Dear Editor:
When my boss, Helen Wait, went away last week she entrusted me with the operations of Mollie Nye House.
Before she left she said "Just don't set the place on fire."
She didn't say anything about flooding.
On Thursday, March 6 I discovered eight inches of water flooding both doors of our activity centre. Mollie Nye House is operated by a non-profit charity board called Lynn Valley Services Society and owned by the District of North Vancouver.
I called the district's property manager and within a short time Andy Ciecielski, the supervisor of facilities maintenance for the district, showed up on the scene.
Andy and I were assessing the situation when I noticed a BC Hydro crew working in the lot behind us. The crew were looking our way and I said to them that we had a flood situation.
Within five minutes they had a pump hooked up and were pumping the water out of the flooded area. This action of civic duty saved the day. We were able to catch the flood in time and there was minimal damage done to the room. The activity room was expected to be back up and running 100 per cent by Wednesday.
It is also worth noting that the District of North Vancouver crew showed up shortly after and did a great job at unplugging a blocked pipe that had caused the flood in the first place. The crew worked under horrible, rainy conditions and was both professional and efficient.
Good work boys!
Celeste Whittaker
Mollie Nye House client relations
