6 - Friday, July 18, 1986 - North Shore News News Viewpoint Rolling peril ELL, 1T happened. Blood hit the streets of North Vancouver. In a recent skateboarding incident, one of the community's most beloved aldermen — and long- time anti-skateboard advocate — narrowly escaped with her life after a young anarchist let slip his death- toy and allowed it (o roll off of a 25-foot edifice and onto her head. The delinquem’ youth, decked oul in surfer digs, decked Ald. Stelia Jo Dean with his skateboard. When will the carnage end? Dean has been preparing an anti-skateboard bylaw for the City of North Vancouver since rambunetious local youth first started to cause menace on the North Shore last spring. It is a shame that Dean's proposed skateboarding bylaw was not presented to council sooner so that the unfortunate incident could have been avoided — or, at least, that she could have prosecuted the delinquent and his parents. As it stands, the only thing sustaining Dean now is a steely determination to get her bylaw passed at council as soon as possible. Skateboards cannot be allowed on North Shore streets. Playing with the toys in public has proven to be too dangerous, as this latest terrorist attack illustrates. If youth must play with the rolling menace, let them practise on their patios, driveways and skateboard bowls — not on the streets of the North Shore municipalities where ot only Dean’s sky may fall. _CANADA’S HONG KONG? omeot THE VOICE OF NORTH AND WEST VANCOUVER: . WEDNESDAY - FHIipDay 1139 Lonsdale Ave. North Vancouver, B.C. V7M 2H4 sUNDAT 57,656 Display Advertising 980-0511 Classifled Advertising 986-6222 Newsroom 985-2131 Distribution 986-1337 Subscriptions 986-1337 er incensed by local illegal suite situation Dear Editor; Your News Viewpoint of July 2 requires an immediate response on behalf of all the single family homeowners and single family zoned communities of the District and City of North Van- couver. By its editorial recommenda- tion, the News has obviously chosen to become a leading ad- vocate of the most politically and economically expedient ‘‘non- sotution”’ to the current question of illegal suites in single family zoned communities. Namely, that henceforth the speculator-type homeowner, absentee or otherwise, has the absolute right to dictate to coun- cil and the rest of us the types of neighborhoods we all are to have in the future. Were the district and city Dressed S. Girl addressed Pi Dear Editor: Thank you for covering up your formerly practically naked Sun- shine Girl — and please keep her dressed. M. Rowe West Vancouver council also to subscribe to such an economically short-sighted, basically greed-oriented, non- solution, rather than begin to show the same political courage and foresight demonstrated recently by the City of Vancouver on this matter, the result would be a virtual end to the concept of an enforcable single family zoned neighborhood, as we now know it, on the North Shore. The speculator/absentee lan- downer/developer-oriented _indi- vidual would have a field day and we would soon see an end to the kind of low-key residential char- acter to which we have become accustomed and which also sisil makes us unique among North America’s modern urban areas. Because many city and town councils throughout North America already have caved in to the principle of greed, rather Dear Editor: The First Annual Variety Club Pitch and Putt Tournament held at the Ambleside Pitch and Putt in West Vancouver was a tremendous success. Over 20 players followed the 18-hole course during a very en- than uphold certain principles of integrity, the almighty $$ sign more and more has become the sole determining factor of the kind of ever-continuing lower quality of life that spreads through our communities like cancer. Where is the vision of the future in all this for our children and their children’s children seven generations hence? What higher quality of life are we to leave behind for them? A North Shore that will end up becoming Canada's version of Hong Kong? If it is economically or morally improper, or against the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, to discriminate against homeowners whe desire to become landlords and contravene the existing zon- ing bylaws, how are the rights and freedoms of the law-abiding single family homeowner to be protected? What councils everywhere need is more wisdom and vision and not editorials such as yours. The community of Lower Capilano has begun to demon- strate such wisdom and vision! Many of us now see our tiny community as being ‘‘The Mouse That Roared!"’. We are saying, ‘Enough IS Enough!”’. If this moral persuasion, ultimately, fails — then perhaps it will be time for us to take out a class-action suit on behalf of all the single-family homeowners of the District of North Vancouver — or indeed of the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, to ask for a Jegal decision in a court of law. We challenge the press to publish this point of view. Jerome Irwin Lower Capilano resident lub thanks joyable afternoon of golf by the sea. Variety Club would like to thank the many participants for their support of this fund-raising event for the benefit of ‘‘special children’. The organization would also like to extend its thanks to the in- tch-and-putt players dividuals who donated the prizes: Ron Fitch, George Pitman, Gordie Weber, Jan Fraser and the Variety Club. Also, special thanks must go to the Ambleside Pitch and Putt and the Park Royal Hotel for their generous support. Variety Club of British Columbia Vancouver Publisher: Editor-in-Chiet News Editor Advertising Director Pater Speck Noel Waght Barrett Fisher Linda Stevessrt Entire contents 1986 North Shore frees Press Lid. All nghts reserved Ex-Sprint members irate over Progress Dear Editor: This is my concern regarding the Sprint/Zalko fitness clubs. Can anyone tell us what the situation is here please? We were first given the impres- sion that the new facilities at the Plaza would be completed by June 86. To date the ‘major rehaul’’ of the facilities has not even com- menced, save the tropical trees in the pool area which were removed to allow room for the weight room, The Phase III membership op- portunity is now in effect and it makes one wonder if Mr. Zalko can indeed afford to pull this thing off. Several ex-members of Sprint have reinvested in a Zalko membership and already owners of Zalko Club memberships have fur- ther invested and ‘‘upgraded’’ theirs in order to use the pool and added facilities. It is my understanding that the whole pool area is to be re-tiled and I for one feel we’re looking at the end of year at this rate! This is just to say that the “natives are getting restless’? over the present promises and no ac- tion. After all it is summer and the pool was a big incentive for getting the membership in the first place. Zalko/Sprint Members North Vancouver