Love-ins top menus in tale HELP POLICE! IM BEING MUGGED! HELP POLICE! A BOUNCER IS BEATING ON Me! THERES A PARKED. N at TOW- AWAY ZONE! Road to election ORTH VANCOUVER-LONSDALE made in a time long ago and far away that MLA David Schreck appears to have mounted his political steed in a quest for the North Shore’s Holy Grail -— better known to long-suffering commuters as the raythical Upper Levels Highway overpass at Westview Drive. the Lions Gate Bridge, Mr. Schreck’s siate- ment was typically low-key and vague. He the Westview interchange project was “the ost pressing highway improvement project in my constituency...” It could be that daily backups from ferry traffic at the highway intersection and subse- quent concerns raised from residents in such Made at the tail-end of a June 16 public areas as Pemberton Heights who must deal meeting about alternatives for the upgrade of with the regular stream of vehicles cutting through their neighborhood to avoid the Westview backup are making all local politi- was quoted as saying that he expected to see cians uncomfortable. work done on the Westview exchange “before I go to the polls.” What work nobody knows; exactly when ee ~ nobody knows. But more likely the quest by the person- able Mr. Schreck is being mounted as a pre- lude to the next provincial election. --~ The interchange, afterall, has.always been The game NDP MLA could have many a great carrot to dangle in front of frustrated _reasons {for embarking on such a challenging voters’ noses. And it’s been dangling there for the past It could be that he really meant statements decade. adventure now. Park youth party a disgraceful event Dear Editor: Last Friday night, I abandoned yard work on a gorgeous evening because ‘there was a large party going on in our neighborhood. I figured it was a neighbor, so let them enjoy their party. At [1 p.m. I had the opportunity to listen to this “music” while trying to go to sleep. The music was very loud but the most disturbing fact was that | could not avoid the coarse lan- guage. I do not appreciate having moth- erf***er and other colorful lan- Publisher Managing Editor. Associate Editor Sales & Marketing Director... Coimpiroller.... seen ..Peter Speck Timothy Renshaw Noel Wright Linda Stawart Doug Foot guage blasted into my house. I am sure that many other Upper Lonsdale area residents also enjoyed the Hip Hop music being offered until 11:45 p.m. With sleep definitely out of the question and curiosity getting the best of me, I wandered out for a walk. The party I assumed to be a street away turned out to be more than a mile away in a community park. f am stunned that North Vancouver City would allow such disgusting “entertainment” ina community environment. Display Advertising lassified Advertising 986-6222 Fax Newsroom 980-0511 Distribution Feal Estate Advertising 985-6982 Subscriptions 385-2131 Administration Had this been a private party, 1 am sure it would not have lasted an hour. Let those who wish to hear this type of music pay for it and lis- ten in an enclosed environment so as not to inflict it on the communi- ty. I agree that there is a definite lack of entertainment fer the 16- to 19-year-olds of our community, but to offer this to them is outrageous. Did the person or persons who OK'd this bother to check out the entertainment beforehand? Lori Vanderspek North Vancouver 986-1337. 986-1337 985-3227 985-2131 North Shore News, founded in 1969 as-an independent suburban newspaper and qualified under Schedule 111, Paragraph 111 of the Excise Tax Act, is publishad each Wednesday. Friday and Sunday by North Shore Froe Press tt g and istributed to every door on the Nort ore Canada Post Canadian Publications Mail Sales Meee, Konsdale Avenue Product Agreement No. 0087238. Mailing cates V7M 2H4 “ available on request. Submissions are welcome but we cannot accept responsibility for unsolicited material including manuscripts and pictures whicn Should be accompanied by a stamped, addressed | envelope. . a She , encat teeeeneee enn == = = SDA DIVISION North Stiere Managed 61,582 (average citculation, Wednasday, Fnday & Sunday) Entire contents © 1994 North Shore Free Press Ltd. All rights reserved. of two dinners FUTURE AND past were the themes of two local dinners last week —- vastly different in background, yet remark- ably similar in spirit. Thursday's banquet for Preston Manning proved the Reformers have indeed grown up. Hicks from the western sticks they are no longer. Almost 600 of the faithful filled the Hyatt Regency ballroom at $175 a plate for a saperbly man- aged evening of political theatre that would have left Grit and Tory organizers green with envy. The PA system and giant 7'V screens functioned without a glitch. Flags of Canada, the provinces and territories did the podium proud, Introduced by the North Shore's Margot Furk, Sandra Manning gave a happy little warm-up speech, revealing it was her 50th birthday. Then Preston — reluxed and sweet- ly reasonable as always —- method- ically dissected Chretien, Sheila Copps and the Bloc, wielding his verbal scalpel with frequent sharp jabs of black humor. Supporting TV clips of the Commons comedy filled the big screens precisely on cue. As the company at last got down to its salmon, grilled chicken, Pinot Blanc and passion fruit souffle, Preston and Sandra worked the crowd — having sensibly grabbed a sandwich on the way to the dinner. Over coffee came the patented Reform “question period” tech- nique of written questions on slips of paper — collected from the tables and all read out to Preston by a professional question-master at a microphone. Works well and saves 2 lot of time and cupped ears. And Gnally the standing ova- tions to the man who would be prime minister. An evening like this forces one to ask: “Why not?” eee Friday evening in Edgemont Village some 400 faithful of a quite different stripe enjoyed a $6 plate of BBQ chicken, chocolate cake and coffee to bid Godspeed to a widely loved community figure. Over a 10-year period which saw church attendance falling -almost everywhere the man they honored had consolidated one of B.C.’s biggest congregations with a uniquely personal leadership style — his special gift being the ability to share and spread leadership by cultivating it in his flock. Political leaders might well take note! PRESTON MANNING promise for the future. HITHER AND YON The result is crystal clear any Sunday to a visitor to Highlands United Church. A vibrant, happy crowd of wor- shippers of every age. Great + singing (some of it in contemporary beat) by multiple choirs under tal- ented musical directors. Grey Power equally balanced by younger families with.toddiers and teenagezs. Enough solid tradition to satisfy the former — enough stimu- lating but tasteful innovation and variety to keep the latter firmly in the fold. Thus, the legacy of Rev. Don Robertson — “Don” to all at Highlands — who moves this fall to Shaughnessy United. His goal for his church was always the “three-gencration family” and after dinner it was the “family” of all ages, by then nearly 500 strong, that feted him and his equally loved wife Sandy with 90 minutes of joy- ous dancing and choral entertain- ment, plus moving tributes and gifts. Among the latter, a carved native Indian “taking stick,” which gives its bearer the last word. Not that Don really needs it. Thursday's: love-in with Preston was for ; promise of a future yet tc be real- ized. Friday’s love-in with Don was for qualities that guarantee rewards to all whose lives he touches. eee HAPPY BIRTHDAY tomorrow, June 30, to West Van’s Violet Robinson at 95 ... Many happy returns of that same day to Dundarave’s Mary Speck ... And a loving 127-candle salute Friday to this magnificent Jand we Canadians share from sea to shining sea. REV. DON ROBERTSON ... guaranteed rewards.