6 - Sunday, May 10, 1992 —- North Shore News BR aennEnatnnstnenehsen say SS es SEMANA BO GS i Buen t least dear old Mom did one thing right! ... SOI SAYS (HECK, WE'VE BEEN HANGING Wey, AROUND “Tis PLANET FoR EONS, ANP STILL HAVEN'T SEEN A FAKMER”.. AND SHE SAYS, "HAVE. YOU TRIED LOOKING DURING DAYLIGHT?” 1 SAYS..."DAYLIGHT ?! ARE you CRAZY ? Do you KNow WHAT ZZ | THE OZONE Coun is ?!..” a : AY SNS Wh all, * ALIENS DOR'T HAVE PHONE BOOKS 16 DOODLE.ON, WHILE TALKING ON THE PHONE . Bring on bikes ECENT GOOD weather and the contiauing deciine in the quality of our local environment should be convincing more commuters to trade four wheels for two wheels. The combination should also be convin- cing local and provincial governments to make some more substantial improvements in the local transportation system for two-wheeled commuters. Earlier this year, North Vancouver District Council approved funds for a local hicycle routes committee to prepare a plan that would designate bicycle routes in North Vancouver District and City. And the Greater Vancouver Regional District, which wants to double the number of bicycle commuters by 1995, is currently surveying Lower Mainland residents about their use of bicycles. But commuters need more concrete in- ducements than surveys and routes com- mittees to get them out of their cars and onto bicycles. They need, at the very least, a portion of local commuter rovtes dedicated to bicycle transportation to be assured of at least minimal perscs2l safety on traffic- clogged streets. Currently on the North Shore, major transporiation arteries have no allowance for bicycles. To travel on two wheels on the North Shore is to take your life into your own hands. Bicycling as a clean option to com- muting is currently in its infancy locally, but if we are ever to help it get beyond that point and to make any serious cuts in the staggering percentage of local air pollution caused by gas-powered vehicles, we need to make some real moves and some real commitments now. “NEWS QUOTES OF THE from Horseshoe Bay. *‘Other drivers are losing money right now, because they don’t know what to do. I can’t believe the money I'm not making.” Sunshine Cabs Ltd. driver Clay McCallum, protesting Sunshine's new cab leasing system. “It's like people saying you have to take fat out of the budget. But when you take $10 miliion out of North Vancouver City Mayor Jack Loucks, on the $10 million in cuts to North Vancouver School District 44’s 1992-93 budget. “ready, fire, then aim. Con- sultation takes place after the fact, and that’s why people are upset." West Vancouver-Garibaldi Lib- eral MLA David Mitchell, on the “If you don’t go ahead and dine on a dish of Foray 48B, in front of a live television audience, yeu'll lose your credibility. So bon ap- petit!” Citizens Against Aerial Spraying spokesman Dianne Wharton, challenging UBC’s Dr. Rick Mathias to drink some of the Asian gypsy moth insecticide be- the budget they’re not taking away fat, they’re taking ous a lot of meat.”" government's Publisher Peter Speck Managing Editor... Timothy Renshaw Associate Editor....... Noel Wright Advertising Director ... Linda Stewart Comptroller ... .. ‘Doug Foot North Shore News, founded in 1969 as an independent suburban newspaper and qualified under Schedule 111, Paragraph Ill of the Excise Tax Act, is published each Wednesday, Friday and Sunday by North Shore Free Press Ltd. and distributed to every door on the North Shore. Second Class Mail Registration Number 3885. Subscriptions North and West Vancouver, $25 per year. 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We were born before TV, be- fore penicillin, before polio shots. frozen foods, Xerox, plastic, con- tact lenses, frisbees and the pill. We were before radar, credit cards, split atoms, laser beams and ballpoint pens. Before pan- tyhose, dishwashers, dryers, elec- tric blankets, air conditioners, drip-dry clothes ... and before a man walked on the moon. We married first and THEN lived together (how quaint can you be?). In our time, closets were for clothes, now for ‘‘coming out of.’? Bunnies were rabbits and rabbits were not Volkswagens. Designer jeans were scheming girls named Jean, and having a mean- ingful relationship meant getting along with our cousins. We thought fast food was what you ate during Lent, and that outer space was at the back of the movie theatre. We were before house-husbands, gay rights, com- puter dating, dual careers and commuter marriages. We were be- fore daycare centres, group thera- py and emergency response teams. We'd never heard of FM radio, tape decks, electronic typewriters, word processors, artificial hearts, yogurt or guys wearing earrings. A chip meant a piece of wood. Hardware meant hardware and software wasn’t even 2. word. Back then ‘‘Made in Japan’’ meant junk and ‘‘making out" referred to how you did in your exam. Pizzas, McDonald's and in- stant coffee were unheard of, There were five and 10 cent stores where you bought things for five and 10 cents. Ice cream cones were a nickel or a dime. For one aickel you could ride a street car, buy a Pepsi or enough stamps to mil a letter and two postcards, A new Chevy coupe cost $600, but who could afford one? Pity, because gas was 31 cents a galion. In our day grass was mowed, coke was a cold drink and pot was something you cooked in. Rock music was Grandma’s lullaby and aids were helpers in the principal’s office. And though we knew the sexes were different, we were the last generation dumb enough to think you needed a husband to have a baby. Noel Wright HITHER AND YON No wonder we're a bit confus- ed. No wonder there’s a genera- tion gap nowadays. But at least we managed to do one thing right. We SURVIVED! What better reason to celebrate today? TAILPIECES: A smart salute to Burrard Yacht Club whose annual sailpast yesterday was a very special celebration for Com- modore Steve Macdonatd and his 250 active morning members. It marked the club’s 60th anniver- sary — as well as the 15th anni- versacy of its move to North Van from Coal Harbour ... Another salute to North Van Legion Branch 118 whose past-prez George Scholes presenied Grace Love of the North Shore Cancer Society Unit the other week with $1,060 collected by members dur- ing the April fundraising cam- paign ... And West Van Chamber of Commerce will hear from neighbor Jack Munro, just-retired IWA boss, about his tough new job as Forest Alliance chairman at its 7:30 a.m. breakfast meeting Tuesday, May 12, in the Ambleside inn — call 926-6614 to reserve. ‘ WRIGHT OR WRONG: Surely politicians know by now all that’s needed to keep voters’ support — 1992 incomes, 1932 prices and 1910 taxes. " Photo submitted CONGRATULATIONS on a very special occasion for Burrard Yacht Club are delivered in person by Mayor Jack Loucks (cen- tre}, flanked by Commedore Steve Macdonatd (left) and most senior (1959) Commodore Ed Northrop.