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a munity ovation: He ge

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REE’ cheers for North Shore
»- youth, .They get applause far
“ii too rarely, even though the
~ deserve. such’ reco mition. so: much
‘more than the ba

The actions last Friday of Seycove
“secondary, school.."grads. -— Liam
\itenburg, Eric *
Rosenberg, Rowan Gloag and Ryan
: Griffiths — deserve resounding som:

five were in. North

"s Cates Park taking. partin |
a grad“ class; barbecue’ when they.
noticed Acar submerged inthe’ chill

- They

“waters of Burrard Inlet,

rtying?. No., ‘They leapt into action.
They. swam. to the car, smashed its -
ith th help, of fel

To press time Tuesday, donations from c over],
readers and free speech supporters to the fund; wh
tiated ‘on’ March 26, stood at $95,157, Legal

ived wil

More excerpts from the,
the causes:

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dom of. expression either does not exist or is severely:
v censored ©
nd», to False Creek, That billlon-doilar project

restricted, Countries where the press is ct

or forced io practise self-c censorship for fear of
ing the government, and-in some cases where taere is:
no right o ap eal against a’conviction. 1 would not
ren togrow up in such a country, and I~
tights Commission and its
complaint: . procedures have been ‘a dangerous.’ step “ye

want my chi
Ms fear that the B,C, Human

down the cae slope to state censorship.

ike ri of North | Vancouver

Dow Collins i is the onli pean today who represents true,

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ithe News: are pow ‘over $120,000, All: funds

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ne Ronald Watson of West Vancouver,
Donations, to. the. North Shore; News Free Speech ,
“Defence Fund cai be sent to the News ‘office, 1139 Lonsdale ::
*- Ave., North Vancouver, V7M 2H4. Cheques should be made
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Here’s to heroes

ow impromptu’ “rescuer Richard
Hawley, pulled a 79- ‘year-old woman.
from the vehicle,

She was taken to the: Cates Park

shore, CPR. was initiated by. the

police, who’ had’ been, called: by

Hawley, The woman, was rushed” to =

Lions Gate Hospital,

Heroic actions performed instine- -

tively by a group of North . Shore
youths, o. | oe et
That’s good news.
“The bad news is that the woman
has since died from the injuries: suf:
fered in the accident, a

Ws
Still, the, actions” Gf the ‘youth +

involved inher rescue’ deserve, the:,

- community's respect and admiration.
Youth represents any community's

future, * ay
~ On the: North Shore that Future =.

_ appears to be in good hands, 3."

cere eng eager pty

BULLY for North Van District!
““In the endlessly drawn-out First
” Narrows crossing farce we at last ...
have.a stakcholder with 20/20".
‘vision and the guts

_to act on it.
Last week District
Couneil unanimously
Voted to'accept Victoria's,
$70. million offer to”

a lines we sreare side:

‘alks —- meaning no...

crease in traffic volume,

_ but also that the span |.° 7,
“would remain toll-free...

* Your-scribe's approving comment may
surprise many. readers, [ and they have
both repeatedly demanded the ideal
crossing solution: the six-lane, twin-trans ©
isitetrack Bentzen Tunnel from North Van

“would look after cross-Inlet transportas**
tion. needs for the next century, greatly
relieve downtown ‘and Stanley Park traffic
and could virtually pay for itself. .

Alas, it never even made the g govern:
oy ment’s list — Vancouver City having flat
“ly. rejected an artificial island in Coal .
‘Harbor, the key to the self-financing of
the plan. Then in April Highways
.. Minister Lois Boone, whose office has .
:promised a decision ‘every six months
Since 1993, lowered the boom,

There would be a final g government

than $70 million of provincial money's-.
“0 just enough to fix the crumbling ‘deck of

eo

“ruling by January 1998, Not a'cent, more =

the Present span and slap on anew cout

7 of paint, Anything more & fancy by

vate sector to be pald for in tolls, =;
“That last word ‘apparently catapulted

“District into a reality check; ‘The price tag -

_ fora new four- lane crossing Is put'at
around $320 million,
leaving tolls to pick up

the extra $250 milion wa

“over. Victoria's maxi-
mum $70 million con-

. tribution. A one-way,

toll would unlikely be!

less than $2, amortizing :°

* (at today’s traftic flaw)

the §250 million over i:

sup to 10 years, Such a"
* toll would ¢ cost the daily ~
“North Shore commuter
toa job over town 7"
“roughly a cool $1,000 extra cach year, 1
50 sorrowfully I now think thar *

has got it right, Clearly there’s no hope’
tof the Bentzen Tunnel any time soon :

“(thou h that brilliant concept should

kept alive for grandkids who may be a lo
smarter than their 1997. grandparents),’/
few North Shore commuters might be
ready to fork out an extra $1,000 annual-
ly for a inew and still ina equate four:lane
tink, My hunch, however, is that: the gre
“S majority would find it'an unacceptably.
heavy extra burden, ”

© The present bridge’s towers and su

"pension have a clean bill ‘of-health, but its

three narrow, threadbare, corrugated,
lanes are an ever-growing traffic hazard
Ifa facelift of the venerable‘span is all.w
can currently’ afford, the faster its ‘disinte-
grating deck i is fixed, the better — and:
safer, ones Ais
Nani there’s an important rider

& butt to get on with rapid trarisit for th
Narth:s Shore. Costs would be minimal
ng he-« mm ion rail tracks are‘already in:
(race from Lions Bay to, downtow
‘ancouver via the Second Narroses ral
bridge."Add Bud cars, a few passing si
ings and the scheduling of passenger traf-
fic to. fit in with freight train needs, and’
Fast, comfortable North Shore rapid tran’
__ sit could be Up and running within a ye
“Otir four Liberal MLAs, who've got
nowhere on the crossing issue, now 2"
accuse North Van District of,“throwin
‘in the sponge’: Wake up, Téd ‘Jeremy,
- Dan and Katherine! An annual $1, 000 is
hardly louse change — and did you never
earn at‘mony’s knee that “paiues| is the:
art of the possible?”. gs eh
Wye AM

WOMEN'S Canadian Club has ‘ensured “

» District — for the immediate’ future — thos @ fall cutout for its'12 p.m, ‘Waterfront:

a » Hotel meeting tomorrow, Thursday, June

12 — guest speaker is one Douglas

ass Also tomorrow, wish hap Ass
“80th birthday to West Van’s Bill Jac!
vand and happy 8 84th to North: Van's Muriel.
oe Then it’s many happy.
‘Mert of Saturday, June 14; to: North
Van’s Donna Kerr and the | ‘same again.
that tay to West Van

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