6 - North Shore News - Friday, May 12, 2000

EGINNING tonight the Lions
Gate Bridge will see the first of a
series of lengthened closures to
. allow for construction.
.. The: process will test us all. The
_ impact upon North Shore traffic when
the Second Narrows Bridge was refur-
_.bished a few years ago frayed nerves.
* Sanity and scheduled closures became
elastic concepts...
_} The. potential’ for. disruption this
time around: is. far. more dramatic.

How to survive the. coming chal-
lenge to our nervous systems? Staying
out of our automobiles as much as pos-
sible is a start. Just park it at home and
leave it for your neighbours to admire.
Try transit.

If you must drive, try this relaxation
technique to calm yourself before and
after the commuting experience:

Sit or lie in a comfortable position.
Close your eyes and breathe deeply. Let

- your breathing be slow and relaxed. As
‘you inhale, say the word “peace” to

yourself, and as you exhale, say the
word “calm,” Draw out the pronunci-
ation of the word so that it lasts for the

- entire breath. Focus all your attention |

“on. your, breathing. ° Block ont-‘any

flag. pckinis ‘were added to slow

traffic in the’ name of worker safety,
fush-hour traffic ‘was. choked ‘2 ‘at both

e-view. mirror: of an
” is blamed for ‘the.

speed of the car: has nothing to do. with this acci-
was travelling at 30 km/h the.

ent bec: ‘ if th
utd. have still. béen hit.

"a. Be ; to realize that unless the car
jumped ‘ontd the sidewalk, the only person responsible for

a ; thi scident.w as the worker. hoe ho
¢

- thoughts of.a tunnel or a four-lane .—

Lions Gate. Do not focus on the fools
who went halfway to solve our mobili- -
ty crisis. Tt will j just upset you again.

Teas S| NDP

_ GLEN Clark has become the
political equivalent of a Skid

Road stumblebum.

“And his party litde better. .
+, The outrages perpe- 8.77
* trated by the New :
“Democrats” are so °° ©
+, thick on the pater that
_ they’ve moved to the *
back of the newspapers
‘and the radio and televi
sion newscasts, some- °
times not even reported.
“The publie’s sense of .
anger and betrayal by ©
this. most cynical, cor-
rupt-‘and incompetent “:
government in Bridsh -

” Columbia history has become di dulled. le $

overload.:We can’t absorb it all. .
Clark remains cocky. Latést (not:

counting any revelations after my dead-

A
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fumbling about 20 cémpbins that the ‘ 2

lictle girl was being abused...
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But the ‘Outrage of the: :
Month — mind you, |
c there’s still quite a lot of
: month to go— 93:
“-< occurred at the’:
>» Nanaimo! 00000).
; Commonwealth -

:”: premier Dave Barrett’s
inory finally cleared
and he recalled ‘that
someone had given him’

; s200 ,060 in $50-bills ata Sensi ive time in’

as that: generous: soul?
Commissius counsel Lyndsay Smith

w>\ Justice.

, games Oi ‘wich fresh i ick

didn’t like'the 6, an
seems no more palatable:

_. Glencagles Golf ¢

relocate: ral len

ine) is the court’s staggering one-mil- knows.:But she said she d didn’t think
on-buck compensation for the wrongful :
dismissal of former B.C. Hydro boss John :

Sheehan:

sgrace! Aut Another scan :
heaped o on a the NCHS scandals,“
: oo0.:
»> And speaking of school boards Wes
Vancouy ret. school ‘superintendent: Doug:
, the ril 50 deadline

of: laying
ia the ‘houphtiegs di

for. safety: on. the:
vorker: ff.

the curb,

ing “an ick oe ‘after’ Matthew
‘Vaudreuil’s horrible ‘death while dozens’ :
ints : And speaking of Reaalines,
could have bent- mine this week to
include comment-on Wednesday’s town
hall meeting ‘sponsored by the Glencagle

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