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"©1996 North Shore Free Press Lid All rights feserved.- _ 980-0511 (319) ow DARE THE OPPOSITIon [ py POUTICS WITH THIS issue \ ERANKLY, IM DISGUSTED, K ne aoa ra nip fe He io ies) ¥S 7 ‘Y OVERNMENT in one of its more gr odious: paternalistic manifestations a # struck yesterday with the implemen- " tation of the mandatory bike helmet law. ' ~vIt?s just‘one more exarnple of the creeping . erosion of individual responsibility and free-. dom of choice we sheep put up with. . * Governments just love to protect us. from ourselves. People just don’t. know any better. _ We: even get'a-cute little slogan for this “campaign: to. alert. us to the fact that .the * Motor Vehicle Act has been changed so that _ all bicyclists will have to wear helmets or face $25 fines if caught by the police. “Brains are "soft. Helmets are hard. Use both,” we: are ‘admonished. : re _ There’s nothing wrong with wearing a bike “helmet. Tt should Be a eyclist’s choice to do so. _ Government ‘would ‘have us believe that “ e I matter, of safety. But _ the potential for danger is there with or-with-. out a helmet. Ironically, as one local retired Don’t see eye. to eye with | photo radar. Dear Editor; If photo radar was ‘really there to prevent ‘people from speeding, instead of just to gi erate a fat cash flow, the provin ‘cial government. would riot‘ be complaining about th a $70 million in lost incorne ‘as: result of when photo - radar. was on the fritz. They would ‘rather. be complaining ‘about an: over: abundance: of ‘driving-related : fatalities due to the photo rada problem, ete, . Now, if borrow my car, and get pulled over for broken blinker, I ger the ticket sand if I speed (and get caugh f with — photo..radar) in “thi : friend's car,:my friend gets:the 4 ticket. So, the driver gets'a tick-?! et for the condition: of the ‘cary :3 ner respon Pith ngible! en { - for ‘example,’ pe "visible: photo radar “slowing drivers ‘down’ nt accidents. 4.3 surgeon points out, the added width of a hel of damage to the brain.as well: ' the event of.a-crash. |, a3 A cynic would se¢/in thi sure yet another form of: 1 part of government.) “)., ‘met to'an adult human’skull increases the ris "What's next? Why not mandatory helmets. for all ‘down-hill skiers?-Or how about. the: same for golfers? There’s much :risk.to be - found in either pursuits... Speaking of risky. ventures, isn’t a ‘politi- . ment some: money — someone: else cian’s lot kind of dangerous? Alas a helmet is nowhere near the amount of protection need- ed by the soft-brained agents who dream up_ such legislated bedevilment. Me Se . 2 - Ty Join in a fun-fil ; FOR the 17th year the : North Shore’s final fun- * filled farewell to summer takes place again this weekend. With an inter- esting new twist. A recurring problem with all such annual events — from Christmas and Canada Day to the humblest fall “fair in the Interior — is what to do for an encore, Launched ia 1980, the Cuho Festival - on the Sunday atter Labour Day has survived that test largely due to its calendar date. On the serious side it ceremonially marks the yearly miracle of the salmon returning trom far out in the Pacitic to their spawning grounds in North Shore rivers and creeks. But italso put the boot to Labour Day as the official “end of " summer” — and that afone was cnough ta ‘ensure its tasting popularity, For the mountain’ shore communities summer now lasts an extra ° week, winding up with an eventlul, day-long . outdoor party for all the family, based on Ambleside Park. ; New this year, however, is an increased cere- monial emphasis on the:spiritual relationship between the salmon and West Coast Indians, who treated it with reverence as a special gift from the Creator. In their legend they made a sacred pact with the salmon: if they agreed { Orbtsaseeneessnecnesuanseonesens, always taZhonor it, the salmon promised always to return to their rivers of birth and allow some of their number to be used for human food, : That pact will be celebrated: Sunday at 1 a.m. when an Indian canoe brings 4 salmon to Ambleside Beach for a ritual blessing ceremony conducted by a Squainish Nation elder before returning it to the water. Meanwhile, the fun for the fit starts at 8 am. with the 14-km Coho Run to Kits Beach (returning to Ambleside by bus). Or you can try the 4.5-km or 8.5-kin Coho Walks along the bank of the Capilano River trom the Suspension Bridge or Cleveland Dam to the Park — regular shuttle buses leave Park Royal South to the starting points from 10 a.m, to 2 p.m. Back at the party the famous Salmon’ Barbecue, cooked and served to you by local ed hye- and yon celebrities, runs from 12 noon until 6 p.m. with, meals at $10 per plate. Nearby the beer garden is in full swing from noon to 5:30 p.m. And during the same period you can enjoy continu- Ous stage entertainment, including the music of Soul Benetir, : But while Sunday, Sept.8; remains the hbigh- light, the Coho Festival is actually a five-day celebration — kicking off this evening From Thursday through Sunday Park Roysil will also display North Shore Schools Salmon: Art, feature environmental exhibitions and hos a tag day on Saturday. sy, With all proceeds to local salmonid enhan ment programs, the Coho Festival is a great way to wind up siummer, And Nature seems t agree, -Almost every “Coho Sunday” to date “has been bright, sunny and warm. eee LO HAPPY 851TH BIRTHDAY: today, Sept. 4, to West Van's Ed Kettle... And many, hap . feturns of Saturday, Sept. .7,. to.“ West Van's! retired first librarian Elizabeth Musto, celebrat ‘ing her 89th in Inglewood Lodge. eee ee WRIGHT OR WRONG: One bonus in telling clean jokes is that almost no one has heard’ thei before, : : wee The North Shore News believes strongly in free- dom of speech and the right of all sides ina debate to be heard. The columnists published in the Neu present differing points of view, bur those views. not necessarily those of the newspaper itself.