is bark may be
expected ito’ echo through
‘District's somewhat sedate
* council chamber at frequent
“intervals,

On the issue. of school

_ policy. and administration

_ North Van City. and District

electors voted ‘solidly for

keeping things the way they
are (see also page Cl).

a CCA DEFEAT

The Concerned Citizens
_ Association -- which has
strongly attacked alleged
‘school board extravagance,
curriculum “‘frills": and

neglect of educational basics
~~ went down to total defeat,

CLASSIFIED i
986-6222
_ CIRCULATION

_ 988-1937

By PETER SPECK

Vancouver's Mayor Volrich

losses for this year are $4,7
_ taillion, They say the losses

on the operation, not in-
cluding capital items, will be
more like $2.7 million (ex-
penses $3.3 million less

North Shore
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THIS ‘PAPER iS
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Its been a bad year. The
inflation rate is running
between 75 and 80%, Oil for
the lamps cost $5.00 a quart,
gas for the truck is $9.00 a

gallon.

The new school is empty
because there isn't any
teacher, the rural health

The brass of the newly-
created: UTA’ are mad. at.

for his remarks that ScaBus .

‘ 1 Saturday, by contrast,

and. incumbent trustees Don

nt... Burbidge, Frank: Warburton: ©
and Verna ee oe

All four ere sponsored
by: the | recently “formed
North, Vancouver | Voters
Association. ‘Among ‘other

things, NOVVA backs the’

community school concept,
the~ legality: of which was
recently (though unsuc-
cessfully) - challenged in a
court action. A major vic-
tory by the CCA could,
however, have renewed the

-threat to the future of com-

munity. schools.

Across the Capilano River
the 180-member West -Van
Electors Association again
demonstrated its political
clout by having all three of
its council nominees elected.

According to their per-
sonal credentials, aldermen-
elect George Morfitt, Dave
Finlay and Diana Hutchin-
son are well-equipped for
their new office. But the.
suspicion lingers on that the

$800,000. in
revenues).

‘fare box

“It’s still ‘an: awtul lot of
money. Using the more con-
servative $2.7 million figure
and. dividing it by = the
number of people to use the
system (3.75 million
estimated for this year) looks
like a-net loss per rider of 72
cents; or looking at it

care worker hasn't been
around in six = months.
Everyone fears an epidemic
because new supplies of
vaccine haven't arrived.

A mythical gloom and ..

aoom forecast for rural
Canada in the 1990's? No, it's

the existing situation in

“al four:vacant'seats went. to
“supporters © of * the’ existing.
North:’Van_ school system: |
newcomer. Margaret. Jessup.

He ‘wants a complete
‘sion of. the tusther pu Om:

pouncil members :
Van residents generally re-
mains to be seen.

Oo » fast Saturday,
Pe ies the usual sad
statistic: an average of only a
little over one.in five eligible
North Shore voters bothered
to’ ‘cast their ballots at all
(15% in North Van ‘City,

26.6% in North. Van District

and 25.1% in West Van).

If the silent majority --
around 78% of. éligible

“North : Shore voters -- don't

like what they've wound up .
with, they can hardly blame
it on “George.” He at least

(all 22% ‘of him). cared .
_enough to drop by for five
minutes at a polling station>-~—

FOOD. FOR THOUGHT
: Thatcostly SeaBus

another way, if, the system
charged $1.22 per fare pay-

ing passenger, they might
‘break even.

SeaBus management say
these figures are unfair, os
they do not count the many
passengers who enter the
SeaBus with a transfer from
the bus system, Still, W's food
for thought.

Inflation nudging 80% —

many developing countrics
today. Their prices are
literally doubling every year,
the result of world economic
conditions.

'We'too have inflation, but
real value is still possible,

_ The proceeds from a single

a postponed. ‘at. least six. :
’ ‘because it would be “a big s shock + to Cana-
dian consumers”, Chalk up a big common |
“sense mark. for Mr. Huntington. and his.
boss, Prime’ Minister. Joe Clark. Metric.

was never authorized by a vote of Parlia-
ment. Even its advantages for our export -
trade — 76 per cent with the U.S. which ..
continues to shun the system — are .
dubious _in..the extreme. The. .costly:.|

Metric Commission should be wound ‘ up|

and compulsory metric mothballéd in- :

definitely. ae

IT'S THE CRAZIEST DAMN

THING... | THOUGHT |
HAD MY FINGER
- ONTHE PULSE!

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