A6 - Sunday News, December 7, 1980

Keeping ‘em busy

The decision of North Vancouver District
council -- by a narrow 4-3 vote -- to increase
its size from six to eight aldermen raises an
interesting question.

The increase is authorized under the
Municipal Act which calls for eight aldermen
to serve populations of 50,000 or more. But
the question is how much better eight
aldermen can be made to serve the District's
current population of around 63,000 than the
present six.

Aldermen Powell, Rose and Crist don't
think two extra bodies will bring any im-
provement -- and under the present system
of electing aldermen “at large” for the whole
District they may have a point. Big is not
necessarily beautiful. It’s at least con-
ceivable that the addition may merely result
in increased paperwork and longer delays in
reaching decisions.

How would eight District Fathers instead
of six be kept usefully busy?

One thought that occurs is a ward system
like that proposed for Vancouver City, with
four wards (Capilano-Delbrook, Norgate-
Pemberton Heights, Lynn Valley and
Seymour-Deep Cove?) each electing two
aldermen.

Neighborhood interests within the District
differ considerably. Ward aldermen would
develop a much deeper insight into those
interests and might be ablé to present them
more accurately and efficiently before
council. Being totally immersed in issues
affecting their “constituents”, they might
also be spared the temptation of wasting time
on matters they only half understood.

As a POSITIVE make-work project, it
might be an idea worth kicking around.

Salesmen wanted

Bruce Knapp of Peterborough, Ont., has
applied to appear before the U.K. and
Canadian parliaments to speak his mind
about the constitution. He’s even mortgaged
his home to pay for his trip to Britain.

Mr. Knapp is a salesman. Maybe we need
more private citizens like him -- determined
at any cost to sell the idea of Canada.

Teel VOUCR OF OMTTTt AND WERT VanCoyvEn

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BEACHED: West

Van
council’s noble plan to
extend the Seawalk (sort of)
to John Lawson Park by
building a “beach footpath”
between the park and 18th
St. has literally run into the
sand. Bright and early on
Monday, Oct. 6, the
municipality actually had a
bulldozer down there all
ready to start. Then the
waterfront residents of the
1700) block Argyle
threatened an injunction,
arguing there had been no
proper survey of their beach-
side property line. Bulldozer
retreated without disturbing
a single rock. Council
scratched its head and
waited for the injunction,
which still hasn't arrived. So
the stand-off has been
thrown imto the lap of the
provincial Department of
Lands which is now trying to
determine where the
“private” beach ends and the
public beach begins. Don't
call them, they'll call you...
Variation on Murphy's
Law (“If anything can go
wrong, it will”), courtesy
Brian Coldwells of West
Van, is Maier'’s Law: “If the
facts do not confirm the
theory, get new facts.”

sunday brunch

by Noel Wright

Calling all North Van C of
C types to the Chamber's
annual Xmas bash this
Wednesday, 4 to 8 p.m., n
the board room at 131 East
2nd, North Van. On past
form it's one of the best pre-
Yule parties in town.
Wouldn't it be fun to be a
member — and al} you have
to do in the next two days is
find yourself a sponsor and
let exec. director Peg Pis-
Brooke have a modest
cheque for your 1981 dues.
The North Van C of C
believes in making business a
pleasure...

A word of warning from
the SPCA about giving a cat
or dog as a Xmas present:

dont — unless you're ab-
solutely sure iw will be
properly cared for and

loved. Every year lots of
such “gifts” are returned,
unwanted, to the SPCA
shelter by February, creating
an overflow that can lead to
unnecessary waste of anumal
life... Which reminds us of
next Saturday’s big Xmas
Sale by the Doris Orr Needy
Animals Trust (DONATE) to
raise funds for lost and
abandoned pooches and
pussies. It happens at
Highlands United Church.

North Van, and gifts of all
kinds of sale items are still
welcome. So are ucket
sellers (and buyers!) for their
grand raffle — call Helen
Meijer, 988-9336, if you'd
like to help.

It will be a proud and

colorful evening this
Tuesday for 34 West Van
lads and lasses when

Lieutenant-Governor Henry
Bell-Irving presents the
colors to 525 Air Cadet

Squadron following a
ceremonial parade and
inspection. Now 27 years

old, the squadron is gpen to
boys and girls 12 to 19 in-
terested in flying, gliding,

mountaineering, bush
survival training and
community service. Be at

West Van Rec Centre by
8:30 p.m. to watch some

teens who've earned your
salute...

PEOPLE PARADE:
Congratulate North Van's

current assistant schools
superintendent Doug Jen-
mings on being chosen

schools superintendent for
Surrey after a nationwide
search... Likewise Joe
Lavery from Newfoundland
on his appointment as new

ae editorial page FEOF ND

chief librarian for North Van
City... Keeping right on,
Woodward's Park Royal
manager John Carpenter is a
new director of the West
Van C of C... And West
Van's chief librarian Don
Mills (no relation to the
Toronto suburb) is taking
over as the Chamber's
secretary from Ray Turner,
who's been transferred to
Edmonton... A Canadian
unity welcome to new
managers at North Van's
Twin Towers highrise for

seniors -- Yvon and
Huguette LePage from
Montreal... Meanwhile,

Fred Van Aggelen has been
re-elected for a second term
as president of the North
Shore's classiest ratepayers,
the British Properties
Homeowners Assn. ... Still
up on Martini Mountain,
Brigitte Relling (926-8385) is
seeking more Block Parents
to keep the local streets safe
for Properties kids... Get-
well-soon cards to West Van
Legionnaires Ralph Hert-
stein and Alan Morley...
And have you notice what
remarkable look-alikes MLA
Jack Davies and North Van
Kiwani Ed Menkes are?

WRIGHT OR WRONG:
At 20 there are dragons to
fight and damsels to save.
After 40 the inclination is to
hunt up aéié dragon = and
apologize.

What became of A+ mark ?

By DOUGLAS KNOLL

My son recently came
home from school with a
report card showing his
record of progress in one of
three categories, namely.
Good, Satisfactory and
Improvement Needed. In
looking at 1t more closely |
realized something was
missing — where was the
good old fashioned A+ |!
have been told that those
marks went with the
dawn of new teaching
methods winch allow your
child to develop at his own
level

oul

Perhaps (ths makes it
easier for a child to reach a
respectable grade oor a
teacher” to classify
student However,

cach
what
happens to the overachicver
or the one who wants to po
to the top of bas class? Ef Ubas
ts typical of all schools. then
tts no wonder the graduatc
enters the work force with
the idea of getting by with a
simple “good” instead of that
cautra something mont
employer look for
Something Unat es lacking
in our society today is that
desire to be one aotch above
the others of to do a better

gob than

someone — cise
Perhaps some of the blame
hes with

our government

wth tts many social

pro
grams that cacourage simply
“gethag by” instead of pride
windomg your best Of ¢ ourse
“Ho also gocs without saying
thata person has litthe desre
to be an “caccilentU” when he
i paid as a pod” per
former

Every aspect of hfe as

affected by this “getting by”

attitude including our
spintual attaimments. Most
people feel that if they just
do what 1s expected of them
they will get by with a
“good” grade. But “good” is
not cnough. Our accom.
phshments are determined
by the goals we set. Can you
imagine an Olympic con
testant scttung his sights to
sumply get by? No, his goal ts
much higher, he wants a
medal While i1 may not be
the best motive to seck some
monctary reward. at cer
tainly proves the point that
uniess the prize is in mind

Wave

yy

Vee be RUNN

DONT WORRY

the race is in vain.

The Apostle Paul in
Phihppians 314 says. “I
press toward the mark for

the prize of the high calling
of God in Chnst Jesus ” It
was Paul's goal to reach the
Iighest level possible in
Chnist Jesus. He could not
reach that spintual apex by
simply “getting by ~

While the normal atutude
of the world today ts to do no
more than is expected, }
would hope that the
Chnstan would be setting
bagher goals such as. “going
the second mile.” turning the

other cheek.” and “forgiving
debtors.”

There are many factors
which contribute to one’s
aspirabions or lack of aspira-
tions and the fist ts too long
for this article. But suffice it
to say that one must begin
carly to develop the proper
goals in hfe and | beheve the
bome. church and school are
the keys to that develop
ment Ideally, in that order!

(Rev Douglas Knoll ss
pastor of Canyon Heights
Chapel in’ North Van-
couver}

Believe
it or not

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has the same cnergy content

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"2 milhon barrels of otl oF
32) bilhon cubs feet of

natural gas

The last of the British
witchcraft laws was repealed
as recenty as 1951 Only
seven years carher some
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witchcraft actob ih 73s

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goes back as far as recorded
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means of preserving meat

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