12 - Sunday, November 11, Anna Marie D’Angelo INQUIRING REPORTER 1990 - North Shore News VOTERS often give municipal elections a far lower pri- ority than higher-profile provincial and federal clections. Qn the North Shore, less than 20 per cent of cligible residents traditionally bother to vote at the municipal level, despite the profound effect some municipal initia- tives have on the dav-to-davy lives of residents. For Have you ever attended a council meeting? Marjorie Southern North Vancouver No, I haven't. Of course, I'm going to vote. It scems they are catering to the developers and J think we need some new blood at the municipal level. Jack Philpott North Vancouver Yes, years and years ago { attended meetings. If you have an interest in something that’s brought up, you should go. I'm going to vote. Mary-Sue Atkinson North Vancouver Actually, I realiy haven’t attended mectings, but ! did write a letter and kept my eye on one issue about zoning. | watch council meetings on T.V. fcene Mandzuk North Vancouver Yes, | have been to council and a planning- commission mecting. J think that it is a good idea to go to the mectings. some, voter apathy and indifference to the workings of local governments can turn into helplessness, frustration and anger at the system. On Nov. to get involved locally and choose from 70 candidates running for 32 available seats on the North Shore. 17, voters are asked Victor Elless North Vancouver No, |! haven't been to any mectings because I don’t go to things like that. I watch the T.V. council meetings. West Van students to travel the world HAWAH, ITALY, France and Quebec will be the destinations of students from Sentinel Secondary and Pauline Johnson Elementary schools on field trips this Christmas and during 1991, the West Vancouver District 45 School Board announced recently. By Patrick Raynard Contributing Writer And all costs will be borne by the students, not the taxpayers, Trustee Margot Furk pointed out to the North Shore News. Twelve members of the Sentinel Spartans senior boys basketball team will participate in the elite Maui Invitational Tournan.ent during a nine-day tour that will see them play three exhibition games against competitors from all over Canada and the United States. Sentinel principal Peter Lefaivre, in his letter to the board, said that ‘‘this activity not only provides the highes: level of athletic competition for our per- forming athletes, but is aiso a unique opportunity to practise fair play and good sportsmanship, while learning the responsibility of being part of a large group on an international tour. “Beyond the obvious benefits, the team will aiso adhere to a strict regime of daily study to en- sure that the school academic focus is not lost during the trip.”’ Next spring, Sentinel languages teachers Hilary Butler and Bob Semerdjian will lead 40 students from Grades 10 to 12 on a two- week cultural cour that will in- clude Rome, Pompeii, Pisa, Florence, Nice and the French Riviera. The students, following a rigor- ous preparation at Sentinel, will be expected to improve their French comprehension and speak- ing skills and will be immersed in Roman civilization, especially art treasures, Butler, who teaches Latin at Sentinel and speaks French and tialian, accompanied students on a similar tour last: year. Semerd- jian, who led an exchange trip two years ago, has taught French at Sentinel for decades and speaks the language Sluently. In his letter to the board, Lefaivre praised Butler's and Semerdjian’s past’ successes with cultural tours, saying they had had a “positive effect’ in lan- WEST VANCOUVER "WEST VANCOUVER ALDERMAN SCHOOL BOARD guage learning at the school. Ecole Pauline Johnson, mean- while, will take 52 Grade 6 French immersion students on a six-day - cultural tour of Quebec City and Ottawa next June, under the supervision of five adult staff led by Suzan Gauthier. PJ principal Florence Wilton wrote the board that students will spend time in a French immersion school near Ouawa and a Fran- cophone school in Quebec. By meeting, children in this part of Canada, Wilton said, the West Vancouver students will gain a wider appreciation of their peers’ situation. VOTE FOR A proven record of community service and business experience. Creative ideas end commitment to citizen involvement. A new voice on your Council. Re-Eject DEAN ALDERMAN COMMITMENT and EXPERIENCE serving momber of City * councdl, 18 years as Alderman U, of Manitoba, B.A. Graduate teacher SFL as ° amerciant on Lonsdale fer 15 years « available and accessible to all * received Centennial Medel! from Government of Canada for services to Canada and the community « received Certificate of Merit in 1988 from Govexnment cf Canada tor contributions to the community » received award from Pitch-in B.C. in 1990 for 20 years for Seni nsec Baan” ot ing Commiasion 4S. Youth “Say No to Drugs” ¢ Life member LG. Hospital Saciety « Chairman -- Pitch-in British Columbia Horth Vancouver FOLKFEST NV. Pofice Liaison Committee produced 31 TV programs crime oreventicn initiated feted annual OTAKE A = OFFICER « Chaired — Joint LV. Salute to a Centuzy doint WV. Expo 86 committee « Organized 1500 volunteers for first residentiaf iund raising drive for SILVER HARBOUR BCTWITY pt er a < “a