOUVER City firefighters were called to extinguish a fire at 362 East 17th St. early Friday morning. A resident of the home awoke just before 5 a.m. after smelling smoke. The fire started outside the house at ground level and burned its way through siding and into the basement. The fire caused minor damage to siding and an electrical panel. It also resulted in smoke and fire damage inside the house. While the home was equipped with a smoke detector upstairs, there was no smoke detector in the basement. The cause of the fire was not determined to press time Friday. Team rescues lost man NORTH SHORE Rescue Team (NSRT) searchers rescued a man from the wilderness at Crown Creek Monday morning. Olje Vennema, 57, had set out Sunday morning to hike the Haynes Loop from Lynn Headwaters Park to Grouse Mountain. When he didn’t show up at the expected time, his wife reported him as missing. The NSRT, assisted by the Lions Bay search and rescue group, swung into action by 11:30 p.m. Sunday. Searchers were sent in from Lynn Headwaters gate to cover the lower section of the Haynes route. Another group moved into the area from Grouse Mountain while a third group moved through the Crown Creek area. Vennema was focated at 8:50 a.m. in mildly hypothermic con- dition at the 500-metre level near Crown Creek. An NSRT spokesman said Vennema was fost in the same area a year ago but managed to walk out unassisted. Coke possession lands man in jail A BURNABY man was receatly sentenced in West Vancouver provincial court to one month in jail after he pleaded guilty to possession of a narcotic. James Wesley Hillman, 25, was originally charged in connection with a March 16 incident in which he was found to be in posses- sion of cocaine. WV citizen of year named WEST VANCOUVER resident Mrs. R. (Kay) Meek was named the recipient of the 1990 Citizen of the Year Award at the West Vanceuver Chamber of Commerce's President’s Dinner and an- nual general meeting last week. The award was presented to Mrs. Meek for her outstanding support of the North Shore community. She has been heavily involved with such organizations and pro- jects as the Lions Gate Hospital Foundation, the arts community, Ambleside by the Sea, the Dundarave Pier and most recently the West Vancouver Memorial Library. Dry grad party scheduled SEYCOVE SCHOOL students, parents and staff have combined forces to organize a drug and alcohol-free grad celebration party. Party organizers raised approximately $2,500 to hald the party, which is scheduled for 1 a.m. to 7 a.m. June 22 in Deep Cove. The group has hired a DJ and rented a hot tub. Activities planned include casino games and an early-morning breakfast. The celebration party will be held following a grad dance. Said Seycove Parent Committee spokesman Chuck Pickard, “Dry grad celebrations are a gift from the community, the parents and other students to the graduates. They serve to foster an attitude that young people can have fun without alcohol.” A CONTROVERSIAL social housing development received final approval Monday from North Vancouver City Council. By PAMELA LANG Contributing Writer NORTH VANCOUVER -. €ITY/COUNC Despite a public hearing at which many area residents voiced opposition to the project and con- cerns were raised by Ald. Rod Clark, council voted 5-1 to pass the rezoning bylaw that will allow the two-block development on Rufus Drive near Cedar Village Crescent. The development, which will consist of 19 residential units, an activity centre and possibly a community daycare facility, is an affordable family-housing project to be built by Entre Nous Femmes (ENF), a non-profit housing society. ENF development coordinator Lestie Stern said the compiex would be ‘‘built and geared toward single-family housing.” She said approximately half of the residents would be one-parent families. ENF’s Ellen Woodsworth said funding for the daycare has yet to be obtained, but space for it will be allotted in the complex’s activi- ty centre, which will be used for parent/child activities until the daycare goes ahead. Residents in the complex will range from those on social assistance to families earning as much as $30,000 a year. They will be charged no more than 30 per cent of their income for rent, and any family that can- not obtain housing elsewhere for that amount will be considered for residency. In supporting the project, some councillors accused the local resi- dents of a ‘‘not in my backyard”’ attitude toward social housing. “Where would you expect to put them?”’ Ald. John Braithwaite asked those opposed to having such a development in their neighborhood. Braithwaite said he has lived, and would live, close to social housing. “This type of social housing is drastically needed,”’ said Ald. Bill Bell. ‘‘Single-family parents are facing all sorts of discrimination.’’ He referred to the number of landlords that advertise ‘‘adult- only” buildings, and said families have trouble finding any housing, much less 2ffordable housing. Although Clark agreed with the need for social housing in the city, he voted against the project because he said the city was ‘‘get- ting less than market leasing rates” for the city-owned land that will be leased to Entre Nous Femmes. Clark added that funding for social housing has traditionally been the responsibility of the pro- vincial and federal governments and the city should not be in the business of subsidizing housing. But Braithwaite said the city subsidizes public recreation and PROVEN RESULTS with over 8 years experience! | LESLIE LaFLECHE 984-9711 (24 hrs.) 5 - Sunday, June 17, 1990 - North Shere News Social housing approved “’s more humane to do it (public-needs funding) through public housing.*’ But Clark said the land would only benefit a small postion of the community. The rezoning bylaw application was passed ty a 5-1 vote, with Clark opposed and Ald. Stella Jo Dean absent. But some local residents accused council of not listening to their See Neighbors Pege 10 DENTURE SERVICE R. PALLAI & 8. ANDERSON @ NEW DENTURES @ RELINES @& COMFORTABLE SOFT LINERS @ RE PAIRS @ FREE CONSULTATION Office Hours: Monday - Friday 9-5 Telephone 985-1710 105 - 140 West 15th Street, North Vancouver, B.C. V7M 1R6 CRISIS IN... 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