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Last week’s throne speech was short on
specifics, though it clearly indicated that
Premier Bennett is deadly serious about his
election promises — a reduced public ser-
vice, less government involvement in the
private sector and a tougher line with unions.

The fine print of these policies won't be
revealed until Finance Minister Hugh Curtis
introduces his budget next month. Mean-
while, one area of government policy did not
rate even a vague mention and it's to be
hoped that the omission was deliberate.

That area is taxation. Given the looming
multi-billion dollar budget deficit, the temp-
tation to obtain some immediate relief
through sizeable tax imcreases must be
strong. —

It would also be wrong.

Economic recovery is still im a_ fragile
state. It cannot be sustained by cost-cutting
alone. As much as anything else, it depends
on increased private investment in industrial
and business expansion, and increased con-
sumer spending — both of which could
quickly be inhibited for a further period by
any significant tax increases.

On a volume basis, private capital expan-
sion and a buoyant consumer market will
automatically generate the revenues the
government desperately needs. They also of-
fer the best hope for widespread job crea-
tion.

Even if this means a slower reduction of
the budget deficit than Mr. Bennett would
like, it would be much worse for heavy-
handed taxation at this stage to kill the only
geese capable of laying B.C.’s golden eggs.

P.jJ. Arts Centre?

The task force considering a permanent
arts centre for West Van needn't search far.
An admirable, almost ready-made solution
exists in the well-loved Pauline Johnson
school building. It location adjoining the
Rec Centre, spacious interior and ample
parking would keep initial costs to a
minimum and provide an ideal focal point
for arts activities of every kind. Why waste
any more time?

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OUT FOR BLOOD — yours
and a lot of other peopie’s —
this coming Wednesday is
North Vancouver's Pat
Duholke. Not that she’s the
slightest bit mad at anyone.
On the contrary...

Pat is a nurse and she’s
one of the scores involved on
June 29 in Vancouver's first
“Summer Blood Blitz” stag-
ed by the Canadian Red
Cross, CKVU-TV- and
CKNW radio. The event will
follow a telethon format,
with the aim of bringing in
5,000 pledges of a pint of
blood from people who've
never given blood before or
who haven't given in two
years or more. And that’s
just a beginning.

The demand for blood is
growing so relentlessly that
the Red Cross needs to in-
crease its Lower Mainland
blood donor population by
25,000 over the next two
years in order to be sure of
keeping pace at all times, in-
stead of lurching from one
shortage crisis to the next.
This Wednesday is just the
start of the campaign. The
pledge line number is 875-
1177 and the phones will be
manned all day. Pat and her
fellow helpers will be waiting
for your call.

On the North Shore you
can honor your pledge the
very next day. On Thursday,
June 30, the West Van
Legion is sponsoring its own
blood donor clinic, 2 to 8
p.m. in the gym of the West
Van Rec Centre, 22nd and
Marine. It will be just in time
for the surge in demand for
blood that arises whenever
Canadians take to the open
road for a long weekend. In-
cidentally, Mrs. Colpits of
the Legion would greatly
welcome some help in runn-
ing the chinic — call her at

sunday brunch

by Noel Wright

922-5807 if you'd like to lend
a hand. It's not just blood
that will be donated. Very
often it will be life itself. . .

see

Believe it or not: at 8:30
a.m. Friday, June 17, the
mailman delivered a
postcard to Reta Farley of
North Van from a_ friend
touring in Scotland. The
postmark (which I've seen
with my own eyes) reads:

prize. It goes each year toa
graduating student, chosen
by teachers from all three
West Wan secondary
schools, who combines
outstanding athletic ability
with outstanding academic
achievement and excep-
tional service commitment
to the school and/or com-
munity. Last week the
coveted plaque and its ac-
companying $250 cheque
were presented to West Van

WEST VAN firefighters Barry Campbell (left) and Howard
Moody present the Gary Hunter Memorial Award to
outstanding all-rounder grad Maria Balzer of West Van
Secondary.

“Oban, Argyll, 11:45 a.m.
June 15”. Far once, Michael
Warren and Canada Post
Corp.. I'm speechless .. .

eee

His fire department col-
leagues remember him as a
very special person and one
of the best firefighters West
Van ever had. That's why —
after his death from cancer
six years ago at a tragically
early age — they established
the Gary Hunter Memorial
Award, “in loving memory”,
as a very special kind of

Secondary grad Maria
Balzer, who becomes the
latest’ member of a_ very
select group which I guess
you could call Gary's Peo-
ple...

coe

HITHER AND YON: 1983-
84 president of the Jumor
League of Vancouver 1s
West Van realtor Carolyn
Coleclough. Her seven
fellow directors include
North Van's Maureen Crerar
(treasurer) and West Van's
Jean Lawrence (p.r. chair-
man)... Awarded a Cana-

dian Forces commission plus
a Bachelor of Enginering
degree from the Royal
Military College, Kingston,
last month was Officer Cadet
Andrew Paulus, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Hans Paulus of
West Van ... Add North
Van's Judith Anne Pickard
with a B.Sc. in nursing, to
last week's U of Vic grad list
(which was sent to us in-
complete) ... Still on the
academic beat, former
Hillsiders Greg and Chris
Andrews are recent grads
from the U of Oregon, Greg
with a B. Architecture, Chris
with a B.Sc. (Psychology)
... Patti Kerekes of North
Van has been awarded a
diploma in ‘interior design
technology by Lakeland Col-
lege, Alberta . . . And Carol
Burge of Argyle has won a
$500 Certified General Ac-
countants scholarship ...
Congrats to West Van’s “Ms.
Fitness”, Sue Hills, recipient

of the B.C. Recreation
Association President's
Award ... The same again

to Ed Boyce, a past presi-
dent of both North Van and
West Van Chambers of Com-
merce, who's been named a
Fellow of the B.C. Chamber

of Commerce. . . News col-
umnist Bob Hunter has won
the Western Magazine

Award for the best article of
1982 (“On The Road Again”
published in tast October's
Vancouver Magazine) ...
And at last weekend's ban-
quet of the Otters Swim Club
a slightly startled-looking
guest, John Reynolds, MLA
for West Van-Howe Sound,

was presented with the
“parachutist of the year”
trophy...

WRIGHT OR WRONG:
Got some tough problems?
Cheer up! As long as they're
not the identical problems
you had a year ago, you're
probably making a little pro-
gress.

‘Marriage of convenience’

takes on a fresh meaning

| By DOUG PENDER |

GRAHAM FOSTER
and the other private
marriage commis-
sioners in British Col-
umbia are giving new
meaning to the expres
sion “marnage of con
vemence .”

Since the system of private
marriage Commussioners was
scl up a year ago by the pro
vincial government, couples
have had a acw freedom to
choose where, how, and
when they wanted to be mar
ried

Unul the appointment of
the commissioners, couples
had cither to be married by u
clergyman or go to a govern
ment office to be marned by
a civil servant.

There were often inconve
miences, Many couples do
not belong to a church

And a civil service wed
ding ina service office dur
tag ocisal service | working

hours lacked the = at
mosphere many couples want
for the wedding.

Eater Graham Foster and
his colleague
SLONCES

While they come from a
vanety oof backgrounds,
commissioners are peopic
established and respected in
ther communities Many
hkhe Graham Foster — are
sem! retired and bring to the
job a sense of stability. of
maturity and flexitihity

The commuisstoners sll
have a hak with goverament
They arc appointed by Order
in Council and work through
the Division of  Vatal
Staustics of the Maintstry of
Health

But) thats where the
similanty with the civil ser
vice ends

While be insists that the
ceremony omect the — sre
quirements of the marriage
act - that is the couple

commis

must declare no legal im
pediment to (hei being omar
med and produce a marriage
lence hoster stresses

flexibility

He has conducted services
for most ethnic groups and
most’ religious denomina-
tions.

And, as long as the legal
requirements are met,
couples are free to write
their own service and choose

the setting and time for the
cvent
hoster, one of several
commiussioncrs for the Lower
Mainland. says that of the
S20 marriages he has per
formed over
fone

the past year
the one
where the couple were on
horseback — - was) bizarre
Just convement for the cou
ple involved

On « typical weekend in
June, Foster will perform as
many as a

except

dozen
cereMonies one ian apart
ment in South Burnaby
snothesr in brendship
Crardens in New
Westminster and another in
ao capensively manne ured
garden ina larpe home in

North Burnaby He will abso

use his own home in Sus rey

Fee for the services of a
marriage commissioner,
regardless of where the
ceremony is performed, is
$20 plus mileage. Names of
marriage commisioners in
your own area can be obtain-
ed from the Ministry of
Health information services
in Victoria (386-3166, local
2318)

(Doug Pender ts an infor
manon officer with the
Ministry of Heatth }

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