A6 - Sunday, May 22, 1983 - North Shore News On the buses For a considerable number of daily West Vancouver bus commuters the revamped Blue Bus schedules to and from downtown Vancouver have made life harder instead of easier. Particular sufferers are peak-hour riders living between Ambleside and West Bay - probably the most densely populated section of the municipality - and especially those who work in retail stores over town, as distinct from office workers. Morning service in the 8 to 9 a.m. time slot along this strip was actually reduced by the new schedules. Meanwhile, the turn-around of buses in Dundarave village instead of at West Bay relegated the eight blocks west of 25th Street to the same infrequent, un- satisfactory service which Caulfeild residents have suffered for years. Many downtown retail employees (e.g., in the big malls) who work from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p-m. are now forced to cool their heels for half an hour at their destination until their place of busimess opens or arrive late for work. At the end of the day there have also been numerous complaints that buses now departing a minute or so after 6 p.m. leave homebound workers whose stores close at that hour stranded. Some commuters have reported it is taking them up to twice as long to get home as previously. No West Vancouverite will grudge Horseshoe Bay and Bowen Island residents their improved service. But it is false economy to provide it at the expense of their neighbors if the aim is to encourage max- imum use of the buses. West Van's transit geniuses should think again. Hidden truth President Ronald Reagan had high praise for photographers the other day because - unlike reporters - “they don’t ask questions”. In fact, he gave it as his opinion that photographers portray the truth much better then their colleagues of the typewriter. That's perfectly correct if you take a picture of a man's head. 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THIS PAPER IS RECYCLABLE THE WINNIPEG BOY who, two or three years back, put West Van's Panorama Studios into big time showbiz returned to Van- couver Thursday — this time on the receiving end of a dif- ferent kind of deal. At a dinner in the Hotel Vancouver, climaxing the 56th annual convention of Variety Clubs International, they presented him with the Club's) most pretigious honor, the Humanitarian Award, reserved for those who have shown “unusual understanding. empathy and devotion to mankind”. Earlier recipients include Winston Churchill, Helen Keller, Cardinal Leger, Dr. Albert Schweitzer, Herbert Hoover, Prince Philip and Sister Kenny. Thursday evening it was the turn of Monty Hall, Canadian host of “Let's Make A Deal”, the most suc- cessful TV games show in history, which was produced for a spell around 1980 on the slopes of Hollyburn Mountain. Less familiar to the public are the deals Monty has made for years as a private citizen where he gives, and gives, and gives. He's reputedly the Variety Club’s greatest fund-raiser ever, closely associated with generating an estimated $100 million for a myniad of deser- ving Causes. He has never once charg- ed a fee for a speaking engagement. Today he spends something like 75 per cent of his ame working on telethons and other charity endeavors. Two American hospitals have wings named for mm. And his contnbu Bons toe the alleviation of human suffering have been 4 sunday brunch by Noel Wright read into the U.S. Congres- sional Record. Monty, now 58, made a bundle during the lengthy heyday of “Let's Make A Deal’. But his parents had a motto which he’s obviously never forgotten: “Put back what you take out.” eee Guppy’s Seafood Restaurant in North Van provided a meal _ to remember for American Ex- MONTY HALL ... deals of a difierent kind. press cardmember Eric Powell of North Van who drew the winning ballot there from over 4,000 cross- Canada entries in a recent Amex sweepstakes. He won a trip for two to Colombia, South America, plus $500 in travellers’ cheques — while Guppy wattress Barbara Tecklenburg, who served him, received a $100 Amex gift certificate. Eat your fish, its good for you Last call from Gertie Todd for entrants in her 31st Mass North Shore’ Pageant. Deadline is Tuesday. You must be aged 17 to 21, single (never married) and a North Shore resident for at least six months. If you've personali- ty to match your looks and are interested in a glamorous month ahead, phone Gertie right away at 988-1536 or 985-0555. SCRATCHPAD: Distin- guished visitor to Horseshoe EDWARD GALLAGHER ... Sword of Honour. Bay last Thursday, hosted at a parish council dinner by St. Monica’s rector, Rev. John Robertson, was Ar- chbishop Douglas Hambidge, who later con- ducted a service of baptism, confirmation and Holy Com- munion in the Bay’s own distinctive church Sall with the cloth, Pastor Don Johnson of North Van's Glona Dei Lutheran Church celebrated his 25th anniver- sary of ordination last Sun- day — he’s also rapidly becoming a TV celebrity as host of Cable 10's senes on the World Council of Chur- ches which airs at | p.m. each Sunday through June 19 .,...Hat trick for genial Don McKay secretary-man- ager of the North Van Legion Branch 118 since 1968, who's been elected for a third term as president of the Lower Mainland Legion’s Secretary-Man- agers Association ... A smart salute to recent Of- ficer Cadet, now 2nd Lieu- tenant Edward Gallagher, B.A., of North Van, son of Cap College principal Paul Gallagher, who graduated last week from Royal Roads Military College — winning the Sword of Honour, too, as the best grad in his program ... Congrats to Tehmia Khanbhai of Windsor and Tanis Gaiters of Sutherland, awarded prestigious $9,900 Gordon Shrum scholarships to Simon Fraser University which they'll enter this fall .. . The same again to Mar- jorie Davis of West Van, elected Grand Mistress of the Ladies Orange Benev- olent Association, together with North Van's Joan Praden and Edith Zagol. Deputy Grand Mistress and Grand Treasurer respective- ly . . . Happy business “mar- lage” to North Van's Lody Cooper, co-principal with Shirley Hulme of Associated Media Consultants which has just merged with Bigtown ad agency Green & Huckvale ... And a big handful of rice to North Van's new chiropractor, Brian Craver, who acquired more than his professional training in the east — he returns from Oshawa this weck with the bride he wed- ded there yesterday, the former Sharon Crilly __ . oon WRIGHT OR WRONG: An entrepreneur is a peson who will work 16 hours a day just to avoid having to work eight hours a day for someone else Protecting property values isn’t government's business WHEN ELDORADO NUCLEAR down its mine in Uranium City of Saskatoon miles north precipitously declined This was understandablic given the lessened demand for local propertics but it set up quite oa Kederal and provingiat authorities cach denied responsibility to pay com pensation for the decline in property valucs conflagraton each claim ing Ghat the fault lay with the other In thas hall bach both were might and hall wrong WihA coprect in denying tts Own responsibility aod mistaken in assigning blade to the other Phatis to say ot ts the rl Appropriate tor cages t ecither govetnment ner anyone clse for that matice te underwrite property vsalucs bor while property usclt ean certainly be owned othe right te Property) WAN value Caan In oueder that the Ltd closed a small town 5OO real cstate values [ By WALTER BLOCK | property tiself be owned tt is only accessary that all others tefrain from trespassing or otheewise violating (he pro perty mgyht of the owner Bat the property is not that value of a given something can be settled by a single owner In splendad trolation from cyeryone cise Rather Hootakes two to tange vatac can bee catablished on the marketplace cnty Unreggh Since trade must take place between at voluntary trade least two parties no one per son canever sel the value of (He determine pot to seu a property can «of 1 OU SC at all or not below a ccrtain way he valoc prec tm thas can establish oo to himself of his property but he can not determine valucs ) Suppose that A was the oaly retailer of widgets in town and was in the process of selling his establishment to Bo when all of a sudden ¢ came on. the markct scene, and began sclhing widgets near by Not unrcasonably we could expect B to reduce the proc he would have other wise offered A for the pur chase of bis store In than tittle scenanmo — ¢ the real cstate on property valuc of As place ot business Yet he had every mght to up oo store of hes own lowered open in compel fron with Ao even though the inevitable result of Chat ac thom owas oa decline an the market value of As proper ty We must therctore Con clude that ¢ within his was completely rights to amet oan such a way as to reduce the property and business valuc of another perscrn Any would other come lustomn lead te umachulbte paradoxes If, for example government were determin ed to protect the market value of property. it would have to forbid sale at any lower pnce But this would harm the owner of the pro perty with declining valuc who the program aims to heip Alternatively, government could subsidize this property owner This would certainly help Aim. but would violate the property nghts of all other citizens. by seizing their moncy through taacs in order to finance the sub sty Goverment then «aanot be held responsible lor dcechaing property vatucs whenever at decides to «lose down anc of tts opersbons Governments funcGean is te protect the property sel! ‘against trespass thelt fraud) bul not tts valuc (Le Bloch is Servet Fionomest of the Vancouver based braser in stifute /