Hollyburn mountain should be saved from CBR expansion _ Dear Editor: Re: Inquiring. Reporter column of Aug. 9, on Cypress Bowl ex- - pansion. -- As part of Cypress Provincial “Park, the Bow! is not open for condominium development, nor is its primary purpose to make i money. a: Cypress was granted Class A - park-status in 1975 to protect its natural features for the benefit of _. the: public-and to provide a range : Of. both: summer and _ winter. recre- ~ ation opportunities. : '... In 1984 the’ ski. facilities were a privatized. The commercial opera- = tor,” Cypress Bowl Recreations _ (CBR), is now proposing a $30- “te $40-million’ ‘expansion.- It is misleading to say that the expansion would take up only 3% of the park. -This calculation is based on the inclusion of all the park’s extremely stecp terrain, not ‘easil: ccessible to the seuerat public, such as the 1982 Decks Lake addition. CBR already controls half (600 hectares) of the easily accessible part of the park, and wants to add another 100 hectares to its permit areas. B.C. Parks will be holding a Master Plan forum this fall to ob- tain public apinion on several management options for the park. Any acceptable management op- tion must, in our view, reflect B.C. Parks’ stated policy to “strike a balance’? between con- servation and recreation. How much and what forms of ‘recreation can be allowed ‘in this relatively small and very popular park without destroying its natural - features? Two of the three mountains in Cypress Bow! are already devel- oped for downhill skiing. CBR -wants to remove 50 acres of old growth on the last, Hollyburn, for eed better health pute betiveen the rovincial government and «B.C. : hysicians has” gone. on: ‘far too fering their own layoffs, ‘salary cuts and business losses. As minister of health, Ms. Cull is like a corporate president dur- ing an economic downturn who . cannot lay off anyone, and is, in : Samer “oF. ool with his ‘gualifi cations. And yes, this does high! qualified, highly Ors, wan taxpayers to pay .. more to protect a lifestyle; these taxpayers are currently suf- fact, required to hire any qualified person‘asking for a job. As well, _docters are expecting her to give them a raise. If B.C. doctors were operating in a free market system, which they keep touting, a large number -of them would be bankrupt. Only those doctors providing high- quality care at reasonable prices would still be in business. Gone would be the five-minute visits more downhill skiing. Hollyburn has never been logg- ed nor had a fire in over 1,000 years. Two trails, one starting just steps from the downhill parking lot, provide over two continuous hours of easy hiking though this old growth forest with 800-year- old record-sized trees, scverai streams, and an impressive water- fall. Hollyburn’s old growth forest is as important a special feature in the park as the popular, protected Yew Lake Nature Area. Friends of Cypress Provincial Park is sponsoring nature hikes through the forest on Sundays, Aug. 23 and 30. Join us at 11 a.m. in the downhill parking lot at the end of the Cypress Bowl Road to see what would be lost if B.C. Parks is persuaded to allow CBR to expand onto Hollyburn. Katharine Steig Friends of Cypress Provincial Park practices where the doctor can bill for hay- ing seen, not treated, a patient. The minister of health shouid * be working towards better stand- ards of practice for physicians. Physicians need to cooperate with developing these standards. - Appropriate monitoring also ‘needs to be implemented to pre- vent abuses of the system and our tax dollars. Total funds allocated to doctors should be based on the population of consumers, not the population of doctors. Gail Meyer Port Coquitiam Falcioni’s' s ‘wicked witch’ portrait a fairy tale Editor: nee When I learned ‘that Ron Fal- joni was to write 'a regular col- mn on the arts, { welcomed this addition: to the North Shove News’ rts coverage’ — it’s important to e:@ wide range of opinions and discourse on the arts. ~ . “Although his early ; ‘articles? fac- al itaccuracies were troubling, ‘1 e not: felt it important to write ‘correct them until the article of 3: Where’ ‘the errors -maiign vidual pee : When Jim Felter came to see me in June, it was at his instiga- tion and we discussed his agenda. He. told. me then that Gallery Alpha would be closing, and we _ discussed the Association’s alter- - native. exhibition plans. He did not request money for the North Shore Art Gallery Association. He did not ask for money, perhaps because as a former. arts commissioner, he knew that the Arts Commission has no money to give, outside of the Arts Assistance Grant Program which it only administers on behalf of the municipalities (the application deadline for which is Jan. 31 each year). Mr. Falcioni's efforts to paint me as the wicked witch of the North Shore with the power to destroy an otherwise vital | organization is a fairytale inven- tion masquerading as journalism. Brenda Berck Cultural Development Officer - budget with co-op advertising — "Most major manufacturers offer co-operative advertising “plans. This means your purchases may have earned . -dollars with which can pay all or some of your .. newspaper ad costs. 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We cannot do without them and it is one of God’s miracles. that. anyone even wants to be one. ~’ Danny’s dreams deserve respect. = I sent the Possees a ‘sym- pathy card. but as yet have received no acknowledgement: Asleigh B. Haynes Vancouver News Mailbox policy LETTERS TO the editor must be legible (preferably typewritten) and include your name, full ad- dress and telephone number. Due. to space constraints the North Shore News cannot publish aif letters. Published letters may be edited for. brevity, clarity, ac- curacy, legality and. taste. Letters can be faxed to 985-3227’ but: still - must be signed and fully addressed. a DRAPERIES BY Ss. LAURSE custom DRAPERIES AND VALANCES labour $7.50 per panei: uniined, $8.80 ined . CUSTOM BEDSPREADS AND COVERS = mee Low, low. prices on blinds: andtracks. _. 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