page 2 - April 21, 1976 - Nézth Shore News

I was almost all the way to .

the car when my mother
spoke. She held. the decor

open after me and said, ‘‘Of'

course, you’ve heard about
Wally?”’

“I haven’t

“‘No,”” I said.
heard about Wally. Is he
: dead?”

nothing like that. I mean
about Wally and Wilma.”’ -

Wally and Wilma are her
neighbors across the street,

and I’ve known them since I~

was. 10 years old. My
curiosity was piqued, so
Mother .told me this story.

‘by Peter Speck

Wally and Wilma have
been married for a long

“time—about 30 years. They

“Oh, a0," she said. “It’s

have-a comfortable little

house and a pleasant enough
-life...except for Wally’ Ss Bad

Habit.

Wally’ s Bad Habit is his
practice of sneaking . up
behind his wife when she’ Ss
doing the dishes, and, well,
quite . frankly...he gooses

- ” ber.

She hates it. it. ‘makes s her
scream and break dishes. So
one day she got her revenge.”

Wilma walked up to the
corner for some groceries,
and when she came back, she
‘saw her opportunity. Putting
down. the groceries, she
tiptoed up to the recumbent
figure under the car—no
mistaking those overalls —
and grabbed him by his
unmentionables.

It ‘happened. . . this way:

Wally was fixing the family
car. He had it jacked up in
the driveway and was sliding

around under it on a creeper -

he had bought from Sim-

It seems that a. good many
people have a definite image
of- me as. a_ sybaritic,.
snobbish, :
cad...

’ No .or sniffles,
please.
myself. And truth be told,

tears

they are atleast partly right. .

I am portly, right? ©

- Right. And although 1
consider myself
’ sybaritic nor a cad, I am of
English. extraction (though

now a Canadian citizen) } and -

yes, snobbish...

must assume a
identifiable character.
rather, a caricature. If -you

Dear Sir:

It’s amazing, and. wryly

amusing, ‘that anyone could
complain, did . the
-Kroechers in ‘your ‘Apr. 14
.. issue, about the very neces-
sary garden, sanitary custom

of burning.on four weekends |

in the. year, in frequently
unseasonable weather, a,

Where « are: their ‘oni.
‘plaints about the.much more:
‘frequent (and during other- |

_wise Pleasant - _ winter
months):
. Motorcycles 7 ‘eating

ediviaen of north shone free freee lech

Se ene

“VIM OHS |

-Cireulation: 46,000

Founded In 1969 es an ‘Independent,
‘community newspaper, . the North ‘Shore
News.ls published weekly, and distributed _
_ to every door onthe North Shigre..It isa:
‘" yegistered - newspaper. undor ® Part’
\ Schedule Il, Paragraph I Wt of the, Customs:

‘and Exolse Acts

Ne ttiog
Clannad
- heaton

pudgy English 7

I can look. after -

“neither

“900.0801
-"gao-34a
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' pe if, an

don’ t, people will give you -

one anyway.

The choice is a simple one:
You can be fat and jolly, or
you can be fat and snotty.

jolly.

So in public, I am snotty, .
‘aloof...whatever.
- My close friends know me for

snobbish; .

the warm and witty. soul I
am, but I would ‘prefer that

_ casual acquaintances and the’ .
public at. large. keep them- -
i, 1 Selves“at' arm's length,
When ‘you ai are my Size you~
readily
Or . It may seem petty and.
- mean, this stand-offishness. ©

[Letters to the Editor [1

noisily! ad néuseum up. and.
down streets. during summer,

days. "

~ Automobiles s screeching.
-and zooming’ through resi-,
dential neighborhoods, .: the.

exhaust fumes..and burning”

rubber adding | to- the. car-'
cinogenetic ‘agents of the

_ tobacco smokers who busily

make many public meetings |
a horrid discomfort to a lot of |

Us, both indoors and out.

Not to ‘mention the noise of.
our own. electric lawnmower, :
the clippings from which we

. compost or combine with the

Editor:

. Photogray her.’
Advertle ng Manager

. ‘Heather’ “Ante we,”
. Yvonne Chapman; ‘Carolyn Coleclough, Holon. -
_ Dickey,. Linda Oouglas,: Paula Ford, Linda
,Greon, Wehdy Graen, Carol Hassary, Barbara’;
_) Haywood,:;, Randy ‘Hilthouse, Bernld; ‘Hilliard,
" Jonnie’ Johnsen,”
‘Keen, Mike Keon, Botay Knight, Joven. Lawry; / :
“Mama; Lelran, | Madotaine,
 Motrae, Josuld: Marke,

; : Siaft:

mH

I categorically refuse to be .

_tummy,:

with ‘my waistline, : that is.
easily accomplished.

i H: ‘Hawthorne.

- North Vancouver.: .

Publis her’
Assistant Publisher’

minute how you react to a

friendly. fat person whom. you |
have just met.

At first © you may be
condescending . ‘uncon-
sciously, of course. Then, ~

once. you know him better, .
_you start to make little jests -

about his girth, and before —
long you are greeting him,
when you meet, with a
‘friendly’? pat -on his -
and some . novel
remark. such as ‘‘Still fight: -
ing the battle of, the ©. bulge,
eh?”’ . Me.

Y amay be” snobbish. ‘and
aloof at times. But: nobody
would ever have ‘the. pau to”
pat 1 me‘on the. ‘Stomach.:

“product of our’ “gna, fired: |

shredder -— which: roars as

. noisily: as some transporta..

tion motors.
Some garden. refuse. rhust’

be burned. Sanitary ‘landfill’

is rapidly . reaching‘ its, capa-
city, and: ‘until the - District:
‘sees. fit. ‘to’: implement re-
source”

--per cent of ‘the weekends

burning.

being’ spent by. gardeners. .

. 2720 Violet St.

“" Pater Speck _
‘Rex Weyler. ;
“thane MoCune: :
‘Ellaworth Diekeon..
oo Bob, Graham ”,

“\ -Puriola Gavdte,:

“Terry. -Johneon; | ‘Barbara.:-

peroy,. Faye |

iW: Pl , Maurean: “

: Roach, Mansoor. Shiv}, ‘Lolgh ‘Anno: ‘Slym;.

Pos
ee

Sylvia Sorensen, Flona Stewart, Sam Stewart, |.
“Alan. Twigg, Claire: vena Kate /Watinces:
Carol Wilking. :- eS

8 ¢. ie ‘a largest wy

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en ie
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— The
~ muc

. “Baving.... recycling, |
there: are:a lot. of things to
worry about other than seven:

Elizabeth Theatre, with the
Vancouver Symphony —

7 ‘was. foolish enough | to.
accept. ‘Imust. have forgotten.
what’ utter boors
Vancouver concertgoers are.
The Bach Cantata, was totally
destroyed by coughs in front,

. whispers behind, shuffling —

programs to the left, and a
loud. and adenoidal snore to
the right. oes

Brahms Requiem was
better, however. In
fact, my enjoyment would

. have been complete, had the .

__ percussionist and the chorale

Dear Sir: . 7

“Bravo, Mr. and: Mrs.
‘Kroecher! (NSN: Apr. 14).
‘We. have recently -moved
“here, so. this “burning”

. “month was our first ex erl-:.
“ence of this ¢ crass ® stupid tye”

x

a We could not. belive t! that ;

"3 | there: are that many. stupid. '

. ond very ‘selfish people here ”
inthis part, of B.C. Each of
| the: few: ‘Sunny- days | we've |

necessary to keep' our doors
and windows shut tight’ and.
éven then’ one. ‘could smell |
the foul odor.

‘

‘And, | of. course, to all the

| blankets washed and dried in
the ‘sun at this time of year -
forget it: We have to, wait!
until these, selfish people
indulge themselves.: ron,
Robert and Mary Sievens
1514 MacGowan. Ave.
North Vancouver

vos, se,
Lr

?

= i oily coveralls. -

“Wally cpened for her. - a

I should’ know better by. eee =
- now. A friend. who has a.

2-6 subscription to the current: -:
. - concert series at the Queen
“But stop ‘and think for a- oe
chestra and assorted guest -
‘artists, © invited - me to tag ae

~ along. wo! _. Sheila . Kaighin,
resident of North Vancouver

these .

_ followers of Nader’

had this spring, it: ‘has: been |

| ladies who like to get their |

ren |

1 Seats.

“Then, sieeline, stie picked
walked"

up het groceries and-
to the front door, - which”

“theyt both went ‘out to the car;

‘which was still jacked’ up.in-.
their driveway, with Sein stil. =
‘supine | beneath: at ;

; ““That’s Sam — from next . : %, a

door. He knows about cars -

“and: he just borrowed: my
SS ‘coveralls to have a look: at—
that stripped bolt..." <

te i
twice.

ee

‘Spring must bé here. The.

“Scotsman down. the street
~ has thrown out his Christmas

tree..
ee &

. former

and contributer to fhe North
Shore Shopper, was awarded
first prize in the 1976
Kortright Awards for ‘‘excel-
lence in the field of conserva-_
tion writing.”

This is the second year ina
row that Mrs. Kaighin has
received first - prize in this

_ competition, which is open: to.
writers all across Canada...

Sheila was - also the first
woman to place in the top

honor.

‘three, and she retains that .

ov S. besiness.

Dear Sir:

_ Since you've billed me as a

- . “Nader Hater’’, and edited |

out some pertinent remarks I
made - before, and since’
you’ve given a big play to the
crusade
who were critical of my
‘remarks,. and ‘since - you
haven't yet told the whole
story — will you now let me
summarize the ‘whole thing. .
~ for everyone’: Ss benefit, if I do
vit briefly? © ae

Nader 1
nothing, ‘80, hardly. hate the:
man. . His: ‘motives | | do’
suspect, though. | ‘And his’
-héated ‘emotional. appeals|
have: “influenced |. several:
| people: to voice their opposi:.
Hon to my criticism. ° a

=e don't” ‘advocate. ‘nuclear
power, ‘sim
don't need it now, .'nor:.

ssibly ever. B.C. does not. '
ave. any'reactors. There are
only’ about four or five of .
: them in the whole of Canada...
“In ‘the’ United States, there |
aré over u hundred, many”
_ older and thus less safe than,”
_ ours,’

Canada, unlike ¢ our Ametl:
can neighbor, Is a. relatively:
water-rich; population-poot :

country whose ¢nergyde- |

mands. are‘legs’ and whose...
” energy potential | ‘from water
power Is mich greater.”

This water ‘onehay , ts. far
\

know "fom

. from’ under the car, Sam ‘was
out cold;
- his forehead.

not awakened me'once or -

_ a result of. work:

Wally?! .

“Omigod, . Wally! said”
_Wilma, blanching. “Io
thought you were under the: s
. car!” . :

“Oh, n0,” said” Wally.~ “eggs

“When they hauled him. out

with a. h: across ©

Sheila Kéighiir i is: editor ‘of ,
‘Outdoor: Canada Magazine,
and among 37. ope. from’

‘outdoor writer in C anad 1”?

tis ‘always a ‘pleasure ‘to
_see present or past colleag-
gues doing® well, ‘a
but it is especially. gratifying’
to see a former: ‘staffer ofthis .
publication“ earning: kudos as.
on behalf of
conservation, :-“an:- ongoing
concern for all: News stalfers.

chairman of the’ open. discus-

- sion on the federal Peace. and _

we ‘next Wednesda\ at

mply because: we ©

“way, just to'get the fertilizer.

- ahd C-84) which’ will b

- Sécurity Program. ill C-83

. in: .
-Vancouver. ‘Among the ‘panel
members will: be. Ron meet

“from completely developed,
-particularly in .B.C., :which
ranks. third: in. Canada” in
water: potential’ ‘behind Que-.
bec: .and.” Ontario, ‘whose _
populations *: exceed a ours _
several times., re

And before we all rush’ out
to . sign.’ 'a' petition, . let’s
‘remember = that ’- Canadian.
nuclear: ‘technology’ ‘is)'such —
that Canada” ‘fecently’, dis-
placed the U;S.: in, many of

the world’s’ markets, : supply-

ing , nuclear’: “reactors : to
nations. “having nd; other
economically. ‘feasible. source
of power’: ‘generation: " ‘It
therefore “doesn't :’ “surprise :
me that suddenily’: ‘on* our
scene appears an:American
secking to’ ‘enlist our aid-in |
banning - - nuclear “power
reactors." oe

humanitarian, Tt
pect it is bevauis ye |
Interests would Jove ‘to have
our ‘reactor aginess ' shut
down, « so’. iota, Could

‘some: don't Bay chases: our

There's a retisony' for. every-

thing,: and ‘It's: ee ‘the
tured in‘ the

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