t 6 ~ Wednesday, May 21, 1986 — North Shore News ‘Weekend sheep mention a little half-witted. Cx are a weak and pitiful race, not to ; We are no more than mindless sheep happily. : following each other. Take long. weekends for. exam- ple. _: We not only endure this wicked punishment, we ac- : tually look forward to and find masochistic joy in this 24-hour carrot dangled almost monthly in front of us. Tempted by. that extra day of freedom, we sacrifice time, money and effort, . The holiday. is ‘supposed to bea day of rest from the |. work-week grind, -but to get ‘that holiday, we break our backs working overtime, trying to squeeze an extra day in somewhere... = But the: lunacy doesn’t stop” ‘there. We continue to pay.. for our good fortune by planning and paying for a sock holiday hat is: oyer almost before it starts. hen “ we sare’: off,. fighting ° traffic, haggling. for . camipsit ta ding. in. Expo line-ups. or arguing with a Hever. wanted to’ ‘visit, all the while endur- . ing: ‘duck: rowning weather that.is bound to turn: sunny what?. To. arrive. back Tuesday, tired and n obligated to work longer hours to com- plete. the ie baexiog of: work created by. the holiday, while. your: employer: ‘asks ; ‘why: you. can’t: ‘produce this: much |: work all the time. But: we. “don’t: worry. We: are ‘already planning our: : next “moliday’ ‘weekend: : READING A REPORT. in: the: North Shore. News of a te-- Ci 3 5 ; For: every one’ who: abuses the . ‘use: of “his.. skateboard, there: are : 7 hundreds “of. well” Genaved ‘children’ ” . having“ “fun in an expressive “pastime. without: harassing anyone Ore. ‘endangering * "themselves. “It “would | be just, as: logical: to’: -ban automobiles: : ‘or dogs’: ‘from’; the - streets: because:-a few. owners ay ” not’ know how.to control.either. ++: : ‘There may be some ‘danger in-: herent in riding a skateboard along “ ding are'that adults (a) cannot do.’ ‘the sidewalk and in crossing . the street: Most children climb trees — some children: fall out-of the trees. ‘Should we ban three climbing? No, we should ‘indicate to the child, in “ac manner. designed’ to- impress rather than “frighten, ‘that tree climbing is fun but also a potential danger. The sheer exuberance and the. sense ‘of. freedom experienced by’ 2 Council” debate yk : “younger. version’ of’ the ’ teenager a and his motorcycle or the Yuppie. ‘and his*BMW.- It:is ‘simply a new . transport 1 compe some -: THE VOICE OF HORT! AND WEST VANCOUVER SUNDAY - WEDNESDAY - FRIDAY 1139 Lonsdale Ave. 56,893 (average, Wednesday . Friday & Sunday) to see “well behaved and "con- drinking; drug-taking or fighting.:.": The best aspects-of skateboar- it; (b) are not interested in organiz-"- ing it, and (c) do not understand it. or talk the: language. If. you want NOEL WRIGHT LETTER OF THE DAY Keer community in LGH Dear Editor: The emotional! and illogicat let- ter to-your newspaper on April 16 from George Carruthers, illustrates very well the concern many of us " Have; regarding the potential take- over of our hospital society by the single issue people supporting Pro-life.) “NV rrut irs has had. his day imately $100,000 of taxpayer ‘funds to defend itself and its medical staff. The courts at each Jevel have given clear and definite answers, rejecting the Carruthers Whelton action. Surely that: is enough attention to Mr. Car- ruthers and his views as to how the , hospital should be run. Those of us who have formed a _ Pro-Lions Gate: Hospital group “believe we need, to maintain a truly siderate young people don’t go to a typical: minor league game, go to the ‘skateboard bowl at Seylynn Park. , Away from’ the ‘influence of adults and. the forced competition ON VACATION community hospital, with a broad- ly based board concerned with all facets of a large - and complex health care institution, meeting the needs of every member of the community. - Perhaps in the long run the en- tire community should have the. _ Opportunity hospital board, as we-do now for: of voting | for the school trustees. Inthe meantime the only way we can insure aboard SDA DIVISION Display Advertising 980-0511 Classified Advertising 986-6222 Newsroom 985-2131 Circulation 986-1337 Subscriptions 986-1337. Publisher: . Editor-in-Chief.....00 News Editor............ Advertising Director. . _. Peter Speck. _. Noel Wright _ Barrett Fisher .Linda Stewart North Shore News, loundud in 196% as uti independent subuttian hewspaper and qualitied under Scneddule Itt, Paragraph iit of the , Excise tas Act, +s published wach Wednesday, Friday and Sunday by North Shorp Free Press Lid. and distributed 10 evety door on the North Snore Second Class Mail Regtration Number 3885, Subscriptions Noth and West Vancouver, $25 pet yuat. Mailing rales : overwhelming, "positive: “and - fun’ ‘aspects * of” the “sport. "Who" ‘will’ ; “- speak’ for: the. children?* They ‘are being continually . deprived’ of . op: uberant’ just because ‘a ‘few’ timers have forgotten what’ it’ is. like to be young. : “We should treat. young people in’ ‘the’ same way we treat adults “— with.reason and - logic, not.as second’ class citizens - who need to. be controlled and Pe. nalized. ‘T used to wonder what relevance’. ‘the- Children’s: “Rights movement ~~ might have. Now I am_ beginning © to see where it might havea place | in a society where children “are * becoming ‘a separate. under-class, .”. not t dominated by such single i issue groups is to urge people to join the - hospital society before May 25, so as to be able to vote at the annual: ’ meeting on June. 25. It only costs $5, and residents can join-at'the hospital or by mail. We believe in being pro .our - Hospital. David Brousson Chairman, _ Pro Lious Gate Hospital _ lees cansne eee avatapie en request. Submissions ate welcome but wo Canool accept responsibilty lor unsoficited material including manuscripts _North h Vancouver, B.C. V7M 2H4 — and pictures which should be arcompaned a by B Stamped, addressed emeulope, ‘Entire contents © 1986 North Shore ' Free Press Ltd. All tights reserved. : woe :. was: probably ‘a ‘major earthquake. me which struck - England: in. 13822 Centred‘in Kent, it is reported: by: chroniclers of the time to ‘have. reduced numerous - churches to ‘rubble. Nearly a century later May a : was. the. day ‘in: :147!° on- which. © -'England’s : weak-willed, _incompe-'. tent King Henry. VI: —:who had?’ ~ earlier. been driven: to insanity -by: * his‘ problems in the Wars of the’ — ’ Roses — is believed to have’ been’: murdered in the Tower of London... - . It was also the day in 1858 which’ - ‘saw..the beginning of a dramatic: . ‘ertiption of Mount Vesuvius in. Ita- ly. Little damage seems. ‘to~ have’ been done, though the magnifi-' cence of the spectacle drew. srowds of visitors ‘to Naples. uo Birthdays . on May 21. include those of the Greek . philosopher. . Plato (427. B.C.), poet, Alexander Pope (1688) and Leharkss Harold, Robbins (1912)... A iquier”’ DATE | in” ‘history,’ " : May 2Ist’s’ most shattering ‘event’.