A6 - Sunday, October 7, 1984 - North Shore News It's OUR choice ill the municipal elections just six weeks away, repeat the sad story of democratic inertia for which the North Shore is becoming notorious? We’re talking about voter turnout on elec- tion day. Last year (typical, though some- what better than certain recent years) less than 28% of eligible voters in North Van District bothered to cast their ballots. In West Van the figure was only 19% and in North Van City a lowly 14%. An average, therefore, of 20%. That means a candidate winning an ab- solute majority of 51% of the votes is actual- ly endorsed by only one out of 10 registered electors. Even a candidate winning 75% is backed by less than one in seven of those who COULD have had a say in picking their representative. It seems a very poor way of selecting the level of government that is closest to the people and has the most direct impact on their daily lives. For North Van City 1984 is an ‘‘off’’ year. But for the two other North Shore municipalities the upcoming elections are even more crucial than usual. In North Van ’ District---which is switching to the biennial system---voters will have to choose a mayor and an entire six-member council, as well as four school trustees. In West Van, where three aldermanic and three school board seats are up for grabs, a stiff battle for the mayor’s chair is also looming. A visit to the polling station on November 17 will take, at most, five minutes. It’s a tiny price to ask for ensuring that the best people run our community---and the choice of those people is the business of ALL of us. Motel markets -C. motels, it séems, aren’t just for tourists to sleep in. Their association has found lots of patrons go there to take a shower, read a book or get pregnant. In the past 40 years they estimate 34,000 books have been read and 12,500 babies conceived in B.C. motel units. The marketing possibilities opened up by this discovery are obviously endless. Promoted as do-it-yourself social ser- vice centres, motels would never have to worry about the off-season again. Display Advertising 980-0511 north shore Classified Advertising 986-6222 news Newsroom 985.2131 prrOr RCT Ten PTTe-eammanroormred Circulation 986 1337 Subscriptions 985 2131 1139 Lonsdate Ave | Nonmh Vancouver 8 C V7M 244 Publisher (te: “ager Associate Publisher Editor in Chiet Feotoeret boat ettvaer Nove Wout Personnoil Director Classified Manage: terres: bate Nan) Teagatieneasya ne tt MA pw Production Director Photography Manager CR iS deabar rss oe Veer yy biteterr: North Shore Newnan » mony ‘ bye er pape aa doe e Je- shite & yoy yoy owe Is en eo prob te Wee deren te bay "4 a ! ‘ te . . . t “s . ” Matte, Cr ie years Partha Contents rena Noth Shore Free Prose Lid All rights reserved vial fa ’ ' . . 1 rn cr) ot a Member of the B.C Press Council bed 66 7TO aoe ne ‘eh ODEN IOI We doe tay Sow day Noe dey SIN". THIS PAPER IS RECYCLABLE Advertising Director C teculation Director sunday brunch Wright NINE-YEAR, $100,000 DREAM REALIZED...the 3rd West: Van Scout Group’s attractive, three-level ‘wilderness’ cabin on Hollyburn Ridge was officially opened last weekend by Mayor Derrick Humphreys (rear of group in dark jacket). Launched in 1975, the project was completed with years of hard work by the Scouts and generous community donations. CTOBER 16TH has a meaning that’s uncomfortably close to home this year. It’s United Nations World Food Day and this coming week North Van schools are marking the occasion in two ways. The first, as you'd probably guess, is a variety of special classroom studies and projects related to world food production, distribu- Hon, diet and nutrition--- ching students about the Faso and future outlook Kthe one-third of humani- Ye in distant Third World mtries who go to sleep hungry every might. In addition to _ that, however, students from every North Van school will be using their own spare tame (and shoe leather) to remind us that World Food Day 1984 1s no longer only about starving African natives Jt's about neighbors nghtin our own back yard Today, hundreds of lower Mainland residents (some 200) families on the North Shore alone) depend largely on the Greater Van couver hood Bank to. feed themselves and them kads There ate weeks when con siderable numbers of them have to be turned away because the Pood Bank has been cmpticd Arad that A nama explains Assistant Schools Superintendent Pat Bell, coordinator of the cam- paign---is why, from now through October 16, you can expect a knock on your door by a North Van student seek- ing a donation of non- perishable food to keep the Food Bank topped up. Alternatively, you yourself can phone any North Van school and ask to have your gift picked up. Or, if you’ve nothing suitable in the cup- bard at the moment, you can buy an extra can or package of non-perishable food next time you're at the = super- market and drop it in at your nearest North Van school. However you. work it, don't let the kids down They care. We all should e n * SMALL BUSINESS people quite often have financing needs which, for one good treason of another, can't be met satisfactortly by ther regular bank If them story makes sense, they'll tind a sympathetic and very knowl edgeable listener in Gustafson who took over last week as the new manag er oof the bederal Business Development Bank in North Van At branch level the PBRBDB specializes in Cary loans up toa na gh®. Tee Re. py eA wy to on m2 RETA ke ORE et Ps OP AES ae “ ears Btavar? a wean f met Eras UAC Pe ad MEET ME AT THE GALLERY $100,000 for small businesses with growth potential. Gary has served with the bank for the past 10 years in Campbell River, Victoria, New Westminster and Vancouver, and his new territory extends from North Van to Powell River. He’s very gung-ho about the role of small business as the real ynamo in the economy and Dut the big variety of plans the .FBDB can offer entrepreneurs. If you have a cash-flow or expansion pro- blem you haven’t cracked yet, give him a call at 9 6571 to arrange achat ... n * e HITHER AND YON: Journey’s end after four years as chairman of B.C.'s Rapid Transit Committee came last week for North Van-Seymour MIA Jack Davis who stepped down from that post following Minister Grace McCarthy's shake-up of the provincial transit hierarchy Said Jack who masterminded the planning, engineenng and contract letting phase ot Cureater Vancouver's new ALRI system “The — last thing Stuart Hodgson (new chief executive of B ¢ Transit) needs is two bosses | Distinguished Thanksgiving visitor Co these parts oi othe Bishop of the refreshing, fue spiced art of Barbara Wood men’s