BY JON FERRY, THE PROVINCE

… Take, for example, the exciting proposal by North Shore swimming advocates to build a new 50-metre, Olympic-sized pool — replacing an old 25-metre one — at the Harry Jerome recreation complex in the City of North Vancouver.

As North Vancouver District accountant Vicki McLeod points out, the planned upgrading of the complex offers a unique opportunity to build an “aquatic centre of excellence” for all North Shore residents — and to cash in on swimming’s obvious health and safety benefits. …

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Dear Editor:

I am very disappointed in our two elected councils of the City and District of North Vancouver. We have a golden opportunity to build an aquatic centre of excellence, containing a 50-metre pool and other aquatic amenities, as the Harry Jerome recreation complex is redeveloped. The Harry Jerome site is the perfect location because of its central location and close proximity to the Trans-Canada Highway. All the residents of North Vancouver would be very proud and well served by this facility. Unfortunately, we are facing the bureaucracy of the city and district councils. The city claims that they cannot afford to build this aquatic facility on its own and the district refuses to participate in the construction because the Harry Jerome site lies within the city’s boundaries.

As a lifelong resident of North Vancouver, I currently live in the District of North Vancouver and work in the City of North Vancouver. Over the past five decades, I have lived in both the city and district; I have worked in both the city and district; I have visited family and friends in both the city and district; I have shopped and dined in both the city and district.

I could go on and on but the point is the citizens of North Vancouver are not divided in the same manner as our two councils. In fact, if someone were to ask me, where do the city boundaries end and where do the district boundaries start, I couldn’t tell them. Not only do I not know, I do not care.

I strongly encourage our two elected councils to work together for the benefit of all the residents of North Vancouver. The time has come to put aside the inefficient and petty politics and do what is best for all the taxpayers of our wonderful city.

Vicki McLeod North Vancouver

Appeared in the North Shore News (January 16, 2013)

Option B favoured by public; vote postponed till full attendance

THE City of North Vancouver is inching forward with plans for a new Harry Jerome Recreation Centre but just what it will look like and how it will be paid for aren’t clear.

While plans for rebuilding the weathered facility are still in their infancy, council got the discussion rolling Monday night, reviewing a staff recommendation for a general layout of the lands, recreation buildings and residences between 21st Street and the Trans-Canada Highway.

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IF there was ever hard evidence that the North Shore suffers from an excess of North Vancouvers, it came to light this week when the district decided not to go in with the city on a new Olympic-sized swimming pool.

The City of North Vancouver, in its ongoing struggle to redesign Harry Jerome Recreation Centre, has concluded that installing the North Shore’s first 50-metre pool would be an important improvement. Indeed, a full-sized facility could be transformative, creating a training facility for budding athletes and a draw for major events. But the plan isn’t one the city can afford on its own.

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City must spend $28M if it wants Olympic pool at Harry Jerome

Seniors want Silver Harbour open during Harry Jerome rebuild

Area residents cool on Delbrook redevelopment

Competition size pool would cost $10M more; triple operating cost

BY BRENT RICHTER, NORTH SHORE NEWS

THE City and District of North Vancouver are joining forces in a bid to co-host the 2018 B.C. Summer Games.

The two municipal councils voted Monday to submit a bid for the athletic event and to contribute up to $15,000 in cash and $16,700 in in-kind services if the North Shore communities win the chance to play host.

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BY ANDY PREST, NORTH SHORE NEWS

FOR a guy who’s headed off to the Olympic Games in the demanding sport of freestyle swimming, North Vancouver native Blake Worsley was introduced to the sport in a manner that doesn’t immediately bring to mind rippling muscles and athletic excellence.

A hockey and baseball player at the North Shore Winter Club, eight-year-old Worsley would kill downtime by goofing around in the club’s swimming pool, creating a ruckus while other kids were busy working on their backstrokes. He was always clear about it though – he was just goofing.

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