6 - Sunday, July 22, IVEN aries. The North Shore, ‘If we have to be like the Mohawk Indians im Quebec and bleck off that road, then I'll organize it.... There’s a big problem with the God damned road. How many people do we have to kill before something is done?” Mount Seymour Parkway area resident John Matkovich, threatening to organize a blockade of Mount Seymour Parkway unless North Vancouver District and North Vancouver RCMP take action to reduce the number of serious accidents that are occurr- ing on the parkway. “The character of a civilization or a community is refiected by how it treats its youth and its elderly citi- zens.” West Vancouver Baptist Church Deacon John Ewans, commenting Publisher Associate Editor Maing ra 1990 - North Shore News THE reaction of some West Vancouver residents to a proposed seniors’ housing devel- opment near the West Vancouver Bap- tist church, it is little wonder that the municipality is often portrayed as elitist. In opposing the project, nearby resi- dents have argued that parking and traffic would increase to unacccptable levels should seniors’ housing be ap- proved on the church property. They are, of course, supported in their cause by the British Properties and Area Homeowners Association, which lobbies against the construction of multi-unit dwellings within its sacrosanct bound- especially Vancouver, is being priced out of the range of most families and Peter Speck Managing Editor Timothy Renshaw Noel Wright Advertising Director Linda Stewart North Shore News, founded in 1969 as an independent suburban newspaper and qualities unger Schegule 111, Paragraph I of the Cerise Tas Act. +s Dublshed each Wednesday, Friday and Sunday by Nertn Shote Free Press Lid and drstributed to every doof on the North Shore Second Class Mail Registration Number 3985 Sudscaptions North and West Vancouver, $25 per vear 5 dvatable on request Sudmissions are TONIGHTS Seniors unwelcome? Affordable be ugly, undesirable. ‘ neighborhood AN ECONOMIST DISCUSSES, THE DIRECTION OF THE CANADIAN DOLLAR... jd CHANNEL 7..A PANEL OF ECONOMISTS EXPLAIN WHY THE. DOLLAR DIDNT Dd WHAT THEY PREDICTED IT WOULD... CHANNEL I1THE FINANCE MINISTER PRESING TOVAL DISASTER FORTHE CHANNEL (3. THE PRIME MINISTER TAKES CREDIT FORTHE STRONG DOLLAR 4 CHANNEL 21 NewS. AN INVESTIGéT INTO WIRY NONE GF THESE CLOWNS | HAVE oH ANYTHING RIGHT IN) CHOICES... CHANNEL 3... Children who grow up in one of the area’s three municipalities now have lit- fle hope of ever buying their own home on the North Shore, and elders who contribute many years of their lives to the community are forced to leave the area when their incomes are reduced. Although West Vancouver currently has over 7,000 senior residents, council has only approved 163 units cf seniors’ housing over the past four years. housing does not have to poorly kept or otherwise The municipality and residents have every right to insist that multi-unit developments be esthetically pleasing and include ade- quate esrkin West 6 seniors. on” opposition to a _ proposed seniors’ housing development on church property. “It would seem that the master plan for the hospital is a little bit cf empire building under the pres- ent administration of the hospital, or at least empire dreaming.’’ North Vancouver City Ald. Bill Bell, criticizing the $130-million master plan for Lions Gate Hos- pital. “Canadian natives have to take their responsibility back. As long as I live in a dream world that someone will do everything for me Burrard Band Chief Len George, on native responsibilities. THE VOICE OF NORTH AND WEST VANCOUVER >i th si e SUNDAY + WEDNESDAY + FMIDAY 1139 Lonsdale Avenue. North Vancouver, 8.C V7M 2H4 §9,170 (average. Wednesday Friday & Sunday) welcume 1 we cannot accept responsibity tor unsolicited Matenal including Manusc nots and pictures a F esi wduch should Be ACCONPAES by a stamped addressed 2 envelope SDA DIVISION ie Display Advertising 980-0511 Classiied Advertising 986-6222 Newsroom 985-2131 Distribution 986-1337 Subscriptions 986-1337 Fax 985-3227 facilities and green space. But tiey do not have the right to restrict neighborhood access to only that class of people they deem acceptable. “While they’re talking about the situation about the coyote, a coyote comes down the street with half a cat in her mouth.”’ Joyce Griffiths, secretary of the West Vancouver SPCA, commen- ting on the rise in incidents of coyotes eating domestic pets in West Vancouver. “*l was pretty sure the Cannell people would be able to pull off something. They're pretty clever folks.” Don Ramsden, president of local 891 of the International Al- liance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), commenting on the recent reinstatement of the locally-produced 2! Jump Street television series. North Shore owned and managed Entire contents © 1990 North Shore Free Press Lid. All rights reserved. Fe at A © hither and yon e different breed of kids seeks help TEENS IN Canada’s wealthiest community want more help from it to cope with growing up in the turbulent 1990s. And they’ve plenty of ideas on the needs. That’s the nub of a thought- provoking report by West Van Youth Advisory Committee, com- posed of 12 secondary students and six adults, with West Van council represented by Ald. Pat Boname. The meat of the survey, based on 345 completed questionnaires by secondary students, is in their answers to two key questions: What are the major problems? And what's needed to solve them? To the first, two out of three said ‘‘drugs’’ (37 per cent) ar. ! “*pressures’’ (30 per cent). Under the ‘‘drugs’’ heading the kids cited substance abuse of every kind fron: crack to booze and smoking; drinking and driv- ing, drunken parties, drug rings and pushers, stoned 12-year-olds, and parents who set bad exam- ples. As to “‘pressures,”’ over half the kids (52 per cent) blamed the community as the main culprit — a general lack of adult respect for teens; poor relations with the police; and racial prejudices. School and peer pressures — academic demands, teacher rela- tions, social discrimination and snobbery — troubled another 42 per cent, though I guess such worries afflict every school gener- ation. Among the needs, the top prior- ity, named by 39 per cent, was a ‘*teen clinic and information cen- tre’? — open late hours and weekends, and professionally staf- fed to provide confidential counselling 07 everything from birth control and AIDS to drug abuse and family problems, plus crisis and suicide intervention. At the same time, respondents were also keen to help with prob- lems other than their own. A full 55 per cent wanted to be involved in protecting the environment or to work on earthquake preparedness. In equal demand was ‘‘some- where to hang out and have fun without getting into trouble’’ at night and on weekends — with more facilities for casual sports, a drop-in centre, a teen disco and a games arcade high on the list. Obviously such amenities would as wer aM . ABE 8 TROPHY WINNERS in last weekend's Par 3 golf Tourney sponsored a os - have to be paid for by taxpayers, who might well sec them simply as greed by spoiled kids wha don’t know they’re well of f. In fact, however, clean fun while using up youthful energy can often be harder for youngsters to find today than in their parent’s youth — an age less crowded, car-dominated and crime-ridden, with more stable family situations. The truth I suspect many of to- day’s older adults have still to grasp is that our vastly changed world of computers, satellites, co- caine barons, shrinking ozone and shifting values is producing a very different breed of kids — forced to grow up faster than ever in his- tory. By their early teens many are already on the threshold of adulthood, mentally as well as physically. And inheriting from us already problems undreamed of in our own youth, with many more to come. When they ask for our respect — and help — I think we owe them both. kak WRAP-UP: Sad to record the sudden death last Monday of West Van’s Lou Sternivou, one of B.C.’s top restaurateurs, whom I learned to appreciate during years of lunching at the old Devonshire ~— later renewing our happy ac- quaintance at the B.C. Club. He'll be missed by whole generations of Vancouver gourmets whom he also won as personal friends ... The Socred nomination list for West Van-Garibaldi still yo-yo’s up and down. Days after Jane Sorko and John Wells joined the race (see Wednesday’s column) retired West Van lawyer Eric Cant has now dropped OUT ... Happy 80th birthday today, July 22, to Vernon Tickell, a West Van resi- dent for half a century ... An an- niversary salute Tuesday, July 24, to North Van ‘‘Golden Clubbers” Bob and Doris Walker who cele- brate their 53rd ... And many happy returns of that same day to North Van’s Veena Khosla. ” NEWS photo Noel Wright by Park Roya! and The News — (left to right) Donnie Ker, Dave Mason, Alan Baggoo, Andrew Berry. Absent was seniors’ winner Colin Martel.