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News 985-2131 Classified 986-62 Circulation 986-1337 40 pages 25¢

NEWS photo lan Smith alike will heed posted signs noting park closures and campfire bans. With rain but a dis- tant memory local parks and wooded areas are tinder dry and the fire hazard rating runs the gamut from high (o extremely high.

LONG-TIME forest inuabitant seems to stand on guard for the Corporation of the District of North Vancouver. The young deer, photographed near the tourist area at the top of Grouse Mountain, and fire prevention officials are hoping residents and visitors

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In addition to obeying fire closures and regulations, Kurucz said all residents should report any fires or

Cyptess Park road follaws te remember regulations the July § closure oof already in place: ne smoking Lighthouse Park. Rurucz — or fighting fires in parks.

Everything is toralb dried oul, grass, trees, everthing. it’s to the point where even

FIRE HAZARDS in local forests have increased park closures and tightened restrictions in those

parks that remain open.

West Vancouver District's Director of Parks and Ree- reation, Frank Kurues, said

Friday all wilderness parks within che district's jurisdic- tion will be closed until fur- ther notice.

Kuruez described the situ- ation as, ‘very dangerous.

the reflection fram a mirror or a tin can could start a fire. It’s nice weather, but for beaches only.’ Closure of West couver’s Hollyburn Woodward Park,

Van- Ridye, and

said it has been at least 10 years since the fire situation has reached such extreme revels in’ West) Vancouver's 1014 acres of parkland.

He appealed to the public to obey the new closures and

Refering to several small fires in’ Lighthouse Park prior to its closure and a minor fire in the Cypress Bowl park last week, Kurues said, "We have been tucky

anyone setting fires in) or around district parks. “We're not only trying to protect public property but See Restrictions