Al0-Sunday News, March 23, 1980

Ellsworth
Dickson

FROM PAGE At

Bell responded that if
council were to cut off
Hookers’ business licence he
suspected the decision
would be overturned.

His alternative was to sug-
gest that District would have
to negotiate the purchase of

that it:was not possible to

isolate the hazards of

’ chlorine with the plant issue,

Chemist Walkley spoke of

_his fears over chlorine bei

transported “through North
Vancouver . streets and
backyards,” an aspect which
fire chief Bob’ McDonald

“ said concerned him con-

We are all familiar with newspaper
counsellors such as Ann Landers, Dear
Abby, and our own Hayden Stewart. I
wonder if these counsellors really help
people with their answers or is the whole
idea just to amuse the readers?

siderably more than plant
risks.

Walkley was loudly ap-
plauded and greeted with
shouts of “hear, hear” as he
commented: ‘‘Maybe
Hooker Chemical is in the

another site, a suggestion
which was applauded from
the floor.

“It is something we could
look into,” said Bell. “But as
to whether it is practical, it
would have to be a vote of

Nick Philip
North Vancouver

-I imagine some people
get helped by the an-
swers. I do find the letters
amusing and_= en-

iertaining.

Greg Friskie
Surrey, B.C.

When I lived on the North
Shore, I used to read
Hayden Stewart all the
time. Actually, I felt he
gave good, serious an-
swers to people's
problems, more so than
Ann Landers.

Joan Cregan

North Vancouver

I think those type of
columns mostly just
amuse the readers, rather
than help people. When
you read about someone
else’s serious problems,
you feel your own
problems are not so bad.

Marjory Thorburn
North Vancouver

1 think Hayden Stewart is
different from Ann
Landers and Dear Abby.
I think Hayden Stewart
Bives good, common
sense advice. Ann
Landers seems to have a
cult following: I can't
take her too senously .

SylviaShaw
North Vancouver

I guess they must help
people, but | think the
.Main purpose of these
kind of columns is to
entertain people. Many
people just read them out
of cuntosity.

the Beak Report public
shortly preceded the event.

In his opening address,
Mayor Bell conceded: “If
there is a criticism of the
council it is perhaps that the
emergency response to the
report was not given the im-
mediate attention it should
have been given. The ques-
tion of response should have
been attended to earlier than
it has been.”

District Fire Department
training officer Don Tardiff
assured the meeting: “We
can cope with just about
anything that occurs within
our respective juristiction.”

EVACUATION

North and West Van-
couver Emergency Program
coordinator Jeff Jefferd took
cynical sideswipes at this
reporter for having asked
him more than a year ago
whether there were provi-
sions for a_ large-scale
evacuation of the North
Shore in the event of a
chlorine spill such as that
which later occurred in
Mississaugua, Ontario..

He added: “We have no
plans for the evacuation of
the whole of the North
Shore. For an area, yes, but
not for the evacuation of the
whole of the North Shore.

“Whether it will ever
come about by some sort of
miracle, I don’t know.”

Chemist John Walkley,
also on the panel, was one of
various speakers to ndicule a
suggestion made at a District
council meeting that the
blanket issuing of gas masks
would be more. effective
than an evacuation plan.

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it will never occur. It is like
someone sleeping with a lion
and saying ‘it’s fine, that lion
has never bitten anybody’.”
Another panelist, lawyer
Don Rosenbloom, said: “The

BILL PATERSON,
employee and _ ex-union
president... disgusted with
Hooker.

ex-

munity of what it is.”
UNACCEPTABLE

He received applause
from the floor as he com-
mented: “It is simply not ac-
ceptable to us for council to
issue pious statements that a
plan is in effect.”

Emergency coordinator
Jefferd commented that
evacuation depends on so
many factors, particularly
weather.

“I personally think people
should take their directions
from the RCMP at the time,
on the advice of the fire
department,” he said, ad-
ding: “But I will try to get the
RCMP in the future to issue
more information on this
matter.”

Rosenbloom responded to
Schnurstein’s assurances of
plant safety by commenting

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e people.” RESIDENTS LINED UP to voice their concerns about time.”
“What do ou think of There was also en- the chemical plant and demand action. (Chris Lloyd A B.C. Railway worker
yo thusiastic applause for photos) referred to railway
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‘icy Te, demands for council to make department: “It is fine to say chlorine.

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