A8 - Sunday, April 11, 1982 - North Shore News ES mailbox Ban teachers as trustees eIVIERA SPA Swimming & Fitness Centre Men, Women — Swim 7 Days a Week all memberships Dear Editor: education experts over the Teachers should be barred decline in enrollment, more r MO. FOR $60 ¥a price When North Van school years. from running in the first and more teachers were 4 trustee Kilian complained So many teachers have place. But where else can hired. It’s about time the 3 Guaranteed the other week about the saturated school boards over they get so much influence provincial government \ Lowest Prices “rotten” new school finance the years to further their formula, he signed off as parent and taxpayer. But he never mentioned that he is also a teacher. He didn't even know how much school tax he paid last year, but he was complaining that West Vancouver's taxpayers pay now less than N.V., but he never mentioned that we here in West Van have been ripped off to the hilt by our own gain and that of their profession. They are the main reason, while school budgets have exploded over the last 10 years, after Mr. Barrett and his gutless New Depression Party lifted all restrictions and referendum votes and unloaded all the burden on to the home- owner. I hope people haven't forgotten already. for their own welfare. With 185 short working days a year and fringe benefits galore, there is never enough. But some of them still have time to moonlight on school boards. So they are against any restraint. How many years. have boards been japping and japping about closing some schools and have never done anything about it. Despite a brought in some restrictions, I would say a complete freeze would have been more efficient. And if the BCTF wants to gang up with the NDP, let them, they deserve each other. F. Faller West Vancouver —who paid $1,100 too much on school tax. Stop cutting trees in park Dear Editor: greenbelt areas. If the drive would hardly affect because there is hardly an The article that was District was condoning the ther population of ever- alder in sight on the bank. printed Wednesday March cutting of trees, why weren't greens. Decidious trees in Moreover, the path leading 10th “Firewood Gathering the individuals sent to the that area simply provide into the small “park” is big Kindles Neighbors’ Anger” gets me very upset too. Even though 1 do not live on the edge of Lynn Canyon Park, I still enjoy walking along the park roadways and trails. If clubs or organizations, such as the North Shore Winter Club’s hockey team. need extra funding for what- ever purpose, | feel it should not be derived from cutting trees in designated parks or new sanitary landfill area (i.e. the garbage dump) where there were plenty of maples and alders for fire- wood since the District was already destroying the area. It states in the article that Superintendent Dirk Oostindie remarked that the alders required to be weeded to make stronger evergreens or to prevent them from being spindly. The number beauty and shade along the roadway. The only reason they were cut it seems is that they were easy to get at. There was another recent case of tree cutting when alders were removed at the bottom of Hoskins Road at Arborlyn beside Hastings Creek. As far as weeding goes, it looks as if Mac- Millan Bloedel’s loggers had been enough for logging trucks to enter! If it weren't for the intelli- gent actions of our fore- fathers’ preserving green spaces for us all to enjoy, we wouldn't have large natural parks like Lynn Canyon, the Capilano or even Stanley Park today. If clubs or organizations really need some firewood to sell, why not look at our «Aerobic Training *1O Supervised Ladies exercise classes per day *Conditioning body building area *Remedial Mineralized Whirlpool 108°F eHeat 78°F Swimming Poo! eSauna eAccessto % mile track NORTH VANCOUVER 980-9358 West of Lonsdale on l4th across . . favishing . . . remarkable . . uncontestable originality. . .’’ Quebec 1982 THREE PREMIERES! April 15, 16 & 17 « q Queen Elizabeth Playhouse — April 15 ¢ Opening Night Gala 7:30 p.m. * Res: 926-6041 April 16 & 17 * 8:00 p.m. Tickets: VTC and Eaton's of alders along the park making the “park” beaches and_ shorelines. . They could do with a cleanup, but one might have to work a little harder. D. McDonald North Vancouver ‘Modernization’ means Dear Editor: expansion effect that “modernization” Decision on an application of Canadian Oxy (Hooker Chemicals) for a permit to install two additional tanks for the storage of some 20,000 gallons of muniatic acid was deferred at last Monday's council meeting for 30 days. This) application — harks back to the announced intention of Hooker carly in December of 1980 to spend $14 millon on “modern. zavon” of ats North Van- couver plant At that time | wrote a letter to you in which I stated words to the Thanks, Heinz to Hooker meant only one thing “expansion.” At that time the concern was the expansion of the production of chlorine, and while this application does not imply increased production of chlorine, it does by relavon- ship imply increased produc- tion of one integrated ingre- dient of the whole. and therefore must be related to the whole as expansion. One can only hope that council will in its) wisdom refer back to its) recom mendation that staff prepare an amendment to the zoning Dear F-ditor Most letters to the editor, uoseems to me. are kicking about something [I'd hke to change the pattern and say Thank You to Heinz Berger and fire bylaws covering the storage of hazardous matenals either above or below ground in this District, before making any decision to allow this permit to be issued. Introduction of such a bylaw is the only way we are going to be able to control the expansive schemes of plants such as Hooker. As I have = said before. Hooker must go, and bow 1s as good a time as any to exert the legal options open to us toward that end ( F Vapge North Vancouver atea at the Centre Community les Rimes West Vancouver PRESENTS THE LATEST MOVIES and his competent staff for the good gob they are doing in the development and up keep of our West Vancouver packs, especially the gardco Clean UpVour Act Berger! 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