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| Rescuers of puppy applauded

Dear Editor:
Very carly on a recent Sunday morn-
ing, my husband and I returned home
tired and happy from a dinner dance.
. The first order of business was to take
our puppy for the late evening nature
‘avalk. We always use a leash — except that
time. Something scared the puppy and he
was off with us in pursuit. We looked
until 3:30 a.m. thinking the worst. Two
of our four children were up searching
with us and we all dreaded telling the
younger two in the morning.
- > We ealled the SPCA and registered
“our missing treasure on its answering ser-
vice and went to bed — not to sleep.
Qur phone rang at 9:05 a.m.
omeone had our puppy, safe and sound.

‘Tears of joy and relief took over.

Our story had a happy ending. What
makes it better is the commitment that
the rescuers had made to this unknown
little creature.

At 1] am! they were driving up
Mountain Highway and our puppy, look-
ing to them like a. lamb, was crashing
trom carb to curb dodging cars.

They jumped out of their car, stopped
traffic and finally caught the terrified
puppy before driving through the neigh-
borhood for half an hour looking for
someone who looked as though they
were looking for a lost puppy.

In the early morning they tcok the
pup to the local coffee shop to see if per-
haps he would be recognized by the

sleepless owners — no luck. Then off to
the shops to buy special puppy food since
they only had their adult dog’s food.
Then, they found the information they
needed from the SPCA and we connect
ed.

They made no mention of the messed
floors and the noisy night, but rather
were just delighted at reuniting the pup
with our family.

Every so often the gravel beach of life
reveals a diamond, and it happened for us
on Sunday morning.

The Cousins family and puppy are
thankful for the kindness shown to them
by these good people.

Jan Cousins
North Vancouver

Marc Latta
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Roger Latta
Certilied Financial Planner

“Knowing the questions can
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| must change my RRSP to a RRIF by
December 31st but ! don’t want to rush my
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Single-occupancy vehicle oafs naipox

ear Editor:
-~ Re: Lions Gate Bridge
_-Here’s an opinion that
ill raise the hackles of most
f your readers.

No -single-occupant_ vehi-
es on the Lions Gate bridge
uring rush hours. -

I've noticed, as I wait for
ybus‘in the morning, that

ebetween 80% and 90% of all
f passenger cars ‘that pass rac
ave but one occupant.

T'think about my job

“downtown and the jobs of
eople I know and how we
er liy. ‘don’ t need our vehicles
we're at work. (There

city buses you know.)

I. wonder what ail these

i People do for a living. Maybe
they’ré secret agents. who
-have® to be ready on a
moment’s notice to leap into
ptheir Bimmers or Boxsters to

‘sidiarics —

Maybe they’ re aliens with
four arms whose sole pur-
pose is to pollute the planet
to death and use it as a
dumping ground for their
waste.

Their job is to drive back
and forth across the Lions
Gate Bridge all day and all
night causing volume delays,
the add accident, pollution
and an increase in the value
of their wholly owned sub-
Cantel and
Starbucks. .

I appreciate the lunacy of
my suggestion, however.
After all it would require one
to talk to one’s neighbor
about riding to work togeth-
er.

Worse still, it would
require one to actually speak
to another person for up to
30 minutes, twice a day.

How could one be expect-

ed to do that when you could
talk to your left hand instead.

You don’t have to talk to
your TV or your computer —
why should you be expected
to talk to a virtual stranger.
What is there to talk about
anyway?

As to the alternative —
taking a bus — well, someone
might see you!

No, on reflection, it prob-
ably wouldn't work.

The better solution is to
spend enough money to run
a'small country, build anoth-
er bridge so that we can all
line up on a bigger and newer
crossing, continue to talk
into our left hands, drive with
our knees and wonder who

- those idiots are who stand in

the rain waiting for those
ugly buses.

Ron Schmidt

West Vancouver

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