Spirit spawned he Seymour River hatchery has helped spawn an important new strain of North Shore community spirit. Threatened with possible closure folowing federal government budget cuts and problems with high fish mortality rates, the hatchery could have been left to founder without direction. it would have been far easier for residents to turn the usual blind eye to what has been an educational, but minor, fish-producing operation, und Jeave the whole business in the hands of Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Let them shoulder the blame for failure and the outrage when real closure, in the face of indif- ference, became a necessity. Instead a core of community groups and residents voluntarily stepped into the managerial void presented by re-evaluation of the hatchery'’s operation and pick- ed up the challenge laid down by the federal fisheries department to make the hatchery’s future reflect the desires of the community. Volunteering time for a community project is never easy, but the result invariably improves the quality and vitality of that community. The possibility of one lost fish hatchery on one North Vancouver river has, because of residents who can see beyond the myopic horizons of their own con- cerns, been turned into an opportunity to provide the entire North Shore with an invaluable educational and community resource. We are all the benefactors of such unselfishness. Tat vorct OF N HTH AND WEST VANCOUVER IND AY ~WEONE GOAYW « FE 1139 Lonsdale Ave. North Vancouver, B.C. V7M 2H4 58.489 1.0 | DUNNO WHERE THEY GEL THEM FROM BUT THAT RUSSIAN TEAM SURE HAD BIG PLAYERS... Help a frustrated kid cope in the classroom YOU CAN READ. Ever thought what your world would be like if you couldn’t?) There are more otherwise bright voungsters than you might imagine in exactly that bind during their earlier school years. Normal and intelligent in every other way, they suffer from a learning disability which can be overcome—but if it isn’t, they'll likely end up frustrated and filled with a sense of inadequacy or failure. We know where THAT ’ RESTORING SELF-ESTEEM to youngsters can eventually lead. These are the kids for whom RoseMary Slaney is secking your helm once more. She heads the unique program known as Volun- teer Tutoring, launched every September by the North Van School District. Any literate adult fond of helping youngsters and able to spare a couple of hours a week can join. This month volun- teers will receive a fast training course and then undertake to tutor NEWS photo Chris Cameron who badly need it...RoseMary Slaney’s mission needs volunteer helpers right now. one and the same child for two one-hour periods a week throughout the coming school year. Each year the program enlists an average of over 100 volunteers who donate more than 5,000 hours to working one-on-one with these special needs children, helping them master the basic tool of all education—the written language. Right now RoseMary needs all the volunicers she can get for the year ahead. If you'd like to help, call her today at 987-8141. The chance to shape a young life pasi- uively—by restoring self-esteem and ccnfidence at a time when they’re badly needed—is a pretty rewarding form of service. UP AND UP, amazingly, goes BC Rail passenger service revenue— bucking a continent-wide trend. Since 1983, it’s risen by 50% and daily (as opposed to the present thrice-weekly) passenger trains to Prince George are on next year’s agenda. 1] suspect more than a little of the credit belongs to BCR's PR boss, Barrie Wall of West Van. The estimated $1.5 million from passenger operations this year is still only a tiny fraction of the total take from freight-hauling, but then there’s nothing sexy about a mile- long freight train clanking through West Van’s posh backyards at two in the morning. Public respect and even love for a railway, which can mean valuable political support when needed, come from its human freight. I guess passenger- train booster Barrie—an ex-Brit from a land where folk still regard trains with the same affection as their children and dogs—had that figured out all along. B.C. SPORTS JOURNALISM lost one of its best-known names last Wednesday with the death in Nanaimo of former North Van Display Advertising 980.0511 Classified Advertising 986-6222 Newsraom 985-2131 Distribution 986-1337 Subscriptions 986-1337 Muith Shure News, ° Publisher: Editor-in-Chief Managing Editor Advertising Director Peter Speck Noel Wright Barrett Fisher Linda Stewart qctars Ente contents 1987 North Shore Free Press Lid Ait rights reserved Noel Wright @ wednesday world ® resident Dory Thacker at age 70. Widely remembered for his sports reporting in the Vancouver dailies, his earlier career included stints with the Winnipeg dailies and as managing editor of the Prince George Citizen. The respect he commanded among his peers and his readers earned him the 1981 Douglas Gilbert Award as Sports Writer of the year. eee POSTSCRIPTS: Welcome to Cap College Dr. Robert Turner, new dean of instructional services, and Beverly Greene, new director of public relations, both from Alber- ta—Turner from Fairview College, Greene from Red Deer College ... Meanwhile, Anne MacLean, who takes over the new Cap College administration post of budget of- ficer, is no stranger to the job. She worked at Cap from 1983 to 1985 on contract for the ministry ... And Kitsilano High School is still missing some 50 class of '67 grads for its grand 20-year reunion on October 24—billed as ‘romance, intrigue, adventure and silliness’’. If you’re one of those grads, call! Peter McGregor, 732-0880, pronto for details. WRIGHT OR WRONG: Don’t take this one for granted. It all de- pends on how much the bird in your hand is worth, photo submitted A RAILWAY'S BEST FRIENDS are passengers...BC Rail dayliner winds its way along scenic Anderson Lake.