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for Capilano party mess

Re: Sept. 9 News tront page article con-
cerning Sentinel secondary school’s pre-grad

function.

The mentioned article is an embarrassment
raduating class of
mtinel secondary school, but to the school
arents of our class. However,

shared, as they may shed some light on the sit-
uation. Firstly, and most importantly, there
re, in fact, almost double the number of

©: Handsworth students in attendance than

ntinel students.
Therefore, it is completely unfair to suggest

fe that. Sentinel students were solely responsible

id. thar the gathering merely inclided somz

B'students from North Vancouver’s Handsworth
secondary school. Secondly, in re
B tradition’ ‘of camping out on the

‘ds to the
icelds of our
s, for the last few years Sentinel grads
e‘chosen places other than our playing field
‘our field is surrounded by houses and
‘going: ‘somewhere more secluded would nor-
nially. cause less trouble for everyone.
--This year, the site of the athering ¥ was cho-
the: Sentinel grad committee, for
ntinel grads only, and we chose the spot
it was far enough away from the hous-
‘that dur noise would not be a problem. This
clusion ‘was made oni the assumption thar
setween 60 to 70 Sentinel students would be

that over 225 other students (not from
Sentinel) would move from their site (in North
Vancouver) to a site 60 metres away from us.
In fact, the North Vancouver group moved up
a hill, closer to the houses, and within audible
distance to the houses.

Had they not donc so, the noise created by
Sentinel would have been completely inaudible
to the residents of the area.

Thirdly, we would like to mention that
Sentinel’s group had in fact previously orga-
nized a clean up crew which had planned to
clean up the area before leaving it.

However, because of the additional naise,
the West Vancouver Police kicked both grovyps
out of the area at approximately 3:30 a.m.
Being unexpectedly removed from the premis-
es, we were not able to clean up and so we
decided to return after school that day.

When we returned, we were surprised to
have found that most of the clean up job had
already been done by the Greater Vancouver
Regional District park staff and for that, we.
the grads of Sentinel secondary school, would
like to thank them as well as apologize to them
for having to clean up our mess.

Also, the grads of Sentinel secondary schoo}
would like to apologize to the residents of the
Glenmore area and to anyone else who was
inconvenienced that night.
ghe graduating class of Sentinel Secondary

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described the reorganization of critic roles.

offered again if there are
enough students to warrant
them.

We welcome suggestions
for riew classes and will do our

best to organize classes when

state ent regarding
of réquirement for
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11> and Mandarin 12”): is
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A. language 11 is not a

. graduation requirement but is

‘prerequisite for students

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The most popular language for
this purpese’ i is French and is
normally taken by students in
their daytime school program.
North Shore Continuing
Education offers Mandarin 11
and 12 in its night school pro-
gram because it is not readily
available in the high schools.
We encourage the commu-
nity to call us directly at 986-
8888 if chey have any su
tions for new classes or wish to
express their concerns about

. McBride

Program Administrator
North Shore Continuing
Education

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CRITIC ROLES

in a recent North Shore News article,
which dealt mainly with | the
appointment of my colleague, John
Reynoids, as the Reform Justice Critic,
the columnist wrote that “North
Vancouver MP Ted White - has not
fared nearly as welf as his West
Vancouver counterpart. in his second

§ term or sixth year in the party, White is

the party's direct democracy critic”.
After receiving a few phone calls in
connection with the article, | reatized
that an opening had been provided for
me to write about my critic role, and
why | have CHOSEN to remain as the
Direct Democracy Critic since 1994.

CLUSTER GROUPS
Just over 4 years ago, in my August 3,
report for this newspaper, !

within the Reform Caucus following the
first 23 weeks of the 35th Parliament. Up
until that time, we had been working under
a “cluster group” approach, which had
three or four of us cooperating as joint
critics for a particular ministry. The

| strategy had worked well, allowing each of

us to gain a bit of experience in our areas
of interest, as well as giving the Leader an
opporiunity to identify specific strengths
amongst the members of Caucus. By the
summer of 1994 though, the time had
coma {to begin appointing people to
specific critic positions.

As a strong believer in a more open

i dernocracy, | had Seen working with the

cluster group concentrating on
parliamentary reforms, industry, and the
Joint Standing Committee for the Scrutiny
of Regulations. | had also seen testing and

, helping develop electronic voting systems

since | was elected in October of 1993,

and, following the June 1994 electronic
referendum in this Riding, had specifically
identified Direct Democracy as my desired
critic position. | got my wish, and was
appointed Direct Democracy Critic, as well
2s becoming Reform’s representative on
the Joint Sianding Committee for the
Scrutiny of Regulations.

Since that first round of appointments
back in August of 1994, there has been
another election, and numerous
reshufflings of critic positions, yet |!

-managed to retain my position as Direct

Democracy Critic throughout that period.
In fact, each and every time that I
was asked by the Leader eitixer..

4. directly, or indirectly through the |

House Leader, what critic role I
would . like ‘to. fill, I have: always”
requested that I be permitted to
remain as Direct Democracy Critic.: -
Ihave also consistently asked to be
permitted to remain on. the Joint
Standing Committee for the
Scratiny of Regulations.

WHY NOT. CHANGE ROLES?

It is well known that my background
‘ was in the private sector prior to becoming
- your Member of Parliament. Those of you
. | who: know me. from those times can
“. confirm that | was very ambitious, aiming

for the top, and certainly successful in
running my own business. However,
competing with others for “high-profile”

‘ ¢ritic positions within the Reform caucus,

or working towards a future appointment
as a Minister of the Crown is not a part of -

my modus operandi as an MP. My

central and unwavering goal, which
formed the foundation of my
promise to voters when I first ran
for Parliament in 1993, and which

continues to be my goal to this day, |

is simply to serve my constituents
in a way which will make me the
best federal representative this
Riding has ever had. lf, as past of

performing that function, | can also help.

make our system of government more’
democratic and more responsive to the

will of taxpayers and voters, so much the .J a

better.

in other words, | have strived to remain :

focussed on the reasons | first-ran for

office, and to put all of my energiés into’.

representing your views in Ottawa, ‘as’.

F

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hava_team members playing. differ nt

positions according ° 9

qualifications; and ambitions‘ which they -

bring to the game. Many of my colleagues,
like John Reyrclds, are filling essential
positions as front line critics, holdi
Libera! Ministers accountable tor
actions on a daily basis, and performing:
the media work which helps <get: our.
reesage on to the national news. Those:

Finance Critic, and $0 on, cou!
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