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ick Hansen ends his Man in Motion World $8,489 (average, Wednesday - or :

Hansen legacy
Tour today amid pomp and ceremony to cele- Friday & Sunday) Rated — dated apaey @

R brate his mammoth achievement of raising an pei aia Pat
estimated $10 million for spinal cord research.

This young man’s courage and determination have
captured the attention of the world, sparking an out-
pour of heartfelt support for the wheelchair crusader.

_ But when the glitter of Hansen’s welcome ceremony
fades into the empty stands of the B.C. Place stadium,
‘ what then will we have done to honor his effort? _ .

It is easy to get caught up in the excitement of the
moment, the elation of one man’s superhuman
achievement, the emotion of people’s lives being
touched; but such support should not be swept aside
like yesterday’s news after the tour ends. Ongoing
support -— steady and unwavering — is the only way
breakthroughs will be made and cures will be found.

Rick Hansen has raised awareness through his
world-wide wheelchair tour, similar to Terry Fox and
Steve Fonyo raising awareness through their cross-
Canada runs to raise money for cancer research. But
now it is up to the public to take the lead and run with
it — not just in lending support to spinal cord
research, but also. research into cancer, heart disease,
AIDS, Alzheimer’s disease, Multiple Schlerosis,
schizophrenia and many other diseases that still baffle
scientists. i

Ongoing fundraisers, scholarships and research
grants in Hansen’s name, and his predecessors’, will let
the dreams live on, eventually turning those dreams in-
to realities; Such support is the greatest tribute we
could pay. men like Hansen who have shown that

‘THE VOICE OF NORTH AND WEST VANCOUVER

Managing Editor
Advertising Director

su DAY WEDNESDAY . FRIDAY
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nothing is impossible.

Jon't shoo

GEORGE HORWOOD HAS A ROTTEN JOB at the mo-
ment. It’s a job that threatens to bring him a ‘‘guilty’’ ver-
dict and summary conviction without any trial. :

As West Van’s finance director,
George started sending out the
1987 tax notices the other day and
they’li come as quite a shock to
many .West Van homeowners.
There’s no such animal, of course,
as an ‘“‘average’’ taxpayer but if
there were, his total tax this year
— after reckoning in the $380
homeowner grant — would be
9.7% more than in 1986.

George's phone ‘bell may wear
out in the next month or two
because of a front-page story in
the News of May 6 which an-
nounced a ‘‘modest”’ West Van tax
hike of only 4.4% (since revised to
4.8%). ;

The ‘answer, dear Tiddlycover:

taxpayer (and try not to get con-

. fused too soon!) is that both fig-

ures are correct. It’s just-too hard

that you have to pay the higher
(9.7%) increase.

The municipality’s own budget

—. which covers such things as

roads, parks, police, fire and the

library. — is indeed up

r e

by only

4.8%. But, alas, municipal hall is
also stuck with the thankless task
of being tax collector for various
bodies over which it has no con-
trol, ~

Notably the school board
(budget up 13%). Then,’ the
GVRD (up 22.5%),
Hospital District (up 9%) and the
B.C. Assessment Authority (up
37.1%). With expensive passengers
like these on. board, be thankful
the bottom-line increase isn’t even
more than 9.7%. : .

The same system, incidentally,
applies in all municipalities. So, in
North Van too, read each item on

your tax statement carefully before,

heading for city hall with your pit-
chfork.

And in West Van, don't shoot
innocent George. In his own neck
of the woods he’s done pretty well.
It isn’t His fault that he also has to
be bagman for so many big-time
spenders who are too shy to mail
out their own tax bills!

_* *

NEWS photo Mike Wakefield

. SUMMER WORK HOPES...Student Employment Centre at 120 Lons-

the GVR-

Noel Wri

_ ON TOP of their world Wednes-
day were president Norma Sharp
and her happy warriors at the
Cancer Society’s West Van Unit.
Their coffee party to thank volun-
teers and major donors brought a
late news flash that their April
fund drive (target $115,000) had
reached $113,138, with up to
$10,000 more still in the pipeline.
Of the money collected by their
more than 500 volunteers, 62%
came from single-family homes,
21% from apartments and 12%
from miscellaneous sources. The
remaining 5% came from Tid-
dlycove’s business and professional
fraternity, almost half of it being a
single donation from Park Royal
management.

And by the way, the WV Unit
has now moved from Cedardale
School to 650 Clyde Avenue, Suite
4, phone 925-1952. Help — and
cancer victims and their families
needing it — always welcomed.

ene

WRAP-UP: Named ‘‘Mother of
the Year’’ by the Fraternal Order
of Eagles 2638 at its annual Mom’s
Day banquet was sportswoman
and 65-year North Van pioneer
resident Nel? Hunter, who has four
sons and five grandchildren. An
avid lawn-bowler, Nell has repre-
sented B.C. and Canada at the
Commonwealth Games, and is off
to Edmonton shortly to play in
further competitions ... ‘‘Everyone
welcome’’ reads the invitation to
‘the North Van Capilano Socreds’
buffet breakfast at 9 a.m. tomor-
row (May 23) in Cheers Restau-
125 East 2nd

here

ght

friday focus @

Economic Development Minister
Grace McCarthy and Angus Ree
will share the spotlight. Have
questions, will eat! ... Last chance
today to pick up tickets from the
North Van Chamber of Com-
merce, 13! East 2nd (987-4488), to
that 1960s Rock-n’-Roll Dance for
Rick Hansen tomorrow (May 23),
8:30 p.m. in the Mickey
McDougall Gym on East 23rd —
no tickets will be sold at the door
... And happy birthday to the Ci-
ty’s ‘‘all-Canadian boy’’ featured
in Wednesday’s column — Mayor
Jack Loucks, who chalks up his
69th tomorrow, May 23.

sc *
‘WRIGHT OR WRONG: Modesty
is the art of encouraging others to

find out for themselves how im-
portant you are.

RDAY birthday boy.

LETTER OF THE DAY
B.C. Tel
protects
customer
privacy

Dear Editor:

! It’s -possible your. May 13
editorial on the subject of illegal
suites in the District of Nerth
Vancouver might have caused un-
necessary concern for some B.C.
Tel customers.

The editorial’s reference to ‘talk
of seeking access to B.C. Tel re-
cords ‘in order to track down
dwellings with extra phone lines’’
could raise questions about the
confidentiality of customer re-
cords.

I want to assure your readers
and all our customers that all in-
formation about our customers,
other than names, addresses and
listed telephone numbers, is strictly
confidential. No other information
can be disclosed to anyone except
the customer unless the customer
consents in writing or disclosure is
authorized by a court order or
search warrant. .

This is spelled out in B.C. Tel’s
terms of service, which set out the
basic rights and responsibilities of
both the company and its custom-
ers with respect to the provision of
services and equipment regulated
by the Canadian Radio-Television
and Telecommunications Commis-
sion (CRTC).

In addition, it should be pointed
out that extra lines to a dwelling
would not necessarily indicate the
existence of an illegal suite. Many
residential customers have addi-
tional lines for their children, for
example.

D.E. Weisford
Customer Service Manager
: North Vancouver