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Dear Editor:

1 was disturbed to read a fetter from D.H.
Mapleton in the North Shere News on Jan. 16 con-
cerning a program at Lynn Valley Library on Dee. 9,
and wonder why Mr./Ms. Mapleton did not contact
me — as organizer of the event — directly on the
matter.

The criticized Expo video was recommended to us
by someone whose words and integrity were beyond
doubt, and I hastened to give readers a chance to say
Goodbye to Expo before the glow of the world fair
faded.

t therefore invited Murray/Love Productions to
show the video and talk about their best-selling book
The Expo Celebration at one of our regular, free
library programs. They kindly accepted this sugges-
tion in spite of the many pressures on their time to
mect huge orders for the book. :

To round out the evening, I later decided to show a

support video on Expo, which was given a double
45-minute run that night to meet the interest of our
unexpectedly large audience. The delayed showing of
the main video was due to the late delivery of a
Jarge-screen TV, especially rented for a better per-
formance.

I agree the publicized video was disappointingly
short, but this was promoted by us and the North
Shore News on the information given for setting up
what | hoped would be an event of goodwill to cele-
brate the Expo year.

it was a pity D.H. Mapleton and others may have
felt short-changed on this occasion, when so many
expressed their enjoyment of the total event.

Elisabeth Scotson,
North Vancouver District Public
Library

Dear Editor:

I would like to express our
sincere appreciation for your sup-
port of British Columbians for
Mentally Handicapped People
through the recent coverage you
have given our fund-raising ban-
quet scheduled for Friday, Jan. 30
with guest speaker, the
Honourable Jean Chretien.

Unfortunately, our ticket sales
for this great event were such that
it was not feasible for us to go
through with this particular fun-
draiser.

However, we do thank you for
your efforts.

Christiane Dresselhuis
British Columbians for
Mentally Handicapped People

a
Knit-your-
bit a hit

Dear Editor:

Our sincere thanks to your staff
and paper for helping us to adver-
tise our Knit-Your-Bit knit-a-thon
in which we asked people to make

up their leftover yarn into items
for the needy.

It was a great success. We were
able to donate over 700 handmade
items to the Christmas Bureau for
distribution.

Eileen Overes & Joan Tweedy
Classic Yarns, Capilano Mall

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