: the ‘Surrey tT MLA ‘who vevidently ‘Suffers from. foot-in- ‘ce. a “total ete of money. s demand will do nothing to quell Socred supporters, who endorse: the: ‘govern- ment’s general philosoph government services cal | ed:- eliminated. me = The genuine individual hardships’ caused § by the government’s haste to achieve its ultimate objectives are the field in which the om- budsman is now most actively involved. And despite the drastic reduction in the civil service there’s still no lack of red tape to be cut through. True, a few of the ombudsman’s *‘clients’’. are chronic complainers, but his latest report stresses that most DO have a real problem aris- | ing’ from ‘administrative injustice or _ bureaucratic insensitivity. As lorig as we have { government .at..all, that will continue — together. withthe need for an independent watchdog directly « ‘answerable to the people’s elected “representatives. For a mere $1.6 million 3 a a year, such Protection is a s bargain. This weekend the “North Shore, together . with, his - ‘many ' friends ‘across ‘the nation, ‘| mourn the death ofa distinguished ‘Canadian. _ Jimmy’ Sinclair —. Rhodes Scholar, wartime. officer, parliamentarian, cabinet minister and _ business’ leader — contributed much to his country, his. province and his community. ~ Gentlemen of his breed and talents are none } too*common in public life. For that reason alone we are all the losers by his passing. sunday news north shore 088-1337 news 080-084 1139 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver, B.C. V7M 2H4 Publisher Peter Speck Associate Publisher Editor-in-Chief Advertising Director Robert Graham Noel Wright Tim Francis Personne! Director Classified Manager Circulation Director Berni Hilliard Val Gtephenson Bil) McGown Production Director Photography Manager Chris Jonnson Terry Peters Display Advertising Classified Advertising Newsroom Circulation Subscriptions 980-0511 986-6222 985-2131 North Ghore News, tounded tn 1969 as an independent community Cand qualitied under Schedule Il. Part Il, Paragraph Ii of the ‘ax Act. is published each Wednesday and Sunday by North Shore Freo Press Ltd. nd distributed to every door on the North Shore Second Class Mail Registration Number 3885 Entire contente © 1084 North Shore Free Prese Ltd. All rights reserved. Exaiso Subscriptions, North and West Vancouver $25 per year Mailing rates available on request No responsibility accepted tor unsolicited matenal inciuding manuscripts and pictures which should be accompanied by a stamped addressed envelope Member of the B.C. Press Council be 64,700 (average. Wednesday & Bunday) THIS PAPER IS RECYCLABLE t ‘by -many - people, ‘including. ‘| WELCOME SIGNS. for=the North. Shore’ ‘Independent School Society — which aims to open the North Shore’s. answer to St. George’ s and — - are: -being: hung. out from Desp Cove to Horseshoe’ Bay. But they are definitely not being displayed by North . Van School Board. With tens of thousands of dollars already donated or pledged by enthusiastic parents and other backers, and with a headmaster and curriculum already in place, ail that the. board of gover- nors still lacks is a suitable building in which to open -with, an initial enrolment of. about.300 wae “we have our pride” An ideal location ‘would be North Van’ $s ‘former a and stil closed tw So the gover- ‘nors offered the School board * “an initial $500,000 for a first | five-year. lease, together with ‘a prospectus holding out. pro- mise..of