page 14. January 4, 1978.

The : British

ments should not affect
property sales, expropriation
prices, or mortgages.

J.T. Gwartney,

ment Commissioner, said

' .assessment offices through-

.

_in the Chilcotin. Pete Sven-

out British Columbia have
been busy answering tele-
phone inquiries about the
new actual value assess-
ments which are now in the

Well, sir, like I wus sayin’. 7
a while back, the Back Porch
folks spent Christmas at

Hardhat Johnson’s place up

sen and Jake Merzl wus

there an Missus MacTaggart 7
cum up frum the Lazy Hs an it

wus rele peaceful, jest settin’

in front of Hardhat’s fire- .

place an sorta talkin’ her
over.

Hardhat had brung in a.
buckit of cedar an balsam.
boughs an we wud throw. ’em
on the fire onct in a wile an
watch the flue flames spurt
like littel candles an the
cabin shur smeiied purty.

We talked about Christ-
musses wich had cum an
pone an then Mis ssus _Miac-
Taggart ses! Ishud p

a At

down iii a littel sic icy,
folks cud j join us. |

So here’s wot i writ down
fer BILL CLARK’S CHRIST-
MAS: |

me Ake

It’s knowin’ that the next
tick of the clock will mean
I’ve seen sixty of ’em come
an go. This makes me sad fer
friends that ain’t here fer this
one an thankful that my
batting average has give me
sixty out of dang near two
thousand, which ain't too
bad.

wok ek

It’s knowin’ my wife put
her hands on the keys of the
organ in our front parlor on
Christmas Eve an played
‘‘How Great Thou Art’’ fer
me even though her
fingers wus swollen up with
arthriticks an hurtin’ like
hell.

week ho

It’s knowin’ I drive her
nuts ev’ry Christmas by
sayin’ I have everything I
need and knowin’ she
understands.

mete meee

It’s knowin’ I’m proud to
be an Agnostic, becus most
folks settle down half way up
the hill, sniffin’ the flowers
Someone else planted fer
them and_ lookin’ -at . the
scencry He gave them ...
while an Agnostic ain't
satisfied until he gets to the
top of the hill, jest to see
wot’s on t’uther side.

Wet He ee

It's the sadness of knowin’
that a church in this littel
town wus fussed up about
not havin’ enuf silver platters
fer collecting the loot at the
Christmas service -and
that a Feller I know wud have
showed them the answer
sorta quick like. He wus a
carpenter an He wud have
whacked them out of wood, |

4

Columbia . hands. :

Assessment Authority. says.
‘that ‘ actual value assess-—

Assess-

“arount to

North Shore News re

of | most

‘propele:
owners.
" “By and large,” he said,

‘*property owners are quite
satisfied after talking to the

assessor. Many of the calls’

are from people who say the
assessment is too high or too
low but a large number of
persons have phoned to say
that the assessment seemed
very close to their own
estimate.”’

Gwartney said the “main

questions are:

jest so folks.
polished them up with their
hands.

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It’s feelin’

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guiity
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to Ee
to the

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Neuwwas ~~] WALA GUALAGLD UGBARA ceo Gan

ithe confidence of knowin’
things..is it. i |
hands, despite the ys-yo’s in
Parliment who want to drop
her an cut our ties with the
Mother of Parliments. F’rin-
stance:

It’s knowin’ that in a small
village in Caithness the old
folks formed a club an asked
the nice lady who lived in the
Castle of Mey to come and
talk to them, becus she wus a
pensioner herself. And so
she did and they gave her a
membership card and they.
were sad that some of the
old-timer’s were deaf and
cud’nt hear her. So she put

down her handbag and
talked to them in sign
language ... which she

learned years before, jest so
she cud talk to everyone.
And this gives me_ both
sadness and warmth, in
knowin’ that the Queen
Mother cud do _ sumthin’
none of .our members of
Parliment can do!

Neiiedok
It’s the loneliness of not
gettin’ a Christmas card

frum any of the folks who
read the Back Porch ... and
the realization that I got the
biggest Christmas card of all:
the joy of bringin’ laughter
an tears to more than two
hundred thousand folks.

We He he

So Missus MacTaggart

read it over an so did Pete an’

Hardhat an Jake. They all
said it wus purty good. Then
we went out on the porch an
watched the Northern Lights
an the stars hangin’ crisp an
clear in the Chilcotin sky.
Hardhat asts which one it
wus? an Missus Mac-
Taggart ses it don’t really
matter, becus any star will

sparkle wen you look at it

thru tears. Then we said sum
words into the quiet and Holy
Night an went to sleep, sorta
peaceful like. |

cud have.

(1) Will’ the actual value.

assessment affect the price I
might get for my house?

(2) lf the government ex-
propriates my property, will
the actual value automati-
cally be taken as the’ fair
price? ~

(3) Will the actual value
affect mortgage values?

Gwartney said the answer
to these questions is “‘no.”’

of what
vaiue we place on a

‘ ‘Regardless

actual

property the owner should’
. Still ask what he considers a_

fair price,’’ Gwartney said.

“if that price is too high, the

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market will soon tell him

that.’’

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. “other
credit unions © were -

small - amounts.
unions grew.

As

ement. of our

service.: financial.

Your credit union now prov-
ides the following types. of
services.

Bill Sorenson

Lonsdale Branch Manager.

Savings

- Share Savings

- Term Deposits and other -

Investment Plans

- Registered Retirement Savings.

Plans

- Free Personal Chequing

Accounts

Community Credit Union loan is the ‘no penalty or lock-in’ clauses.

“As ‘for expropriation, he :
said government ' depart-
ments have their qwn ap-
praisers who would not take
the Assessment Authority
figures for granted but would
conduct their own appraisals.

_The same would be true
with a mortgage company or
bank. When lending money
they would want .a detailed
appraisal by an independent

appraiser.

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He said that not all the one
million properties in British
Columbia had been person-

ally inspected before this

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3. These »
“pasicaliv
Savings and isans institutions
with a ‘primary emphasis on
‘providing ‘consumer credit in
credit
in size and
assets, they expanded their
services substantially. With
the full support and encourag- =
board’ of
directors.. and membership,
the North Shore Community -
Credit Union has become a full .
institution.

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wean de

year’s assessment notices

went out.-The actual value

figures répresent a mass.

‘

appraisal based on average.
-values in an area, or a sub.

district and a number of
other factors including inven-
tories on file at assessment
offices. Sales - which are
unusually higher or lower

than what a property is really .

worth are not considered.
_Gwartney said the Assess-

ment Authority will attempt ©

to inspect every property in

the next four years and.

maintain this inspection on

approximately" a four-year

cycle..

This year’ 'S assessments

are based on average market

vaiues that existed in mid-
1976. The 1979 figures will

early

mattes

Personal Loans

- First and Second Mortgage

Loans
. Industrial

Howard Whelock, Loans Manager, |
and Jackie Campo

Loans

Line of Credit Plans

and. Commercial
Mortgage Loans

be based « on: n average m ar

valiés OF mit 1-16

_ Gwartney said people who:
: are concerned. -about «: the
actual value_ shown on. the
assessment. ‘notice should
_.contact the assessor if they
feel an error has been made.
‘Appeals may ‘be made to the
Court ‘of Revision’ up. to
January 20, he noted,: and
because. the. . assessment
notices went out early at the
end of ‘jast - year, property
“owners will have: more time
‘than. ‘in ‘previous years to.
contact their assessment
office for an explanation of
the figures’ shown on their
notice. en

The North ° Shore assess-
ment office is located. at_
114-100 Park Royal ‘South, :
West Vancouver r (telephone

~ 926- 6040) . . a

Don Rae and Clive Taylor,
insurance representatives

Other Services

- Ganada Savi; 198 Bonds «
- Safety Deposit Boxes:
~ Money Orders and Travellers’
Cheques
_~ Debt Management Counseling
~ Travel and Social Clubs

~ Life and General Insurance» .

While the North Shore Credit Union continues to be very active in the
fleld of consumer credit, we have considerably expanded our volume of
‘residential mortgage lending. An added advantage to a North

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986-4321

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