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it was one of those
spacious afternoons that go
en and on. Outside the day
was still bright and cold. The
sun streamed in the windows
' to the kitchen where Hilda
and I were talking as she
made tea.

I was. looking out the
window when my attention
was attracted to an insect
crawling on the pane.. As we
chatted I went over to the
_ Window and drew closer. It
was a yellow and black wasp, .
wandering aimlessly over the
glass. His antennae twitched :
feebly, and he _ walked
without energy. I thought,
wasp, Something went wrong —
with your hatching because
you're too early for spring.

**It’s lost’? said Hilda.
“They come in when I’m
airing the house. They get in
through ‘the windows and
then get lost in the house.-
Usually they end up here in
the kitchen.”’

The wasp had lost his grip

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‘on the -smoothness of the

window. and was scrabbling
feebly in the channel at the
bottom.

Hilda came to stand | beside
me. —

“They “pet tired, you
know.’’ We looked at the
wasp, who had struggled out

of the channel and was.

awkwardly Straddling the
wooden sash.

“If I put him outside now, |

he'll die.’’ I asked her what

she was goimg to do with it. .

She was pouring the tea, and
it was'a moment before she
- answered. During that time I
relived a lot of wasp-in-the-
_ house scenes.

“*I feed them, > she said.

- “Watch.” She took a small
spoon of honey and held it -

towards the wasp, making
encouraging noises.

‘The wasp saw the =» honey
coming..It didn’t hesitate or

.flinch from the spoon, but

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and left the window to walk .
on the honey mass on the
spoon. Hilda held the spoon
so. we could see better.

“This one was warming
itself on a light in the
kitchen’’ she said. ““*T saw. it
this morning.’

The wasp “was moving a
little “faster already.’ Its
mouth tube moved steadily
over the surface of the

_honey.. Soon its antennae

were moving more energet-
ically. It seemed to take'on-
nourishment: visibly.

When it had fed she.
opened the window and the
wasp sat in the sun for a
minute, grooming itself. It:

~ flew from the window down
into the garden and we lost

sight of it,

: "You know,”’ she said,

 #Pve- been’ feeding wasps
“. and bees for years. And I

never have many flies in the -
kitchen. Do you think there

-could be any'connection?”’ I:

greeted the honey. eagerly, - don’t know. Do you?

Over WV Council protests

by Alan Twigg: J

Ald. Don Lanskail talked
about ‘‘shutting’ the barn
after the horse has got
away,’’ but a more ‘approp-
riate phrase might have been
‘running for the bus after
the doors have closed.’

Lanskail was bemoaning
the parity policy of West.
Vancouver council, which
will see West Vancouver
Transit employees gaining a.
14.1 per cent wage increase
during the first year of a new
two-year contract.

The collective agreement,
outlined at Monday’s.council
meeting by municipal man-

ager Terry Lester, calls for a.
dental. plan and ‘a’: pay
increase of approximately 40 |
per cent over two > yours,

Lester described this fig-
wre as deceptive since the

woe,

ron . .

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vrei hl

‘

-down"’

Bus driver’ $ pay hike

largest portion of the in-

crease will come only during

the last. few months of the

contract.’

Council, however, ex-
pressed disapproval at the
size ‘of salary increases.
Mayor Peter Jones called.
them | ‘extremely
while Ald. Bob Wychkhim

expressed hope that the _
“‘struck :

increase would be.
by restraint’ guide-
lines fromthe provincial or

federal governments.

The new contract follows -

closely the contract recently
awarded to B.C. Hydro bus,

drivers. .

“A bus “driver who - made
; $12, 000 per year as of June,
‘1975,
approximately $16,500 by.
June. 1977 under | the 1 new -
contract.

should be earning

. after the horse has

large,”’ .

As with: West Van’s new:
parity-based firefighters’

contract, council bemoaned
their inability to influence .

settlements made to Van-
couver and District. unions.
But *‘shutting the barn door .

away,’’ as Ald. Lanskail
described it, was obviously
not the answer. Council then

supported a motion : from
-Lanskail_ thot Mayor Jones.
contact B.C, Hydro so that a:
‘representative from . West .
Van could take part in future
‘Vancouver negotiations. .

‘West’ Vancouver is the:
only municipality in Greater”
Vancouver to operate its own
bus line.

. Traditionally, ‘West - “Van
Council has chosen, to accept
precedents set by negotia-
tions withthe much larger.
bargaining unit, the B. Cc.
Hydro bus drivers. _ :

. encouragement |

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~ this. I bet you will find 100

got -

. a ‘Dear Sir:
by Peter Speck —

Reker oeee oss 505 etete: etse % ~ me 6 Si? Soros ae seresetetete te se! oa rote et > aeate. ‘notice d (J an. 1 4, North Shore

I wonder how many people

‘News) the account of those
indefatiguable handicapped

‘how, from a nod of
from an
M.L.A., charitable organiza-

.tions began to hear of their

efforts.

After an eight-year struge-
le, these people, with their
precarious neaitn probiems,

**arrived.”” Surely, with a

government grant thace

2 nano wea e ease

eight years could have been
saved. In eight years. the
- grant could have been paid
for—probably doubled.

It’s bad enough to be
handicapped physically,
without also being handi-
.capped financially in one’s '
endeavors. ~

Sign me like I feel, please,

Thoroughly Upset,

West ‘Vancouyer

napiil robbery!
Dear Sir: . .

I receive an old age
pension which keeps me
alive and pays my rent.
That’s it. I think it is highway
robbery the way super-
‘markets get
double pricing. [See “Price
tag not binding,’’ North

Shore News, Jan. 14.] If your |
and Ij

article is correct,
assume it is, then stores, are
literally stealing from the
public.

You should have your

Inquiring Reporter ask the
people what they think about

per cent against it.

Also, why did you ‘change
_your name to the North Shore
‘News? I will always think of.
you as the Shopper.

Mrs. A. Miller .
North Vancouver

Please don’t say that, Mrs.
Miller! We're calling our-
selves the .Nows. because
that’s what we are—the
quantity and quality of our
news features Is growing
every ‘month, resulting In
articles such as the onc you
Just mentioned. Ed. |

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Feeling, listlesa? Out of
sorts? ”

Fight dil Take a wath.

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