et ee ae se = T cpigikgitdinaniilt et, ny at ea gem PS MO EOE ATT TT ayy The’ ‘entry of North Ven schools into the computer age will give a new twist to some hallowed old: sayings. ‘The school district presently has .32:Apple microcomputers and eight Pet models in operation: |. : Which means, we suppose, that students who regularly bring a teacher for the Apple could eventually wind up becoming the Pet's teacher. sunday naw s | north shore 1139 Lonsdale Ave , North Vancouver, B.C. news Bee (604) 985-2131 NEWS ADVERTISING CLASSIFIED CIRCULATION 985-2131 980-0511 986-6222 986-1337 . 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All rights reserved, No responalbility accepted for unsolicited material, inchiding manuscripts and pictures, which ahould be accompanied by a stamped, addressed return envelope VERIFIED CIRCULATION: 60,470 Weaneadey; 40,013 Sunday ‘ hi, Ge ‘ ernepamees a ‘ . THis PAPER| IS RECYCLABLE. following “points, | others, Liberal defence minister and now:chairman of the. 30;000- member CANADIANS FOR ONE. CANADA, ‘made. the -among ‘ when testifying recently, . before. the. joint Senate-Commons Com- mittee. on the Constitution.) “Our tradition as Canadians has taught us to” believe: in the . ‘suprembcy ‘of deniocratically:... ‘elected | parliaments ‘and. legislatures, and not:in: the. supr sy-of written... constitutions: :: In future: years, Prime: Minister” ” Trudeau's... ‘proposed «Con- stitution, with its" ‘Tigid ‘and inflexible’ amending procedure,- could: become a. “dictatorship: of words” over- ruling’ -the . parliamentary system ‘that has for. centuries . guafanteed our freedom. ‘Parliament . responds to social and: political: realities T. and.to human needs ina way ’ ¢hat a court can never ‘do, ; because ‘a’court is not being directed by hyman needs but by the dead hand of a written My. warning to all Canadians: continues to‘ be: Do not give up the flexibility of ‘statutory: law ‘for: the inflexibility of ‘constitutional law. - Do not © give up the HOMETOWN TUBE: The North Shore's answer to Channel Nine — Cable West TV (Channel 10) — took a stride towards the bigtime at a media party Wednesday where they announced three new major programs starting this week. Tuesday, (Jan. 27) brings the premicre of District Town Meeting at 8:30 p.m. — starring Mayor Don Bell and his merry band at North Van District council. A live show for public input, at which District residents can appear in person before council or phone into the studio to grill council members, praise them or pillory them. “Participatory democracy” at its finest. The show will repeat at the same time on the Iast Tuesday of cach month. Then — if Town Meeting raises your blood pressure to - dangerous levels —~ you can watch For Your Health every Friday at noon, beginning Jan. 30. The premiere highlights cardiac information in preparation for ‘Heart (February, remember?) Stars of the weekly shows will include staff members of Lions Gate Hospital quarterbacked by articulate Month”. : nk that the Van- ¢ formula, ‘rand . seven provinces co! taining 50% of the -population “is the best possible: formula for amending our. Constitution when it. is finally’ here in Canada. We started our con- stitutional ‘reform: ‘because it said Qr frustrated. ‘Newfoundland is . enraged. Ottawa- is bewildered. Aliberta is furious. The whole West: is fighting : mad! . Why are Canadians . angry? One reason. is- because the governnient . is: planning to ask the British Parliament to make fundamental and far- reaching amendments to the Canadian without’Consultation to say nothing about the approval... of the Canadian public. Let me describe the kind © of Canada we believe in — the kind of Canada that we are for: a Reykjavik, capital of ral steam piped from the jsland’s' vast feserves of thermal underground water. _sunday brunch approval of . sO ° many constitution | _ More than 3,500 homes ia: supremacy of Pafliament. = . __@-We are for One Canada, . built on. the Grand “Design set out by. the. Fathers of ws : Confederation. © We are. for a nation “ where minorities, large and Ce small, are “respected and. - rights protected. eWe are for a nation that. . is united around its majority, and around the: symbol ‘of its flag. that it by Noel Wright LGH administrator Borthwick. Finally, there’s a brand- new 10:30 a.m. interview show titled Friday Morning, again starting Jan. 30 and co- hosted by those peripatetic commentators on North Shore life and doings, Mary Kerr and Ed Keate. A bit-of- everything program on which Mary and Ed will quiz local guests, spotlight events sround- town and field viewers’ calls on anything under the sun. All this homegrown talent in living color without a John single commercial. Move over, Merv Griffin ... Hoare’s Law of Large Problems: Inside every large problem is a small problem struggling to get out. North Vancouver's Waker Block did what he wanted to do from childhood and became an economist, thereby missing out on a career for which he's equally -well ‘endowed ~ stand-up comedian, Dr, .Block, senior economist with the prestigious Vancouver-bas- od Fraser Institute, moved his North Van Chamber of Commerce audience to gales of laughter Thursday as he described the plight of economists nowadays, disliked by the public more and more as the economy grows worse and worse, In fact, he added, his family has recently taken to covering up for him when asked what Dad does, telling inquirers he’s in some, respectable profession’ like used car salesman. The one-liners came thick and fast (“Stretch all the economists in the world end to ond and they still wouldn't reach ai conclusion’’) without, detracting from a thought- provoking analysis of energy policy in relation to housing. “Are you related to Block Bros.?” someone asked him. “No,” he flashed back, “I wish I were.” Altogether a refreshing lesson in com- munication for overly earnest {ree enterprisers and practitioners of “the dismal | science”: laugh and the world laughs with you, » weep and you weep alone .. on HITHER AND YON; Did you know Hollyburn Sailing club will teach you to sail even if you're not a member? Call Commodore Tony Boyd (926-1670) for details ‘eWe respect diversity and wh however, - While on the subject of © water, West Van Aquatic . Centre pool reopens today at 10 a.m. and you can register. there for February's special. swim programs until next” Wednesday ... West Van’ Legion still needs donations © of merchandise for its giant. sale and auction next. Saturday (Jan. 31) in aid of © the LGH wheelchair bus — . if you can contribute call - Dorothy Hamcock (922-9573) or Brian Coldwells (922- 9573) ... Shutterbugs get | overtown and see this week's display by North Van- photographer John Bowling | at the “Photgraphers’ Eye « 81" exhibition in the Multicultural Contre, Tuesday through Thursday 7:30 to 9 p.m. or next. Sunday 2 to 4 p.m. . Congratulate (and envy) North Van's Ken and. Darlene Johnson and their two kids — $10,000 richer thanks to the Western. Express Lottery ... greetings to Sid Fehr, former VanCity manager in West Van, who. ‘took over. the Burnaby: branch just as billion‘dollar | VanCity became the biggest credit union in the world .«. and don’t forget. the LGH blood donor clinke Monday’ (Jan, 26) from 2 to 8p. m. . “ ’ . *. ee WRIGHT’ ‘OR WRONG: Trying to convince someoné. Diack is white can land you. in an awful lot of A grey areas.’ ;