6 — Friday, August 6, 1999 — North Shore News LL praises to Seymour resi- dent Angela Trudeau. Her vision of seeing the North Shore securing up to $5 million worth of federal Minister of Industry cash to further local information highway infrastructure is sharp. An application to The Smart Community Program is supported by Capilano College; West Vancouver School District #45; North Shore Health Region; North Shore Arts Commission; RCMP; North and West Vancouver chambers of com- merce and Rogers Cabiesystems. If it succeeds the North Shore will be chosen as one of 12 communities to be selected for a demonstration Proj ject. North Shore residents are among north shore news VIEWPOINT country. We have most of the resources and expertise in place to realize the promise of the informa- tion age. According to CEOs who respond- ed to the B.C. Technology Industries Association technology report card for 1999, the number one issue that governments must address if the technology sector is to thrive is that of growth-inhibiting taxation. For the North Shore to truly become. a smart community it is imperative to put inte place some- thing more than a high capacity fibre optic pipeline. The notion of a free-trade zone and knowledge-based = industry aligned with the port is of para- mount importance. The competition for tech companies to locate any- the most computer literate in the mailbox _ Cates Park fishing tip fuli of hooks ; Dear Editor: ; tried to go fishing down at Cates Park on my birth- a brought ¢ my erab trap. » my new fishing rod, tackle and saltwater fishing licence. proaching the.dack I noticed a sign that said I . cou In’t,. catch : verab, off the’ dock between March and s Bt ae in the ¢ar gocs nz érab trap. y . es the fishing pole and Pm relaxin . throwing. | anything. . : “my luré'in ‘the water; dot réally caring if I catc Two very friendly fisheries officers canic and asked me a my licence” and advised me that 1 can *r crab, but Ican ily. of nwo young, boys a mom and dad, al with s comes onto the dack to enjoy a fittte family in minutes later, a.’ North Vancouver’ ! Listrict w enforcement officer comes by and tells us all that we not allowed to fish ‘off of any “parks” dock in “the dis- Tm told that the boaters and the fishermen (and -woiiten) were’ getting’ into scuffles over the use of the. dock so. now. this taxpayer can’t fish off the docks. — The'enforcement officer was friendly enough. He-was just doing | his job. -Y was given a warning and told that the fine is $45 for ¢ next offence:.” My. comp! plaint is that L have every right to use the locks in the P district: ‘as does any boater. The: district should cither make one side of the dock for. boats-and the. other for “Ssherpeople” _or build me “another dock isa’ Cordina. > fish on!” Sort Shore Mone, foursed fn 1969 83 an Independent subcthon reweaper acd cused andar Schedls 111, Parapragh 171 cf he Excksa Tax Pet, is pubéished ench Wecesday, Friday and Surctay ay North Score Froe Press (Utd. and cecifouted to every door on the ont Distbufion Manager. 906-1397 (124) where is fierce. TWO KINDS OF DOPE FOUND AT THE PAN-AM GAMES: ANABOLIC STEROIPS STEVE VEZINA GOALIE — CANADIAN ROUER HOCKEY TeAM A grump grapples with progress SO, West Vancouverites, you may think I go around sniffing for par- ties to poop on. More often the party comes and carrics on right bencath my mountain cyrie. That invites me to dump on it. And so let us consider Son of Western Recreation Centre (1999). No, no, a Voice within me shricks, let’s no! "*You damn fool, ” the Voice cries, “last year _ when you raised cold, rathless analytica! ques- tions shaped in your great big brain about the westera recreation cen- tre, you alienated old friends, neighbors, some of the best-looking women in town — even councillors, which is not all that big a deat deal, Considering they get their huge ar and should expect brian pain ie © that Lind of money. “You,” the Voice hisses, “ are getting the reputation, assuming you still have as many as three readers to give you one, of being the Grarpy Old in of Greater Tiddlycove. “You are so contrary that you wouldn't agrec it’s Friday. When was the last time you praised council for it: manifold suc- cesses, its honest dedication to improve the “joint? When was the last time you lent your ‘warm swoport to anything that has hap- pened, or has threatened to happen, since round 1852? - “Park Royal expansion. The library .. _ . addition. ‘The town archives, That cid- folks’ home in Cedardale. "The arts centre. Mark Fancher » Cheaie Servis Dict 935-2133 (127) “5 1,582 (average circattin, Wednesday, Fiday & Sunday)" ‘Wews:Is ablished wale mort’ a OEMS : bing, ‘culturally bans world — lite Lonsdale TH iy dear Voice,” L interrupt, “please, even my devoted readers’ attention span is being tested by your long and, ! confess, reasonably accurate list. “Ic is truc that, broadly seating, I find Greater iddlycave so charming, so precious in its quaint- ness and slight air of a past age, so aftably smug in its assurance that God’s in His heaven and all’s right wich West” _, Vancouver, its residents So pleasantly frieadly in their cheery. wave to neighbors as long as. they keep to dicir own property and problems, that J am not - much of a dispesition to change a thing. “Why meddle with perfecaon, as I say of my own columns and my love-niaking? Why chase the chimera of progress? Why “not let ates “hsg canines remain recumbent? - Why nor, \ vice, iet the crazed, money- diverse,” ‘dynamic’ Vere; Say — run around in circles?” “Ha,” the Voice wickedly chuckled, ' T . seem to remember that in other moods! you have rattled on about the wisdom of: world, and with a glass in hand, 2 novel by Dickens or Bulwer-Lytton on their hop, 3 and a large shaggy dog dozing at their feet.” “Judging b by your paunch’s bart: with | pravity, and.” gravity is obviausly winning,” the Voice . unkindly observed, “you are clearly not, personally interested in a recreation centre of any kind, and in any location. Therefore you approach the subject with prejudice.” “I concede,” I replied, “that F have: some empathy with Oscar Wilde’s declara- tion, that he would do anything to, improve himself except to get uP cay or to take exercise. But, notwi ding m very Bre great age, J have three children 4 under. How’s that for self-interest? _ “admire the dedication of excellent’ westem recreation centre advocates like ~ David Thomas and Mary Fawicy. I simp ‘want any recreation centre to do sorrie- thing for ail rhar few could otherwise do on their own. I don’t want a charting place - ar community dance hall or twice a year’ he centre. Nor. dol accept the ¢ that 22nd Soceti is too far auction-ni western w - rolling all che North Shore towns into one. Then you West Van snobs would lose your precious is identity, would you nor”. “Oh,” I waved my band cismissively, “] believe if have raised that issue once or " twice, just to see if my Greater Tiddlycove readers were awake. They weren't. without detailing what's “E obstinately contint Nodding off px iy by the fire, most of». them were, chilly nis Z mere com- mon than the othe. nd in our part of the teen.” LETTERS TO THE EDITGA Letters must include your name, fl aise & leone uinbe Managing Egor $95-2131 (113) your idle words, as well as’ a?