A8 - Wednesday, November We refer, comrades, to the dismay that 1s sweeping the North Shore and adjoining suburbs over our having to pay $3.75 to go skiing. Trail- skiing, that is. On Cypress And probably on Seymour, Loo To hear some of the lamen tauions, you'd think someone was being skinned As you may have heard, this capitalist plot results trom the provincial govern ment’s having unloaded the ski facihties in our parks to private enterprise. What was once tree is not not free. The humble cross country stuff will cost you the above. mentioned three bucks and seventy-five cents. Shametul, say some Disgracetul, say others. Br- ing back the People’s Government, ete ete. As a cross-country skier myself, | too would rather pay nothing. There’s also the point that when Cypress was tree we were at least getting something tor our taxes. But we were also cheating people who never had a ski on ther feet in their lives They could rmghtly ask why they should pay for our pleasures You should get something tor your Money this winter Far example although the old regime didn't do foe bad a job of grooming the trails, it was often patchy in more senses than one And vou never got smooth paths by writing to Victoria Pf you did take pen in hand, the season was over by the time any ac tion was taken A tat lot of good that was Now you'll at least know where you can raise a stink West Vancouverite Frank So yunksy ois involved oan the Cypress deal, for instance ft don’t know him, but he'll know meat he tries to short change us Been without pests tke me breathing down his neck he'll Know that it he doesn't 20 INCH rl Vatity s VA weve th ce cobeny 1820 LONSDALE NORTH VAN, 7, 1984 - North Shore News Value for ski ODAY WE TAKE PAUSE templating the infinite. template the infinitesimal. bucks for getting the name right, ladies), and tulminate further than | am ‘‘again fabricating stories’? They don’t say how, but I suspect they don't hike it When [ talk about the subsidized feminism. And they especially don’t lke it when $ write about the money. And they especially don't like iw when [ write about the money the NSW gets from the unhappy ta.- payer. They say they operate from “la uny yearly grant’ and that we would all be bet- ter off it | wrote about what the teds waste on Monuments in Algeria. Ido, girls Edo But bdon't consider a grant of $20,300 to be tuuny. Especially when it’s multiphed a thousand times across the country. And it you're Suggesting that | made up that tigure, please look at from con- Instead, we con- get this Pape 21 of vour Newsletter : tor June, where you. were Doug Collins crowing about wo The item CUNMNNENEEEE 2p peasy under the heading “Bread On The Waters” give value tor money, the But bear in mind that the bi- ble was wrong about tinding wooaftter many davs” Free loading ducks eat it up skiers will stay away Fur thermore, tf somebody can make a buck at it. there'll probably be far better oppor tunities to get a hot drink and a snack than there are now Properly controlled. a wondertul thing Sai wohl’ as thes sayin Germany greed is * . * | have here a letter New Zealand taomy column ot July 28 on that Country’ s plans to deny port tacilties ta nuclear armed Amertcan warships The Kiwis, | had said. should remember who saved them from oinvasion between 194] and 1948 The agreed, and trom Itas a response letter writer said she was ashamed at what was being done No doubt lots of other New Zealanders feel the same way * J * Jo osee where the North Shore Women's Centre has devoted much space to ome and my sins an Newsletter they refer to” Doug Collins” ther Latest ‘the dikes of (thank you C 2073CA 20 inch colour TV with full function remote control re weermin me hee ers raha FCM “488 RUBBER BACK $A99 6a vo SERVICE 985-9831 987-8811 ey ee 1 ett “nem INSTALLED 8Q vO EE mailbox |><| Don't rename Cates Park Dear Editor, Please tell Doug C ollins we love him and find his articles are usually right on but, with reference to. his Malcolm Lowry piece, which was also right on as tar as Lowry’s huge talent is concerned, we'd hardly have approved our waterfront park named tor Lowry instead of Cates Lowry, for all his ultimate glory, was nol a native son In naming the park “*Cates”’ we were honoring an old well-established and = much revered family who have served this community taithtully and well trom waterfront to council cham- bers. 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