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Unfriendly signs don't help

Dear Editor:

In spite of all problems |
recently went for a lovely
swim in Seymour canyon.
The water was refreshing, yet
quite warm and of course the
setting was idyllic as always.
This swim in Seymour, the
warmest and most secluded
of all the canyons, is
something I and my family
have enjoyed for over fifteen
years.

But yes there are problems.
At the water’s edge we met
some young guys drinking
beer and throwing empties in-
to the bushes. The beach also
had a few empty bottles lying
about. This lack of respect
for nature and for others is a
definite problem in our socie-
ty today.

But that was not the worst
problem. You can talk to
people who litter and reason

with them. But along the
roadside leading to the ca-
nyon are very unfriendly
signs prohibiting all parking
for non residents. There is
also a heavy, barbed wire,
greased chain link fence barr-
ing the legal access to the ca-
nyon. This access was
donated as an act of kindness
by Judge Les Bewley who
owned the property, so that
people in general could use
our beautiful natural
resource at Seymour. Instead
this resource has been
usurped from us and _ se-
questered so that only a few
residents with parking rights
and river front property can
enjoy it.

{ consider this an odious
act of violence against myself
personally and all other
members of the community
wishing to enjoy Our river. It

Promoting family

Dear Editor:

On behalf of mvself and
Family Services, I wish to ex-
press gratitude and admira-
tion for the article Joanne
MacDonald wrote on the
Drop-Ins. The accurate inter-
pretation of our interview
was warm, full of human in-
terest and in tune with the
Drop-Ins* aims. | am hopeful
that parents of young
children will read the article
and know where to come. In-
deed, | visited Lynn Valley
Drop-In yesterday and dhis-
covered all parents had read
it. This is proof of your wide
circulation and readership

Such publicity can only
promote the cause of Famtly

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is far worse than the
*tyahoos’’ with the beer bot-
tles, because you can’t talk to
a fence as you can a human.

1 appreciate the problems
caused by misuse and the
strain this problem places on
the area residents. But this is
a policing problem. Mayor
Baker and her neighbours
have no right to keep nature
bottled up for their own use.

| propose that the common
problem of vandalism be
dealt with in other ways. A
few signs asking people to
cart out their bottles and a
few police checks on sunny
days would do far more good
than a violent fence and nasty
parking signs.

You see, | too would like
tO enjoy our river.

Terrence Hanlon
North Vancouver

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