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A8 - Wednesday, March 30, 1983 - North Shore News

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Parents should pay the price

Dear Editor:

Re the parents who are so
upset about the pending
school closures in West
Vancouver.

I, for one, am not willing
to pay any more school taxes

Uses for

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WV schools

Dear Editor:
The West Van School
Board said they needed

some ideas as to what to do,

with the empfy schools here
are the most probable uses:
eFire training centres for
shorthanded North Shore
fire departments.

Huge cages for stray wild
mountain lions

°A rock throwing contest to
see Who can break the most
windows.

*A spray paint on brick wall
graffiti contest which can be
tied into Sea Festival ac-
tivities

*Farms to grow giant slugs

so that these parents can
have the privilege of having
their children just where
they want them to be. |
notice the children would be
taken by bus to other schools
so I can’t see much hardship
there.

In my early school days, |
had to walk four miles to
school nght from the day I
Started and in winter there
would be, at least, four feet
of snow with short spells
when the temperature would
be 40 deg. F below zero. We

had to light the wood stove
when we arrived and before
leaving, Clean up the school.
We were never sick and
never missed a day at school.
Our parents had to cut
enough wood to heat the
school all winter and no one
complained.

I suggest that the parents
who want the extras should
be prepared to pay the price,
but I notice no one has made
the offer. Yours in disgust,

M.L. Smith
West Vancouver

Jazz festival tops

Dear Editor:

During a recent weekend
(March 18 and 19) Carson
Graham School hosted the
B.C. Vocal Jazz Festival
featuring groups from all
over B.C. and the State of
Washington. This is the third
year that I have attended the
performances and each year
I come away more and more
impressed. The near
professiona! calibre of their
talent is something to marvel
at. This is the seventh year of

for sale to Expo 86
_restaurants.

*A dog walking area for
neighbourhood pets

*Hang out centres for the
North Shore connection
eAn excuse to hire 25 more
law enforcement officers

*® All of the above

J. MacGillivray
West Vancouver

the Festival and-it-coutd be
and should be one of the
major yearly events on the
North Shore. I would
strongly urge all North Shore
citizens and civic govern-
ments to get behind this
Festival and give it our
fullest support. For my
money it is certainly one of
the major entertainment

events of the year in our city.
Watch for it next year at this
time — you'll never regret it.

Mel Skalmerud
North Vancouver

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