6 - Friday, January 23, 1987 - North Shore News THE VOICE OF NORTH AND WEST VANCOUVER able Peter Speck Noel Wright Publisher: l2ditor-in-Chief Display Advertising 980-0511 Classified Advertising 986-6222 Newsroom 985-2131 tees 7 Distribution 986-1337 Managing Editor Barrett Fisher Subscriptions 9864337 Advertising Director Linda Stewart North Shore News. fouoded 1 154 as anindepenraent subrultoar hewe pater AOU GUE utadet Se td le DT Peg raga (6 of thee Bavse bee Act wt feta News Viewpoint. SUNDAY - WEDNESDAY « FriDaAy 1139 Lonsdale Ave. North Vancouver, B.C. V7M 2H4 1 eon Ae amibent WS wate atin fer year Naina v SO uUDMSSOne ate weICOte het wee CANOO! a sbuuld be arcompanied t+ Stamped, addins. > SN’ tes Mrccnames ot Aomrnes SOUDSONE Ted Mhaletas no tabAg Man aKC Hp G Charity gamble OCAL CHARITIES are crying the blues over the proposed launching of gambling casinos on ferries travelling from Victoria to Seattle during summer months. The protesting groups that hold casi- no gambling nights to raise money for special projects are angry because they believe (he government is infr- inging on their domain. But they seem to be getting awfully territorial over a no-man's land. The floating gambling proposal, made by Attorney General Brian Smith, would be limited to passengers travelling on ferries between Victoria and Seattle. Smith has suggested the gambling, if popular, could be extended to holiday cruise ships. This would interfere in no way with a focal school or church group planning a community fund-raising event. Those who attend iocal gambling nights will continue to do so, because the cost, time and trouble of rushing out to take a ferry trip to an unwanted des- tination would be too steep. But ignoring all that, why shouldn’t gambling be made legal on land? Why should it be limited to ferries and cruise ships? Instead of having Canadians travel to Reno, Atlantic City and Las Vegas to play the slot machines, roulette and blackjack, Canada should have American tourists coming to Vancouver to spend their money here. If a charitable organization raises money through selling chocolates or cookies, we do not ban chocolate and cookie retailers. Charities will continue to be patronized, as long as the cause is worthy; and casinos should be made available to the public, as long as the gambling activities are regulated. Entre contents < 1986 North Shore Free Press Lid. All rights reserved, reserved 58,287 (average, Wednesday (128 Friday & Sunday) SDA DIVISION | DUNNO. .AER SINCE i i READER BLAMES POLITICIANS Canada ii rue night in usually ing in refugees Dear Editor: the paper, race wars in Canada, the destruc- I’m a male). They lie their way in, heart mealie-mouthed types now Well, I see that the great comedy continues with the ‘refugees’. The game of national suicide continues, until we end up with a situation like South Africa. Our multicultural society gives us real benefits — I read about them every Dear Editor: - The celebration of Christmas has drawn to a close, but the gifts it brings will last well into 1987, especially at Save the Children Fund of British Columbia. We would like to heartily thank all the British Columbians who helped SCF of B.C. to raise money for community projects worldwide by buying our Christmas cards, It is estimated this year’s sales will surpass last year’s total of $46,000. Proceeds are matched on a 3:1 for peerage EO EOE RR GL ENED headlines. Maybe if we get lucky a radical group will kidnap for ransom the entire bunch of morons in Ottawa. I, for one, would not donate one penny to rescue their worthless hides. They are determined to see ratio by the Canadian Interna- tional Development Agency. and will go to projects in countries like Zimbabwe where a_ successful campaign is bringing easily con- structed and maintained wells and privies to rural areas. SCF of B.C. works hard to max- imize the money that goes to pro- jects, keeping administration and fund-raising costs at a low 12-13 per cent of all monies raised. We would also like to thank all the B.C. artists, volunteers and businesses for their help in produc- Dear Editor: On Jan. 8 at approximately 4 p.m. our beautiful and much-loved dog Fred was hit by a car. While our family is broken hearted, J want the man whose car hit Fred to know how much we appreciate the kindness of him and the man in the truck behind, who ta hifa Se tion of our affluent society and the mongrelization of our founding peoples. Every time I hear about a few hundred more of these so-called refugees cheating their way in here, I feel like | am being raped (and ing and selling both our Christmas cards and a new collection of Fine Art cards. We look forward to finding venues to make these new cards available on a year-round basis to the B.C. public. In this way we can continue to bring another year of hope to children around the world, as we have since 1919. L. Vernon Reimer Executive Director Save the Children Fund Vancouver the Ambleside where he was drove Fred to Animal Hospital dead on arrival. I hope either or both of them read this letter and know how much we appreciate their caring for Fred. Jean Lawrence West, Vancouver, Pt te toe get handouts our own people can’t get, and attach themselves to the public tit to increase the drain cn our coffers. ‘Those jerks in Ottawa are the most naive, inept excuses for poli- ticians this nation has ever been cursed with. And our bleeding- think we should invite black South Africans in too. The day will surely come when Canada will rue letting this hap- pen, but our children will pay the price. Dennis Cook North Vancouver Resident pleased with ICBC claims It is time someone happy with the way ICBC handled a claim spoke u on January 2, 1983 our son’s car skidded in slush on the Fraser Canyon road north of Boston Bar, hit a rock wall on one side of the road and proceeded backwards down the slope on the other side until it hit a tree. Our son was sober and belted in and uninjured so had no difficulty getting out of the car and up the bank though witnesses to the accident were prepared to help. The car was a write-off. Together we researched dealers, used car ads, etc. and the value ICBC put on his car was completely satisfac- tor On September 5, 1985 our car was totalled in a collision on the same highway north of Hope. Again we researched prices and ICBC bet- tered its first offer to our satisfaction. On April 1, 1986 our car was damaged in a six-car rear ender on the freeway near Willingdon Exchange in Burnaby. We did not hit the three cars piled up in front of us, but the two cars following us hit us. Our claim was settled quickly and our car repaired with no expense to us. All three claims were dealt with courteously, promptly and to our entire satisfaction so, to us, ICBC is not a joke as suggested by a re- cent letter in your paper. I understand also that we have among the lowest rates in the coun- try. Eleanor M. Prevost West Vancouver supe eornevereoew ee