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This year’s PNE has been running a week
and a half or so with dramatically lower
attendance figures.

Today’s question is:

“What did you think of

Edmonton, Alberta

Ym an exhibitor there.
| ts my first time. I
: hought the travel
; on exhibits were very good.
*ve overheard people say
it is the same old thing
every year. Pehaps that’s
why attendance is low.

‘John Cunningham

‘North Vancouver :

. 1 think: the .low
“attendance: figures reflect
‘the high cost -of going to
the PNE, Myself, I don't
‘. dike: the crowds. The ‘best
». thing’ about: ‘this’ year's
: PNE was all the nice girls
- “Tmet there.

Mrs. E. oppor
. North Vancouver

| enjoyed this year's
PNE, although I'did find
it expensive. The
horticultaral exhibit was
very impressive.

Chris Hamilton
North Vancouver

It’s the same as usual. I
think the rides cost too
much. The best ride is the
new Water-Bees. The
exhibits were interesting.

Ron Ainslie
North Vancouver

I have gone every year
since I can remember,
but Tm not going this
year. There never seems
to be anything really new
or exciting. I hope PNE
management will realize
that it is not the rain that
is keeping people away.In
art, I think itis a lack of
magination,

NEWS photo Terry Peters

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agrees - . that the |
“gouncement isn’t’. a very
“good end to the summer .as
. far as. teachers are con-—
cerned.

She was already aware of '
the impacts of the restraint.”
moves, which she says are.
hitting West Vancouver ™
harder than most other «
districts in the province.

“In West Van, in fact,
there won't be any increases
for anything,” Walker said.
“The budget for 1986 is 85
per cent of last year's
budget.”

Walker said teachers will
be discussing the impacts of
the education  an-
nouncements made over the
summer at an information’ .
meeting during the first -
week of school,

It will be decided then if
there is anything the West
Vancouver association can
do cither by itself or in
conjunction with other
teachers’ groups.

The teachers’ best bet,
Walker says, is to convince |
the provincial governmentto .
withdraw or amend. its
restraint legislation before it
is passed.

Whatever action is taken,
it won't be against the West

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Vancouver’ School Board, ¢ Evening Mixed Leagues ¢ Free classes for
“We have no fight with the beginners

school board,” Walker says.
“They have nothing to fight
with (because of provincial |
legislation’ that limits the
powers of school boards).”

Because school boards © {
have “no power left,”
Walker says, it is highly
unlikely there will be
conflict between teachers
and elected representatives
at the local level.

Spokesmen for the North
Vancouver Teachers
Association were. not
available for comment
before the News deadline.

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PARK ROYAL SOUTH Don McBrayne, mgr.
WEST VANCOUVER Joan Merrytiold,
926-7333 | ; program director. |