A7 - Sunday, June 20, 1982 - North Shore News EE mailbox Re Primitive West Van Face up to falling enrolment Dear Editor: In many primitive countries people still throw their garbage into the street. In West Vancouver many waterfront property owners and their gardeners sull throw their tree clippings and garden refuse into the sea, or onto the beach below the high water mark where the tide eventually floats it. Many evenings at high tide the resulting debris makes swimming or fishing im- possible. Surely we do not need well-publicized convictions to persuade people to stop this thoughtless and often wilful pollution. John S. Catchpoie West Vancouver Meals on wheels keep on rolling Dear Editor: I am concerned about a reference to Meals on Wheels in your paper on Sunday, June 6 in which June McMordie, Vice- chairman of the Playcare Society was quoted as saying that “programmes such as Meals on Wheels would fade from the community”, if United Way North Shore Division was forced to close. In order to reassure our customers who receive meals and the many volunteers engaged = in distributing the meals, I wish to state that North Shore Meals on Wheels is not and never has been funded by the United Way. We do receive a grant from the Ministry of Health to cover administrative costs of the programme. This includes the salary of a part time co-ordinator. The actual cost of the meal plus the cost of packaging it is paid by the customer, with the meals being delivered free of charge by volunteers using their own cars. We at Meals on Wheels have every intention of continuing for as long as the need exists. Elizabeth R . Jofenig Chairman Dear Editor: As a former West Van- couver school trustee I was interested to read your headline, “Tired of being tied to enrolments” and the report that the school board was planning to ignore falling enrolment and base the budget strictly on No council vote so far Dear Editor: As a= service to your readers, would you be kind enough to print the names of those North Vancouver aldermen who voted in favour of adopting the landfill expansion program. This information has gone unrecorded in the June 9 issue of the North Shore News. M. Desa North Vancouver (No North Van District council members voted “in favor of adopung the landfill expansion Program’ Council merely voted to “recetve” the municipal engineer's report which will now be subject to detailed council considerauon and further citzen input at a public meeting. ED.) Hospital care is still tops Dear Editor: With all the adverse publicity and negative comments being heard re the quality of hospital care these days in B.C., isn't it about time a voice be heard in praise of the hard-worked medical personnel on duty throughout these difficult times? As a recently discharged patient of Lions Gate Hospital where I had a sudden, totally unforeseen week's stay, I should like to say — from my personal experience — I never at any time felt neglected in any way. On the contrary, I have nothing but the highest praise for my surgeon and all the medica! staff involved who cared for me with skill, compassion and con- sideration throughout my stay. I'm comvinced the majority of patients who File walked back! Dear Editor Just lo say “thank you” to the News for running the tem about our missing reference file in the What's Gomp On column The file has been returned (anonymously!) to the library. while we cannot be sure that the News item was directly responsible, we weren( having much success in getting i back by ourselves certainly Wendy Metcalf Roy NV Dust Library The Canada. recommended tor ¢ Facial Wrinkles « Skin Condition Improvement ¢ Facetifting ——nt 768 Marine D1 NATURAL FACELIFTING by ELECTRO-ACUPUNCTURE latest method trom Europe,now available Treatments * Facial Rejuvenation ert was ott esr Christiana’ _ Nature y wy ¥ In INTRODUCTORY PRICE $49°° we? 926-6214 have found themselves in a similar plight recently would agree! All propaganda aside, if any of your readers should have the misfortune to be heading towards a hospital in the near future, please assure them that those dedicated to caring for others are not about to allow politics to interfere with their profession. They are a wonderful group of people! J. Rigg West Vancouver “educational priorities”. “Educational priorities” is a very vague term, subject toa wide variety of § in- terpretations. I have heard at least 50. We have already seen an example this spring of the current board's disregard of shrinking enrolment in its hastily called meeting, on the eve of Premier Bennett's appeal for real restraint, to give its top three academic administrators boosts of $8,000 and $10,000 to $64,000 and $70,000 an- nually in a small, shrinking district with fewer than 5,800 Cheap propane Dear Editor: I would hke to bing some facts to your attention re. the article ““Cheap’ Propane now costs more” on page B6 of Sundays North Shore News. At the ume of publication there had been no increase in the price of propane, and on checking today I found that there was sall no increase. However, there has been an increase in the price of gasoline of 0.8 cent per litre; there was no mention of this fact in that issue of your paper. I would also like to point out that propane now at 23.5 cents per litre is 18.8 cents a REWARD LOST MINI SHELTIE OK: SAT. JUNE 12 - 8:00 pm IM: THE BRITISH PROPERTIES ANSWERS TO “BENGI" $300" REWARD cau: 922-7437 or 133-8616 We'll let you know when our REAL Mr... -BEAUTIFOL - (TS GETTIN’ THERE, BUT ITS NOT @ur READY YET! ~ ITE ale is ready at the Troller pub, Horseshoe Bay litre cheaper than gasoline. This representas a saving to the motorist of 44.4% on fuel bills. I'm sure that your readers would have n0 difficulty in interpreting this saving to mean that propane ts cheap. J.M. Weinbren President Fuelcon Systems Inc. North Vancouver AQUAREST| Waterhbeds We're moving to a new, bigger location Look for us at 740 Marine Dr., N.V 986-3436 _ Spring 20 students. The meeting was so rushed that the finance chairman of the board, who was opposed to the large increases, was unable to attend. Falling enrolment may be unpleasant to consider but I don't think the fact can be ignored and dismissed by the board, its administrators or the taxpayers. Incidentally, I think News Editor Noel Wright deserves a vote of thanks for turning the spotlight on that rushed meeting, which might well otherwise have gone un- noticed. Wilf Bennett West Vancouver FRESH HALIBUT Direct from Fisherman! lo — Government Wharf = Horseshoe Bay $2.°° Ib. 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