40 - Wednesdays. July 18. 1990 - North Shore News

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It's time to stop lunacy on Seymour Parkway

I TRY to stay off the soapbox, especially avoiding political

subjects. Today is different.

How many more deaths do we
need before the Mount Seymour
Parkway is renamed the
“Deathway"? The hideous acci-
dent fast weekend is another in a
frightening series of fatalities on
that dangerous piece of K.ghway.

budget
beaters

Barbara McCreadie

Now, the district, in complete
lunacy, has spent a fortune in
taxpayers’ dollars to narrow the
road even more — installing or-
namental dividers, full of trees
and flowers that limit visibility,
especially for drivers making left
turns on or off the Parkway.

If you want to watch the sport
of “‘rat racing’? just travel the
Parkway late at night, especially
on weekends. It's one of the
favorite spots on the North Shore
for idiots with lead feet and cot-
ton brains.

The Parkway needs a lower
speed limit, strictly enforced.

What's wrong with installing a
few of those hidden cameras to
keep the speeders in line?

We need more traffic fights,
strict law enforcement and, for
those unfortunates living north of
the Parkway, perhaps an alternate
route, We who Jive on the south
side have ai choice of using the
Dollarton which is no piece of
cake cither.

A friend of mine whose home
backs onto the Parkway is all set
to follow in the steps of a few In-
dian bands and blockade the road
until something is done. — prom-
ised him that if he does Wil be
right beside him.”

keke

On a sunny winter day, our
house is a joy. The sun streams
through the big windows in the
back all morning and through the
front all afternoon.

In the summer, it's as close to
hell as you can get without a
funeral.

By noon, yesterday, it was 92F,
I closed the kitchen, covered the
typewriter and went out of
business.

Today, it’s only 88F and there's
a breeze through — how often do
you get a W-E around here?
Next-to-never on a hot day. My
first requirement, if we ever mov-
ed (we won't!) would be a Nor-
th-South exposure.

You know it’s too damn hot
when Timmy sprawls, belly-up in
front of a fan I've set on the din-
ing room floor. Emily is on a
chair, tucked under a table, a few
feet from one of the open win-
dows. She hasn’t moved all day.
The others have walked out on me
for the day.

AWARD FOR
EXCELLENCE IN PUBLIC
SPACE DESIGN

The City is seeking public nominations for new §
development within the City that provides
excellent public use space either within a
building or in open areas around it. if you are

! aware of a new project in the City which has

B done a particularly good job of making its J
public areas accessible and attractive, the Jj
City wants to hear from you. Please send a

letter to the:

Selection Committee
on Excellence in Public Space Design
Mayor's Office
4441 West 14th Street
North Vancouver, B.C.
V7M 4H9

Your letter should

indicate the property :

B address, your reason for nomination and
= should be postmarked by September 1, 1990.
HN if you are interested in learning more about this

award, please call the Planning Division, at

985-7761, local 215.

I'm marinating steak for dinner
and cooking ergs for a crab salad.
Frankly, the thoughe of food isn't
high on my list — last night: we
ate burgers at the Raven and the
night before, a friend and § dined
on hot dogs at the Track.

We staked our last $12, boxed
the Triactor and missed by one
number. Enough said. That nearly
$900) purse might have bought
something better than hot dogs.

Salads, cold soups and
drinks are my choice for
week.

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For each serving you'll need:
"2 a papaya, seeded
Ls Ib. shrimp
1 tablespoon mayonnaise (real)
12 teaspoon curry powder - more
or less, to taste
crisp pickled vegetables - the hot
mixed variety
lettuce frill
chopped parsley

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this

Lasy? If vou want to prepare
ahead ands refrigerate. rub cut
surfaces of the papaya with lemon
juice. Place shrimp in a bowl, Mix
the mayo with the curry powder
and let sit in the fridge for an
hour or so to blend flavors. Toss
with shrimp.

Pile the shrimp
papaya, place on a fettuce trill
and sprinkle the shrimp with
parsley. Tuck the not pickled veg-
gies on the side.

into the cut

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Cold soup is great, as long as
it’s smooth and not grainy. Gaz-
pacho and Vichyssoise are
favorites — they make up quickly
and store for 48 hours in the
fridge with no problem.

ICs the garnishes that make
them special — coarsely diced
green pepper and tomato for the
Gazpacho and green onions for

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I tike this best served as a first
course before a traditional Tortilla
Uspagnol — the Spanish porato-
and-onion omelette. Crusty bread,
unsalted butter with both, please.
1 medium English cucumber - dice
up a handful and set aside
4 big tomatoes, peeled
quartered
} big couking onion, peeled and
roughly chopped
2 medium green peppers, both
seeded - dice one for garnish and
set aside
2 cloves garlic
one loaf - large, French bread
4 cups water
Va cup red wine vinegar
1 tablespoon salt
v4 cup olive oil
I tablespoon tomato paste

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