10 - Sunday, May 16, 1993 - North Shore News

“NORTH VANCOUVER
DISTRICT COUNCIL

Mayor seeks
student civic
responsibility

“WHAT WE want to hear from
is the young people of the district:
the people who skateboard and
hang around on the corner.”"

By Martin Millerchip
Contributing Writer

So said Mayor Murray
Dykeman as he addressed the 200
graduating students of | Hands
worth secondary school last Fri-
day.

Dykerman's speech was part of a
student citizenship progeam that
has been developed between both
North Vancouver councils and
North Vancouver District 44 see-
ondary schools,

As part of the program
Dykeman and North Vancouver
City Mayor Jack Loucks will talk
to over 1,000 grads.

Dykeman described the objec:
dive of the program as ‘putting ¢
connector between the school and
the community.”

He told the News, “We need
that 18- and 19-year-old view.
point. They think: ‘'ve gradu
ated, that's it, I’ve done my job."
But there's an ongoing job to do
in the community,

“Council said we should go out
and welcome them as citizens
because they often don't think of
themselves as citizens and they
are,

“Campaigns like recycling and
anti-smoking work because of
youth involvement.”*

Dykeman told the students to
get involved and stay involved.

“Take an issue to municipal
hall. Talk about neighborhood
issues with your peers and families
and think about: what you can
contribute to the community.”

Dykeman described the RCMP
Block Watch program as an ex-
ample of successful community
involvement, pointing out that
North Vancouver District has the
highest percentage of homes in-
volved in the program in Canada.

“We have had more arrests al
burglaries in progress already this
year than all of last year. It's
working because people care,”
said Dykeman,

Dykeman told the students that
there would be an exam on the
subject.

Reminding them that the pro-
vince is considering lowering the
municipal voting age from 19, he
said, ‘‘The test will be whether or
not you get out and vote.”

Reaction trom the grads was
polite, although several objected
to being classified as
“skateboarders and streetcorner
losers.”

The majority of the students
that spoke to the News said they
appreciated Dykeman’s coming.

‘“He seemed more genuine than
Mary Collins,’’ said one.

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