he public sector. . The hose isa chnique. which compels | , 0: both sides. We ‘An 80-year-old. Miami Beach widow has been pestered” b phone. callers telling her how stupid she was... “what a damn fool”. Why stupid? Because she found a money belt loaded with $20,000 in cash and turned it in to police. . Doing the. right thing these days, it seems, can be a mighty lonely basiness. Ws VOAOS os wars Abe way vasecourven 7 sunday Ei 1139 Lonsdale Ave . : north shore : North Vancouver,BC . 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XSF F one , ‘0 -THIS PAPER is RECYCLABLE By GARY PAYNE These are difficult times for the’ people of North ‘Vancouver — difficult for ‘ihe civic employees who are paychecks ‘to bargain for higher wages jn the years to come; “difficult for: the homeowner who" is faced swith” “perhaps: the largest single ‘tax increase in recent - swhose'’ normal” ‘municipal ‘services such as garbage collection, street: main- ‘tenance. and ~ recreation * facilities ~have ‘been with- It is easy to understand the major concern of our municipal employees. ‘During’ those ; years: of féderal “Board ° guidelines they were forced’ to 8 ccept' wage ‘in- “rate! of’ inflation. ‘In’ ‘éffect, CUPE members,’ ‘like many in their disposable’ income. ‘In: “search ‘of -¢conomic ‘justice, a catch-up increase or,, better ‘still, a ‘phased*in ' series Of catch up increases, ‘granted by ‘the ~ employer, would be in order. - ‘However, the employer is ‘the taxpayer and taxpayers have problems of their own. in residential .. assessments ‘ over 1980: there is a shift in ‘the municipal tax burden YES, VIRGINIA... This Sunday morning t parishioners of St. Richard's _ Anglican Church at 15th and Philip in North Van take a giant step forward into the future and (as some of them sce it) the unknown. Their _10 a.m. service is. being conducted for the first time -by their new rector, Rev. _ Virginia Briant. ; Mrs. Briant, as she an- . nounces herself onthe phone, has set some records ' of her own. She is one of only two women priests in ‘the New. Westminster diocese and, the first six on the entire North American continent. ‘She hails originally from Alaska, came here in 1970, . did her theological training in Vancouver and became a Canadian citizen two years ago. Up to now she has worked exclusively at Christ Church Cathedral and will continue there part-time in . addition to her new parish duties at St. Richard's. Although those duties began today, her big ceremonial hour will coincide with St. Patrick's, ‘March 17, when she will be formally installed at St. Richard’s by the new Bishop of New Weatminster, . and commercial ‘have not experi presently sacrificing their © : probably enjoy.:2 - decrease 5 ; homeowner will history; and difficult’indeed - --for™the* ordinary - ‘citizen - Canada, have ‘absorbed cuts As a result of huge increases — the. at her or-. dination in 1976, was one of © towards the from other classé property. Since. industrial same assessmen is a separate ti experienced an oddb: in the tax bu municipalities, re mill rates are set by ¢ the school tax mill rate is set on a province-wide basis by the Department of Education in Victoria. The oddity is that Lower . Mainland assessed values ulsory Anti-Inflation — pear aaet e | proportion to the rest of the have increased out of by Noel Wright Douglas Hanbidge, with retired Bishop Godfrey Gower delivering the ser- How are churchgoers taking to the idea of a woman priest, we asked Rev. Briant and several of her future North Van parishioners. Their answers (including her own) indicate that feelings remain, for ‘the moment, mixed -- which is a little hard to understand at a: time when women are. soaring to the top of so many” other professions, Could it’ have anything to do with the strictly male image of.the,.,Bdrn near Holy Trinity? Whatever the | answer, I suspect that once | the good parishioners of St. Richard's have seen the “unknown” in action, their vote for their new rector will be solidly affirmative... een Bald cagies aren't, says Philip Croft of West Van, commenting on our picture last Sunday of the sick b.c. rescued by the SPCA from the North Van garbage dump. The correct scientific name he points out, is leucocephalus (Greek for white-headed) which refers to the magnificent snowy- white mane of the matypre birds. He's also disappointed by the SPCA's lack. of imagination in nicknaming and a still greater | bi ost of government, the owner will be: faced without an increase in | the -homeowner who ‘is” having a difficult year. The answer will be at least as complex as the question. The taxpayer should the bird “Incredible”. Since it was trespassing on municipal property, he adds, they should obviously have christened it “Ill-eagle”. I'm getting to like Mr. Croft more every minute... oo t Belated birthday wishes to our oldest subscriber who has just sent us his cheque for a further 12-month / supply of The News.. Last Tuesday Walter Draycott : turned 98 and still lives on his was the only house there. Leicester, England, he came to B.C. around 1910, having fought . in the Boer War as he was to serve again in the army during World War One. A lifelong bachelor, he lives with two cats and still grows his own fruit and vegetables | _' in his half-acre garden. He was a school trustee back in. . served for over 50°. 1923, years as a Justice: of .the Peace and is a keen” historian, author of numerous articles on the’ history of the Pemberton- Lillooet area, North Van | District council honored him last history himself -- you get the feeling, talking to him, that . reconsider’ _ who've moved away. | Whiteley Court with the Lynn Valley road named for him'70 years ago when ° Monday with, a. congratulatory message and | -- though he's already part of . favourable , homeowner. Th government. * City council.) Walter Draycott still: good few more chapt ono want any former. the club's big 601 niversary bash just. their names are now from the mailing list. note, you ex- now living in West Bowen Island or: wi the’ gala dinner dance black-tie head table) place Saturday, Cook, MP, as’ guest 0r8t Call Audrey Thompsos 9166) for tickets a ste@ $25 a couple... Also ching for former me the West Van. Association — which planning a big reunion 6-8 : to cele One of the most et exercises: ‘conducive: health is keeping th shut. ° :