A6 - Sunday, February 19, 1984 - North Shore News HE editorial page| Think positive The negatives being aired in some quarters about the proposed Fisherman’s Wharf development at the foot of Pemberton — which goes to a public hearing tomorrow (Feb. 20) before District council — need to be viewed in perspective. Opposition is most vocal from the project’s industrial neighbors: Fibreco, Seaspan and Vancouver Wharves. They cite dust. pollution from chip piles; access, parking and ‘‘securi- ty’? problems; and marine and harbor safety. All these concerns have been met by the developers with reasonable undertakings for _ resolving them. Marine and harbor safety, in- cidentally, is the responsibility of the Port of Vancouver, which is satisfied with the basic design of the development. So far, however, the concerns of the op- ponents — who are obviously motivated by self-interest. rather than. objectivity — have received a good deal more publicity than the . developer’ s assurances. Participants in tomor- row’s hearing would do well. ‘to make allowances ac ‘On the plus side, the development — with its dockside restaurant, fish harbor and public market — could clearly be an attractive addi- tion to the District’s waterfront. The developers estimate the public market alone would generate $10 million in annual sales, all of it retained on the North Shore, as. well as creating local jobs and broadening the tax base. And unlike other potential uses of the Site, the project is completely non-polluting. It deserves a fair hearing — with the accent on positives rather than noisy negatives. Grab it, Brian! If the Liberal government cared about Canada’s past, tomorrow (the third Monday of Febmuary) would have become a statutory holiday long ago — a badly needed break on the long haul between Christmas and Easter. It’s not for want of lobbying by the Heritage Canada foundation, so we now offer the idea free of charge to the Tories, as a winning elec- tion platform. Happy Heritage Day, Brian, and let’s enjoy Feb. 18, 1985 PROPERLY! ‘TE VREER OF TOUETTD ROD WEE VaNDeUwaR sunday news north shore news 1139 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver, 8.C. V7M 2H4 Publisher Pete: Speck Editor-in-Chiet Noel Wright Classified Manage: Val Stephenson Production Director Chris Johnson Display Advertising Classified Advertising Newsroom Circulation Subscriptions 080-0511 986-6222 986-2131 986-1337 980-7081 Associate Publisher Advertising Director Robert Graham Tim francis Personne! Director Bernt Hilhard Circulation Director Bul McGown Photography Manager Terry Peters North Shore News, tounded In 1969 as an independent community Newspaper and qualified under Schedule IW Part ill Parageaph itl of ine Excise Tan Act is puplished each Wednesday and Sunday by North Shore Free Press Ltd and distributed to every doo! on the North Ghore Second (ass Mail Registration Number 3485 Entire contents « 1004 North Ghore Free Press Ltd. All rights reserved Subscriptions North and West Var ouver $25 per yoo: Mailing ‘ates avatiable on requesl No responadility accepted for unsolk led maternal NC hudiInNg manuscripts and pictures whieh ahowid bo accompanied by 6 slamped eddres8ed anvalopo Member of the B.C. Press Council fecad 64,700 (average Wednesday & Sunday) BOA OON sm G&G THIS PAPER IS RECYCLABLE CLASSES ENDED early on Friday at West Van. Senior Secondary but there was no cause for rejoicing over the 1:15 p.m. close of the school day — which gave staff mem- bers and students three-quar- ters of an hour to make their way to the Boal Chapel in North Van to say goodbye to a friend. She was socials _ teacher Syivia Kotsomitis. Although she had been battling illness for several months, her sud- den death last Monday came. as a shock to all who knew and loved her. Originally from England (her surname was that of her former Greek. husband), she had taught in West Van school District for 33 years — 24 of them at WVSS. She would have retired this June. WVSS principal John Williams described her as one of the most popular teachers he’d ever known. Colleagues echoed him. But the most convincing tribute came from students themselves, both past and present. They were unanimous about her: she was the tops. No teacher can earn better epitaph than that. ae & any FATHER KARABELAS --- @ ministry honored LILIAN THIERSCH -.- gardens in the sky SHORT OF CASH? Who needs the stuff, anyway, asks a former North Van char- tered accountant who once juggicd with masses of other people’s when in busincss 20 years ago at 13th and Lonsdale. Today, John Madsen has found a much better method than moncy for getting whatever you want. He and his clients get it by swapping. He is the founder (1980) and chief exccutive officer of BARTERCARD, a kind of moncy-less VISA or Masicr- Card system which presently claims about 800 B.C. mem- vers, mostly in the Lower Mainland, with all kinds of goods and services to offer one another. They ‘‘tradc’’ among themselves with dollar-denomination vouchers, but ncither grecn- backs nor cheques cver change hands As Mr. Madsen cxpltains the system, it works like (his Say you're a lawyer-membcr who needs a new office rug, normal retail price $1,000. You get it from a fellow- member in the carpet busi- ness by depositing with BARTERCARD a debit youcher for $1,000 worth of legal services. Meanwhile, the carpet dealer can use his $1,000 credit with 3 dentist- member to have his kid’s teeth fixed. And, sooner or later, yet a fourth member will be looking for legal ser- vices — available for up to $1,000 from the fellow who bought the rug. Get the idea? The only. time: cash enters into the picture is to re- imburse Mr. Madsen for his services. He charges 7% on the value of all ‘‘purchases’’ and you pay him on a mon- thly account, in real money. In return, he operates the computerized accounting, publishes a quarterly direc- tory of members and their wares, and a monthly update list. What do the tax men think about it all? ‘‘Revenue Canada loves us,’’ declares Mr. Madsen. He issues to every member Interpretation Bulletin IT490 which lays down the tax rules for barter transactions and warns against any hanky-panky. After that, members are left alone with their consciences — plus the knowledge that all their dealings are recorded in the BARTERCARD computer. And provincial sales tax? Same thing, he says. **Sellers’’ are responsible for charging sales tax to their *‘purchasers’’ and remitting it to Victoria. In cash. Mr. Madsen just recently bartered his own way, naturally without spending a | LA ENE EL .. Wit -meeds money? \ EWIS Qeft) with Darteen Bemister . cent, from his former office in Coquitlam to an expanded new BARTERCARD centre at Lougheed and Willingdon. If the cashless way of life sounds like an idea you’ve been waiting for ever since Christmas, his number is 293-1824... ss ¢ FOLKTALES: Runner-up in last Sunday’s Miss Teen Van- couver Pageant at the Cen- tennial Theatre, Laene Lewis of North Van scored double honors — she was chosen Miss Personality and Miss Princéss to Miss Teen Van- couver, Darleen Bemister ... Producer of the glamorous spectacular featuring 14 local beauties was North Van’s in- defatigable Gertie Todd, now already immersed in prepara- tions for her 1984 Miss North Shore Pageant ... The recent production of ‘‘Cin:lerella’’ at the Centennial sco:ed such — a success that it’s bee 1 book- ed into the Surrey At Cen- tre, with star June Whitaker and the complete cast, for a four-night stand Feb. 23-26 Still with showbiz, Joy Metcalfe advises that big band maestro Dal Richards will be autographing albums and tapes of his ‘‘Swing Is In’’, Vol.2, from 1 to 4 p.m. next Saturday (Feb.25) in Woodward’s, Park Royal ... Distinguished guest deliver- ing the sermon last Sunday at St. Monica’s, Horseshoe Bay, was the Venerable Ian Mackenzie, Archdeacon of the northern B.C. Diocese of Caldonia, wearing over his surplice the striking robe of an honorary chicf of the Nishga Tribe, his flock for a number of years in the Nass Valicy ... Pierre (Fish is my Dish) Barbey has. . Sunday evening .. | College (986-1911, local 321) moved | from. West Van’s Salmon House on the Hill to take over as manager of ‘‘Bar- nacle’s’”. seafood restaurant in. the Royal Towers, New Westminster ... Walter Dray- cott, the ‘dean of North Van pioneers, celebrates ‘his AOIst. ‘Davis Gif he can play hookey from the: Legislature). among the scheduled guests at the 2 p-m. bash at Walter’s home, 1524 Draycott... Father Michael Karabelas, rector of St. Agnes, North. Van, has been named program consul- tant for the New Westminster ‘Diocee by Archbishop Douglas Hambidge — and he also marks his 12th year with the parish at a ceremony next . Call Cap fox details of next Saturday's - 9 to 4.workshop on patio.and balcon gardening fo gondo WALTER DRAYCOTT --- anew century and apartment dwellers by West Van’s Lilian Thiersch . Lady Luck smiled late in January on Terry Barton of North Van ($10,000 in Super Lotto), Walter Berg of North Van ($5,000 in Super Lotto) and Rob Stn. 1g of West Van (a 1984 Citation car in the Western Express) ... And it’s blood donor clinic time again tomorrow, 10 to 4, and Tues- day, 2 to 8, at Lions Gate Hospital. -»-e @ WRIGHT OR WRONG: Have you ever wondered why human beings are the only animals that greet cach other by baring their tecth? £ os +. @ Pernonality princess