THE VOICE OF NORTH AND WEST VA

By TERRY LAVENDER

North Vancouver tyresidents will get the chance to vote on

Sunday and holiday

shopping after all, as City council reversed an earlier decision and approved two referendums on the contentious issue

Monday night.

. Council rejected holding a referendum on allowing home improvement stores to open Sundays at its August 10 meeting, but. partly due to a change of mind on the part of one alderman, ap- proved two referendums Monday: one on home improvement centres and one on wide-open Sunday and holiday shopping.

Though both will be held at the same time, they must be scparate Ww satisfy legalities, said City Ad- ministrator Ed Raymond.

Alderman Frank Marcino. who voted against the

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THE SIZE of two football fields, this new floating drydock has a tight squeeze Monday as it floats beneath the Lions Gate Bridge on its way to Burrard Yarrows after a journey of 5300 nautical miles In 39 days from Japan. With a capacity of 75,000 deadweight toms, this $26.8 millon drydock will be able to service most of the vessels that come imto Van-

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couver harbour, after installation and testing, which should take about a month. The Japanese tug “Dahlia” pictured in front of the drydock, has been solely responsible for the towing operation. But with a 12,000 horsepower cagine, it is more powerful than ft looks. (Elsworth Dickson

Trespassing, public sex acts cited

By PAT RICH

Larid tales of sex in front of young children and confrontations hetween residents and hooligans have etched even more deeply the problem surrounding Pool 88 im North Vancouver District.

And Monday night North Vancouver District council made onc more try at least to hold in check for this scason the youths who flock to the

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popular swimming hole on the Scymour River.

Council decided to extend the ‘resident: only parking’ parking arca and to order the police to tow away illegally parked vehicles

District Mayor Don Bell said the current practice of only Ocketing vehicles is not working because for many people “a $10 fine is) con sidered a reasonable price fora day atthe river ©

He said shuthng off acces to Pool S& with wire hadi ¢ worked because “Uevery time

ng Every Door on the North Shore

we wire it, it gets cut.”

Also, when the barrier 1s up, Bell said this often encourages people to trespass on private property and this has led to con frontations.

“We can close off the present access ... but they sill) find their way in,” Alderman Jim Ball said.

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