6 -- Friday, August 15, 1997 — North Shore News north shore news _VVTEWPOINT. i Leam to laugh Par T can be learned from a existence, and artists like Norris duti- ; YOUR FATHERS FORTUNE THAT. life lived? In the case of car-' fully fill our goblets, Without them i oo gee — «WAS STOLEN BY THE EN. 3 toonist Len Norris, the mas- we become sombre slaves to the ey , i Senet ter craftsman. who passed away this machine, In a recent speech to gradu- Be A .week at the age of 83, we learned how ates at M.LT., American novelist FiRS Wee A pt eect i he Bi a ER ot CARES to laugh at ourselves, ° Kurt: Vonnegut told the fresh-faced : 6 CENTS, ul A West Coast original who cap- crowd that “worrying is as effective tured the La-La-Land essence in as‘trying to solve an algebra equation wickedly funny. fashion, Norris, like by chewing bubble gum.” all great lords of lampoon, struck a __ Yet worry we do, Big Box stores, chord ‘deep within. Pomposity and The KKK. Young Offenders. The narcissism: his declared enemies, he. ;Health. Care system. The Debt. breathed life into, the not-far-from- * Picking up on this societal cynicism, fiction ‘ locales” of Tiddlycove. and “contemporary communicators too ~“Amblesnide,, and’ poked fun ‘at his often ‘opt for impact through mean-. : spirited observations, through the great communica- castigation of a subject rater than ver | casy, andi in this graceless, through clever consideration. when humor s cms as rare i* Heed their shortfall, Learn to < Jaugh at yourself. - - > Len Norris wouldn’t have it any the: wine ¢ of other v way. : , LET'S cut to the rumors, even - “getion to build, Former (and future’) - more fascinating than the facts: .- councillor Andy Danyliu, who retired'from campaigns, incl coe municipal politics to continue his goad _ Boname and hy If you detest Larco Investment Ltd.'s works for the Kinsman Rehabilitation: plan to put big-box stores ; Foundation of B.C, envi- on its Park Royal shopping vues SONS a bigthame, broad: ;.. _ “centre south mall, how'd Te press time Thursday, doriations from over 300 News: you feel if'a casino were rede and: free speech’ supporters to. the fund stood at . built there instead): $105; 462. NE al fees expended thus far by the News Because that’s what proximate $200,000. The final — some West Vancouverites ty er, All funds received will help . fear is in the cards. : ey the mi costs faced by the News in its battle For what it's worth, in‘ ~ with the Human’ Rights: Tribunal over a complaint . "1994 asked G. Robert laid ‘against the! newspaper andits columnist ug Heastip, Larco’s chief plan- Collins by the Canadian Jewish Congress. The hear- * ner, if Larco had a casino. ., ing, into the matter, which began on: May 12, con- in mind for the area at the ~~ West Vancouver, would ° * cluded .on June 27. with. final arguments at the western end of the south mall. He replied be: widely’ resented and considered very. ‘ly-based task force to “coupic of year oppose the big boxes —~. Lali family, owners of P; stores by Home pepe much else; The, Laljis, as is we Toys “R"'Us, and PE ISMART. oe It would be an under: “Atatement to sav hat big- x stores, associate one with, ah, much less fortu--’ ' of bi MES nate ‘suburbs than upscale so instructor ‘for nine years at’ Fagle- Har : Century Plaza Hotel, 1015 Burrard St. The decision that it had never been considered. much oue of character and out of place,” Ree Centre, ‘because-of Mack of'crede: from Nitya lyer, the tribunal of one hearing the com- As everyone knows, Larco Icases the * (In fact North Vancouverites are equally.’ * tials.” He's "ot a membe you see; laint, is expected some time later this year, * - south mall land from the Squamish Indian registering their resistance to the big boxes professional organization alled Karen lore excerpts from the hundreds of respondents to band, which for several years has had a ~ at Park Royal, I'm told.) “Yeah? That s like zin, pen Lautens, who has been: at rahe the’ newspapers only since -1 ME | the cause: > committee age 8 gambling, . - But what can.be done is limited. ¥ T as “Please keep fighting for our right to make up our own Meanwhile, back to the. present action. “Municipalities have'no jurisdiction over... a ‘minds about what we read, A lot of us oldies remember The Big- -Box Battle trumpeted for last Indian-owned land. West Vancouver has : $0 many who died in the last ovo wars Fighting Sor the — Monday’s West Vancouver council meet- plenty of power, however, in terms of road.” he doesn’t belong to the “ _ eetom we have hed — so far? ing went off like a damp squib, access to the mall ar t other services, Association, 7 be —- Jl. Strachan “Gencral” fim Barnum, who, has been Nor should the good sense and co- ‘goo mustering the instant army of anj ries whos. operation of the Squamish be underesti-” qua r dealing NS ef ‘7, want to ... thank you personally for standing upin loathe Larco’s plans to build the big-box ~ mated. Councillor Allan Williams has with such passing news as the above, to’ defence of free a in British Columbia. I suspect that you have - stores at Park Royal, retired in orderly =. praised the Squamish and noted that their ‘note the far more si anit death of t 4 ‘bad to take teat from several quarters for your position un this fashion, trailing an astounding 5,000- ~name relations with West Van are generally "Sa ‘maiter, and I, along with mary others in shis community, am tition behind him. Town hail has also good. ia sratefel 0 to yee and to others on your staff, such as Mr: Renshaw, "been flooded with letters and phone calls Larco is quite capable of being tough. Td wh “fr sticking this out. Don’t weaken.” to councillors, totalling four figures. That's | When'I wrote ‘Stitically of it three years love a _ Catvin Patterson of North Vancouver reaction. "ago, notiig among other things that it.had . The showdown has been rescheduled : ‘unceremoniou usly cut down five acres of + iy dy in freedom of speech and right wos Donations to the fund can be cent to; 1139 Lonsdale Ave., for late September or carly October,'while trees on the’? Royal property. on °° |. sides in a debate to be beard. The'c - North Vancouver; V7M 2H4. Cheques should be made out to Barry Lambert, town hall's director of Boxing Day 1992 — which angered, __ ‘y, Published i ini the News : the, North. Shore News Free Speech Defence Fund. ; operations, studies the matter. among others, MLA Jerersy;Dalton— * points 9 view, but these view . ten tensa (direct ca’ That will provide time for political Larco instantly threatened real ac action. 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