A PROPOSAL for major retail-residential develop- ment in the 1600-block of Lonsdale Avenue is being down-sized to conform to North Vancouver City zon- ing and Official Community Plan (OCP) regulations. The move by M&M Investments Ltd. follows city council’s recent rejection of a plan to build a resi- dential tower with retail stores on the Super Valu site at 1632 Lons- ale. By MICHAEL BECKER News Reporter The plan council dismissed Oct. 30 called for a single 25-storey res- idential tower with a retail compo- nent and was a scaled-down ver- sion of an application originally put to the city in mid-September. The developer had then envisioned two 28-storey residential towers deateoiat and 30,000 square feet of retail space east and west of Lonsdale. M&M asked council to consider granting height concessions. The trade-off would have been a com- mitment by ihe developer to pro- vide more parking and open space than required for by zoning regu- lations. Said M&M development manag- er Bruce MacFarlane: ‘‘There’s no Orde of fale NEWS photo Cindy Goodman EAGLES MEMBER Bill Boychuk (left) has been lobbying local civic leaders, such as North Vancouver City | Mayor Jack Loucks (right), to support his piau to establish a new youth organization on the North Shore. The two men display one of the Eagles award certificates which will be issued to businesses supporting the Program with donations. | $60,000 NEEDED INV man crusades | for teen program FOR THE past three months, North Vancouver’s Bill Boychuk, 64, has been on a one-man crusade to set up a grassroots youth organization-to provide local teens with an option to after-school-hours life on the street. **Kids are not that bad,” i Boychuck said. ‘‘You give them a ‘ chance, you give them a break and they'll “kiss you and adore you for it. If you don’t, if you look down on them, then you’re going to get problems. We have an undercurrent with the kids to- day, right now.”* Youth street violence on the North Shore and drug trading in North Vancouver City have been featured in recent News stories. Community agency and civic officials agree that solutions must come from the community at large. While North Vancouver City grapples with the parameters of a new youth task force, Boychuk has been busily lobby- ing anyone who will listen to support his idea. Boychuk, a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 2638, envisions establishing the North Shore Junior Network be- fore the year’s end. The non-profit volunteer organization would be open to teens age 14 to 19 ‘‘dedicated to the well-being and quality of life.” The local Eagles facility would be available for teens signing up as Junior Eagles. The Eagles Hall could provide a base for a peer By MICHAEL BECKER News Reporter counselling program, an activities room, a drop-in centre and teen dances. Boychuk would also like to see, with the cooperation of school boards and parent Tie local Eagles facility would be available for teens signing up as Junior Eagles. The Eagles Hall could provide a base for a peer counselling program, an activities room, a drop-in centre and teen dances. associations, local school gym- nasiums opened up to teens after regular school hours. Said Boychuk, ‘*Set up clubs at the schools. Wake up North Shore!”’ Boychuk estimates he'll need approximately $60,000 (o set up the program. The proposal will be put to his fellow Eagles at a meeting tonight for the go-ahead to begin soliciting government and local businesses for money to support the initiative. The concept has been sup- ported by North Vancouver RCMP, North Vancouver City Mayor Jack Loucks, North Van- couver District Mayer Marilyn Baker and the Eagies Grand Aerie in Milwaukee. *“*(RCMP Insp. Dave) Roseberry damn near kissed me. Jack Loucks told me, ‘Boy you sure got a challenge.’ And he looked at me, ‘If you can over- come your disability you can overcome this,’’’ Boychuk said. At age 18, Boychuk suffered a back injury after he was pushed from a haystack and landed head first onto rock. “I couldn’t make a move couldn't do nothing. Five years I was in bed,‘ he said, ad- ding,‘‘I’ve been typing all these letters with one hand. Here’s my philosophy. [’m only one indi- vidual. I’m only one human be- ing. I only got one good arm. One good leg. What can you do?” Meanwhile local municipal staff members will be meeting in- formally next week to explore the feasibility of establishing a new North Shore youth commission. For more information about Boychuk's proposal call 987- 1893, 3 - Wednesday, November 8, 1989 - North Shore News Lonsdale development shrinks again NORTH VAN CITY COUNCIL INSISTS PROJECT CONFORMS TO COMMUNITY PLAN GUIDELINES point in fighting an uphill battle. They've set the rules and they’re not willing to consider being flexi- ble. We'll make an application that conforms with zoning and the ocp.”’ The OCP for the area allows for maximum heights of 180 feet in the Central Lonsdale east and west 100 blocks and 120 feet along Central Lonsdale. M&M is going back to the draw- ing board to return to council with a new proposal for the Super Valu site by Nov. 13. Plans to develop property held by M&M west of Lonsdale have been put on hold. M&M met last week with Cen- tral Lonsdale residential! and commercial property owners in an effort to gauge support for the de- veloper’s vision of a major town centre for the area. Said Mac- Farlane: ‘‘It wasn’t too bad. About 40 people showed up."’ LGH seeks volunteers for diabetes study LIONS GATE Hospital’s Diabetes Day Centre is one of seven centres across Canada testing a new diabetes treat- ment aimed at reducing the need for insulin and increasing the control of blood-sugar levels for diabetics. The day centre is consequently seeking people with diabetes to volunteer as subjects in the Cana- dian study. Dr. John Hunt, head of the LGH Diabetes Day Centre and the medical investigator for the study in B.C., said the project involves the use of Acarbose, a substance that has been available in parts of Europe fer the past six months. “It’s a totally new concept in the treatment of diabetes,’’ Hunt said. Under Hunt’s direction, the LGH Diabetes Day Centre com- pleted a 15-month study in June involving 36 people as part of the United States trial of Acarbose. Hun: said he now has approxi- mately two-thirds of the 60 volun- teers he will need for B.C.’s por- tion of the Canadian Acarbose study, which must be completed before the Acarbose treatment will be approved for use in Canada. Diabetes is a life-long disease that affects the body’s ability to use and store energy. People with diabetes have prob- lems using food energy because they lack insulin, or are unable to make efficient use of the hormone, which is produced by the pancreas. Over one million Canadians suf- fer from diabetes. Hunt said the day centre study needs Type fi, or non-insulin dependent, diabetics, who dict not require insulin when first diagnos- ed. They normally manage their condition through careful control of diet and exercise and, in some cases, by taking oral pancreas- stimulating medications ox insuiin. seeeeee OD --..37 Business ....... Classified Ads...... Doug Collins..... Or. Ruth.......... Editoriat Page...........6 Food... 0... eee eee ee OE Beb Hunter............ 4 Lifestyles..............33 forth Shore Now.......15 wee ee 13 .26 TV Listings....... TIMOTHY RENSHAW News Reporter Type II diabetics represent 85 to 90 per cent of people with diabetes; Type I diabetics, or those dependent on insulin, make up the balance. Acarbose was developed in Germany approximately 12 years ago. The substance, Hunt said, is a false carbohydrate that works by distracting digestive juices in a diabetic thereby allowing slower assimilation of starches and better use of food energies. Hunt said Acarbose can help Type li diabetics by making the use of pancreas-stimulating pills more effective and Type 1, or in- sulin-dependent, diabetics by pro- viding better blood-sugar control. The studies conducted thus far on Acarbose, he said, have been “fascinating. The people involved get more interested in diabetes. They have better health and take better care of themselves.”” Volunteers for the one-year LGH study will be required to report to the hospital day centre one morning per month. During the study their eating patterns will be reviewed regularly with a dietitian, and they will receive free glucometers and test strips. Anyone interested in volun- teering for the study should call Dr. John Hunt at 980-2219 or the LGH Diabetes Day Centre at 984-5752. November has officially been declared Diabetes Month. WEATHER Wednesday, rain and windy. Thursday, periods of rain. Mighs aear 14°C.