8 ~ Sunday, October 13, 1991 - North Shore News

MAILBOX ARDAGH HUNTER TURNER | | ACUPUNCTURE

Moped memories | |MPAIRED DRIVING
of Mike Grenby = |js.;“sueaeer]

Catherine Shaw
Member Acupuncture Assoc. of B.C.

Traditional
Chinese Medicine

Dear Editor:

One of my favorite Mike Gren-
by stories took place in 1975. I
had visited his house in April
riding my motorcycle and had to
explain to him that it wasn’t
“that’’ dangerous and only cost
six cents a day for gas because 1
would coast to work and only
have to start the engine to go
home.

About three weeks later I
received three phone calls as !
was about to leave town saying
that Mike Grenby had to talk to
me. Thinking that there was
something momentous about to
happen in the RRSP world or a
major shift in income tax law, I
called him and received an invita-
tion to “‘come right over,” which
I did.

The reason: Mike had acquired
a moped (which got far better
mileage than my 250XL Honda)
and needed help putting it

together because it came in pieces
in a box.

For the next year, we were all
regaled with pictures of Mike on
billboards, and many others were
held up as he negotiated the Lions
Gate Bridge riding to work each
morning at the old ‘‘Evening’’
Sun.

1 am pleased to see that Mike
has now arrived on the North
Shore. [1 was getting lonely over
here. | am siding my 1979 SOOTK
Yamaha back and forth now and
figure that it takes four cents of
gas to get to work and 16 cents to
get home. (Now that we have
moved from Lonsdale _—to
Capilano Mall, 1 have to turn the
engine on coming down Marine
Drive.)

Mike, ! challenge you. Get out
the moped again. 1 know you can
coast most of the way to work.
David Ingram
North Vancouver

Paint won’t do the job

Dear Editor:

For many of us who venture
‘back and forth every day on the
Lions Gate Bridge, the posting of
our government’s signs announc-
ing the coming of improvements
to the old lady is a welcome sight.

However, when one sees that
the improvement our benevolent
masters are talking about is a coat

‘Of paint, it is enough to make you
laugh.

Anyone can see that this is tan-
tamount to painting the body of a
1936 car without .doing anything
about the body itself.

{ft is clear to all who use the

bridge that some serie::s work is
needed. The road bed and indeed
the sidewalks are out of alignment
by eight inches to a foot. Who
knows what the supports are like?

ft is well known that there have
been many studies done on this.
So how about the Dept. of High-
ways giving us an educated and
honest analysis of what the long-
term plan for the bridge is — and
indeed, how bad is the structure
— and when, when, will some
meaningful work be done?

Can you believe it? Paint!
D.B.C. Johnston
North Vancouver

DAVID MITCHELL
On Health Care:

G One of the most
important areas of
concern is health care. We

- must remain firm in our

commiiment to the
delivery on a universal
basis of the highest quality
heaith care. This should
be the first order of
business for government.

“This issue has a very
personal dimension for
me. My parents are
retired; my father is very
ill. Yam extremely con-
cerned about how he is
being handled by the
system, And I continue to
hear horror stories — about
the lack of hospital beds
for people who des-
perately need care; about
long waiting lists for
critical surgery; about
British Columbians
travelling to the U.S. for
crucial medical treatments
that cannot be performed
here.

“This is unacceptable.
Our health care system
has serious structural
problems that must
be dealt with. 9 9

#300-1401 LONSDALE, NORTH VANCOUVER, BC.

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