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The livid resident of 5325 |.
Marine Drive feels almost. ~
certain the tree vandal was
somebody living nearby.

Since the area south of |.
Marine was cleared of trees
to make .way .for a new
neighbors

“have .constantly bitched”

that the only thing in-
terrupting their view of the
sea was the poplar trees
_ planted five years ago as a
‘traffic shield. - 4

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West Vancouver Police
officers could hardly believe
it when they saw what had
happened and have ‘since
been questioning local
people.

“ITS WAR”

As far as the householder
is concerned, it’s war. He
doesn’t even.-want his name
published in case. of further

Last fall his hedge of alder WRECKER CAR CREWMAN surveys mess of a two-car collision Friday at. Mountain Highway and.Keith in N 7
trees bordering. Mafia and. Vancouver. There were no serious injuries to car occupants in smashup but both vebicles sustained considerable —
Kew. fell to. the axe of damage. (Ian Smith photo) _t- 0 TO,

vandals one: fight and he
wrote: it off as a-case of

vrote it o vain because he’s going to

build up the bank from the.

on . \road and plant new.trees so

Now he feels it’ was _ they'll be just as high as the

directed specifically. at him: previousones. |

and he’s concerned in: case. a

the next instatice is at his. “It's going back exactly
cos the way it was,” he says.

store.

‘ “Whoever cut them down

- He doesn’t intend giving in will have to cut them down

at-all and has vowed that the again — and then I'll have to
vandal's work has all been in - replace them again.”

the schools and the people variety will) make schools
they serve. . more effective and respon-
- us Sive to the expectations and
. Will B.C. schools move _ realities of the people served.
even further toward adding And they are sure they have
elements of free market a new, practical way to
competition in education? handle,.school money and get
Will, B.C. parents develop accountability contro! — the
their own version of ‘‘Educa- parent, with voucher monéy
tion: by Choice’’? The voucher in hand...
plan may be an idea with a

future that is worth watching. Could it happen in B.C.?

_*. Recent actions hint that

No one doubts the plan Education Minister Pat
would cause revolutionary McGeer may be leaning in
changes in education. But that direction. Bill 33 was
many parents feel it’s about passed last year recognizing
time. They see the comm- the need to support private
unity must be reflected in the schools with public money.1t
schools. They think more made 30 per cent of the

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165 Riverside Drive
North Vancouver

Futile or not, the
homeowner says he’s — so
angry he doesn’t care how
many times he has to plant
new trees.

Also, he'll be keeping a
good lookout for further
attacks.

Circumstances were
particularly “against him
Saturday. He has a very-

average operating cost per
public school pupil .available
to private schools in the form
of provincial grants. About

- $500 per student was taken

from tax monies to support
about 18,000 students in 99
private schools.

McGeer also outraged
many school boards when he
suggested that a referendum
system be brought back to
have taxpayers approve
school budgets. This looks
like a direct effort to localize
financial responsibility.

Many B.C. educationists
think public support of

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large lot and the trees were
so far away from his house
that with the gale blowing
not even his German
shepherd heard . anything
happening.

To lease, preferably with option.

He says of the tree vandal: to purchase oo.
“It takes a lot of guts to go on To , ~ _—- og sae
somebody's property and Ԥ executive residence in West Vancouver:

saw through 30 trees. The .
police couldn't believe it.” . ey

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independent schools ts the
major educational issue of
the decade. Public school
people are afraid it will
eventually ruin the public
school system. _

_Those who choose private
schools see Bill 33as a long
overdue, if inadequate, step
toward fair distribution of
school tax money. Most of
these people feel that the
incongruence between -a.
society based on diversity
and freedom of choice, and a
school system where these
elements do not exist re-

hot Paul
mains the crucial issue facing

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