“FLOTATION

page 4- August 31, 1977 - North Shore News

Tomorrow the Department
of Highways starts the

_ changeover of the road _sigris

halfway .

to metric signs. There won’t
be any English system signs
at all; in other words, it will
be a cold turkey conversion.

This week the Inquiring
Reporter asks: ‘“What do you
think of the ‘cold turkey’
highway sign conversion?”

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down and there wasn’t much
that she could do about it:
‘The mainsail was draped

over the wheelhouse and it

-was hard to see out of it. The .
engine was dead, and it was'

Surprise. City for me. My

mind was trying to sort out

. the alternatives.

First, we could let the

anchor down here. I turned
“on the echo sounder and it

ad

ule

‘showed no bottom. at

feet.
number: now, if we could get.
to the small bay’ north of

Lund, maybe we could

anchor there. But I’ve never
been in the bay, and it’s open
to the south-easter, and it
sure looks small on the chart.
So I opened my mouth with
these words of wisdom:

“Just a minute, crew. I’ve

ly under staysail only. For

got to think about this!"’

So saying the yacht came
out of the eye of the wind,
and, instead of bdiowing
around as I had expected,
balanced, hove-to accidental-

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Forget _ the anchor |

‘the time we got there. Mary
took the helm and I got into

The & faquir ring Re

Wayne Clarke
North Vancouver

This is the only way people

are going to learn quickly.

‘Fotal immersion is the best

method.

_ the-moment the danger was

past, and we were given a

few minutes of reprieve. I got
on deck, relieved to be given
time to sort things out.

_ DINNER AT LAST

1 didn’t have to steer any
more, and between us, brute
force nd persuasion, we
freed the jammed halyard
and’ hoisted the
again. Now we could move
and steer. Once the. boat
began to move through the
water I pointed it at Savary
Island and adjusted the sails.
I knew we could anchor in the
lee .of the island if I was
unable to start the motor by

mainsail

eperter asks:

‘my coveralls and crawled .

into the engine room. Every-—
thing looked. perfectly. nor-
mal. The fuel howls were full us

of clean fuel and everything
appeared to be in working
order. I bled the fuel system,
the only thing I could think of
to do under the circumstanc-
es, said iucky sayings unde+
my breath, and told Mary to
push the starter. The engine
started easily, and. we left it
to idle in neutral while we
turned again and sailed back

‘to Lund.

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Nibbling Murphitte
North Vancouver

I wish they would keep the
old system. I’m sure it. is
going to be very confusing on
the highway, especially for
American tourists. ;

Edmond Garfield Walker,
37, of 2229 Kings Avenue,
West Vancouver, a pilot with.
an airline based i in Canada, is

charged on two | counts

involving 11 pounds and. 10
grams,

‘John Emerson, 27, of 631

Montroyal Bivd., N.V., who
taught at. Hillside,

couver Secondary schools, is

charged with two counts

involving 11 pounds and 2%
ounces.

Emerson’ s wife Dona, 20,

_and Richard Michael Zacks,

23, also. of the Montroyal
address, are each charged |

This time the main and. -

staysail came down without
incident and the motor never
faltered as it brought us into
the crowded anchorage. I like
to think that dinner than
night in the Lund Hotel
dining room was 2. little

. Sweeter than it might have
been had things gone abso-—

lutely smoothly that day.

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- Sandy Bram
North Vancouver

oT ‘feel ‘the ‘program wiili
work. I’m prepared for the

‘cold. turkey conversion. A

**100 kph’ sign.really should

NOt confuse anyone.

ounces.
At.

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appearances before

_provincial: court Judge J.
Layton Tuesday Zacks was

released on $1,000 bail with |
Dona Emerson,
was released on an* under-

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car. Pele AUC AED

to court Tuesday, Sept. 6.

‘Walker and John Emerson —

- have been further remanded —

in custedy. Federal prose-

_cutor Dwight Harbottle told
“the court that. Walker was

still under RCMP investiga-.

tion in connection with safety ..

‘deposit boxes across B.C.
being searched. He was.

scheduled to return to court ;
today, Aug. 31.

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Jim Ewens
North Vancouver

i think peopic will learn
faster if they are forced to.

learn the new system: . ‘Cold
turkey | is the way’ to 0 gO. ae

Emerson was ordered de-

tained in custody to await —
trial. Defence lawyer Paul:
Meyers, representing Emer- ..

son and his wife,had argued
that bail be granted John.

Meyers told the court that

Emierson has lived in North.
Vancouver all his life, and

that his parents | and in-laws
also reside. here. They were

- prepared, Meyers said, to.
- put up $50,000 bail to secure -
‘his release.

‘He said his. client. had

spent four years. studying

engineering at. UBC.‘and. —
subsequently switched to the

faculty... After .
_ having taught . -at. several .
‘North Shore high schools he
‘employed’, as_

was.

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Steven Tisdale
North Vancouver

7 Vm sure there will be ; a lot
of confusion:
should. post both English and

‘| think .-we -

metric signs until people eet

useG to t the: new ‘system.

nein in Sqpamish, until his

- contract _
‘months ago, Meyers said.

‘expired: several

However, J udge Layton

drug. The judge ‘said he

accepts the. fact’ that Emer-
son is a permanent resident

of North Vancouver, but felt.

that the public is entitled to

protection from the menace
of large scale distribution of

such drugs as cocaine and’
: heroin.

RCMP drug squad. made

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: following several. months of |
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“court was told. -

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‘. denied bail and ruled that the
evidence before him alleged-

that Emerson was involved in
large scale distribution of the