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Elizabeth Collings

12 ~ Wednesday, February 21, 1990 - North Shore News

Canada (APEC) has

THE ALLIANCE for the Preservation of
been

English in
called everything from

rednecks to bigots for their campaign to re-enshrine
English as the official language 47 Canada. APEC argues
that official bilingualisra #= too costly. Some APEC
members ever claim Piingual programs are a ploy to

Melodie Thorne
Squamish

I think it’s nice to be able
to speak two languages. I
wish I could. Canada
should have both English
and French as official
languages.

Zube Aylward
Whistler
There’s lots of room in
Canada for every
. guage.
gualism is sort of a waste
of time out here because
a lot of people don’t
speak French.

Does English need to be preserved in B.C.?

Craig Mi
Sechelt

lan-
Official bilin-
against
choose to

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French Canadians have [|
the right to their heritage,
but they shouldn’t hold it
Canadians who

It shouldn’t be a big po-
litical issue.

spread French across the country to the detriment of
English culture and language. And it seems APEC may
be appealing to some segments of the population as the
unpopulzr Bill 178 (Quebec's French-only sign law) con-
tinues to fuel anti-French sentiments in the rest of
Canada.

Michael! Telford
West Vancouver

In Europe, anyone who
can’t speak two or three
languages is considered
functionally illiterate, and
I don’t see French or
German language declin-
ing.

enzie Ben Kay
West Vancouver

think APEC has a
point, but you have to
have both languages if
you want to keep up what
we have. We also have
third and fourth lan-
guages here.

speak English.

Neighbors balk at enlarged
West Van tennis ‘bubble’

THE PROPOSED use of a iarger
**bubble”’ to extend the all-weather
use of West Vancouver Tennis
Club facilities to five courts has

By MAUREEN CURTIS
Contributing Writer

met with some objections from
neighboring residents.

The present bubble, which
covers three courts for part of the
year, is 14 years old and due for
replacement.

While it allows the more than
600 members (plus 203 retired) to
keep up with their sport during
West Vancouver’s frequently in-
clement weather, surrounding
neighbors don’t enjoy looking at
it.

‘““We were appalled to learn that
there is a possibility that this large
grey abomination would be ex-
tended and we would be faced with
visual pollution,’ Betty MacMillan
told West Vancouver District
Council recently.

Rut club treasurer Ian Ferguson
argued that the newer bubbles now
being manufactured are double
walled and acoustically better.

The main purpose for installing
a bigger bubble would be to meet
the demand for court space.

The club, which has been

located at the corner of 21st and
Fulton Avenue since the early
1920 s, has a waiting list because it
has to limit membership.
According to Ferguson, it made
obvious good sense to extend the

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The club also had to spend over
$30,000 recently to excavate and
resurface the two uncovered courts
which suffered from frost heaving.

Although Ald. Andy Danyliu
and Ald. Alex Brokenshire were
for allowing the larger bubble,
because it would be ‘for the
greater common good,’”’ council
decided to table the matter.

Ald. Pat Boname_ expressed
some concerns about the possibili-
ty of having to reclaim some of the
tennis club land for future recre-
ation centre improvements.

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