to do the right thing

_.Dear Editor: |

“The. story in your Oct. 15
issue concerning the experiences
of your tiews reporter, Anna
Marie N’Angelo, ‘is a sad
commentary on the attitudes of
some (but fortunately not all)
people when faced with an
emergency situation.

“Doing the right thing'* in

such circumstances is not easily.
taught and is the result of a.

number of factors which in any
big city may be difficult to
control.
What can be taught, howev-
er, are the. specific first-aid
‘skills which may be required in
an emergency.

St. John Ambulance has
been providing first-aid service
and training on the North
Shore for over 60 years.

To the many North Shore
residents who not only wan? to
do the right thing, but also
want to do so confidently and
effectively, I recommend one
of our yarious first-aid training
courses.

Then the next time the ques-
tion is asked, ‘‘Does anyone

“know first aid,” someone will
“answer.

Michael J. Todd, chairman
St. John Ambulance,

‘North Shore branch

| - direction i in political winds?

Dear Editor: re

Re: Trevor Lautens article. of
Nov. 12,1993; .‘*Another look at
: how, West Van is being run.”’

“Trevor: ‘Lautens tells us in his.

; ‘mightily’? the :
tg of: costs. from” the

then reduced.the budgeted i increase.
to 1.4%. — after. the: Vancouver’

“taxpayers caused their. mayor to
go on the offensive with Victcria?
Did Sager sense a change of

fortune.in the direction of the po--

+ litical winds? : °

“Will Sager now cut the’ fat’ from

the’ municipal . spending in’. West
Vancouver inorder 10 meet the
.,, budgeted ‘1.4% increase, or will he
. Simply, maintain, ‘the status quo by
~cwithdrawing’::funds * from
, cimunicipality’s reserve accounts?
‘Alan G. Black.’

West ‘Vancouver ~

16 better. than eens

Critics of. the ‘generosity: of fed-~

eral! pensions” are / ‘justifi ied ‘ when

you consider the ‘size of the con- 7

tributions that.2re’ made by MPs

and the amount that they receive.

; Based on: a eduction® of -11%:
: from: annual salary,’ an MP would |

contribute bout. $100,000 into a
pension fund over 15 years.

‘On. ‘retirement this’ provides an
annual “pension ‘in the range of

$35,000: to $40,000, according to.

"newspaper reports. ve

Therefore, the entire: contribu-
tion by the individual is recovered
in only three years and for the rest
of his/her life, the indexed pen-

-sion is paid out of our tax dollars.
invest -

> Where else can ‘-you .
$100,000 and ‘then get over $1.5
million’-in. return during . your
retirement?

This -is better than a gamble in
Las Vegas.

Ross Regan.

North Vancouver

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A country without backbone

Dear Editor:

On Nov... 1! this most reverent
of days known as Remembrance
Day, | am driven by anger io put
pen to paper to denounce our
North Vancouver District Council
as being without a shred of honor
or patriotic pride.

A number of weeks.ago while
walking at Cates Park, | noticed a
torn, faded and tattered remnant
of the Canadiau fag hanging
from the flagstaff near the con-
cession stand.

1 was shocked to see this blatant
lack of pride in our national flag,
but iried to come to terms with it
as nothing more than an oversight

MR. WONDERFUL
Nightly 7:05pm
TRUE ROMANCE
Nightly 9:00pm

Restricted

on somebody's part,

However, as my family and {
trekked to Cates Park today for
our annual pilgrimage to the point
where each year a discreet and
meaningful Remembrance Day
service is held by the local yacht
clubs, what greeted us?

There, neatly rafted together,
bobbing gently on the swells, were
the boats of the local yacht clubs
as usual, the small knots of people
on the foreshore quietly talking,
waiting for the service to begin.

And from the aforementioned
flagstaff hung not a sparkling Ca-
nadian banner at half mast in
respect for those who had fallen,

Nightly 7: “00pm

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Nightly 8:45pm
Mature: :

but a tattered rag the size of a tea
towel, all that was left of the
shredded remnants I'd observed
weeks before.

Another shred was in a nearby
tree,

As I listened to the service being
broadcast from the moored craft,
1 found myself wondering what -
those who fell all those years ago
would think if they could see that
flagstaff now.

It seemed to symbolize what
Canada has’ become: a country
without backbone or national
pride.

Mick Webb
North Vancouver

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