14 ~ Sunday, Auguet 4,1097 ~ North Shore News

On top
Fran’s

By Shane Gray
Contributing Writer
. SEE the gift shop sur-
rounded with tourists,
Sce the tourists parking
their cars; wearing their
cameras, smiling for
pictures, spending their
money, See the men .
painting, scraping, ham-
mering and weld
. their bridge with pride;
“Wear some flowers in your
hair” Visit the” Golden’ Gate
“Bridge in’.San .Francisco’.and,
‘ou -realize show -small, rusty
‘and: broken ‘our, North Shore

I: know, from
Xperience, ha ne just

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RAVEL

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of San
bridge

to the water below and imore
than 1,000 people have chosen
to end their lives by jumping
into the ley cold water,

This superstructure was
built to last, complete with an
elevator in each tower, True, it
is small and only one large per-
son would fit into the claset-
like space for the five minute
ride to the top, but it’s there ta
transport tools, ‘paint, people
and many other maintenance

_> telated things,

Workers constantly buzz

around: the grounds in golf.

cart-like machines, They repair
and improve their hive with
great pride, funded by all those
tourists dollars (and let’s not
forget the $3 southbound
toll), Just to ensure the salety
of bridge “users a. seismic

» of, the Golden Gate »
992 Mp of US$170,¢ 000,000

ing’ x landmark. 1 left’ my
money, pride and heart in San
_ Francisco. .

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plishme: . constricting such -
a marvelous ; » superstructure -

a: marvel ATTENTION ALL Méns Cimizens or BC
aang one. sme | NOTICE .
SOF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL ASSEMBLY

“The Métis Provincial Council of British Columbia is .
holding an Extraordinary General Assembly for all Métis
citizens of British Columbia to be held on the 16th of °
testa. fe ugust 1997 in Kamloops, BC.

SOUTH Uf "Location: Stockmen's Hotel, Kamloops, BC
VERIO A “f° Date:  Amgust 16, 1997 |
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sal baa “ 1 : Agenda:: , Ratification of the MPCBC
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