It was time for my son to leave’ again, back to his mother. We’ve done this scene a hundred times, and it. isn’t too bad. There’s the last-minute rush ‘of getting most of his things together, and the checklist, and the. bus money. This time he actually was ready to go. before me, leaving me with the dishes half-done and my . kid bouncing up and down, ‘saying, ‘‘Whaddya say Dad, I beat you this time...come on, get moving there, slow- poke,’’ and things like that. We spent a. lot of. time hugging each other that. morning. The Vancouver Island bus comes at noon, ‘and that gave us a. few — --The current brouhaha - about ‘gun .control in this. - country reminds me of a conversation between idle ‘sportsmen in the .semi-wilds — or. northern ‘Ontario a few . Summers ago. os it was twilight o on: a ‘calm Ae, . Jake: near Timmins, in the cold clear Arctic watershed, toward the.end of: May—late’. . enough that the pickerel had ™ ’ . Spawned and early: enough “ that the Dlackflies hadn't. _My_ “eompanion, " 7 "whose ‘name was Pete, hailed: from _. central . Ohio. ‘nearing «the ‘age .of. retire- . ment, and the gentlest, most: ‘soft-spoken soul you: could : . wish to meet. Dear Sir! fe ae Re: “Chairwoman - ” Anne Fall’s letter to Vander Zalm. [NSN:: Mar. _ 31]—she is. : absolutely righit insofar as the. governmental : turgidity shown | in this |. unilateral: - de-escalation of Community . Resources Board input ex- _ emplifies the dynamic : in- action of Victoria’ S. attitude ' . “ gommunity,: nows p ey + News is published Waekly, ,, Sohodule.11f, ah a ut "and ENolee Act. "|. ‘y ay allied a or. : a page 2-: April7, 1976 - Nord: Shore News. He - was a. technician in a, power plant, Keep > tee Fag “to _ Glroutatjon: is, 000 i, * Founded. in 1060 : as an Independent, | aper, the North. Bhore to every door.on, the North Shore. It 1s a, "-vagistered ‘newspaper -under..;Part):(,.: 7 — ggacoget "980-3484." 086-9397 | . vs .hos ‘ ‘ pe f ay _ a ‘ hoe Me 4 Me pr daphe an va tel rr) vo Ne aod ye ' ue eo enn! 1 « morning hours to have breakfast ‘and fool around. The sun came in the windows. The: creek sang “; outside and the birds: were ail around the shack. Dt I gave him the car keys and. sugested he drive the car up ‘the driveway so-we ‘had less distance to. walk with his stuff. That met with a lot of: -enthusiasm,.and his four- _teen-year-old legs carried ‘him out the door with glee. I - never met a kid of that. age who wasn’t ‘crazy . about , Toe driving ‘cars. Come to think | But it was such a nice day. of it, that’s how I learned about clutches and things, driving my. father’s car up and down our miniscule driveway in Norgate Park. | ave At. one” _ point «in = the evening’ "s anecdotage, Pete recalled a story.in one of the’ Jargest American . “Sporting periodicals, and attitudes toward guns. ve ey * hake 80 said Pete, who had been and. ~ call: ‘from’ “a: ooneigh- bour’s.”” Ps : “the. . discussion groups. : Keep fighting. ‘Anne, we "re. all behind. you. .. The ‘Task | : “Force is a must. Dudley Wingfield | - 1890 Westover Rd. North h Vancouver . ' ; eae ih fs «2 |]: Photograph ra io Butt and distributed ' ot the Stnioms cM Ma cere - subdued-tone. . ; _advising « first-. time’ visitors to’-Canada: on _ the natives’ peculiar. customs 7 “Would you believe it? oe course!” he ‘fishing this. Aorthern: lake for ° seven years. ‘‘This feller sai [.: that in Canada,. if -you! were. - awakened in the middle. of _ the night, the. best. thing. to.” ~ dO :was. to quietly phone: the: police’ and: wait, ‘or: if: you. w -couldn’t call from: your own.” house, sneak out'a- - window Pete. chuckled ty. q 7 blinked. - identification . ; of ae community need through (as. _ yet)” unimplemented study wn vd vertlalng fi ang Haine Aone, — soranos pon, im Btowar ‘gam’ naar oo "Alain ‘Twlon,'O} ire: F ‘Cal eet So Iwent on with the. dishes. But suddenly he was; back; with the. keys in -his- =" “There’s’ a. Buy out. here. “who: wants to. talk .to - ‘you, Dad,’*-he said, in avery. “Is hea policeman?’’. I. -asked.:'I thought that was a. logical question. ° ‘**No. 99 It was iny eighbou. We said hello.. oe a “hope you weren't. concerned. by Alan. driving : my. car,’”” I said. “Oh, no,” said. ‘Bu have you. ‘seen’ this???" eer Halfway along, ‘the: dtive-\ ~ “way | takes. a = big. | bend: The: “Well, 1. began, ” ésthat _sounds logical enough. Why, | ‘what would: you do i in ‘Ohio?’ moment, : then. laughed ‘in doesn’t even hunt. T doubt if “he-has aimed ‘a gun, loaded’ - or. otherwise, at. ‘any. man Dent Sir: thank you ve very ) mtich for a sovery. tender moment. Thank " “you; through. your“ article, for a. - But it was not until. “he oS “And after all; “what's: the’ “tt is: ‘good for al of’ us. to “remember from, time to time -, ‘saying. ‘‘You simply join a -gun club, pay” your. fee, tell. _ the’ police you're taking. uy x a shie ara “target ‘practice, ‘and ° you" te” away t to thes races.” gun’s serial: number, you can. “lie about:your name, you ‘can alter: ‘the: serial: number, or™ ‘you can simply. kill somebody ° : Patel ar ok : the. rifling of the ‘gun barrel, . the detectis ves can't. his travelled and Shoughttel . But: “You. can. ‘ie ‘about. 1 ina” department ' can't get. = “wers. We't re too busy acquit- ing more and more glittering ° that life: “is* ‘for, more: than artifacts; symbols of status in | “merely” busy . interval": “between bith and” death .. . where we diligently. ‘Strive to”. “ pay, off ‘that: mortgage, buy That new: cat, finally, acquire: ; "Season , tickets ...to' “some, Z * seemingly ° important : ‘sports | Spectacular. oe ° We often’ overlook the fact’, ‘that thé greatest, spectacular itself-~we are the: sparticipants. ‘And so'ls every ‘other iving. ‘spent on this: . , Planet eer ‘i And: io’ ‘ie! Paull, Yee. ‘tes ““geems such a mystery tous at! “dines. We: tend’: to” clutter: things up with questions like, mt “Why ls life'so: criel?: Why *: wombat lee there’ Dy people ke Mf aoe oe a “Who” what we regard as’ sting St gman rn ore ae on tives, too.’ a does | "Peter Speck. So do we all... ‘It’s 80 often been said that. ‘evernthne in life happens for © “a definite reason. An ex or. “fence. with young Paul, “retarded: ‘four-year-old, moved . the. writer, For a “moment, perhaps, life took a . fay more significant:méaning “for him. And Peter. Speck's:. ‘life's the richer for it, as are the lives: of those who rend: ‘the dirt icle, . " ; a fe ‘gays Paul's Me. is Jack Hetherington pe North Vancquver: i ‘weapon. ‘So is a car, at'times, . but: a gun is: lethal at“ all: times. That’s what’ ‘guns 2 = over guns. ; “That. already on. eatlties ‘have more: information ‘anc ‘longer t the’ case. moter” who would, - condemn God; ‘mot ethood small pick-up load. Someone Property, shovelled out: het me . - Piffte. A gun ‘is a Jethal for—yet... civil’ authoriti control over: ‘cars s than the “feel a. “good f Chapple ‘when ‘that “is, no : Dear Sirs, Beene . Re: your: “interview ‘of _ a Nadery: ANS ; a “Ralph. “Nader: is aa “opportunist. arid “‘doom ‘pros and. 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