6 - Sunday, June 30, 1991 - North Shore News t t Ob... JUST TELL HER (‘VE GONE SHOPPING . Steel wheels STREETCAR is desired on Lons- dale Avenue. North Vancouver City council received some progressive advice Monday when it considered a_ report outlining design yuidelines aimed at preserving the historic nature of the Lower Lonsdale area. A consultant called for the upgrade of existing heritage buildings and the con- struction of similar-styled buildings to complimeni them. But the heart of the area-enhancement proposal rides on steel wheels and rails. The consultant suggests that a streeicar be installed on Lonsdale to attract people to the street. Oddiy enough, the North Shore Museum happens to own streetcar #153, the original wood-trimmed trolley that saw service on Lonsdale Avenue to 1947. Returning the public transit past to con- temporary service would be much more ihan a purely nostalgic act: it would be a farsighted dollars-and-cents decision. As matters stand, Lower Lonsdale mer- chants could certainly use more business. A streetcar would draw tourists and shop- pers alike to explore the entire length of Lonsdale. The Lower Lonsdale area is perilously close to losing its historic, small-town character, And the many onc-of-a-kind businesses located there need a boost. Bringing the past back to life would serve the future well. “It’s stolen car city all over the place.”’ North Vancouver RCMP Const. Martin Blais, on the recent rash of car thefts in North Vancouver. “—'m happy to get a positive court outcome that affects the whole police universe in a positive man- ner.”” North Vancouver RCMP Cpl. Glenn Magark on a recent court ruling that resulted in the dropp- “When these people arrive in Canada, they will have no pro- grams to teach them English and so won’t be able to write cheques, fill out an unemployment in- surance form, or even shop for their families.”* North Vancouver City Ald. Barbara Perrault expressing con- cern over the decreased govern- ment funding of English as a se- cond language (ESL) programs on the North Shore. fault,’’ North Vancouver District Ald. Ernie Crist on his theory as to why council takes a long time to deal with items on the weckly council meeting agenda. “Am | to say no questions? If someone asks a question, then five more questions will follow and that is causing 2 problem.”’ North Vancouver District Mayor Murray Dykeman on the procedural reality of dealing with ing of criminal charges against ‘“‘t’m not saying it's all the items on the weekly council him. mayor’s fault, but 99% of it is his meeting agenda. Publisher _ Peter Speck Display Advertising 980-0511 = Distribution 986-1337 Managing Editor — Timothy Renshaw Real Estate Advertising 985-6982 | Subscriptions 986-1337 Associate Editor Noel Wright Classified Advertising 986-6222 Fax 985-3227 Advertising Director = Linda Stewat! ~— Newsroom 985-2131 Administration 985-2131 Comptroller Doug Foot MEMBER socred future boils down to saying Grace LAST WEDNESDAY evening the Socred leadership con- vention all at once became fundamentally different from any other. The test now facing the delegates is no longer to decide who can best lead the party. it's to decide whether Social Credit deserves to survive at all. Every other leadership race in memory has had the simple task of picking from among a clutch of front-runners, all with roughly comparable credentials, the one likely to appeal most to the voters. Grace MeCarthy’s | ith-hour entry into the Socred contest has done that job for the delegates three weeks in advance. She might not defeat Mike Harcourt at the fall election. But the polls clearly show her as the only Socred leader who possibly could do so. Even if the polls overestimate her (they’ve been wrong before), it would merely mean NO Sacred leader can beat the NDP. The odds in the next three weeks on the polls suddenly discovering the Socreds’ one great white hope after all is Rita Sohnston or Met Couvelier are on a par with your chances of winning the 6/49 jackpot by July 18. So if Socreds WANT a shot at holding the NDP at bay, McCar- thy it has to be. But what if she’s opposed by enough delegates who'd even prefer to let the NDP in rather chan hand over the party to Grace? Her pluses need no emphasis. Vast cabinet experience, including deputy premier, The ‘‘savior’’ of the party once before, 18 years ago. And — biggest edge of all over her rivals — completely un- tainted by the Vander Zalm scan- dals after resigning from his cabi- netin 1%u? Being female doesn’t hurt. Nor does the solid backing promised by that astute political aperator John Reynolds. But she’s also rubbed more than a few fellow Socreds the wrong way during her 25-year political career. She has little appeal 10 many party members up country, quite a number still Zalmoids. And to younger delegates she may come across as *‘yesterday’s woman.’” Even an ‘*Anyone-But- McCarthy”? movement is not in- conceivable once convention wheeling-dealing takes hold. But whatever the outcome, if these poll numbers hold, there can be no escaping their message. They mean that if the Socreds reject McCarthy, they'll really be telling the voters: ‘‘We do things OUR way and we don’t give a damn whether that leaves you any viable free enterprise option or not.”* Noel Wright HITHER AND YON To lose an election going flat out is one thing. To guarantee in advance that your supporters’ votes will be wasted is quite another. eee OH CANADA, ETC.: Tunes of glory tomorrow, July 1, curing West Van's Canada Day celebra- tions — starting at 1 p.m. at Ambleside Landing, foot of 14th Street — when 10 Gulf War veterans will receive their medals. Presenting the honors will be Rear Admirat Peter Cairns, Command- er Maritime Forces Pacific, with Associate Defence Minister Mary Collins also in attendance ... At Lonsdale Quay and Waterfront Park North Var’s Canada Day festivities will be in full swing from noon to 4 p.m. with music and marching bands, clowns, walking tours, pony rides, giant birthday cakes, a petting zoo and lots more family fun ... And up at LGH the North Van Lions again host a Canada Day party from 2-4 p.m., where another giant birth- day cake wil] be cut, amid balioons and streamers, by attend- ing dignitaries and distributed throughout the hospital ... And meanwhile, many happy returns of today, June 30, to West Van birthday girl Mary Speck. ees WRIGHT OR WRONG: There's a lot to be said for being indolent when you consider what the early bird gets for being diligent. EE EEC North Shore News, ‘founded in 1969 as an independen! suburban newspaper and quaithed under Schedule 111, Paragraph Hi of the Exose Tax Act, ts published each VWeanesday, Friday ana Sunday by North Snore Free Press bLitc and distributed to every door en the North Snore Second Class Mait Registration Number 3865 Subscriptions North and West Vancouver, $25 per year. Mailing rates available on request Submissions are welcame but we cannot accept responsibility for unsohcted material including V7M 2H4 THE VINCE G8 MONTH BRO TEST CULE SUnDAT Te noMEeoae Tee 1139 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver, B.C. SODA DIVISION 61,582 (average cuculahon. Wednesday Friday & Sunday) GRACE McCARTHY... MARY COLLINS... 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