Hayden ‘Stewart . ~ Counsellor - Hayden Stewart may. be reached at 261-6242 --for appointments for individual, _tamily or group.counselling. “His new office in the Plaza 2 Freelance: international Hotel (open Tuesdays only) is for the convenience of North ‘Shore residents. QUESTION: What is your. sign? For years I had a kind of superior attitude about . - astrology. I thought it was ‘intellectually light-weight and I didn't WANT to be - interested. But lately I have become much more in-: . terested and I'm | to think there’s a lot in it. . . Standing promise. QUESTION: Fm sixteen and my best friends are into things that I don’t go along - with. The things 'm about are the old reliables that you must be. tired of hearing about. ; . My friends are smoking dope, drinking and playing | far as I'm Soneerbed: 1 I could go a long long time without drinking _ - (although I do tt a bit) and I am not at all attracted ‘to pot. or other drugs, | glehoagh Pre done a little bit -Ofexperimenting. ‘There's only one fellow I. "gto bed with and although I i _. What ao: you think of astrology? . STEWART: Tm afraid I'm about where you — were earlier in your life. I really never have given it much - attention. I may not have had a closed mind, but I sure have -not done anything much to open it! ‘I have given myself a that someday I'll look into it, but enjoy that, I also feel a little bit out of: my -league. Id really rather wait a while for heavy love-making. It just -doesn’t seem to be for me. My, problem is this: the kids I like most are all iato these things more than I am. They seem to accept me very. well. I have a pretty sure ..féeling that they like me and. “good” they hardly: ever try to get - me to go along with things in which I hold back more than they. do. ‘They're a good bunch of people. Kids who don't do any. of _ these things seem to rub me L feel pretty sure it. won't be . soon because there are so many other fields of interest that make me hungry for- more“understanding. I am ‘inadequately knowledgeable in many areas, including astrology, but I tend to do my exploring in just one or two hunting grounds at once. The other: day I saw a cartoon that may give you a snicker. It showed an older woman who had a book on astrology in her lap and, US. travel agents told told Tourism B.C. is taking concerted action to ensure that U, .S. travellers are “fully aware” there is no gasoline shortage in the province, Tourism and Small Business Development’ ‘Minister Elwood Veitch said today: Veitch said his ministry has sent a message, “Don’t Sell British Columbia Short”, to 16,000 travel agents and members of the, American _ Automobile Association. The direct-mail piece states three reasons why U.S. travellers should consider B.C. as their vacation destination this year: there is no gasoline shortage in B.C.;_ the Canadian dollar is down, which means that the U.S. dollar is worth “rom 15 to 18. per cent more in Canada; and. new U.S. customs regulations allow an increase in the value of duty-free goods U.S. residents can take home. Elaborating on the fatter point, Veitch said U.S. visitors staying less than 48 hours can now cach take home $25 worth of goods, an increase of $10, while after 48 hours it becomes $300 per person, up by $200. In addition, the new rules allow families to pool their duty free exemptions. The minister said Tourism B.C.'s ‘present advertising campaign in travel trade publications has been Don’t sell B.C. short amended to’ include the. message contained in the mailer. “We have also increase the frequency. of our ads 1 Oregon, Idaho and Washington States tq attract residents of these states who : WHEN YOU LOOK GOOD... WE LOOK GOOD! KOKEKT KKYAN HAIR DESIGN OPEN MON.- SAT. L. ATE 102 WES WED 4 stead. sp were originally planning to vacation in now-gas-hungry California t6 visit B.C. in- “The gas - shortage problem in California should now work to our advantage,” _ the minister said. THURS. FRI P3rd AT LONSDALE 986-1146 the wrong way. Not because they don't do them, . ‘but, because. most of them seem. to be intolerant of others.,.1 get the feeling they are self- _wighteous and that just doesn’t sit-well with me. I’ve paid attention to them because once in a. while I .wonder if I. ought to ease away from my main crowd of ' friends and get myself into a different circle of people who are not into some of the things my best friends do. - FI don’t seem to fit into either group. How can I decide what todo? - looking up, she said to her husband, “Are you aware that if you had been born just a day-or so sooner, you would have been kind and sensitive and fun to be with?” ——t, Now all you astrology buffs, don't write in to tell. STEWART: Don't waste too - much energy trying to “fit © in” to ANY group. It isso ‘much more rewarding, and more: fun, to fit in to your own higher self, your own person that you are and want to be. ; Your friends who are “experimenting” with things — that do not appeal. to you, seem to like you and accept | you as you are and that’s good. It's a cinch they need © someone like you to whom they can relate joyfully without insisting you-”be exactly like them and in) whom they admire in- me. I have the wrong idea of astrology. I am quite aware that that cartoon is not lifted from the sort of astrology YOU know about. 1 do 7? Someday, My sign is Aries. Or do you say, “I am an Aries”? What does that do for me? But back to your question. Just this oncé, ,, taste a Bacardi rum. before you add anything. It’s a beautiful way to see why Bacardi goes with soda, water, ginger and almost anything else. ~BACARDI ram “ahd ‘dependence and a sense of unique entity. You are YOU. and they'sé see. that and receive you as you - “are (most of the time). Keep on being you! The other crowd (the ones” who seem intolerant to you self-righteous), may -need what you are even more than your friends do. But why “fit in” to cither .group? ‘With. either crowd, if you . Sense you are moving away from your own best self. in order to be included, don’t “run”! Stick around, but be ‘the person you like. hati is 5 your star sign, Hayden? - ‘You ask, “What do yout think of astrology?” Well, obviously, I don’t think ABOUT it very. much I may. - Meanwhile, perhaps the stars will keep on doing their thing, even if I seem to snub them.