A8 - Sunday, September 12, 1982 - North Shore News ye mailbox . Dear Editor: preparations that should be _ Protection against ‘friendly house parties’ - broken radio antenna. 1 commend our local night of noise, vandalism competence when he has not egarding your article of instigated in order to protect Picket fences are at- RCMP on taking action and property damage. one but two adult offspring Sepheabens, 1982, the dog both family and property. tractive. They are also easy whennecessary. | I suggest the laws be reprimanded by authorities bite. Pulling all the drapes to repair. Keep a good As a self-appointed expert reviewed in order to allow in the same evening, or Having resided in an area’ closed is a must, ensuring supply of pickets on hand. in this area, I wish to offer the police to enter the should I say early morning. with numerous rental houses _ that heavy drapes are bung the following constructive dwelling of repeat trouble in and then has the nerve to as neighbours for ap-_ in the childrén’s bedroom. I A patrol around the = suggestions. | order to solve a problem complain about police proximately ten years, I find this lessens the danger property and = adjacent Instead of a picture of the before it gets out of hand. brutality. consider myself an expert in of flying glass when windows sidewalk with a broom and culprit on the front page, I I suggest the local RCMP I believe a glance in the the area of friendly little are broken. dust pan is essential the next house parties that have a tendency to get out of hand. I therefore offer the following hints regarding Your vehicle, if parked on the street, should be moved approximately one block away to avoid the inevitable RCMP in N. Van working for US morning in order to guarantee the family dog does not get cut by broken suggest our local newspaper publish pictures of the real victims of this fiasco, neighbours with red tired eyes having endured another employ more canine support in order to lessen the risk of an officer being injured. Last and most important, | seriously question a parent's mirror is in order. A tax paying member of the usually silent majority. P. Darlington North Vancouver peril from raccoons Dear Editor: litters of 4 to 5 in March and match for a hungry 45 pound = and return them to the wilds North Shore people should April, and by summer they raccoon. before any more damage is ; be wamed that their pets are are raiding gardens. These Surely our local govern- done. Dear Editor: The gentleman, a = ,, mortal peril this year due animals have “needle sharp” ™ents can spare a small sum ; university professor, sup- 144 unusual numbers of teeth and toenails, are from their huge budgets to Clare Hucal The RCMP have a difficult posedly a well-educated goons coming into built. omnivorous, and become ‘rap some of these raccoons West Vancouver enough job in our society to- man, should maybe not be so up areas. unpredictable in tem- day controlling the young Wick to run down our Raccoons killed our perament by the age of 2 offenders without a father Policies system and the peautiful, loving years, the officer says. tactics which sometimes launching a lawsuit against them. The police were obviously trying to bring some sort of law and order to a group of 100 or more young people who were out of control and bringing duress to other people in the neighborhood. Maybe if some of our young people had been raised to respect other human beings and their property, we would not have SO Many reoccurrences such as this and ones similar. have to be used in a situation where they are greatly outnumbered. We sometimes forget the RCMP are working for us, the average citizen of North Vancouver, trying to keep some sort of order in our community. Keep up the good work and I am sure you have the support of many more people like me. Linda McLean North Vancouver Abyssianian cat last week after invading his territory (our yard) to the extent of sniffing at his door and coming up onto our porch and sundeck. Two unusually mild winters and spreading of housing on the mountain- sides have conbined to cause an unprecedented increase in numbers of raccoons causing problems all over the lower mainiand, § ac- cording to an officer of the provincial fish and wildlife department. He says raccoons have Major problems with them are killing and injuring pets, raiding garbage, damaging gardens, eating fish in or- namental ponds, and once in a while growling at or biting people. Raccoons have killed two cats recently in Hay Park in Ambleside, and _ severely injured another. Take care if-your pets seem nervous, not quite themselves, and reluctant to use their pet door. They may be being stalked by rac- coons, and if so, it is only a matter of tme. They are no WE SUPPORT the United Way Let Us Introduce . : You to FREE INTEREST! North Van’s Finest Yes, if you are one of the first 10 Townhomes qualifying purchasers, your first Mortgage will be Interest Free. Come to our preview opening this weekend at 3281-3351 Mountain Hwy., North Vancouver, and view one of the 536 great 2 townhomes... 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