OPEN ‘LETTER To WEST
VAN..MAYOR. DERRICK
HUMPHREYS ~

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lue buses need rescheduling _

This is an open letter to
you, protesting the
scheduling of our West

Vancouver buses.

If there is one other bus
above all that the West Van
blue bus should connect
with, it is the only bus it
meets on the north shore,
Hydro’s (U.T.A.)
“Crosstown” bus_at Park
Royal (east and west). But it
does not.

Bus commuters crossing
the north shore have at least
a.10-15 minute wait for the

Dear Editor:

Anybody who is interested
in the annual statements of
revenue and expenditures,
investment in capital assets

eastbound Crosstown, and
up. to, 40 minutes for the
same connection on Sundays
and holidays._Coming the
opposite way can be a
nightmare. I’ve often — too

_often -— experienced the

Crosstown arriving on
schedule at the north Park
Royal station just in time to
watch the West Van blue
pull away for Ambleside,
driven no doubt by a driver
too eager, perhaps to end his

' shift. at 14th Street, and too

uncaring, no matter what, of

stranded passengers

are
often elderly and/or han-
dicapped people. and I've
seen the next Crosstown
arrive before the next West
Van blue, when both buses

operate on 30 minute.
schedules. I've been_
amongst a group of

passengers stranded for 40
minutes .at Park Royal
because one thoughtless or
schedule conscious driver
couldn’t or wouldn’t wait the

extra minute (easily made up

the plight of the West Van
passengers left behind.

I know — I’ve been there
myself —— and, alas,. more
than once. And my fellow

enroute) to pick us up. This
just isn’t a one-time or two-
time situation. It happens all
the time.

. lasked a driver about this
and he said the schedule is

set up so the West Van and

‘North Van buses just miss

each other. He added that
some drivers: wait anyway,
some don't. “It’s up to the
driver,” he said. I believe the
drivers of the late night
buses make it a personal
policy to wait for the
Crosstown. But that doesn’t
help the majority of bus
travellers throughout — the
day. And you know, all it
would take to correct this is
a re-scheduling of the system
by a matter of minutes. For
example,

leave Vancouver at five

'. Minutes after the hour in-
stead of on the hour. Simple,

isn't it..

should be in library

analysis of the financial
expenditures of the District
than is visible from the
annual report, and, of
course, they should have the

right to free access for_this —--

and revenue surplus for the
District of North Vancouver
can simply go to the library
and obtain this information,
free of charge, since it is part
of the normal library service
paid for by the taxpayers. °

Some people,
want a more

however,
detailed

Dear Editor:

I consider your
publication of a recent letter
to the editor re “Teen
shopper ‘harassed’ in
Westlynn Mall” in poor taste
and bad business judgement.

Westlynn Mall merchants
have had problems with a
minority of the younger set
loitering, using foul
language, etc. Your

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board and
coverage

room,

services duty worker

Province of

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Set . Rosai % “a i. wit ee aoe
i: 4 yr. old Billy w is to Stay in North Vancouver!
He has been in a treatment centre in the North
Vancouver area for the past year and a half and is
now ready to move to a foster home.

He has been attending a local public schoo! and will
enter grade 9 in September.

Billy likes baseball, football, photography, skiing, and
acting, with encouragement of those around him.

Billy who is only now learning to trust, needs a warm
family who will be actively involved with him.

Ministry of Human Resources will provide $365 for
clothing,

If interested please contact
Resources and ask for the family and children's

93 - 6th St.
New Westminster
5622-9711

British Columbia

information at their con-
venience. But, for some
inexplicable reason, District
Council, in its lack of
wisdom, does nat make the.
budget available to the
libraries.

The result is that people,
who want more detailed

publication of the
threatening letter does not
help our cause and is only
indicative of a vociferous
minority.

I neither
support
reporting.

approve nor
sensationalized

John Kriss

Cloud 9 Ltd.
Westlynn Mall
North Vancouver

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information, have to go to

‘the District office during

working hours, wait their
turn and then pay the sum of
25¢ for each and every page

normal office hours

but

during library hours, which _

are a lot more convenient for
most people.

the blues could |

Page All, August 5; 1979 - Sunday News

Of course, the blue can't
connect with every other bus
it meets. That’s ridiculous.
But it should connect with its
one and only north shore
link, the Crosstown.

Example? I could give you
plenty, of blue drivers who
wouldn’t wait. But . why
single out a single driver, the
majority of which are pretty

_ Bice > fellows.

Dear Editor

I am concerned about the
abundance of crows. They
are everywhere here on the
North Shore, flocks of them
at Ambleside Park, at
Horseshoe Bay they perch
on the fence and wait for
hand-outs. At Whytecliff
Park one hears only their

Just alter the schedule,
ever so slightly, and make it

a policy for the blue drivers _

to wait for the Crosstown. ..
And what. about east-
bound north’ shore
passengers on Sundays and
holidays. I think a 40 minute
wait is a bit much, don’t you?

Norman R. Severad.
West Vancouver

rows must
be reduced |

an hour. But where . are the
smaller birds,
here in force, building their

‘nests, feeding their young

and continually chirping,
swallows in their quick flight
— migrating birds in the fall.
It is a treat nowadays to see a
pair of robins.

Could it be that the crows

robins. were —

In fact, up until very
recently, the information
was withheld completely. As
far as I am concerned,‘ the
budget should be given to
the libraries in the same way
as the annual report, so that
anybody who wants it can
get it, not just during the

Teen letter i in poor taste

(The letter referred to by
reader Kriss was another
reader's personal version of
a recent alleged incident at
Westlynn Mall. While we
cannot vouch for its ac-
curacy, the letter was
nelther nor

libellous

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build your business.

contacting:

eoing ON

Some prime retail space is available for
lease in the beautiful Vancouver Centre Mall.
It is conveniently situated in the heart of
the mall connecting The Bay and Pacific
Centre/Eaton’s, locating you in the most
desirable retail area in the city. Additional to
your mall to mall connections is the 34 floor
Scotia Tower plus two other towers that can

We don’t need any more
red tape than is necessary,

neither should the taxpayer

have to pay 25¢ per page
copied, when the charge for
using the Library copier is
15¢ per page.

Ernie Crist
North Vancouver

defamatory, and its account
of the alleged incident has
not so far been challenged
by ‘any other party. In the
circumstances we can hardly
regard it as “sensationalized

reporting.” ED.)

The mall area and surrounding shops are
tastefully decorated in Italian marble and brass
Yet you'll be surprised at the competitive rates.

Deal directly with the owners by

Vancouver Centre Development Limited
Box 11503, 650 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, B.C. V6B 4N7

Telephone: 684-7537

raucous Cawing, no sound of
smaller birds.

One lone _ bald-headed
eagle rests silently on the top
of a dead tree, same time
every day, lingering there for

have driven the other birds
away? Something should be

' done to reduce this huge

crow population.

Mrs. L.A. (Dorothy) Varah
West Vancouver

NEWS election
coverage balanced.

Dear Editor:

This letter is very late —
I've been out of town for
much of the time since the
election.

The purpose is to say that,
while you would not expect
me to agree with the
editorial stand of the News, I

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It’s good for business.

thought that the coverage
was balanced (though there
could have been more of it)
and we received exceedingly
good service on our ads.

Thank you.

Gordon F. Gibson
North Vancouver

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