Summer noise break needed Dear Editor: Ah the joy! Summer has finally arrived on Purcell Way, Capilano College is out and the endless drone of the student traffic has diminished somewhat. The three transit buses every 15 minutes has dwindled down to one every half hour or so. Soon, Ged willing, the tail of fully loaded dump trucks making their laborious way up Lillooet to the old land fill site will finally have dumped enough fill so the playing fields will be complered and their B.C. ferry Wednesday, July 15, 1998 -- North Shore News - 9 north shore news MAIL BOX screeching brakes and clanging tuck pasts will only be a memory. Then, do we dare to hope that the noise poltution we have all been subject- ed to will finally stop and we will be able to sit outside in our own little vards to enjoy the warm weather and listen to the birds sing? Not too likely if the model air- plane club continues bugzing and whin- ing annoyingly overhead during the only few hours any of us have away from work to enjoy. I know it’s uacir recreation and I real- PROTECT YOUR INVESTMENT » FROM THE SUN... ize that it’s a hobby that has cost chem with some investment but give me a break. 1, too, have a hobby which cost me some investment — bur I do nor force anyone else to put up with annoyances because of it. Find them someplace else to play — preferably someplace far. far away. ‘The residents in this area put up with so much noise for 94 months of the vear — let us have these few short weeks of peace and quiet. Del Kristalovich North Vancouver SHUTTERS & BUINDS * Competitive pricing * Custom built in Vancouver » Intenor/Extenor shutters « Full ine of HunterDougias products Call for a free in-horne estimate. 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