10+ Friday, June 19, 1997 = North Shore Nows a (INQUIRING REPORTER Same sex couples: same rig a x04 | DE 6) ifvest one's self af one's jirefudices, would be Ike taking yrmenena) | sulle all tn Shin to Jiel tie bite Greville, In thly manner wiord do some of uy shed our longehetd prejudices, tedlously ancl praliaftelly. Others nd that thelr bigotry lag beconte too mitch acpart of them to be coat off at all, Homosexuallty, a erie In the nottooedistant pagty has 1 tnauird heen aecepted to the polat that the definition off spouse AQUA iy the Tatlly Relatlons Act cauld soon, be reweltten to an wed Feporter’ include samesex couplers guarantectng all the benefit enemas that heterosexual couples are eatitied to, A move too] Jong combs or ore more nall In the coffe of the traditlonal fumlly? We asked yout should same-sex coupley have the’same rights ag heterosextal couples’ ”° wy ts a, i NORTH SHORE DEMOGRAPHICS oa es . -, fae ns DON mo ee ‘ * VES NON RAG Wo at Morsashou Un a 28h 1 ad AGH _Dundarnve/Aiblextde RYU Roh “20 7 Dritiatt Properties TH CU “TH ew OlBite/Pamberton Help A7% F088 230b ae Capihine/Dalbroo Highlands , N36 TAB Lower Lonsdale: ae 4p 37% LOU Central and Upper Lonsdale endl Wh 3d ad% “Lynn Valle 87M GG 22% ‘ wen ldlueridpe/Deep Cove RR 839h 1adb . TOTAL OUecscenuccnoscnnccecouswensasonsoesas 35.9% rn 43.2% 20.9% ‘ \ vit pti Wigs ff Don Whyte o> Alyssa Bampton oo North Vancouver, West Vancouver. West Vancouver ee oa Pdo. 10s come ourdn the Pm 67 years, olde how do. Why now) Some same-sex openy With episodes suchas: you think {fee Now Ethink couples have been: living ©: Ellen om it's asian ofthe times. © webre put here to tive bile © together for 25) years™ane Fou can’ n ress thir [es @ dren, i ea Be thee estyle and they're entitled to mmm TD don't gee why, t on the same things as everyone » shouldn't have most, of the else would be, sume privileges that we do. - Seott Miller hits ty re at _ ioe Car eT Cer aaT Oe eee 7 DO. YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE INQUIRING REPORTER? E-mail your comments or question ideas'to: juliew@nsnews.com. 1 a) . ann woke 8 tte fe 1 . ao . : . . i . ‘ : Cas S okes : . \ . , . Las ie , PAE ol ty de Mga — . , Minor. capital projects funded © an Moble’ esse ut News Reporter «'.MORE than $2 million , _ dn capital improvements oo Will-help the West os: “Vancouver School.” ~" District curb crowding dn western schools; Board “chairman: Ken. ae ~The hammock... , ‘agreatplaceto» |: hang around with dad. | © © Don’t let our. name fool yous ° | Ginger Jar Interiors |’ has the North Shore’s most complete» * patio furniture ~ " * Seollectiont ° fe considered moving Grade 6 students to Rockridge middle school next year.’ That proposal has been shelved, “The — school -. board announced $346,080. in previ- ously frozeni money has been ‘released, It will go toward improving access for the disabled at three elementary schools. West See the North Shore's largest furniture collection at ‘“ Haycock ‘said ‘the money ‘isn’t "In »as much as he was hoping for, but ‘it will’ go a long way to accommodating * some ' prob- - ‘ss lems the school district is cteal- oo ding with, Sug addition, . Vancouver received $494,193 “for. general building mainte: nance and repairs. . North Vancouver ‘School District “received more than Ginger Jar Interiors | 1420 Fell Avenue, North Vancouver... 988-7328 °." =) Marine Drive at Fell Avenue, Open seven days. © $2.9 million for minor capital ao “4Ivs going to allow us to ; “projects, Montroyal clemen-. “alleviate the space. problems in “: Monday to Saturday 9:30 - 6, Sunday 11 - 5:30, sage MASSE mel OF Ene "+ municipality. __” the west'erid of the municipali- z,, ty,” he said on Tuesday, OP? the new: Victoria- approved finding, $1.25. mil! ion will go towards six new: ss a uy mS Wok. “It’s going to allow us to _ “problems in the. -, west end of the he = West Van schoel aoard "Chairman Ken Haycock 4 «Classrooms for Bowen elemen- tary school. : —_ Haycock said Bowen has* grown’ trom a’ school of " approximately 100 a decade ' ago.to more than 400 today. Even with the new classrooms ~ a new school is needed on the island. A proposal for a second - Bowen school has gone to the