War games EST Vancouver municipal ball has trained its blunderbuss on two enterprising universi- ty students and scattered a load of legai shot. The blast has scored a direct hit on a fledgling business and sent it temporarily to the mat. Cypress Adventure Games has been denied a business licence and, further, denied a licence to rent the paint pistols used in its proposed quasi-military games. Objections to the games appear to be inspired by the morality rather than the legality of the sport. Proposed site for the games is on private land on Hollyburn Mountain, far away from the sedentary and select image of West Vancouver and its citizenry. They will therefore involve only those who want to be in- volved and not boil over into next door neighbors’ yards or kick sand in the faces of adjoining beach par- ties. Games will be staged primarily on the weekends. The two organizers claim their games are harmless fun, not the dry run at military aggression they are perceived to be. And while tne philosophical raison d’etre for the games may offend many, that philosophy should not be the basis for barring a business from a community, Any reasonable enterprise should be allowed to live or die at the hands of public demand. West Vancouver’s pristine beauty is one thing, but its vitality is another. The one should not be blindly sacrificed at the ex- pense of the other. DIPLOMATS DITHER Peacemakers have ‘dismal’ Dear Editor: Apart from the fact that Ted Scott could be described as a counterpart to South Africa's Desmond Tutu, I'm wondering why lie was appointed us Canada's representative in the Eminent Pessons Group. Would it not, for instance, have been possible to send a matched pair with an eminent person fike Jerry Falwell to support the eminent Ted Scott? Neither would have the slightest notion of what he was doing, their eminences being trained for more ethereal duties than diplomatic drudgery, but this small lack would in no way have diminished their official roles as Canada’s men-on-the- spot. There’s always the chance that the eminences might squabble over church doctrines and descend to ground level for long enough to discard their reference books and speak at a level that doesn’t sicken ordi- nary people who are obliged to live with the realities of mor- tality. Enough on that topic, | leave THE VOICE OF NORTH AND WEST VANCOUVER SUNDAY » WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 1139 Lonsdale Ave. North Vancouver, 8.C. V7M 2H4 57,656 (average. Wednesday Friday & Sunday) yee Tres goes a la Display Advertising 980-0511 Classified Advertising 986-6222 Newsroom 985-2131 Distribution 986-1337 Subscriptions 986-1337 forth Shots News, touted oy ta o . ” eset Itt But date nd bp a Stary SDA OIStans 8 HI OIMON ... HOW GOES THE FREE TRADE. NEGOTLATIONS the eminent new politicians of the world to their consciences and the certainty and dread of the factory recall that comes to everyone. Malcolm Fraser of Australia is the man who worries me. He’s an expert in the political field, so much so that it’s unusual to see him indulging in any form of sensationalistn. South Africa staunchly denies that law and order minister Le Grange spoke of shooting enough people to end the unrest, yet Malcolm Fraser in- sists that he did. How I'd have a Su ite reasoning leaves sour taste] Dear Editor: As a resident and homeowner in Lower Capilano, 1 do not agree with many of the points raised in your editorial Suite Reason, July 2, Many of us purchased houses in this area specifically because it was single-family zoned. Unfortunately, speculative developers have been encroaching insidiously with ‘Vancouver Specials’ and their ilk. More often than not, they are owned by absentee landlords, therefore ef- — fectively making them ‘two’ “amily homes. If single-family zoning was en- forced without a written complaint having to be submitted to the District of North Vancouver we would have freedom from: © Yards that are unkempt and a disgrace to our neighborhood. No driveway? — No problem — just angle-park illegally on the boule- vard, thereby creating an instant driveway. ® Single family homeowners ef- fectively subsidizing the illegal duplex situation through taxes, garbage pick up, and water usage. The ‘tiny handful of individuals who are punished merely for hav- ing vindictive neighbors theme of your editorial is just not true. One has only to walk on the streets of Lower Capilano, talk to some of the homeowners who ac- tually live there to obtain a grasp of the scope of the illegal suite problem. Indeed, if your editorial writer had done his homework, he hope- fully would not have written such a frivolous and = short-sighted editorial. S. Gardner Lower Capilano resident ?.. loved to be a fly on the wall at that meeting. Only recently the same minister was featured in a TV newscast after he'd been filmed when he appeared at the scene Publisher: Editor-in-Chief Managing Editor Advertising Director HMO! ANITA Ment eT al Peter Speck Noel Wright Barrett Fisher Linda Stewart igen Ge hed Hy) Patagragte It ot thes fdanung Utes ING MANUSCH PIS, Entire contents © 1986 North Shore Free Press Lid. All = rights reserved record course be corrected by careful selection of the milk-white crusaders who go off bravely to lecture foreign governments on what they feel should be done. Sending people with at least a smattering of the needed tan- guages would be an initial step, diplomatic training could be undertaken by selected can- didates. As to the effectiveness of such peacemakers, one need on- ly look at their dismal record and subsequent yowlings for action against South Africa. Peter du Plessis North Vancouvez of the murder of two policemen. He even managed to say five words into the microphone: ‘This is a terrible sorry.’ There is no doubt in my mind, Le Grange has difficulty expressing himself in English. What exactly was said is some- thing I cannot comment on, but I strongly suspect a_ serious misunderstanding. Such situations could of LOCAL GREEK DAYS Hellenic Assoc. says thanks to N. Shore Dear Editor: The thanks and appreciation of the North Shore Hellenic Community Association go to the residents of the North Shore and others who in such surprisingly targe numbers supported us at the recent Greek Festival 86 at Waterfront Park, with over 11,000 people attending the two-day festivities. The help and cooperation of many individuals and agencies has enabl- ed us to move another step toward our goal of one day establishing a church and meeting hall for our growing community. We are particularly grateful to Mayor Jack Loucks, the Departments of Parks and Recreation, Engineering, Health, the North Shore Expo Committee, and the North Vancouver detachment of the RCMP who assisted our own security people in ensuring a very smooth and trouble- free event. Finally, the North Shore News was of immense help in reporting the activities of our association, and in publicizing the event. Paul Hurmuses, Chairman Greek Festival '86