It! CASE OF AN IRAGI AYTACK,.J HAVE SEVEN SECONDS TO PUT THIS ON! SURE NEWS VIEWPOINT IN CASE OF AN ALLIED AYTACK, | HAVE SEVEN if Stiwiee TO GET BEHIND v8, Women warriors HOSE WHO contend that we would not be at war in the Persian aA Gulf if women were in charge should immediately remove their heads from the sanés of genderization and gen- eralization. They would have us believe that as nur- turers and care-givers, wives and mothers wouildn’t send their men off to die in bat- tle. Women would, instead, defuse the sit- uation through diplomacy rather than ag- gression. But while it’s true that women are used | to dealing more directly with each other than men are, it’s unclear whether today’s woman would handle the conflict through the traditional route of appeasement. After all, women have becn taught for years that to get ahead in the workplace, in life, they must adopt male models of behavior. ' And teievision images of Iraqi women beating their breasts in support of Saddam Hussein and their U.S. counterparts who wrap themselves in the stars and stripes suggest the opposite. These women apparently don’t see sen- ding off their sons to war as a tragic means towards their leaders’ ends. To them, it’s an honor. It would be a mistake, therefore, to assume that all women are innately peace- ful. It would be an even miore misguided assumption to think that this non-violent maternal instinct, as Globe ard Mail editor Dorothy Lipovenko observes, can sor:- how leap across cultural boundaries an¢ jay the groundwork for a universal pesc: movement. LETTER OF THE DAY Teachers’ salaries clarified Dear Editor: With regard to the News story ‘Board boss blasts union’’ in the Wednesday, Jan. 16 edition, the West Vancouver Teachers’ Association would like to correct two impressions left by the article. The article says that ‘‘The average teacher's salary in West Vancouver is now $53,094 in- cluding benefits."” The figure quoted by the superintendent in- cluded Administrators’ salaries and employer costs of statutory Publisher ...... Associate Editor Peter Speck Managing Editor Timothy Renshaw Noel Wright Advertising Director Linda Stewart North Shore News, founded in 1959 as an independent Suburban reveraper and quaitieg under Schedule 141 aragtapn Nl of the Excise Tax Act, 1S publshed eacn Wednesday Friday and Sunday by Noth Shore Free 4 North Vancouver, B.C. Press Lid. and distnbuted to every door on tne Non «= V7M 24 Shore Second Class Mail Registration Number 3885 Supscrintons North and West Vancouver. $25ner year. 59,170 (average, Wednesday auing tates avaiable on request Submissions are i welcome out we cannot accept ‘esponsmuity tor Friday & Sunday) unsolicited material mcluditg manuscripts and octures e benefits, group benefits and pen- sions. In fact, teachers make an average base salary of $43,011. This average is slightly higher than the rest of the province because teachers in West Vancouver have higher qualifications and more experience. It is to the credit of the West Vancouver School Board that they pursue a policy of hiring hard working and highly qualified teachers. Another impression left by the which Should be accompanied by a stamped audressed yo SF envelope SDA DIVISION i article is that teachers have eight professional days per school year. {n fact, there are a total of five days. The other three days are a pool of substitute days to allow teachers to attend in-service train- ing which is usually mandated by the school district. Not all teachers are entitled to those days. John Luccock President West Vancouver Teachers’ Association iaereneencuramme rare ms merece Display Advertising 990-0511 north shore | Classilied Advertising 986-6222 rv : Newsroom 985-2131 news Distribution 986-1337 SUNDAY + WEONESOAY | PRIDAY Subscriptions 986-1337 Fax 985-3227 1139 Lonsdale Avenue, MEMBER Paradise and progress need not be enemies BOWEN ISLANDERS may hate the thought, but sooner or later (and likely sooner) they must face the challenge that West Vancouver faced after 1938 — too many people finding their way to paradise. That’s the reality of a proposed fast foot-passenger ferry that would link the island to Van- couver's downtown SeaBus termi- nal in 35 minutes — now being examined by the Transport Ministry. For commuters, the time- convenience factor at a return fare of maybe $10 could compare favorably with today’s 60-minute rush hour option of ferry plus ex- press bus. [t would be a bargain, of course, compared to the cost of ferrying the car, downtown park- ing and 66¢ per litre gas. And inevitably it would [ure more and more people to Bowen — permanent and seasonal resi- dents, tourists and year-round Lower Mainland visitors. Mote people and everything that goes with them simply add up to unwanted problems, say oppo- nents of the scheme — over- development, over-commercializa- tion and threats to Bowen’s key attraction, its largely unspoiled environment. In short, a recipe for Paradise Lost. Yet a convincing antidote for their pessimism lies just 20 minutes away. The peacefu! holiday-cottage paradise of West Van, long pro- tected from the Lower Mainland mob by the passenger capacity of the old Hollyburn ferries, was confronted by the same threat when the Lions Gate bridge open- ed in 1938 — and still more so 20 years Jater when the bridge tolls were removed. Since then West Van’s popula- tion has doubled. Elegant homes with manicured gardens and lux- ury condos have replaced its cot- tages. Park Royal, attractive ‘‘village’’ centres, smart boutiques and restaurants draw shoppers and gourmets from near and far. But trees still flourish every- where. Aside from the ski area the wilderness above 1,200 ft. remains sacrosanct. The waterfront from Dundarave to Ambleside Park has been turned into a daily joy for thousands. Industry remains firm- ly banned. And you can still safe- ly walk the streets at bedtime. Paradise has certainly changed. But today’s 37,000 West Van- couverites who wouldn't happily live anywhere else suggest that paradise is far from lost. Thanks, one should add, to successive West Van councils which — despite occasional blips — have faithfuily handed on the pioneer principles that keep modern West Van ‘‘a place of excellence.”” Given the same brand of com- munity leadership, that’s how it will be on idyllic Bowen too, as its population doubles and Bigtown ‘moves steadily cioser. Nor is such leadership likely to be lacking. The island is full of ex-West Van- couverites who know all about preserving values amid inevitable change. Big sister across the water has proved for half a century that progress and a pioneer’s paradise need not NECESSARILY be eneraies. TAILPIECES: To town this week comes parole boss Fred Gibson, Ottawa-based chairman of the National Parole Board. Among his engagements, an appearance on Shaw Cable TV and a 7 p.m. address tomorrow, Thursday, Feb. 7, to the local Citizens United for Safety and Justice group at the North Van Chamber of Com- merce office, 131 East 2nd ... Forty years on with its indefatiga- ble founder-president Gertie Todd, the Miss North Shore Pag- eant needs volunteers to help with the 40th reunion of its 1950 can- didates, planned for July 26. Call 985-0555 or drop by at The Perfect Setting, {24 West 16th for details ... And running from Thursday, Feb. 7, through Sun- day, Feb. 10, at Park Royal is the Student Enviroumenial Art Show, “It?s Our World Too,’’ sponsored by the Save Howe Sound Society which invites enquiries at 921- 7340. WRIGHT OR WRONG: Nothing will stop your nextdoor neighbors complaining about your party as much as being there. Fila photo ON GUARD FOR BOWER ... the heritage Union Steamship Co. buiiding at the entrance to the island's beautiful Crippen Regional Park.