“ Page’A14, September 23, 1979- Sunday News

OPEN LETTER - TO. Nor
“{;MAYOR DON: BELL AND Cour
_. J NORTH . VAN DISTRICT ms rate

_' "bothered ~ ‘to: _ the. . Cor
" pesidents”” opinion. on ‘their ve

xamples.

. ‘ampant of Coun

“1 do- not: live i in ‘the: low: )
“income. housing ¢ along “the
“east: side: of. Premier’ Street,

_ but’ Iwas appalled: at. the” i
sh cking events taking. place.
| there<:.re converting the»:
“buildings into strata lots. : :

urpaaed a

‘Tt this ludicrous situation’ destiny! _

was. not so traumatic. for the.

residents ' living there, it ~

would indeed be laughable.I

‘ was also o shocked to learn the

. Dear Editor: 7

Tr am. writing to you on a
subject. which I believe
should: ‘be discussed more

Z thoroughly. than it: has been

- in past years.

“The attitude of the
educators in the school -
system today leaves

_ something to be desired.

“Ty have many friends i in ‘the
low-income’ _apartments: on

Premier Street. Many. of

“allowed to express their own ™
‘opinions of their country.
Yet I-feel that in a depart-*

ment as influential upon the
ideas of young © people,

personal biases are better ~
‘left out of the teaching of the

educator.

The other + day, I sat in ¢ a
classroom in which - the

How can the young people of — -demoralized and degraded

Canada ‘expect to have a~
nationalistic pride if, during
their schooling years, their
teachers speak only of the
worthlessness .and_ in-
adequacy of the Canadian

' country?

I am proud to say that I
am a Canadian! I will admit —
that people should be

teacher constantly
“the fact that we are
Canadians. He spoke

defiantly of the uselessness

of being proud of our..—

heritage, as we shall soon
join the. United States. I am
ashamed to admit that I did
nothing to stop this dis-
reputable monologue, yet I
‘am equally” ashamed to
admit that-the other students

it is’ ‘common knowledge

“the present. Council is a

.developer-sympathetic Co-
uncil, : “as: “opposed © to:. the.
“people . , power’: "banner

in ‘general agreed with the
- damnable statements of the
teacher.

After having g gone ie through
twelve ‘ ‘years of. ‘listening to

‘teachers:
berating Canada, I am proud
to, say. that my pride in my

_ country has remained intact.

Yet, if not for one teacher,

(only one out of twelve!) I

would not have preserved

niy own national pride. Itis a
wonder: that we do not have
more problems with juvenile
delinquency with the
degrading attacks upon the
only thing we have which we
can believe in.

How does one measure
nationalism? Is nationalism a
measure of what a people

know of the making of their

Heartless drivers and pet owners .

Dear Editor:

Last Wednesday week
about if o'clock on the
Upper Levels Highway a
callous truck driver who
could have avoided the
tragedy hit a Lab German
Shep; the dog, badly hurt,

‘dragged himself down a

steep ravine and into a tight
crevice.

A concerned citizen, Mr.
J Clough of 1550 Rena
Crescent, stopped his car as
did the truck driver but after
surveying where the dog had
gone (the latter) shrugged it
off with the “what can I do”
attitude and went on his
way.

Mr. Clough, quite upset,
rushed home and called the
West Vancouver SPCA, and
was kind enough to meet us,
to take us to the poor
animal.

Woodward

CORRECTION

Tabloid - The North Shore
News, September 9, 1979

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any inconvenience — these
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customers.

The dog, though in much
pain, sensed that they were
going to help him ‘and laid
quietly. even though many
times he had to be put down
on the rocks for the next
move. both Miss Gammon,
office manager, and Mr.

Clough should be com-
mended for the difficult
procedure.

It is unfortunate that this

poor animal had a
thoughtless owner and even
‘worse that so many drivers
are inconsiderate and
heartless.

Marie Moscovitch
President
West Van SPCA

allery

est

continually

a. ‘Where is. our: repent ry

-Sibility: to. do: ‘our. share * in“.
-Shousing.» these: ‘people “OF = VE
Your :
bulldozing :, -and “unfeeling. .
attitude’ on::this ‘matter ‘has
_ been noted’ by more ‘than a
few: Lynnmour homeéowiers.. “

limited income? ©

Does. not? Vancouver's

‘existing potiy, make ‘Sense?

country? Merely because
Canadians have- had no

bloody battles involved in”

the shaping of their country,
does that make them less

. than perfect?. I should say
not! Canadians should be

proud of the fact that they

have a peaceful, bloodless.
history. =

This teacher asked of us,.

“Who knows who Margaret
Atwood is? Who can name
all the members of the
Group of Seven?” How are a

group of students supposed ~_
to answer questions that they _

“eg ge.

these: units?! How. much -
vs investigation~ has been done”
by.Council into the appalling
conditions in many of these _
Units (flooding every year,

answers to?

Perhaps this - ‘teacher is.
correct -in assuming - that -
‘Canada has’ no flamboyant -
history to be proud. of; But,
why ‘does a country: need .
flamboyancy? I don’t think it

doés, and I will be damned if
I will sit in a classroom — a

CANADIAN classroom —
and’ have a country of which

I am extremely proud be de-
graded or verbally destroyed
in any way. ;

Kim Pearson

North Vancouver
nn
\

2 “important. .
community. Perhaps. not in

‘monetary terms, but in ways

too valuable to measure. . a
J oseph’ F, ‘Campbell

North Vancouver -

have never been: ‘taught the _

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‘News, ey September :
16, 1979 tf
Page 5,
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any inconvenience . these |
errors may have caused its
customers.

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