12 - Wednesday, July 13, 1988 - North Shore News

inquiring
reporter

Stephen Barrington

PREMIER BILL Vander Zalm has reportedly consulted
a numerologist to learn the ecomonic fate of the pro-
vince, news accounts over the weekend said. Speaking on
the radio Monday, the premier vehemently denied seeking

you

Tom Weatherhead

North Vancouver

No, not really. It’s just
superstition — 1 don’t
think numbers can tell
you anything.

Gina Speranza
North Vancouver
I don’t beieve in it — it’s 1
hokey.
anyone predict their lives
around numbers?

believe

Bowen Island
haven't

Why would = about it.

astrology.

Adrian Johnston

heard much
With Vander
Zalm if it’s true it’s pretty
stupid — like Reagan and

advice from the pseudo-science of numerology, which
explores numerical relationships to uncover a person’s

personality f(raits and

future

directions. Inquiring

Reporter asks people about their beliefs in numerology.

in numerology?

Ross Nicols
North Vancouver

with a grain of salt.

It’s got its points and it
could be used to a degree.
But it’s got to be taken

Pete Hammons

North Vancouver

I'd never heard of it be-
fore I saw it in the news.
You can’t figure things
out like that.

WV Council says no to pro casino companies

PROFESSIONAL CASINO
and bingo companies won’t
be allowed to operate in
North Vancouver City.

By STEPHEN WISENTHAL
Contributing Writer

Council passed a motion Mon-
day prohibiting bingos and casinos
operating commercially for gain or
profit. Existing bingos run by
non-profit groups will be allowed,
but they will not be able to hire
anyone to help run them.

Representatives of North Shore
Neighbourhood House (NSNH)
spoke against the motion at a
public hearing at the beginning of
the meeting.

“If we don’t have the profes-
sional gaming company, it’s going
to make it a lot more difficult,”
said NSNH past president John

Lakes.

With a professional firm doing
all the work, they make $8,000 to
16,000, but when they organized
casinos themselves before 1983, it
took six months work and they on-
ly made $1,500, he said.

St. Andrew’s Church council
member Lorne Drummond ex-
pressed the sentiment that swayed
most. council members.

“We just feel that the prolifera-
tion of casino gambling is not the
way you go‘about raising money
for charitable purposes,”’ he said.
“Most of those who gamble are
from the lower income brackets of
our society. They end up paying
for the charitable section of our
activities.”’

Ald. Rod Clark spoke for the
ban before the final vote.

‘Surely non-profit com-
munity-based groups can provide

their much-needed community
support without relying on profes-
sional gambling as a source of
funds,’’ he said. ‘‘It is immoral
and unethical for us as a com-
munity to rely on these sources of
revenue to support the delivery of
these social services,’’ he added.

Ald. Barbara Sharp, the only
One to vote against the ban, said
that in the current funding climate
many non-profit groups cannot af-
ford to ose access to fund raising.

“A small amendment in this
bylaw would have allowed our own
non-profit organizations to have
proven bonded professionals with
all the proper security training (to
run their events),”’ she said.

Sharp and the NSNH_ repre-
sentatives both expressed the fear

_ that changes in provincial gambl-

ing regulations could restrict chari-
ties to raising funds within their

own municipalities. This would
mean that groups currently runn-
ing their events in Vancouver

would lose access to that funding if
the North Vancouver ban were in
effect, they said.

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