A6-Sunday News, May 18, 1980 editorial page NEWS VIEWPOINT No plant, no leak» The report on chemical hazards submitted to the North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce for its consideration is correct when it points out that the greatest source of danger for a spill on the North Shore is during transit on rail lines passing the heart of both North and West Vancouver District Fire Chief Bob McDonald has said the same thing repeatedly and most people acknowledged the fact long ago. And this seems typical of most of the other con- clusions in the report released at last week's media fanfare -- a lot of other people have said the same things for a long time. Council members, fire departments and the citizens’ Chemical Hazards Alert Committee have already anticipated the report in its demands to pressure the federal government into upgrading rail transport safety. The same goes for the recom- mendations to examine the risks of all other types of hazardous industry; to insist that the Beak Report recommendations are carried out; and to overcome the problems of educating and alerting residents. However, the report IS the first to question whether removal of the Hooker plant would solve the problems. Nobody (except maybe CN) questions the need to improve rail safety. What people do question is whether there would even be the possibility of a chlorine leak, either during production or transit, if a chlorine plant didn’t exist here in the first place. e e What price unity? Whatever the result of Tuesday's Quebec referendum, the unity problems it reflects aren't going to disappear easily. Even if Levesque wins, the rest of Canada will refuse to negotiate sovereignty-association with him — so then, what next? If Ryan wins, his demands for Quebec within a “renewed federalism” are likely to be tough. The western provinces will want an equally favorable deal. Just how many of its powers will Ottawa be prepared to surrender when the crunch comes? If the answer is “not enough,” the unity issue could soon be back at square one again. sunday oe news north shore | news NEWS 985-2131 +139 Lonsdale Ave North Vancouver BC V7M 2H4 (604) 985-2131 ADVERTISING CLASSIFIED CIRCULATION 980-0511 986-6222 986-1337 Publisher Peter Speck Associate Publisher Editor-in-Chief Advertising Director Robert Graham Noel Wright Enc Cardwell Classified Manager & Office Administrator Berm Hiliard Production Tim Francis Faye McCrae Managing Editor Andy Fraser News Editor Photography Chns Uoyd Filsworth Otc kKson Accounting Supervisor Barbara Keen North Shore News, founded in 1964 as an IVCderprervderat 6 eneraany ly newspaper and qualiied under Schedule Hh Part it Par agrapt Wh ot the Exctse Tax Act is pubtished eac ft Wednesday and Sunday North Shore Free Press (td and aistitnited to every GJOOt on the North Shore Second Class Mall Reyistration Number i664 Subscriptions $20 per year tntwe Cordents TYR) Nortty oboe Free Press Ltd All aghts reserved by No responsibility accepted tor MANUBCADTIS and prmtures whch slamped addressed retunn oovetope VATU oto obese) oo rrvestecs veal tore tae der ic, ssPrcutel fee ke etqoarnedd try ' VE AIFRIED CIRCULATION 50,870 49,913 Wednusday Sunday THIS PAPER IS RECYCLABLE Breakdown of family life is the cause of all our problems By REV. DOUGLAS KNOLL Pastor of Canyon Heights Chapel, North Vancouver The B.C. government has recognized the importance of the family unit by choosing the month of May as “Family Month”. Ic is intended, no doubt, that everyone in British Columbia focus his or her attention on the many problems facing the family today. Problems which are not pecuhar to British Columbians alone, as ail over the world the family ts being torn from within and withoul History is said to often repeat itself and the scnmpture in St. Matthew 25.37-3& bears repeating. “But as the days of Noah were, so. shall also’ the coming of the Son of Man be, for as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking. marrying and giving in Marriage, unl the day that Noah entered into the Ark” The many problems facing the family in 1980 stem from this type of lving descnbed in these scnptures of people 5,000 years ago — over IN MEMORIAM: | didn't know Bill Valentine nearly as well as I would hke to have known him -- which was my fault, and loss, rather than his. For a few years in the sixties I was one of the more errauc members of his Caulfeild flock He baptized my younger daughter. And latterly, after 1 moved to Ambleside, our paths crossed from time to time. happily but all too brnefly. at the West Van Legion which had the good fortune to have him as its padre The Reverend Mayor Wilham Valentine, Military Cross, setded on the North Shore, | beheve, in) 1946 following his distinguished service in World War Two He was associated originally with the Anghcan Church an Horseshoe Bay and with St Chnistopher’s in| Ambleside before becoming rector of Caulfeild’s St Francis-in the Wood for the better part of two decades during which tume he became one of West) Vancouvers best respected and best loved citizens The measure of the man who passed away last weekend was the overflow congregation of more than 400 which crowded has menortal service lave Thursday afternoon aun St Christophers with Ar chbbhop) Codfrey Crower Udehvering the tribute A tribute that wall be cc hoed by many hudreds of other frivolous, entertaming and immoral living. Never has there been a Ume when so many families are torn apart by dnnking, fast living and divorce or remarrying. The family was the first human instituuon ordained by God — in fact, 1t was to the first family, in the Garden of Eden, God gave dominion over the entre world. As that first family MATERNITY went so went the known world at that ume man lost control. AU of our proolems, political, economic and spiritual, can be traced to the detenoration of the family. Father — who was ordained to be the head of the family — has been relegated tO an optional figurehead (o be used when convement. Mother — who “Just hope and pray she means three POUNDS” sunday brunch by Noel Wright North Shore people whose lives. like mine. were touched by a brave soldier. a wise counsellor and a true Chnstian gentleman Quite ai efew thousand North Shore cable TV customers must have had a rude shock last week on learning that Cable West's increasingly costly service does not supply TV signals for general use in your home It supphes IV signals only for one single TV outlet tn your home I[f you want to operate TV sets = ofr even move your single TV set. from another - two one foom lo you naturally need a cable splitter, costing about $5 from most stereo and houseware stores But as Waker Robinson of West Van discovered 10 days ago. the total cost of using one can go as high as a $500 fine. two years ins yail criminal record and a Being a case. Mr Robinson was let off hehuy by the judge test being required merely to pay Cable West restitution Of $1990 The onty legal cable splitter vt emerges. as one you buy from the company itself tor $1S and for which ino ad dion you pay an cxtra rental of $2 bven af you Possess onty one TV and merely want the con venience of transferring ut from your hsing room to your bedroom tt wall you another $24 a year the initial $14 cornt plus Cable West vp Dave Smith is yubulant over the result of the test case and promises further crackdowns, even where sinning = customers are, im fact, receiving no additional service from the company via their $5 devices. But just before Mr Smith dives in too deeply. he might be smart to have a chat with his more ex- penenced opposite numbers atBC. Tel on the subject of monopolies and public relahions SHIFTING INTO TOP GEAR 1s) North Van's Folkfest “6O Commuttee with Stella Jo Dean at the wheel The week-long ethnic ex travaganza takes place this year from June 20 to 26 and the full program ts due to appear shortly. Meanwhile. Carson Graham students arc busy beautfying the Folkfest float Mary Urdea has the June 20 Hawanan Luau and dance pretty well sewn up And Margret Comba 1s organizing the perenmally successful window display contest call 987 4488) Mr Merchant. af you'd like to enicr Interior decorating coasultants often scem to be a dime a dozen these days but ino awhile something genuinely orginal and cxciting bursts on the just once scene A North Shore weloome therfore oto the latest local venture in this line Ulric Lejeune's Puropean Intenor Decor A was Originally planned to be a helpmate to her husband — has kicked aside the maternal boundaries, thanks to women's liberation, and launched into compeutive careers in the’ husband's world of commerce. Children — who were to learn at their parent's knees — now kneel before 1.V. and learn how to kul. steal, rape and vandalize. God help us no wonder our streets are unsafe. our homes have multi-burglar alarms and no one wants to help his neighbor. Thank God our govern. ment sees the need to focus on the family! May each famely unit realize the im- portance of bmnging each member of the family together in unity and love. This can only be done as each member allows the love of Jesus Chnst to fill his heart so we can become like Jesus and follow His original! plan for the family. Unless we re-establish the proper moral values. spintual environment and character-buulding in our families, we will continue to see Our province” and country torn asunder by indifference and careless- ness. recent settler here from his nauve Germany. Ulric has set up his display centre in sceme Lions Bay of all places and it’s worth a visit just for the ideas il may spark in you Call him at 921-9929 and tell him you're on your way to 65 Isle View Place. PEEPSHOW: Congratul- ations to Rev. Francis Stevens, Minister Emeritus of St. David's, West Van, on his double Golden = An- niversary -- the fiftieth anniversary of his ordination celebrated last Sunday and. on May 27. the fiftieth anniversary of his marnage to Annie (nee Gray)... Today's your final chance to see the art show by Terry Ryals, formerly of Genesis Leather Shop on Lonsdale. at the Helen Pitt) Gallery. 163 West Pender - a happy Sunday outing.. © Winners of the Women’s Committee Vancouver Symphony Society scholarship com petition include three talented young North Van musicians Kimball Sykes (clarinet). David Sabourin (tuba) and David Crist (trumpet)