© - Friday, September 27, 1985 - North Shore News Editorial Page Bare benefits ith the proposed access road to Wreck Beach successfully quashed, local nudists can return to their towels knowing that their refuge is safe from voyeuristic intruders, But North Shore bare-buff lovers are stil! out in the cold. Anyone wlio has visited the infamous beach knows of its treacherous de- ~ scent and its sweat-evoking climb back up. North Shore nudists have the added burden - of: travelling long. distances to: get to. the ‘haven... c . Perhaps West Yan Council should allow am nude sunbathing at Ambleside Beach. “ «The -Europeans have sanctioned it for years without. noticeable social consequences ‘-or public alarm. Aside from the obvious dangers : of. : ‘skin : cancer, nude sunbathing © : could © bring: -nothing’ but; good’ : sophisticated West : Vancouverites: _ : . Nudism ‘would he a boon to tourism in the . area - voyeurs and the curious would fleck to. the |} to the easy-to-view beach, and the. tourist : + traffic would be bound to ‘overflow onto the | = businesses on Marine Drive; free anatomy ¥ Jessons would he easily‘available for children : and for those who've forgotten;. North Shore “ nudists would / jno longer ‘be forced to make ? the treacherous trek; and by charging admis- = sion tothe selected: section ‘of beach, District “coffers would be filled and penniless riff-raff "excluded from our fair shore. Faced ‘with’ these ‘bare: facts. it’s amazing. ‘council hasn't! instigated” “suntanning au naturel I Tong ago. Funny, eh! -vime Minister. Brian Mulroney. has now | “learned. the dangers” of attempting humor ‘in ‘Canada. In defense of his wife's reported réquest:to RCMP guards at 24 | Sussex Drive to salute her, Mulroney joked that Yugoslavian-born . Mila ‘suffers from. “the | immigrant syndrome” ‘and, salutes anyone in uniform. ‘Th ning backlash has resounded 2 from the-rafters of Parliament Hill and been 4 shouted from the various tonsils of the media .: Display Advertising 985-2131 986-1937 “986-1837 | General Manager Roger ‘MeAtee - Operations Manager Berni Hilllard , Advertising Directo! dvertising ‘Administrator Linda Stewart Mike Goodselt Circulation Director Bill McGown: Photography Manage: . Terry Peters. : Deal o| “Nal Stephenson: a Production Director .2 Chris Johnson ‘ North Shore News, founded in 1969 as an independent suburban ‘. newspaper and quatified undar Schedule ttl, Part Itl, Paragraph tll of the is Excise Tax Act, is published each Wednesday, Friday and Sunday by ‘: North Shore Free Press’ Ltd..and distributed to every door on the North t Shore. Second Class Mail-Registration Number 3885. Entire contents “ © 1685 North Shore Free Press Ltd. All rights reserved. ra Subscriptions, North and! West Vancouver, $25. per year. Mailing rates “ avaitable on request. ° - . : No responsibility accepted for unsdlicited material Including “. manuscripts and pictures which should be accompanied by a stampea, ; addressed envelope. Member of the B.C. Press Council am 56,245 (average, Wednesday - SBA OSI Friday & Sunday) Rae TRAC EW and, B19B5| THIS PAPER IS RECYCLABLE — 980-0511 Classified ‘Advertising 986-6222 "|. community | FEEL DEPRESSED, SICKENED, NAVSEATED AND DESPERATE. ID THERE A CURE? c Counc il | Peay get to o end ef. OPEN LETTER. TO ‘WEST. VAN COUNCIL | © I refer to the last item on the Agenda’ of your. Policy and Planning Committee Meeting of Monday, September 9. i J At that. time you received a. staff report on “Invest- ment of Municipal .Funds’”’ that showed that, July tax. collection funds of about $18 million, had been lent to 12 different parties, in 21 different amounts, repayable at 18 different dates from this month to April, 1986, and included $1 / million to the Northland Bank. ‘As of ene 1, 1985, | Enc , igh Dear Editor: f was distressed to hear of the letter sent by people in our neighborhood about Beacon Hill residents. | am. these” | distressed: because people are our. fathers and mothers. Most of them have helped build this country. We will not honor them by screening them off. _ Beacon Hill Lodge is their home. I would be most upset if people suggested that I build a screen around my home so people would not have to see me. Instead of being upset we should praise the nursing staff in this home. They too live under some restrictions ~ brought about by restraint. Like most nursing homes there is a lack of staff. The complaint indicates that they have helped many to be about and share in ‘the life...They are yoa had joans of. just over $18 million to the following parties: Government of Canada $5,000,000 Bank of B.C. $2,800,000. Morguard Bank $2,000,600. Vancouver City Credit Union $1,800,000. Western-Pacific Bank = $1, 200, 000. Province of Quebec $1,000,000. Royal Bank of Canada — $1,000,000 Mercantile Bank . 1,000,000. Northland Bank. ~ $1,000,000. B.C. Central Credit Union $1,000,000, Continental Bank $500,000. First City Trust $300,000. - Total (par value) $18,600,000. I suggest and recommend to you that you pass a Reso- lution - that staff are now instructed that. ‘in future “Operating Funds’’ shall be doing their work well. Most of us will be there at some time. Although the majority. of us will not have of Canada’ Treasury Bills with maturities of less than one year. Government Treasury Bills highest credit Canada, can be bought and sold easily in large amounts, of Canada have the can be bought to mature in| any week during the ensuing: -\] year. There are now about: $40 billion of these ° bills issued and outstanding. i Their yeild is slightiy: less. than bank or credit. union term deposits, but this’ is-a™. small price to pay for top 5 2 NOW have. ° safety. Should you change to treasury bills your staff to go to such homes and will maaage on our own, we will still reach this age and suffer from disabilities. Our bodies Be realistic about aged Dear Editor: My Mother has’ “cluttered up the lobby: of Beacon Hill Lodge for over a year with ' her wheel chair. With ‘the care and-activities provided by the Staff and manage- ment she has come from Ex- tended Care Status to, In, termediate and-.is enjoying her -life' very much. Of course there are sad looking people in a nursing. home. Some are lonely and some are. in constant pain. Is it suggested that ‘these. people be cut off.from the human contact.they do have? Perhaps these ‘concerned citizens could take time out of their’ busy lives and visit some of these people who have no one, Let’s try to be. realistic about the aged, or is this not in keeping with West Van residents. Doris Olstad | North Vancouver invested only i in Goveriiment rating in, day that will Be time: banks or credit unions: papers to buy and what price;. (2) listening. to the opinions of. brokers; salesmen’ and“ others; (3) worrying about. possible sit- uations similar to: your mil- lion dollar Nosthland Bank, ; problem, | : _L am.” sure taxpayers; council members and staff “would feel"more comfortable’ in’ future}if you hold Gov: . ~ ‘ernment of Canada Treasury, Bills ‘rather, than’: an’ assort- ment of loans such : as: -you Donald Mcalister, Cc. A.; West Vancouver... - discrimination: ‘called ageism is against me in‘a few:years. . We are all-raising ques- tions these days about South Africa. The system of apar- theid screens blacks off in home lands. The policy sug- gests that when people are. out of sight, they are out of ‘mind; The’ suggestion of screening off the elders so that they will not be seen.is equally devastating. Let us not build walls, let us tear down wails. We will all be enriched, There are enough walls already around’ the Elders. There are many in my parish who seek to tear them down. Don Johnson Lutheran Pastor Gloria Dei Church North Vancouver (1) deciding which .