D I Dan ention BHTTASY GORDENS, 2 DOT (ATION BILL VONDER ZOU. ~ 8: DONT MMTICN BUD SAT. A DONT ORTION Ria TONSTON. 5: DONT MeNTiON BILL REID. G: Dal MENTiON Fave LEUNG, 7 DONT MMPETTON JOCK KEMPE B DONT MATRON PRNGTIZATION DONT AETTION BL VANDER ZOLM. ‘NEWS VIEWPOINT F PARTICIPATION is the. ‘bellwether’ of: democracy, then the North Shore - appears to be in good shape ‘for the coming municipal elections. In all, 79 candidates have stepped for- ward from tke community to contest 32 available seats in the three North Shore municipalities and the area’s two schoo! | districts. Only West Vancouver’s unchallenged Mark Sager will get a free ride into his se- “. cond term as mayor in that municipality. In every other North Shore jurisdiction | : available seats will be contested. sis encouraging, “when you consider that voter turnout for: on ‘municipal elections on the North Shore’ is. That news ‘Listen up traditionally 30% or fess and that those iwho seek focal office are not in it for the ‘plamor. , dry reports. - The jot of a local politician is largely one of working nights, mediating neighborhood | squabbles and considering many long and But iecal politics represent the best of ' grassroots community -involvement in ac- tion. especially The candidates have taken the plunge, now it is up to the voters to take the time and effort to fisten to what (hose can- didates have to sgy and to make an in- formed choice for the betterment of focal democracy aad their communities. LETTER OF THE DAY "Recognizing Collins for. achievements Dear Editor: “The .voters of Capilano-Howe Sound now have a new repre- sentative in Ottawa. Many of us share a sense of relief that the era of Brian Mulroney’s Progressive Conservatives has finally come to a close. It’s easy. to find reasons why the Tories had to go. The way in which the GST was brought into law is beyond con- tempt. The North American Free Trade Agreement was approved in the absence of any moral mandate to do SO0..° ‘ Publisher . Managing Editor Associate Editor . Sales & Marketing Director Comptrolter . Peter Speck Timothy Renshaw Noe! Wright Linda Stewart Doug Foot The Toronto Airport deal should never have been signed in the middle of an election cam- paign. There aie numerous other ex- amples of what can orly be cailed poor statesmanship. Be that as it may, I belicve that it is appropriate to recognize the achievements of Mary. Collins as she steps out of the limelight. Her constituency office was well organized and ‘the staff members were always courteous. During my years as a doctoral student in the United States, Ms. Collins never failed to help me cut Display Advertising 980-0511 Distribution through student loan problems and income tax red tape — at a time when | did not even live in her riding. Not all of us may have liked her politics, but let’s thank Mary Col- lins for her personal commitment ‘and dedication during her years in office. I am confident that Herb Grubel will continue to demon- strate these qualities as he works on our behalf in Capilano-Howe Sound. Len Henriksson North Vancouver 986-1337 § Reai Estate Advertising 985-6982 Subscriptions 986-1337 Classified Advertising 986-6222 Fax 985-2131 Adininistration, 985-2134 B Newsroom conlains Hoste hore North Shore ‘managed 985-3227 B MEMBER _Morth Shore News, founded in 1969 as an independent suburban newspaper and qualilied under Schedule 111, Paragraph ill of the Excise Tax Act, is published each Wednesday, Friday and Sunday by North Shore Free Press Lid. and distributed to every door on the North Shore. Canada Pos! Canadian Publications Mall Sales Product Agreement No. 0087238. Mailing tales available on request. Submissions are welcome but we vannot accept responsibility for unsolicited V7M OHA materiaf including manuscripts and pictures which 2 should be accompanied by a stamped, sell- ai . addréssed envelope. ; Entire contents © 1993 North Shore Free Press Ltd. All rights reserved. nr Sins Come bee Seer ere care 1139 Lonsdate Avenue, SDA DIVISION North Vancouver, B.C. 61,582 (average crculation, Wednesday. Ficay & Sunday) THIS IS THE FALL thai has exhausted us with politics. No sooner does Kim Campbell self-destruct than B.C. Socreds gather. to choose a new leader, and now B.C.’s tri-annual civic elections loom in 17 days. : The Socred leadership race is at Teast an improvement on its predecessors in that the leader, will be picked this weekend by the votes of all party members, using a preferential ballot — not just by delegates to last weckend’s annual convention in Kamloops, a ritual of the faithful which hardly set the Thompson River on fire. Interim leader Jack Weisperber pulled no punches warning them of the long battle ahead to regain credibility with the voters. All three main contenders --- Grace McCarthy, Graham Bruce and Claude Richmond — are Sacred cabinet retrcads, though MeCurthy and, ata later date, Bruce had distanced themselves from Bill Vander Zalm’s fatal fantasies. But with front-runner McCar- thy aged 66 and deep divisicns still within the party from her defeat three years ago by Rita Johnston, the Socred image remains for now distinctly less than i inspiring _ especially for voters in their earlier 20s, who often have a hard time remembering any Socred per- sonalities at all. With Gordon Campbel’s liber- als likely, within a year, to suffer growing losses as the Chreticn government in Ottawa further. alienates the west, the outlook for a unified and effective free enter- prise party in B.C. can hardly yet be described as healthy. Turning to the civic elections (polling day Nov. 20), West Van is so far a relatively peaceful scene,. with Mayor Mark Sager returned by acclamation and all six council: incumbents seeking re-election. Somewhat more exciting is JACK WEISGEABER... wams Socreds of long battle ahead. JAURRAY DYKEMAN... fighting off three challengers. HITHER AND YON North Van City, where seven-term Mayor Jack Loucks (six times ac- - claimed) is finally being challenged | by outspoken Coan. Rod Clark. All five other council members are running again, with two or three outsiders vying for first-time seats. / The real drama, however, is in North Van District where Mayor Murray Dykemnn faces three challengers, while four incumbents and seven challengers will slug it out for the six council vacancies. Dykeman’s opponents are cur- rent Coun. Paul Turner, business woman Umeeda Switlo and former high-profile alderman Peter Powell, who promises a no-holds-barred campaign. If His Worship survives, he is virteally certain to find former District mayer Don Bell among his new council members. Meanwhile, in just over another couple of weeks, we can at long last mercifully forget about politi- cians of every stripe for the re- mainder of 1993. The way things are going, it will only be a six-week holiday. But since Labor Day we’ve more than earned it! WRAP-UP: With Halloween ’93 already just a memory, the sieigh bells start ringing Saturday, Nov 6, at the Christmas Craft Fairy from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the North Shore Winter Club, 1325 East Keith Rd. ... The same day brings the Salvation Army Christmas Tea and Sale from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 105 West 12th St. ...In between whiles hop over* ‘lano to stock up with Christmas gifts and goodies from the Elegant Flea Market from 9. a.m. to 3 p.m. at West Van Uni- ed Church, 2062 Esquimalt ...And happy birthday tomorrow, Nov. 4 to Mt. Seymour Lion Ron Dirk. WRIGHT OR WRONG: A wise husband knows the best time to take out the garbage is im- mediately after his wife has asked him to.