A » Dear Bditor: . Your , Paper ‘sistently supported ‘the recent motion before West - Vancouver Council -to downzone the few remaining highfise - apartment sites in. - the “Municipality of West Vancouver, and. recently — calléd for the recon- sideration of. :the . “sneak - immensely preferable’ to. an .\-victory” by those aldermen. + - who _ Strongly © Deir Editor: are against - _ downzoning. .the An your | December 3 editorial: you © - called for the. ‘community to. _spéak out if it féels-that the three aldermen. wh yoted © : against, the _ measure. ‘have, misread. the community's _ wishes. : The writer is one West Vancouver resident who opposes’ the ‘Thank you for.:Dec." News Viewpoint. heading “Time; to’, ‘Speak a letter to the- Mayor and Council, I: wonder now if I should :“Speak Out’ a little more publicly. I: question * Alderman Finlay’s. idea of “fair play”. to express my gratitude to the many people in your community who supported the Terry Fox Marathon of Hope. Terry’s concern for ad- vancement in Cancer Research raised over $21,000,000 from every segment of Canada. It made it possible for the National Cancer Institute of Canada, N has con- Some.members. of council -gondominium. owners, - -and - zoning for.one or. more types towers, separated ‘by ‘gar- seem. to be prepared to -there are - not “many. --of agricultural use. But guess dens, tennis courts, or other. guarantee “their view in s politicians around with. guts - who paid for it?: The price of ground leyel: deveopment, is perpetuity. These are ‘views . ir enough totry: | _. . . residential residents. of the area | whose. views from their existing + apartments stand to be ~ affected by the new con- struction support the downzoning. Why not? downzoning.. Alderman Lanskail was right when ‘he called it “obnoxious”. There are many residents of West Vancouver who feel that the’ development of a given area with one or two highrise oil companies). and they are goirig “to take it without compensation. The - provincial . ‘government lid the same thing back.in 1974 with . its. devélopment. by said ° bout: that. It would mean. asking everyone in “West Vancouver .to con- _ tribute to the cost of _. preserving the views of a few e. hundred apartments and which. they have no right to < “Vancouver doubled i in three _ entire city block covered by expect to. continue, ‘having | ‘The worst part about all’ ‘months... three - storey’. walk-ups.. At regard:to the- zoning ‘of the -* ge this is that it shows thateven ‘ a least between: ‘the highrises, ‘adjacent property. Beiter. the local municipalities can ‘New West Vancouver:can "you can ‘see. the water, and than--that,. ‘someone. else is ' play the, government. game... join the - big. time: It..can _ going to be. handed the bill. ‘the wholé ‘thing, has. an open -feel.. to’ it that: is quite-‘ -distinctive:.. There. is cer- ‘Tight . up there with the provinces and the feds. The feds need some more money - change .the rules. in-:the _middle of the game. ust like the other go érnnients. : Who ‘is ‘the’: Why. itis those: hasty: old re both sides. Why then was the der the — “tainly * nothing’ -inherently | wrong: ‘with the: concept ofa highrise provided it. is properly sited and sufficient: open areas remain. . Quite naturally ‘the vote- put ‘before council © : when Alderman “Humphries Out”. Having already written was out-of town.? Is there any point in the citizens of West Vancouver voicing their opinion, in chorus, on any matter. at. all, only to - the Canada. “The response has been volved deserve a_ very published, and a hom-de- diking facilities will take overwhelming from the special vote of thanks. plume wil bs used W apectat BEERS ee media and the people who right to edit letters for brevity, donated money so taste and legality. generously and volunteered pr, G. Ballantyne Let" 8 hear from. you — often. — their time organizing sp¢cial President, News, 11 ae is: venue, projects and assisting the Canadian Cancer Society North Vancouver, 8.C. V7M Society to process B.C. & Yukon Division Monations. Please don’t drop Hayden Stewart Dear Editor: Must say I appreciate the North Shore Press and Sunday News. It’ has assumed a degree of sophistication since I was a contributor during its for- mative period. The most entertaining column for my moncy is the contribution of Hayden Stewart. Not only is this a unique contribution, but it fills a great need among the subscribers. It is-in other words “mass therapy”. Very good. ~ Tam a litle apprehensive that this is ‘being gradually - eliminated as evidenced in this issue of the Sunday News. I hope not.. Believe me it is an essential part of your achievement. Thank you for the op- portunity opinion to your notice. Jack Ammon Savings on a selected 7 North Vancouver group of swimwear, | cover-ups, sportswear (Reader Ammon’s fears are no “eliminating” Hayden, one of our most unfounded. There is question of popular columnists — Ed.) DINING LOUNGE WEST VANCOUVERS WONGS WOK, Gourmet Cantonese Cusine | LEME to draw my a 7 f ORDER IN CHINESE developers,. the people. who bought the adjacent land with the highrise which the zoning said could be built on. - that property. Mind you, there aren't too many of people, take i it into: their-c own - hands‘to vote whether or not, they agree with the majority or with a few individuals? A good many citizens, without: any foresight. on their part, were. fortunate enough to be located within . the boun had the publicity and Terry's run would not have been the tremendous success it has been. All the people in- daries of ‘highrise zoning “when it first. came - the ‘. into effect. Be it highrise, or th value o ‘the site as it is presently zoned, and the value: of the site under the proposed -downzoning, but not very much is being ‘values: for: ‘properties: within these. -boundaries.- still far exceed: that\of single-family dwellingareas. --*. I, for one,.would-like to ee. downzoning of ‘all high- Tise sites in West Vancouver. -(Mrs.) A.E. Wray West Vancouver “KEEP i SHORT and ‘include an address | spelled ‘out ‘clearly in block tatters. Street addresses a phone. numbers will not "te ‘Mondays French 261, - - Tuesdays French 1 61- ‘Sec 1- “We asdays -