6 ~ Sunday, June 28, 1987 - Narth Shore News Publisher: Peter Stace Editor-in-Chief Managing Editor Advertising Director Display Advertising 980-0511 Classitied Advertising 986.6222 Nowsroom 985-2531 Distribution 986-1337 Subscriptions 986-1337 Monn Snate News, News Viewpoint ae Tacel Serene Phareett fic tieat linda Stewart SUNDAY 1129 Lonsdale Ave. North Vancouver, B.C. V7M 2H4 Right to choose HE ELECTORATE spoke Wednesday evening, when four pro-choice North and West) Van- couver Hospital Society board nominees swept into power, maintaining a pro-choice majority on the Lions Gate Hospital board. For the second year in a row the membership of the society has swelled, showing an increased community concern for who is at the helm of our progressive community hospital. And beth years pro-choice can- didates have been returned to power. Pro-choice does not equate with pro-abortion. Pro- choice advocates call for improved sex education in the schools; urge that there be an increased knowledge and use of contraceptives; encourage pregnant women to seek counselling on alternatives to abortion, such as adoption; and encourage women to seek post-abortion counselling to prevent reoccurence. But a safe, therapeutic hospital abortion must be available for the desperate woman who will seek out a less desireable means of aborting her fetus, for the rape victim sickened by such an ungodly impregnation, or for the ignorant girl still {oo much of a child to have Entre contents 14B¢ Month Shore Pies Press cid All nights resenved 58,489 fete a child herself. In an ideal society, abortions should be unnecessary, but society is not ideal. We must leave room for ex- ceptions. North Shore residents have recognized that the rela- tionship between a doctor and his patient is sacred, and through that doctor’s advice a woman must have the right to choose. photo submitted - PAIN FIGHTERS...B.C. Arthritis Society's medical director Dr. Barry Koehler (centre in blazer) meets with the North Shore branch's executive (1 to r) Bruce Bowen, Diane Steinebach, Barbara Crowson, Friedi Oelschagel and Dot Thompson at the society's recent conference. Indian Affairs boss drops in for a chat TO LUNCH Wednesday with visiting Indian Affairs Minister Bill McKnight, in whose honor North Van-Burnaby MP Chuck Cook served sandwiches and refresh- ments for 2 pocketful of focal par- ty faithful plus your inquiring scribe. Introduced by his host as one of the better brains in the federal cab- inet and deserving of greater rec- ognition, McKnight chatted in- formally and frankly with his 10 fellow guests—including LGH vice-chairmaz Jim Warne and business owners Dudley Kill and Earl Noble—about Indian issues, free trade and the Tories’ present poll woes, before being whisked off to the Burrard Band office to note down Chief Richard D. George’s woes. Maybe because he’s a Prairie boy, this present minister certainly talks more common sense about native land claims in B.C. than was ever heard from his predecessor, David Crombie, though he offers no quick fix. On his party’s dismal showing in the polls, he parrots the official line of faith, hope and loyalty (for the moment) to the boss. But on free tr.ide the message is blunt. We're at the mercy of the Americans, McKnight admits, because we need then: much more than they need us. But the alter- native to at least some form of free trade deal is the very rea! probabil- ity of soaring unemployment and recession as tariffs shut n‘ore and more Canadian exports out of U.S. markets—a prospect too hor- rible to contemplate. Bill McKnight comes across as a nice, sincere, thinking guy with both feet on the ground—more than can be said for numerous of his colleagues in a cabinet where solid thought normally takes se- cond place to political smarts. ant HOUSEHOLD NAMES in Cana- dian soccer are teaming up next month on the North Shore to teach the kids how it’s done. Two week- long soccer clinics (July 6-10 and August 31-September 4) in Ambleside Park are being orga- nized by North Van residents Bob and Sam Lenarduzzi of former Whitecap fame, together with younger ex-Whitecap brother Dan Lenarduzzi and longtime teammate Carl Valentine (who's shortly mov- ing to North Van). Morning and afternoon sessions are limited to 48 because, Bob explains, ‘‘the con- cept is to learn and have fun in a NEWS zpholo Noel Wright NATIVE WISH LIST...Indian Affairs Minister Bill McKnight listens to it from Burrard Band's Chief Richard 1D. George (centre), while MP Chuck Cook looks on. Noel Wright personalized family atmosphere ... to know and work closely with each student.’’ July sessions, star- ting a week tomorrow, are already filling up fast—if you want in, or more info, call 986-3300 or 922- 6087. WRAP-UP: After being hospital- ized a week or so ago for a back injury suffered in a fall on con- crete steps, West Van’s Ruth Ben- nett may need a wheelchair to get to her Golden Anniversary party on Canada Day in the Hollyburn Club—organized oy daughters Wendy of Kamloops, Helen of North Van and Jennifer of On- tario. The other celebrant, hale and hearty at 80, is well-known former journalist and West Van school trustee Wilf Bennett, remembered throughout B.C. for @ Sunday brunch ® his years as Victoria Press Gallery correspondent for Bigtown’s mor- ning daily. Wheeling or walking, have a ball anyhow, Ruth and Wilf, and God bless for many more golden years to come! ... North Van-Capilano MLA Angus Ree wishes folk would stop con- fusing him with Angus Reid, the Toronto pollster who has Ed Broadbent as Canada’s next PM .« West Van’s ‘‘Memory Cruise’ with Rupert Harrison aboard the Holiyburn starts at 12:45 p.m. next Sunday from Dundarave Pier. Call 922-0306 for tickets ... And would you believe—serious cyclists now shave arms and legs to reduce wind drag! sk te WRIGHT OR WRONG: There's nothing complicated about pnar- enthood. The average parent is so simple a child can operate one. WHEELING OR WALKING...Wilf and Ruth Bennett head for their Golden Day celebration.