Allin
W. Van
can help

The New Year brings
hopes and fears for the
morrow. We do know that
the year will pass by and that
we could make it better by
our contribution to that year
and to ourselves, friends,
and neighbors.

It could be that this year is
one of some economic
constraints and  belt-
tightening, but history has
shown us that society is often
better off under those cir-
cumstances and becomes
more real and true than
riding on a wave of af-
fluence.

We have so much to be
thankful for that any small
stringencies this year are a
mere nothing. The taxpayers
of West Vancouver will
receive the fullest possible
value in services for their tax
dollar on the municipal
level, and I sincerely hope
that in the New Year ‘the
feeling of community spirit

and participation will
continue to prevail and
widen by and for the
residents of West Van-
couver.

With my best wishes to all.

Derrick Humphreys
Mayor
West Vancouver

City will do
its part

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those in need, and mai: ‘ain
interest rates at a reasonable
level.

At the provincial level,
would like to see the
government take what steps
it can to increase the supply
of affordable housing, en-
sure that its financing for-
mula for education is a fair
and equitable one for all
parts of the province, and
make certain that in its
program of adjusting the
budget to reduced provincial
revenues it does not reduce
services to those who are in
greatest need

Municipally, I hope to see
our present level of services
maintained or improved
without an undue increase in
the gencral property tax, a
further improvement of our
tax base. continued = im-
plementation of our Ten
Year Plan, and the first steps
being (aken to develop our
Waterfront Park. In ad-
dition, | would hope that we
will do all that we can to help
case the housing problom
within our own municipality

In closing, on behalf of
City Council, 1 would like to
extend to cach resident of
the City of North Vancouver
Scason's Groctings and Best

—

Wishes for a happy and
prosperous New Year
Back Loucks,

Mayor, North
Vancouver City

The (.anachen Hed ( roan SOCctety

tt

ICBC needs streng competition

Dear Editor:

I don’t know if ICBC
imsurance rates are more
expensive than rates from
private companies. On the
other hand, I do know this:

¢ The ICBC claims office
in North Vancouver has a
hired security guard to keep
the customer from the
reception desk.

¢ Settling claims requires
more paper work and takes
longer. Also, repair costs are
higher than could be ex-

Vandalism
won them
friends

plained by inflation or ‘by

‘higher labor costs.

© There were never any
crippling strikes before
ICBC.

¢ ICBC employees don't
care if you are a customer or
not — it’s no concern of
theirs.

* Absolutely no one of my
acquaintance is _ satisfied
with the policy, service or

rates from ICBC.
Why? Because ICBC is
big, cumbersome, and

Dear Editor:
Your -.coverage of the
unfortunate incident in-
volving our Christmas
display has brought us many
heart-warming offers of
assistance and expression of
good wishes.
My wife and I wish to

YOUR
UTURE KS
PROTECTIT.

unaccountable. It doesn't
need to control its costs and
it doesn’t need to satisfy its
customers to stay in
business.

Let’s have competition in
the insurance market -place
again. We have a right to
choose the peuple we want
to do business with - it
might even cost less.

James B. Jarvis
North Vancouver

extend our sincere thanks
and appreciation to
everyone for their kind
support. It is indeed most

gratifying to have so many
friends.

W. Bernard Lovis
West Vancouver

British Columbia workers

suffer painful eye injures
The real tragedy ts that so many of

these injunes Could have been avoided by

the use of proper eye protection
Don't be one of this year's

Statistics

wear proper eye

protection whenever eye hazards

are involved

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