6 — Friday, July 20, 1990 - North Shore News | HATE SEEING ae THE CONDITIONS OUR NDS HAE | TO SUFFER WITH... Laudable list HE PROVINCIAL deserves a round of applause for its recent decision to release a list of B.C.’s worst polluters. government interest to local residents. Reynolds said regular release of the polluters list would be part of the gov- ernment’s effort {to toughen up en- But while Environment Minister John Reynolds has said that updated lists will now be released regularly, the govern- ment should long ago have made public which industrial, commercial and municipal operations were polluting area environments. Only after official media requests did the provincial government provide a Jist of provincial polluters. The list included three North Shore companies, the Lions Gate sewage plant and the two Howe Sound pulp mills — information that is of more than passing forcement of its pollution regulations. The philcsophy is laudable and runs counter to traditional government policies of closed books and _ closed mouths, The latter attitude being based on a simple-minded ‘‘what they don’t know won't huri them”’ theory. While publicity will surely be uncom- fortable for those who are placed under its glare, it will just as surely create the kind of public pressure needed to reverse years of flagrant disregard for provincial poliution regulations. Laws won't stop abortions Dear Editor: In discussing the abortion issue, it seems to me that both sides do not realize the reality of the situa- tion. Simply, that if a woman is not ready to have a child, for teasons that must be extremely important to her, she is not going to be dictated to. Hf, to her, abortion is the only Publisher Associate Editor Subscaptians North and West vancouver, $2 Mailing rates available on reques welcome bul we cannot accept responsi UNSONCHed Material NchiNg MAMUSCHDS AN pictues which should be accompaness by a stamped. addessed envelope Peter Speck Managing Editor Timothy Renshaw Noel Wright . Advertising Director Linda Stewart runt North Shore News, founded in 1969 a5 an indupencent suburban newspaper and quautied undes Schedule ttt Paragraph tl at the Eccise Tae Act. 1s pubtisted eacn Wednesday. Friday and Sunaay ty North Snore Free Press Lid and disinbuted to every door on the North Shore Second Class Mail Registration Number SHES answer, it is certain that she will have one, regardless of what laws they may pass to the contrary. As far as the Pro-Life group is concerned, in attempting to influ- ence a woman to have a child that she does not want, they should be prepared to see that such a child is guaranteed .a suitable adoption and not shoved into the obscurity of an orphanage. They should not THE VOICE OF MONTH AnD WEST VANCOUVER SUNOAY + WEDNESDAY = FinDAy 1139 Lonsdaie Avenue, North Vancouver. BC V7M 2H4 §9,170 (average. Wednesday Friday & Sunday} is cCab. ac SDA DIVISION ina Display Advertising Classified Advertising Newsroom Distribution Subscriptions try to force a woman to have a child if the child's security is not guaranteed. You cannot pass a law outlaw- ing abortion without inviting dan- gerous consequences to both the mother and the child, as has been demonstrated before. Donald McLeod North Vancouver 980-0511 986-6222 985-2131 986-1337 986-1337 985-3227 MEMBER North Shore owned and managed Entire contents © 1990 North Shore Free Press Ltd. All rights reserved. RP month in B.C. a time for optimists! A CEREMONIAL proclamation by Bill Vander Zalm’s punch-drunk government is hardly likely. But you can definitely call the next five weeks ‘Reform Month in B.C.”” The occasion: an extended visit here by Reform Party leader Preston Manning, who'll roam the Lower Mainland, Island and Inte- rior until Labor Day, visiting every B.C. constituency at least once. Make that several times for the federal riding of Quadra, where John Turner is rumored to resign this fall. 1f the Reformers can find the right candidate for the ensuing by-election, a lot of smart money is now betting that Turner’s former bolthole could give the party its second Commons seat. True to their creed that politics can be fun too, local Reform Par- ty warriors are making the most of the month with a raft of events and entertainment. They kick off this Sunday, July 22, with North Van RP’s 10. a.m. champagne brunch at 1791 Med- win Place: pancakes, sausages, coffee/tea and two bubbly cocktails all for $15 — if any tickets still remain. Check pronto with Elinor Ryan, 929-2167, or Liz James, 988-0456. Saturday, Aug. 4, North Van Reformers are at it again — this time a 4 to 8 p.m. baron-of-beef, dessert, wine-and-beer barbecue at 1527 Edgewater Lane starring Preston Manning in person. For the $20 tickets, again limited, call the aforesaid ladies. in Capilano-Howe Sound con- stituency — where Frank Boehner, 925-2126, has just been elected 1990-91 RP president — they're throwing their second annual garden party and supper from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, July 28 (July 29 if it rains), in Neil and Dorene Thompson’s garden at 4412 Woodpark Rd. Promised area bocci bowl, wine, beer, softies, prizes, a “turkey shoot’’ and other hi-jinx. At $7.50 the price is certainly right and Mary-Jane Shaw, 925- 2097, has the tickets. Tuesday, Aug. 7, festivities move up-country to Whistler Conference Centre for a 7:30 p.m. affair again starring leader Preston live. A nice summer even- ing outing — just drive carefully! keep safe. PRESTON Manning ...scrambling to keep count, Iam NOT a Reform Party member. I! | appear to be shilling for them a little, it’s mainly because they are so refreshingly cheerful and upbeat. With much to be upbeat about. Less than three years old, al- ready with an MP and a Senator in Ottawa, they know where they’re going. And they know more and more disillusioned old- party voters approve of their itinerary. Paid-up membership, now over 40,000, has soared 33 per cent since January, recently with up to 200 applications a day. It’s easy, of course, to do things right when your world is all op- portunity with no responsibility. I’ve been round the block often enough to know they may even- tually fall flat on their faces like all the rest. But surveying today’s otherwise dismal political scene, I find them quite a tonic for an ailing op- timist! ree WRAP-UP: West Van-Howe Sound citizens can now safely shoot their mouths off any way they wish when talking to their MLA. Always a practical man of action, Environment Minister John Reynolds has been quick to install a scrambler on his phone ... Honored last week in Ottawa ‘with the Therese Casgrain Award for inventing a device enabling the severely disabled to communicate was North Van’s William Cameron, founder of the Neil Squire Foundation for the physi- cally handicapped ... Entertain- ment and fun in the sun for all ages tomorrow, July 21, at West Van’s 10th annual Family Picnic from 4:30 to 8 p.m. in Ambleside Park ... Also tomorrow, anniver- sary greetings to North Van cou- ples Don and Helen Preston, together with Les and Nellie Hunter (the latter celebrating their 53rd) ... And many happy returns of the same day to North Van Kiwanian Terry Rudedge. wck* WRIGHT OR WRONG: Never be afraid to go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is!