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Thoughtful column
was appreciated

Dear Editor:

Congratulatins to Peggy
Trendell-Whittaker for an ex-
cellent, thoughtful piece in her
column on July 19. Her comments
on our preference for money over
lime aptly reflects North Ameri-
can lifestyles.

Someone once told me — over
30 ycars ago — that we may have
time or money in our tives, but
rarely both together. How true
that has proved.

} remember childhood days --
without a car or TV, a microwave
or videos — with much pleasure,
for we had time to enjoy our fam-
lies, make friends, write letters,
go on walks, and to learn much
about nature’s cycles and seasons.

Nowadays, we struggle to cope
with full-time jobs, family and
homes, social activities — and the
temptations of TV, videos,
theatre, sport, exercise, etc! —

and end up simply too tired to en-
joy anything.

But, alas! Society still does not
value the part-time worker — and
Peggy Trendell-Whittaker is lucky
that she can take this route.

Many who give time to rearing
a family, to volunteering, and to
community-caring, invariably end
up with poorer pensions and
salaries and with little status in
later years.

As someone who fully supports
a commitment to a ‘‘healthy
human environment,” | believe we
need to press for more equality
and recognition for those who do
choose time over the glitter of
gold.

So carry on the debate, Peggy
— some awareness-raising is in
order!

Elisabeth Sestsraan
North Vancouver

NVD bureaucracy ‘stinks’

Dear Editor:

For once, Noel Wright is right
(Wednesday, August 28).

The actions of North Vancouver
District Mayor Murray Dykeman
in not allowing Ald. Ernie Crist
access to inforination of commit-
tee findings ‘*stink.’’

It would be nice for petty bu-
reaucrats to carry on in commit-

tees doing exactly what pleases
them “in camiera,’’ but keeping
the aldermen in the dark (even the
pain-in-the-butt Crist) erodes our
basic democratic right to freedom
of information.

People like Ernie Crist keep us
honest and hopefully free.
Lorraine M. Bates
Nerth Vancouver

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