6 - Sunday, July 21, 1985 - North Shore News Editorial Page ‘News Viewpoint harges of arson against a 24-year-old Forest arson C the huge SPEN forest fire raging in the area may come as an unwelcome shock to many British Columbians. The charges have still to be proven (or dismissed) in court. But the most immediate cause for concern is the fact that they have been laid at all. In hot, dry spells like the present one light- ning strikes alone can cause quite enough dev- astation in the forests. So what could possibly induce anyone in his right mind to deliberately speed up the destruction of tens of thousands of acres of prime timber, causing the evacua- tion of an entire threatened community? A reassuring answer, of course, would be that such an act could only be committed by a mentally sick individual. But a more dis- turbing possibility lies in the biiier frustration currently being experienced by thousands of aimost permanently jobless young B.C. adults. It’s not hard to imagine that such frustra- tion, coupled with a growing hopelessness about the future, could foster,.in certain cases, an urge to ‘‘get even’’ for the humiliating feel- ing of personal rejection by taking revenge on society as a whole. | The psychology would not be far removed from that of today’s all too frequent terrorists — who cold-bloodedly endanger, i injure or kill innocent victims in order to'make their tortured point or avenge a festering sense of being wronged. As long as record high: ‘unemployment con- tinues unabated, arson in the woods may have to be added to its ominous social fallout. Costly cuppa! f you sometimes wonder whether you’re | in the wrong job or business as you watch others forging ahead of you, there’s new food for thought in Revenue Canada’s annual report on tax evaders. One Winnipeg family has been fined $4,050 for failing to declare two- year income of $78,282 — and all because they may have drunk an inferior brand of tea. 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Subscriptions, Norin and West Vancouver, $25. per year. Mailing tates available on request. . No responsibility accepted for unsolicited material inctuding manuscripts and piclures which shauid be accompanied by a stamped, addressed envelope. Member or the B.C. Press Council $6,245 average. Wednesday SpA aie Friday & Sunday) THIS PAPER IS RECYCLABLE me . ~ photo submitted RACE FOR THE CROWN ... Miss North Shore contestants with Pageant president Gertie Todd (centre beside ‘Miss Ripp's Diner’’). are on parade once again. The 1985 Miss North Shore Pageant is enter- B EAUTY AND BRAINS ing the home stretch leading to. the coronation extravaganza less than three weeks from now in North Van Centennial Theatre. Front and centre stage, as for the past 33 years, is North Van's indestructible Gertie Todd, founder and permanent president of the Pageant. This year she’s mustered 12 local lovelies aged 16 plus to 21 to compete for the Miss North Shore crown — with the win- ner becoming the communi- ty’s social ambassadress for the next 12 months and com- peting in late August for the Miss PNE provincial title. The eight North Van con-. testants (with names of spon- sors, bless *em, in brackets) are: Nola Accili (Kalena -, Shoes), Shelly Cannon (Cap - Mall), Julia Peggs (West Coast Woman), Lisa Dobmneier (Ripps Diner), Auralie Davidson (ANAF Vets), Karen Harrison (Lynn Valley Lions), Gail Sher- baniuk (Lynn Valley Centre) and Deane Euley (Harmony Donut Shop). From West Van come Daina Boyd (Swen- son’s), Kara Hassan (Cheers Restaurant), Susan Dawes (Yic Dining Room) and Jane Trojan (Royal LePage). You can do some advance juding for yourself in the next couple of weeks (why should the official judges have all the fun?). The 12 aspiring young ladies appear in a Lynn Valley Centre fashion show next Fri- day, starting at 5:30 p.m., followed Saturday by <= Chevron car wash at 23rd and Lonsdale from 11 to 2. Then, at 3 p.m. Saturday, August 3, they again model fashions for the public, this time at the Coach House. Meanwhile, Gertie advises to book early for the big talent show and triumphal crowning ceremony emceed by Don Bryon in the Centennial Theatre, starting at 7 p.m., Friday, August 9. Tickets ($5 adults, $2.50 kids and seniors} from The Perfect Setting, 124 West 16th, or Orange Julius in Cap Mall. It promises to be ihat weekend’s top entertain- ment bargain. kkk IN MALKIN BOWL, under a flawless summer night sky, our ever courageous Theatre Under The Stars launched its 1985 season Thursday with Lerner and Loewe’s popular musical puffball ‘‘Briga- doon’’, directed by Grace Macdonald and to be review- ed in our Wednesday edition. Suffice here to record that the North Shore was generously represented on stage — with West Van‘s Maggie Brock- ington and North Van's George Ravenscroft in the main cast, while Nancy Chouinard, Liz Dancak, Nan- cy Eliiott, Norman Proft and Dion Vuk did North Van proud in the chorus and dance troupe, which also included o fan HEALING KEYBOARDS West Van's Ingrid Kroll. Footnote for TUTS fans: in unsettled weather take an um- brella; in hot, dry weather take a spray can of OFF! kkk JAVELIN HURLING isn’t everyone’s keep-fit craze but West Van has bred a cham- pion at the ancient sport in Sentinel grad Graham Mor- fitt. This spring he captured both the North Shore and pro- vincial javelin titles, went on to place second in javelin in the Canadian Junior Track and Field Championships and is currently representing both B.C. and Canada in national and international javelin competitions. Maybe dad’s ex- ample helped a little — dad being former West Van alder- man George Morfitt, a renowned athlete himself and photo submitted +s. money for them comes to the CMHA‘s Marian Hopps (0) from North Van Kiwanis Foun- dation chairman Jim Reavill, 1974 Canadian Seniors Rac- quetball Champion. wk HITHER AND YON: Keyboards can be a healing tool for the mentally handi- capped and there’s going to be quite a lot more healing of that kind available thanks to Nojth Shore Kiwanis Founda- tion in North Van. The other week Jim Reavill, chairman of the Kiwanis Foundation in North Van, presented a $2,400 cheque to Marion Hopps of the Canadian Mental Health Association for the purchase of typewriters to be used in the Association's therapeutic work program... Covered with honors is former Hillside grad Dr. Lorna Weir, now 27, who's just recieved her M.D. degree from Queen's Univer- sity, Kingston, plus medals in medicine, obstetrics and . gynaecology, and five other academic awards ... It runs in ART JONES ... a 15-year payoff. HAPPY HUNTER ... Bob's profile prized. the family — Lorna’s twin sister, Dr. Ruth Weir, also 2 former Hiliside grad, won her M.D. last year from UBC ... Advertising does pay even if you have to wait awhite to col- lect, as West Van’s Art Jones, president and CEO of the Greater Vancouver Conven- tion & Visitors Bureau, dis- covered earlier this month. The Bureau received a request on a Maclean's magazine rep- ly coupon from a couple in London, Ont., for a visitor's kit and information on Expo 86. The issue of Maclean's was dated April 1970! ... Con- grats to longtime News colum- nist Bob Hunter, winner of one of the six 1985 Western Magazine Awards for a profile he contributed to the Van- couver business magazine Equity ... If you read this in time, don’t forget you're in- , vited to that $5 Champagne , Brunch being held by the West -Van Community Arts Coun- | cil at Klee Wyck, 200 Keith Road, West Van, from 11:30 a.m. today ... And remember the blood donor clinic at Lions Gate Hospital tomorrow and Tuesday, 2 to 8 p.m. wk * WRIGHT OR WRONG: | could cost us a bundle if we ever ceased to trust each other. We'd have to start living within our incomes.