The Novth Shore News is pablshed by Marth Shore Free Press Ltd. » Publisher Peter Speck, from 1139 Lonsdale Avenua Worth Vancouver, 2.C., V7 26 PETER SPECK Publisher 985-2131 (101) Renshaw Managing Editor 985-2131 (176). ; Poter Kvarestrom Nes Dialtwai Human Resources Marcager 985-2431 (177) oi ~“Linda Stewart Sales & Marketing Director - 980-0511 (319) “. Display Manager =~: 980-0511 (163) “ 986-6222 (202) ‘ia aa ; » Promotions Manager * 985-2131 (218) » Distibution Manager ‘986-1337 (124) pene) Andrew McCradia- Co BE Cre Serves Marat 885-2181 (127) titer 38 ($4) sy Eaton 34 (147) LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters must fnchude your name, full address & ne number, - MA Intemet: trenshaw @ direct.ca - COMPUTER BBS - 980-8027 User [D:maktbox (ened: batpe rare naan. OF ° Password-letters Marth Steers fees,” fouradod ins 1907 as a ad ’ inkperdet qulified unkr Schodle 111, "WELL OOLS are running loose in our Jocal mountains. The implications are troublesome. ' We are extremely fortunate on the North Shore to be blessed with readily accessible world-class wilderness. For the most part we tend to treat this recreational opportunity without much respect. After all, we urban creatures ‘are conditioned to spending much of our out- door time in parks. A ‘modest patch of trees, a ray or two of sunshine and @ reduced quotient of con- crete fulfills for most of us the universal need to get in touch with nature from time to time. ney POSS SS ee ea WELL may you wonder what-Great Thoughts run ‘through my head when I am “ not scouring Tiddlycove for hot news tips. Here are a * They were recorded for immor- tality in my notebooks. 1 began keeping such notebooks — they are ‘large, hard-covered things like the old-fashioned ledger books — as recently as April 1960. These are trom the gurent (L2th) one. “I can’t believe it’s a new year,” I said incred- ulously as we sat in-Grandma’s room just after midnight. “The-old one doesn't seem to have -been used propérly.” (Jan. 1, 1993) - . - 900 «George Grant, in Lament for a Nation : “The kindest of all God’s dispensations is that individ- _ uals cannot predict the future in detail.” Know what? (said he to himself). The sins I faced up to and pid for paid off. There must be a great and solemn rule here, It’s the sin ducked and evaded and piteously moaned about that becomes a pustule erupting sooner or later on the skin of life. Qo00 (My son) Daniel (then 34) just did something to annoy (my wife) E!feabeth, who, as of 7:40 -acm., has already announced that she is in no mood for nonsense today. | warned Daniel: “Don't be troublesome.” He, from che floor, in a surly, accusative tone: “Don’t you be, the trou- -. blesome. columnist.” f had to ask tice to make - * sure of what he’ had said. : Q -with the human race. ° land fra! It’s all for the better if there’s plenty of parking and a steamy little coffee joint within easy strolling distance. However, with alarming frequency this summer, hinterland halfwits are pushing the patience of North Shore-based seareh and rescue teants. People are repeatedly flirting with dis- aster, attempting trips into the mountains with. minimal planning and little equip- ment other than shees and light clothing. Hikers are being caught by darkness and they’re not even carrying flashlights. Back east they make fun of us outdoorsy folk on the West Coast for turning knap- sacks, designer hiking shoes and fleece fab- 1SEE THE HONEYINOON Trevor ute Tom Stoppard: “Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many usual objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.” ; Qa The children put on a magic show, in the style of Paul Daniels, whom we watch avidly — I, semi- avidly — every Friday night. Kate the Magician (then aged 7) held up a pencil and cloth, “And now Iam going to make this pencil disappear,”.she announced. Berta (then 3), from: Momma’s lap on the sofa: “Why?” Even Harry Houdini would have been stopped dead, aaQQ Recent thought: No accuracy goes unpun- ished. O00 : The light bulb in my office burned out when L turned it on.1 bore the dead bulb to the garbage’and stared at it for the last time. “Alas, that spring should vanish with the rose,” I mur- mured. Alas, the humiliation of having no Boswell at one’s fingertips. ag All that matters in a democracy is that no one be servile and everyone have some privacy. Qo0 The other day (Sept. 15, 1993) Daniel was in my room as I was about to go to bed. He spelled his name aloud: “D-A-N-I-E-L.” Then, apolo- getically for not being able to spell the rest: “That’s just my start name.” : QO ~ Oh, it’s just that I have a personality conflict ric accessories into a fashion statement. And yet when it counts most, we’re not “& equipped. Our rescue team members are jf trained to help. me They are volunteers. Many have young families and jobs. . They are on call, just a pager beep away from being called in to risk their lives to save the lives of those who find themselves ~ in trouble. pe A hike up the Lions is not a walk inthe: park. If you’re hiking, take the time to be’ prepared. ee As matters stand, the search and rescue service is being abused. ee full-time | meno Bus, bike ride _ makes sense » Dear Editor: oe [ would like to express my thanks _ to B.C, Transit and West Vancouver: ‘Transit for a very pleasant, and relax ing, trip from. Richmond ;Cerire “te Horseshoe Bay. 0 : - T would never dream of raking ‘my.’ car over this route but by bus it was a dream and also, the price was right!: It strikes me as very unfair howev er to expect. cyclists-to, have tog through the; nightmare’ of: crossin; the Lions Gate Bridge: and also :th nightmare. of “Marine. Drive to ‘the: Ferry Terminal. The provision of bike: racks on,’ all buses ‘crossing : thes bridges would go.a ong way t alleviating this problem and at $3,00 cach installed would be a very good Go Green, investment. 2. 2 » There‘are many, many. ways. tha we.can improve our air quality, if w had. political’ leaders and_a‘policy’ of “feet first-cars last”! : ‘Colin W. Sinclaire “. Ninety-five per cent of nostalgia ist “Before we werejmarried 0" August Strindberg: “That is the thankless position of the father in the family — the provider for all, and the enemy of all.” il gaq ‘ Margaret Thatcher: “No one would remem ber the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good...” i . w intentions. He had money as well, Qo oe, (A-variane of G.B. Shaw’s famous remark, “What a wonderful thing is youth; what a-pity that it’s wasted on the young.”) Recovered from... a‘note made in 1984; “What a wonderful thing... is youth; what a relief that it’s wasted on the.) young.” : At the funeral, one wonders what the dead would say of their eulogists. ne Q - John Kenneth Galbraith: “Nothing, let us not... forget, acts.as a stronger limit on the liberty of ~ the citizen than a total absence of money.” - Qooag De Toqueville: “Men are very lucky to have interests, for if they had only opinions and beliefs they would never have a reason to,come toa decision.” : eo, moons goa a I was watching The, Young Frankenstein with’ Berta (by this time aged“4). After.a few minutes , I said: “This is boring.” Berta replied: “Only the talking.” ae —— The North Shore News believes strongly in." freedom of speech and the right of all sides in.a debate to be heard. 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