ELECTION COUNTDOWN SCHOOL BOARD Battling over school costs From Page A3 concerned about education,”’ Goodman said. Buhler said she was proud of the board’s past achievements, but said she was concerned ‘‘about the removal of autonomy from the local school board by the provincial government.”’ ‘I’m very concerned about the government’s cuts and attitudes,’’ Buhler said. She also said her biggest concern was the present and planned increases in the pupil! teacher ratio. Baker admitted to the crowd that he ‘‘did not have a long track record in com- munity service,’’ but he said he was interested in his child’s education. He also defended the restraint program, saying it was reality. He also went on the offensive against the pre- sent board, saying ‘‘the pro- blems are not looked at correctly. “I’m running for the school board because | have some questions and | want some answers,’ Baker said. Lynas, who has served on the board for the past 25 years, disputed that the board had any problems of its Own making. ‘“‘Fducanon is a very low priority with the provincial government, when it should be top pnornty... we must spend more not less, 1f we are to train our young [to meet the challenges of a high technology world,’’ Lynas said Lynas also called for a Royal Commission on education Huot on the other hand, sand that her participation as a patent proved to her that the restraint program had not “appreciately hurt the school system |’ Huot attacked the BO Teachers’ Federation for being too much ike a union and not bemp professional Smclossky. whoa has sat as a4 teustee tor the past cighet years said she was proud of the distret s record Poteel very proud of the SEE US FIRST! for MICROWAVE OVENS INCREDIBLE SELECTION puY witH CONFIDENCE Sto yay atyvet eT " vin int we vi HEROINE $0 \ ’ byay (HEE ERENT E OLONY HOME FURNISHINGS Warehouse/Showroom OPEN TO THE PUBUC (2 biks behind the Avaton) al 1075 Roo it Cres., N. Van von St! 985-8738 education system in North Vancouver. We have the best record in B.C. with the pro- © vincial exams and with the number of scholarships given out,’’ she said. ‘‘We are do- ing the very best we can with the resources we have, we don’t have a doom _= and gloom attitude. We just have to make some very hard dec!- sions and those choices have been in the best interests of the children’? Smelovskys said. The only true independent Call our classified department ‘UO place yOur dd iin on the campaign trail, Kaderali said that he was a ‘‘concerned independent’’ who did not have’ “tan organization that supports me with money and people.”’ He believes that the board can continue to provide quality education with the present resources. “There has to be an tn- creasing focus on a strong educational foundation so that students keep pace with technology and changing oc- cupations,’’ Kaderali said. More thar 70 newspapers ot the BC & Yukon Community Newspapers Assouiatiar , 25 WORDS $109 North Shore News 986-6222 ft. level. after ment plant. WEST VANCOUVER WILL CELEBRATE its Diamond Anniversary 75th Year in 1987 but really it is only 48 years old (the Lions Gate bridge opening in °39). Prior, it was a strip of beach cottages, a few stores. Anxious for ac- tion, the young municipality sold ~ the land (minus some small parcels) the 164%-mile length, to the Guin- ness-estate owned British Pacific Properties Ltd., Upper Levels Highway to the 1200- There was no develop- ment permit system nor did the district apply standards to its own expansion as streets progressed up the hill. The Land Rush came soon ‘45 when war ended. were fair-priced and erecting anew home in West Vancouver became fashionable. But how the sins committed then, haunt us now! Water mains were 4in. woodstave to up- hill reservoirs, much too small. septic tanks and drain fields. Streets were edgeless, paved lanes with drainaye ditches. Wiring was strung on the poles salt offending us. Street lighting was inefficient and spotty. There was too much demand on tax income to consider improvements until the rising colt form count made mandatory for better health standard, a modern sewerape system and treat That gigantic work is now com plete Chroughout. from the now. Lots Next bebe Re-elect With Confidence Pay y u ICK HUMPHREYS, Mayor. STABILITY, INTEGRITY, HARMONY. PrP otiabeet tay Sloe were theme 1 All homes had was fo set street stan A9 - Wednesday, November 7, 1984 - North Shore News TYPEWRITERS MANUALS TO ELECTRONICS FROM THE OLD TO THE NEW NEW brother ELECTRONIC MODEL 40 NEW brother ELECTRONIC (NEW MODEL!) $459°5 $429° COMPUTER PRINTERS MODEL HR15 $6§95°° TYPEWRITER AND PRINTER SUPPLIES NEW brother MANUAL $109% NEW brother ELECTRONIC computer compatabie from MODEL 50 569° $279°° > SALE ENDS NOV. 24/84 JOHN BROWNLEE BUSINESS EQUIPMENT LTD. 108 E. 14th N. Van. Open Mon.-Sat. 988-7322 put your waste on a diet RECYCLE dards for new subdivisions, demanding devel- opers conform. The result is plain, for example in the new Caulféild and Westhill areas where there are now wide, curbed streets with storm drains, level, gravelled, 8-ft. easements, all ser- vices underground and ornamen- tal, high intensity street lighting. This is the norm from now on. But what of the older areas still remaining from former days? In my six-year tenure so far the new standards for developers have been set and many miles of drainage ditch have been im- proved. There has been the re- paving of Nelson Ave., Marine Dr. to Whytecliff and from 19th to 24th Sts., many British Properties areas, the Cedardale area improvements. In the next two years some of the north-south arteries will be tackled. I fear wiring will not go underground for a long time yet... Much of the work is done by our own Public Works crews from the efficient yard on Cypress Bowl road where a new propane facility will fuel with considerable saving, the all-vehicle conversion now underway DEMO | electronics Voting Day eturday November -wta te. meet te vont ttn f Dern Mumptroeys Advance Poll Nov 9 139 14 16 8 Wam wb6pm at Municipal Hall tr Me bbe tO geg hice ys