Dear Editor: ;

I would like to thank all
the citizens who spoke up
against the proposal of the
Recreation Commission to
install a liquor lounge in the
North Vancouver Recrea-
tion Centre, at the public
meeting held on December
10.

I would like to thank, in
particular, Mr.. W. Mayo,

for voicing so aptly my hus-_

band’s and my thoughts on
the very real issues involved.

Once a public lounge is in-
stalled, there will be no turn-
ing point. The profit factor
will override any social ills
that will ensue — ills left to

a

the ultimate discovery, if this
generation will be lucky, of
some historian or researcher
bent on an in-depth study —
but only after irreparable
damage has been done.

We are all human. Many
of us like a social drink in a
congenial atmosphere. But a
public tounge is a public
lounge. Why expose our
country’s most precious
resource, our.own children,

to the hazards, even if only

occasional, of the irresponsi-
ble off-the-street drunk, or
the brutality of a drunken
brawl?

There are plenty of social
liquor outlets in North Van-

couver. Let’s prove that we
are adults by exercising a lit-
tle self-discipline.

Members of the Recrea-
tion Commission, for their
part, can prove
Organizational mettle by

coming up with a viably,

sober and more compatible
means of making a profit.

As for the residents over-: -°
reacting, by his remark of -

“girlie shows”, Mr. Jim Ball
clearly showed that not only *
was he the one who ‘was
ovérreacting, he was also.
very much out of line.

(Mrs.) Angie Nyberg,
North Vancouver

Playing God with ALRT

Dear Editor:

Just in case it slipped
anyone's notice, the recent
announcementby Municipal
Affairs Minister Bill Vander
Zalm regarding ALRT for
the City of Vancouver
should certainly settle the
question of who is running
the store as far as Municipal

Affairs is concerned in this
province. Vancouver is a big
city and the new mayor, Mr.
Mike Harcourt, may have

Dear Editor:

When will people realize
that if drinking was accepted
as part of the social event in-
stead of the total event, we
wouldn't have young and not
so young people sneaking off
with their 26 ouncers or their
12 beer.

H people were encouraged
to socialize and enjoy a

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thought he had a mandate to
get things done his way but
just like his predecessor
found with B.C. Place, the
gentlemen in Victoria have
stolen his thunder. They are
not suggesting that he con-
sider ALRT but they are tell-
ing him that is what he is go-
ing to get. This is not to say
that ALRT will not be a good
thing but just a warning to all
those hardworking, well
meaning councillors
throughout B.C. that there is

an old saying that goes like
this: “Man plans but God or-
dains” and they can make
what they like ofthat. © '

North Vancouver District
Alderman Ernie Crist saw a
glimmer of this in a letter to
your paper some weeks ago
wherein he expressed fears
about the new Planning Act
which has been proposed.

C.F. Vage
North Vancouver

civilized —_—_

measured drink as opposed
to the home-poured solitary
variety, maybe, — just
maybe — we wouldn't have
the trouble we have now.

Let’s face it, we can't do
much worse.

°

M.A. Page
North Vancouver

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