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page 4, March 16, 1977 - North Shore News

By Ellsworth ‘Dickson

By the time you read this
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baby harp seal

! be underway and

97,000 pups will be clubbed

- to death. According to the

latest radio reports, emo-
tional confrontations - are
already taking place between
the seal hunt supporters and
the protesters.

This week the Inquiring
Reporter asks: What do you
think of the annual baby harp
seal hunt?

Lyle Winchester
North Vanceuver

I don’t care for the hunt
myself. I think it is a gross

criminal act . against the
animals; a wholesale
slaughter that should not be
allowed.

HARP SEAL PUP
Fini children throughout British

Traffic congestion in Brit-
ish Properties and through
the narrow feeder roads. to
the proposed new highway
‘leading to nowhere’’ would

be greatly increased, he
claimed.
Jackson also expressed

anxiety about flooding prob-
lems to be expected from the
development. Hillside devel-
opments in the past have
frequently caused — such

problems for residents at -

lower levels, when natural
drainage courses have been
disturbed by large-scale bul-
Idozing.

The Upper Levels housing
project was first mooted last
August, when the plans now
in contention were submitted
to council by G. Sutton
Brown Consultants. After
preliminary discussion by
council at that time they were

understood to have been
shelved.

Prime movers behind the
proposed development are
understood to be _ British
Pacific Properties. -

Present population of
West Vancouver is 39,500.
The Greater Vancouver
Regional District has rec-
ommended a maximum
ulation of 44,000 by ‘1986.
The Upper Levels housing

‘project alone would exceed

the GVRD growth target by
3.000-4,.000 people.

In addition, the recently
announced develapment
plans of the Squamish Indian
Band in the Park Royal
South-Ambleside area call
for the influx of a further
10,000 residents into the
municipality over a similar
period.

PES on

Serena Rare)

Chip Hunter
North Vancouver

I agree with the Green-—

peace Foundation that the

killing must be stopped, but

the hunters do have. their
families to feed.

HTT

Debbie Pocock
North Vancouver

_ [think the hunt should be
stopped. It is morally wrong.
and another means of liveli-
hood for the hunters must be
found.

‘One of the best invest-
ments you can make won't
return a penny to your
pocket. Where you'll gain is
in the heart’’ says Frank
Sinatra talking about how
Easter Seals: help crippled

: Columbia.

The Lions Easter Seal
Campaign for 1977 begins
March 1 and has a’ target of
$550,000 to maintain and
operate its programs to help
the 25,000 crippled children
in British Columbia.

The first Lions Easter Seal

‘Campaign in 1948 raised
$48,942. .
Since then the British

the

Columbia Lions Society for
Crippled Children has built
largest transportation
system for the handicapped
in the world.

Now 100 Easter Seal Buses
travel more than 1% million
miles a year transporting

more than 5,000 crippled
children to schools, treat-

ment centres, special classes.

and recreation. in more than

40 communities. from Daw- -

son Creek te White Rock and
Campbell River to Fernie.

When the buses are not on
scheduled routes they are
used by handicapped adults,
much like a taxi service.

Seals.
the

Easter
support

also help
Lions three:

Easter Seal Camps at Lake ~

Cowichan on Vancouver Is-
land, Winfield in the Okana-

‘gan and Squamish, where

more than 1,000 disabled.
youngsters have a_ holiday
every year.

The Lions also operate
Easter Seal House, a home
away from home for disabled
youngsters who must come
to Vancouver with a parent
for diagnosis and treatment

at Vancouver General Hospi-
tal.

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Derek Brown
Vancouver

I'm an animal lover and I
don’t like to see them killed.
If the hunt were stopped,
would there be a huge over-
population of seals? —

Cnhaitis, Aideri Edward of Wesi
Vancouver in his 90th year
passed away March 10, 1977 at
Lions Gate Hospital. Survived
by his loving wife, Alice Ruth,
his son, George of Philadel-
phia; daughter, Betty Lay of
Ottawa; daughter & son-in-law
Lt. Col. & Mrs. Charlies Steacy
of West Germany and daugh-
ter-in-law, Marjorie Challis of
North Vancouver; also by his
10 grandchildren and 3 great
grandchildren. Mr. Challis was.

‘a well known horticulturist at
‘Government House, Ottawa.

He was a 55 year member of
the Masonic Order, having

‘received his 50th year. Past

Master pin of St. John's Lodge

. flowers

@

Debbie Cotton —

North Vancouver

- }don’t think it’s right. The
baby seals are helpless and

‘have no chance of defending

themselves or escaping.

I IZA

#17, Cobourg, Ontario; his
50th year Royal Arch Mason's
pin and 25th year past First

-Principal’s pin from St. John's

Chapter #48, Cobourg, Ontario
and was aD.D.G.M. of Temple
Lodge #649 Oshawa, Ontario.
Funeral .service Wednesday
iViarch i6 at 10 a.m. in St.
Martin’s Anglican Church, -195
East Windsor Road, ‘North
Vancouver. Rev. G.N.
Haworth. Cremation. In lieu of
donations to B.C.
Heart Foundation would be
appreciated. Arrangements
through Memorial Society of
B.C. and First . Memorial

Services Ltd.

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“Other Easter Seal services
provided by the Lions include
help for children with cleft-lip
and palate or _— scoliosis,
prosthesis and special pro-
jects.

“In speaking about crippled
children, Sinatra says: ‘'Life
hasn't been easy for these

kids, but they're fighters. So.

“back a fighter. when Easter

Seals come in. the mailbox,

‘use them. And don’t forget

to send a cheque.”’

Sinatra. made radio and
television commercials free
of charge to help the Easter
Seal People reach their
current target of $550,000 for
crippled children.

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