Ries that I know of that don’t;
d that’s just on the North
phore..

- L-am among the first to
mit thet it’s not for every-
ne. But horne-schooling, is
ssier than you might think;
ad what could be more ful-
ig than «© continue to be
integral part of your child’s
ing process, as you have
a t from the begin-
3
‘There are home-schoolers
m every belief (or unbelief),
economic level; we have
ferent education levels, dif-
rent lifestyles, different rea-

Raons for home-schcoling.
“My children are now 10, 8,
id :almost. six, and_ they've
er. been to: school. There

days, Y.wonder why I'm

doing this, days I wonder if
I've made a mistake.

But by far the majority of
days I am th 1 that
Canada allows such freedoms;
and I go to bed at night happy
with the decision their father
and I have made and looking

“My children
are now 10, 8,
and almost six,

and they’ve
never been to
school.”

forward to the next day.
There is a North Shore
Home Learners Support
Group that meets twice a
month: one evening for par-
ents to get together and share,
and one day for the whole
family. Phone the “home-
schoolers” number (873-
5170) for more information.
Laurel Pinske
North Vancouver

hers get more; kids get

Dear Editor:

Re: articles regarding the lack of
funds for our children attending schools
in School District 44 (North Vancou-
ver).

Perhaps it’s time the North Shore
News shared a few facts with its readers
as to the main reason our children are
going without, and that, quite simply, is
the case of our teaching profession.

When I ran for school board in
1993, every secondary school principal
in North Vancouver was earning a min-
imum of $115,000 per year and the
teachers ranged on average between
$50,000 and $70,000. Elementary
principals were earning $90,000. Since

993 there have been several increases
for those teaching our children.

How does this measure up with what

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the rest of us taxpayers are earning? The
latest statistics which I have that com-
pare incomes between Vancouver City
and region, the. North Shore,
Richmond, Delta, Burnaby and Surrey,
state the average employment income
for the District of North Van is $43,721
(second highest) and the City of North
Van is $32,716 (the lowest of all the
mentioned areas). This is a far cry from
the income of our secondary school
principals and most of our teachers.

Just in case those who live in the dis-
trict may sigh a breath of relief, there is
7.4% of the population in the district
whose family income is below $28,081
— not that far behind the 13% figure of
Greater Vancouver.

To me, this is not much different
from a family living in a $1.5-million-

less

dollar home with a Mercedes and
Jaguar parked in the driveway while
their children are hungry and dressed in
rags.

1 think those in charge of the chil-
dren would be charged with neglect
very quickly.

Why then do we sit back and agree
to higher wages for the teaching profes-
sion whose incomes are already higher
than the majority of the rest of us and
allow our children to go more and more
without?

Sue Cook
North Vancouver

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rooms, there would be room
for 100 more students.
With our “caring” council's

Dear Editor:

Parents have got more than
Victoria to be annoyed at in
regards to our deteriorating
school system.

They don’t have to look far-
ther than North Van District
Hall where the Big Bad Wolfin
the disguise of Mayor Murray
Dykeman, former school
trustee and mayor hopeful
Coun. Don Bell and council-

lors Pamela Goldsmith-Jones
and Pat Munroe are hell-bent
on developing Seymour to the
max. And cramming more kids
into portables isn’t going to
stop them.

Roche Point residents told
council to wait before develop-
ing 24 more houses on district
land until Sherwood Park ele-
meniary’s overcrowding sub-

sides. There are currently five

portables on site, Council was
reminded they had already
given their blessing to the new
320-unit Windsong develop-
ment, also in the school’s
catchment area. Council
believes the school is not over-
crowded and used the rationale
that if the itbrary, computer lab,
learning assistance centre and
windowless band room in the
basement were. used as class-

lust for development, the
“Development Four” are
directly responsible for this per-
verse experiment in overcrowd-
ing with our kids’ education at
stake. All they had to do was
wait a while. Watch out for the
district’s development road
show, coming soon to an’
empty lor near you.
David Sadler

North Vancouver

Editor:
On Aug. 24, 1996, Van-
weer Sun reporter Stewart’
-said in'an article about
International Conference
‘Libertarians. at" Whistler
t.human rights groups
re: angered about my
nding -a, conference
ngside extremists such as
les Duke, a Colorado
Bhator and top U.S. militia
der :
After Senator Duke in a
sonal conversation © at
tler denied the “accuracy
is “title” of top U.S: mili-
leader I wrote to, Mr. Bell
g him’ to let me know
ere he obtained the infor-
rion about the senator so
tI. could establish the
of the matter.
n'a handwritten fax Mr.
replicd that his informa-
came. from lengthy inter-
mvs with the senator. © ~
As ‘to. the difference in
at wai said to me and what
‘0 him he noted, “All that
suggest is that people
times talk differently. to
rters than they do in casual conversa-
ith colleagues.”
forwarded Bell’s fax to Senator Duke
meahis comments.
Weccnator Duke, in.a letter of Sept. 5,
B5;to. Mr. Bell responded: “It has
¢ to my attention that you are claim-,
that I verified for you ‘that I am the
Mer of the militia here in the United
s..] am not at all sure how you got
impression. from. our conversation.
R so there is absolutely no misunder-
ding, let me now clarify that issue for

Jam not now nor have T ever been a
ber of any militia, 1 do not now
Mad nor have I ever attended a militia
Eting. At no time have I been asked
B have I ever represented myself as the
tical leader of any militia organiza-
Yr .

yn the same. day, Mr. Bell faxed to
BSator: Duke: “I asked you during our
Wayersation about. well-docums
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ed association with militias. ‘As long as
they remain peaceful, Pll continue to
support them,’ were your exact words. In
addition, I asked you what you thought
about being called the ‘political general’
and canofficial leader’ of the militia
rnovement, to which you replicd you
were ‘comfortable’ with those titles.”

In response, Senator Duke on Sept. 6
wrote to Mr. Bell: “Please do not play
semantic games with me or your readers.
Saying that I will support a movement as
long as they remain peaceful is a very far
cry from being their ‘political general’ or
‘unofficial leader’. I also told you I sup-
port any group’s right to assemble peace-
ably as long as they stay that way.

“{ do not recall your asking me if 1
was ‘comfortable’ with the titles you have
bestowed on me. If you had, I would
have certainly gone into a discourse on
how sad it is that today’s media are so dis-
honest and propaganda-oriented.

One, paper , hes
are

a a

paper can just gleefully quote
the first one with impunity.

, The next thing you know,
every paper is saying it and the
problem is, the first one was
lying.”

Incidentally, Mr. Bell has
not responded to Senator
Duke's request that a copy of
the recorded interview be sent
to me. He also has claimed
that in an interview Larry
Dodge provided him wit
information: that justified
referring to Dodge as another

“extremist” speaker at the .

Whistler conference.

Dodge's reaction to this
allegation was very similar to
thar with Duke, but space lim-
itations prevent me from
quoting it.

I am not surprised by the -

media treatment of Senator
Duke and Larry Dodge. I
. know all about it first-hand.
On Sept. 7, 1996, Stephen
Hume in the Vancouver Sun
wrote “Herb Grubel of the
Reform Party whines that
Indian reserves are like Club
Med, while mewling that the
media misquotes him.”

It does not matter to Mr. Hume that
what he claimed I said in the House of
Commons almost three years ago is
nowhere close to being factual. Hume
simply sepeats what other reporters have
said.

Copies of the faxes exchanged
between me, Stewart Bell, Senator Duke
and Larry Dodge can be obtained by
contacting my office in West Vancouver.

‘T hope by that time to have available
also a reply from the Jewish Congress.

This organization had asked me to stay

away from che Whistler . conference
because of the presence of these two con-
tentious speakers.

They had associated Duke and Dodge
with the same attributes as did Stewart
Bell, and I asked them for references that
I could use for an objective analysis of the
activities and views attributed to them.
Herb Grubet

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