logic. to the Indian reserve. annually until 1988. provements. major asset for the Band. Capilano Canyon.37 “WHEELS” are the key to mod- ern living, unless you’re a mara- thon walker or jogger. Without them, iife can often become im- possibly difficult. How do you get to a doctor, a dentist or the out-patient depart- ment — to school, work or other essential appointments — if you're handicapped, with no car available and unable, for one reason or another, to use public transit? The happy answer for many such folk nowadays is Handydart, the pro- vincial ‘‘custom transit’’ service whose mini-buses with their speciaily trained drivers pick up small groups of individuals at their doorsteps, take them to their re- quired destinations and return them home afterwards. A fleet of seven operates on the North Shore and any disabled local resident can rN TTS ot 6 - Sunday, March 23, 1986 - North Shore News Give and take he apparent breakdown of negotiations over the future of Ambleside Park calls for a dose of fresh News Viewpoint At issue is the ‘‘cut-off land’ portion of the park — including the duck pond, the pitch-and-putt and the dog exercise area — which was restored two years ago The Band is now demanding an annual $50,000 rental for the land, retroactive to 1984, with no prom- ise of renewal after next October. It has rejected so far West Van’s already once increased offer of $25,000 These amounts are not astronoinic. But West Van has paid out half a million since the 1960s to develop the park from swampland and spends $100,000 a year to maintain it. Today, every spare tax dollar is needed for urgent municipal jobs like road upkeep and im- Meanwhile, the Squamish Band itself wants a servic- ing agreement from West Van in order to proceed with its planned Kapilano 200 building at Park Royal. That need might be expecied io encourage a reasonable Ian- dian compromise over lease terms, based on the money already invested by West Van in creating what's now 2 Hopefully, a deal fair to both sides can still be struck. The name of the game is give-and-take — with West Van taxpayers having already given much. Since some 60% of the park’s users coni2 from other municipalities, West Van might also look for outside sharing of costs, by working to have whatever may remain of the Ambleside playground made into a REGIONAL park maintained by the GVRD, like use the service, says Maria George of the Custom Transit Advisory Committee -— simply phone friendly dispatcher Terry Bornais at 980-3691 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Whatever your handicap, getting “wheels’’ is as easy as that. ee NEW DIMENSION for 24 gifted young local musicians was opened up two weeks ago by the North Shore Chamber Music Society in West Van’s Klee Wyck arts centre. Presented in separate groups of three or four each by music teach- ers Helmut Hoebig, Vivian Waters and Nancy and Gaspare Chiarelli, the talented teens played their classical numbers to an ap- preciative audience, were judged : 2, Ae oto submitted LIFE AFTER THE CRASH?... Bill Donnelly (right) takes over the gavel from Len Macht. LETTER OF THE DAY Teacher Dear Editor: Iam writing in response to Doug Coliin’s column dated Sunday, March 9, 1986 regarding the layoff of Roger Callow by the West Van- couver School Board. Mr. Collins states that Callow wats fired for incompetence. | am are that even the “meek Mrs, Margot Furk would take exception to that statement. Bill 35 provides a process for the layoff of tachers when there are not enough layott available teaching positions. The arbitrator found Callow to have a lack oof ‘tcurrent demonstrated ability’ on the basis af a prin- cipal’s report and other concerns. The arbitrator did NOT state that Roger Callow was incompetent because under the School Act the issue of competency must be determined by a different process. Mr. Collins accuses the BCTF of taking the position that nu teacher is ever incompetent. This is nat THe VOICE OF NORTH AND WEST VANCOUVETS SUNDAY . WEDNESDAY . FRIDAY 1139 Lonsdale Ave. North Vancouver, B.C. V7M 2H4 §6,893 (average, Wednesday e Friday & Sunday) with critiques by CBC concert- master Campbell Trowsdale and shared $500 in NSCMS awards. For most, it was a first perfor- mance in a small chamber ensem- ble, an art quite different from playing in bands and orchestras — and more demanding, say those who know. os & SCRATCHPAD: Top social event of the year — the May 3 Mititary Ball at the Hotel Vancouver, usual attendance around 500 — is sold out, and how! Committee chair- man Lorna Watkins says they ask- ed the hotel this year for 700 seats but have applications for 1,000, with 34 debutantes to be presented to Lt. Gov. Bob Rogers instead of the average dozen. Maybe the Ex- po spirit or maybe continuing rumors that visiting royals Chuck and Di might just drop by Urgently seeking volunteer can- vassers for North Van's April 7-18 Cancer Fund Drive is campaiyn chairman Sharon Drew (985-8585), whose North Van unit topped the whole Lower Mainland last year by cost $66, true. Principals, who are members of the BCTF, fulfill one of their professional responsibilities by writing reports on teachers, Collins further st tes that ‘Competence is a omatter of paying dues’. Not true. The payment of dues entitles each teacher to the guarantee of a fair hearing and appeal process. There is a distinction between pro- viding someone with a process and defending that person, Last spring the West Vancouver webb DITIONS, Noel Wright ED Display Advertising 980-0511 Classifled Advertising 986-6222 Newsroom 985-2131 Circulation 986-1337 Subscriptions 986-1337 Narth Shore News, ty wie 9 7 © sunday brunch © collecting $106,000 ... In similar vein, Al Bach reports that Mount Seymour Lions (20th birthday just celebrated) have donated almost $7,000 to nine deserving causes so far this year, including one-third of their $12,000 Telethon pledge ... Not many journalists go to church but Hugh Leggatt, a familiar byline in the morning daily, has just retired from editing ‘‘Anchor Line’, the lively newsletter of St. Clement’s, North Van, for six Publisher: Editor-in-Chief Managing Editor Advertising Director An Fea Peter Speck Noel Wright Nancy Weatherley Linda Stewart ter Seneduie HH Paragtaph Hl ot the and Ov hteu'Gd 1G Peet y Boot On Gaudet Lob pet yaat Mailing fates ule Matern Cag mA NUSTHOs G agar and Quatitend 2h Ghote Frets Pray Entre contents © 1986 North Shore Free Press Ltd. All tights reserved NEWS photo Tarry Peters WHEELS TO WORK...(1 to r) Lillian, Missy, Cindy and Margo ride daily from their Lynn Valley group home to their jobs at a North Van handicapped workshop with HandyDart driver Gary Noakes in his recently delivered, brand new mini-bus. years. He’s holding a church newsletter workshop April 19 — call 988-4418 for info ... Mark 7:30 p.m. Wednesday (March 26) on your tablets for a special even- ing of concert entertainment by Windsor students at North Van Centennial Theatre (box office 988-6166) ... Congrats to London Life’s Bill Donnelly, elected 1986 president of the North Shore Ex- ecutives Association in succession to Len Macht of Crash Pad Colli- sion — would the changeover mean that there IS life after the crash? ... And deliver your gift for the long holiday weekend at West Van Legion’s special blocd donor clinic, 2 to 8 Thursday (March 27) in Park Royal North. ee + WRIGHT OR WRONG: A yawn may be impolite but at least it’s an honest opinion. photo submitted JUST US FOUR...(1 to r) Karen Linquist (piano), Carolyn Bergstrand and Karyn Baker (violins), Joanne Bergstrand (bass) explore the deman- ding art of chamber music. Teachers’ Association offered to negotiate a process for layorf with the Board. This process would in- clude an in-house committee of Board members and teachers who would review each layoff. The cast of such a process would be ne ercater than $3,000 - $4,000. In- stead, the Board chose to lay a teacher off under Bill 35. The ar- bitration hearing cost the Board approximately $70,000 and the appeal will increase that cost. How 000 too much ironic that a Board who prides itself on being fiscally responsible could justify spending $70,000 on a layoff when they had been of- fered a less costly and tess time consuming process. We are negotiating again in hopes of attaining a layoff pro- cedure that gives the Board its management prerogative and ¢n- sures teachers a fair process. Maureen Ciarnieltu President WYTA