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reaction” and

North Vancouver RCMP were accused
last week, by individuals involved, of “over-
“police brutality” in handling a

rowdy mob of about 150 at a wild 2 a.m.

party.

The police action, in response to neigh-
bors’ calls for help, left one male partygoer

bitten by a police
reportedly “tapped”
truncheon while being

and a woman

on the head with a

into a paddy

wagon. Apart from stitches for the dog bite,

neither appears to have suffered permanent
damage.

Our own sympathy is reserved entirely for
the police in their thankless and dangerous

so-called

North Shore. A letter on page A7 about

another recent North Van incident tells its

own frightening story.

Ugly, alcohol-fueled riots not only shatter
the peace of the neighborhood but can lead
to reckless destruction of property and
possible injury to life and limb. And the
police, called on to restore order, invariably
find themselves greatly outnumbered.

In tense situations, after warnings go
unheeded, the only way to protect innocent
neighbors and their property may sometimes
be tough riot-control measures — with
truncheons, dogs and even tear gas. Amid
darkness and confusion, these measures
inevitably carry their own risks.

In this unkappy duty the police deserve
full support from all law-abiding citizens. As
to the others, there’s a simple way to avoid

getting hurt: stay right away from such
“parties”

Now they know

Free enterprisers, take a bow! Chinese
Chairman Ha Yaohbang last week praised
recent free enterprise reforms for upping the
output of Chinese farmers and trebling their
income. Now, be wants more of the same to
help quadruple China's Gross National
Prodact by 2000 A.D. Lacky for us, maybe,

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that Mao never cottoned to the idea.

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THIS PAPER iS RECYCL ABLE

In this Summer of Con-
frontation, British Columbia
enters the most difficult
period of any society —
lowering expectations.

Do we have the maturity
to handle it?

Britain faced a similar
situation after the Second
World War, handied it
badly, and suffered
disastrous consequences
from which she may never
_ Are we, like so

political ploys — but
beyond, tbe Great Play
seems to be unfolding like a
Greek tragedy whose
characters are unable to
escape them fate. Are the
characters m our play

i and are we
trapped with them? Does
Bill Bennett see a strike as
the only way his government
can survive?

Is John Fryer forced,
perhaps to save his job, into
a strike he doesn’t want? Is
Dave Barrett prevented from
making a contribution
because of his adversary
role?

Observation shows that
people accept” great
privation as long as their
condition is improving.
Conversely, they are often
incapable of accepting a
sight decline even though

TEEING OFF Friday (Scpt.
10) is the Whistler Fall
Festival, a three-day pro
gram of late summer fun
climaxed next Sunday at 2
p-m. by a “Closest-To The-
Pin Celebrity Golf

tise is confined to the odd
round on the local pitch-»’
putt, Joke Pepe will show
you which cnd of the club to
use

John is g-m. of the resort's
new Delta Mountain inn
which is hosting the tourncy
A native of Eagland, be join
ed the Delta chain four ycars
ago after 20 ycara in the
Canbbcan hotel industry and
-- being an ardcnat cross
country shicr, fisherman and
hiker counts Whisticr as
the best thiog that's happcn
ed to him You can call him
at 932 1982 for more info on

Sunday's all comers
“classic”
Incidentally, the casually

clegant 163 ¢00m Mountain
Inn tself. opencd a couplic
of months ago ow guite a
place Located at the base of
the sho hfts in Whastler Town
Centre, ot bowsts all the pz

this leaves them far better
off than most of their
fellows. The great societies
of the past have always
reached a point where they
were incapable of solving the
problems which the Great
Dramatist placed before
them and they collapsed in
confusion and
recrimination. Once fallen,
they have never risen again
— Rome, Greece, Egypt,
Babyion are but memories.
Once-glorious Spain and
Portugal live a half-life and
have been unable to catch
the spark which inspired
their neighbours in recent

years.

Now there are fears that
all the western world may
follow Spain and Portugal
into eclipse, and that the sun
of success may now shine on
the smaller nations of Asia.
Certainly, in North America
we see a sort of shadow

passing over the continent
which was first seen on the
east coast and now has
reached the _ industrial
heartland where the mighty
auto industry, symbol of
North American power, lies

stricken. For a time it
seemed the west. still

retained its vitality but now
the shadow may have
reached us.

Japanese visitors, here as
wealthy tourists, comment
that “everything seems to be
in slow motion”. They,
however, tell us that the
Koreans work so hard that
the Japanese seem laid back
and they are worried. Can
the slow-motion British
Columbians ever retain their
competitive position?

In this situation, there is
really only one thing which
should preoccupy us — can
a civilization regain its

vitality? Instead, of course,

“This must be the place.”

sunday brunch

by Noel Wright

tazz of a top class city hotel:
convention facilities, an at-
tractive restaurant, live-
entertainmecnat lounge,
heated outdoor pool, games
rooms, saunas and guest
shops. Plus some special
family-party features — like
washers and dryers, a
welcome mat for small pets
and no charge for children
under 18) sharing = their
parents’ room

A trip to Whistler during
meat weekend's hi jinx

. sounds like an cxcelient an-

tidote to September bach-to-

work, back-to-school
Looking for an
economical family dinner

out tonight? Best bargain in
town, according to West
Van Chamber of Commence
luminary Per Dantielsen, is
Sunday's $5 salmon
barbecuc in Ambleside
Park, a highlight’ of this
Labor Day weekend's Coho
Festival sponsored by the
Chamber. The salmon and
trimmings will be served
from noon to 8 p.m., with
continuous live entertain
ment -—— singing groups,
dancers and jazz -- continu
top until bedtime

A good-humored protest
from North Van Onstrict

Alderman lim Ball who
checked “redneck” in the
dictionary after it was linked
with his picture last week.
The definition: “(Disparag-
ing). In the southern U S..
an uneducated white farm
laborer; a bigot.” Jim, a
helluva nice guy, admits to
being politically right of cen
tre, but he certainly ain't
nonce of those other horrid
Uhings. Apologies, Jim, for
being caught with our lex.
icon down...Mcanwhilc, still
on the political beat, watch
for West Van's Alex Broken-
shire and Ron Downey to
surface in Tiddicycove's
November aldermanic racc,
with lawyer Barry Promislow
rumored to be cycing a West
Van school board scat...
Modern art doesn’t always
tum me on but I'll make an
exception in the case of
West Van artist Patricia
Grohne's abstracts, with
their vibrant and original use
of color. Patricia opens her
first solo show Thursday at
the North Van Civic Centre,

Lonsdale and 14th, where
she's exhibiting over 40
retrospective and = recent

works in acrylic and water
color, including still life and
some portraits in addition to
the abstracts Hf you've been

e're We're all in this together

we seek scapegoats and tell
ourselves that, if only “they”
were eliminated, all would
be well. The unions blame

Management, management
blames the unions, and
everyone blames the

government. In fact, of
course, we are all to blame
and only a new kind of
cooperative effort can get us
out.

Could Nanaimo make a
contribution in creating a
cooperative community
spirit? Is it conceivable that
it has already started?

Six church groups have
started a self-help movement
which is gaining wide
support including that of the
labour council andthe
Chamber of Commerce. Six
centres will open next month
and training of volunteers is
about to start.

It may be significant that
the Nanaimo plans have
already attracted the at-
tention of a new group
organized in Vancouver
ealled Team BC which aims
to seek out and encourage
self-help groups as part of a
non-partisan, grassroots
movement to “get BC
moving”. The Nanaimo
group has also been reported
by both the Vancouver daily

newspapers.
A similar cooperative
spirit can be seen at

Malaspina College where al!
the groups in the institution
are working together to face
their difficulties.

It's a faint beginning but,
in the midst of all the bad
news, does anyone see a
better story?

thinking about brightening
up your walls for winter, it's
well worth a visit...

SCRATCHPAD:
Welcome home to West Van
Legion president John
Moore and Ethel) after their
three-week holiday in
England ... For the record,
Elfeen Shockley, who retires
this month, has been com-
munity health nurse in West
Van since 1960 and before
that in North Van from 1953
West Van Seniors Centre.
with which she worked since
1978, hosts a thank-you tca
for her Sept. 13... Welcome
to the International Plazo's
new entertainment director
Sam Ychia, late of the Cafe
New York Congrats to
Windsor School's Greg
Peters who's won the
prestigious $9,000 Gordon

Shrum Scholarship (that's
$1,000 for cach of nine
semesters at SFU) The

same again to Geoff Hobbs
and F, M. Tattersall of North
Van for their Arabian and
Anglo-Arab/Half Arab
awards respectively in the
PNE Horse Show And
happy banking to “lucky 11"
R. Dapasquier of Ganbaldh

Highlands, father of five
who's just won cxractly
$131,313 13 in the bonus

draw of the Provincial Lot
tery

WRIGHT OR WRONG:
Ihe weaker the argument
the stronger the words Hap
py Labor Day Mr Fryer