A8 - Sunday, September 5, 1982 - North Shore News reporter | by Ellsworth Dickson This year’s Pacific National Exhibition was blessed with lots of sunshine and good crowds. Let us see what some people thought of the fair. ‘What did you think of the P.N.E. this year?” Andy Seward Courtenay, B.C. *. This year I went for the first time in about five ’ years. It was just as ‘boring as ever. And the games were very ex- pensive. I did find the home’ improvement displays interesting, though, especially the woodstoves. Denis Madsen North Vancouver It needs improvement. Some of the furniture displays were interesting, but on the whole it was expensive and boring. Sherri Curran North Vancouver It was not too exciting this year. I really object to the high cost of everything, especially the rides. I don't know how people with lots of kids can afford 11. Leona Vander North Vancouver I really did not like ut It was loo expensive | could not afford to go on many rides or play many games Some of the food was expensive, too The thing I liked the most was the impressive cxhibit of flowers in the = hor tacultural arca Rory McLeod North Vancouver It's not too bad. 1 went there a few times this year. It was not as good as last year and the rides were too expensive FROM PAGE A1 board may choose to ignore the directives on the grounds that decisions made by the “It’s too early yet to say what the board’s decision will be,” said president-elect Peter White. “However, the issue will be dealt with fairly expeditiously.” David Brousson, Fred Russell, Bill Crompton and Don Burbidge, all nominated by the board, elected by sizeable majorities averaging 950 votes to the opposition’s 700. Organizers said 1753 ballots were distributed, although the society had approximately 2600 members as of August 31. The turnout to the meeting was down considerably from earlier years, when up to 5,000 people squeezed into various parts of the North Vancouver Recreation Centre complex to vote. Most of the ballots were cast before the candidates gave their election speeches in a new meeting format designed to allow members who only wanted to vote and Council a highlights leave, to do just that. . Of the 400 who sat through the speeches and then cast their ballots, only 200 remained to listen to the treasurer's report and ap- prove the selection of the auditor. It was when most thought that the meeting was as good as over that Webb came forward with his motions. Procedural wrangling and acrimonous debate obscured the wording but not the intent of the motions, and when the dust had settled the remaining members of the hospital society had decided e © send a letter to the ministry of health deploring public funding of abortion “since most are done on the basis of convenience”; ® declare non-confidence in the Therapeutic Abortion Committees which sat during Webb's term of office (1979- 82); ® prohibit the hospital from paying any legal fees for members of the TAC who are now defendents in a lawsuit brought by two former members of the board. The last decision following are highlights of the regular meetings of North Shore council agendas, Tuesday, September 7. WEST VANCOUVER (8:00 p.m.) - Amendment to plumbing bylaw -North Shore Helicopter request for support - Residential use in com- mercial zones Request for building agreement 3446 Marine Dr. - Cabin 93 Hollyburn Ridge - Streetnaming committee re 1 ' Development permit "2150 Arpyle NORTH VANCOUVER CITY (7:30 p.m.) Delegation by North Shore Youth Soccer Association re Report on playing ficlds in North Van -GVRD - perspective on transit issucs -Coast Mountain Air Rescuc Socicty request for council support - Superintendent of Motor carriers re Taxi rate decrease NORTH VAN DISTRICT (8 p.m.) - Chamber of Commerce delegation re property taxes on small business Extension of operating hours, Queens’ Cross pub Garbage Savoury Inn acccss, with coupon, tf tm Oct 10, D. 1082 - Proposed fisherman's wharf, Pemberton Ave. - Lighting for all-weather fields Consider : . . i - yy : “y i toe ¥ prompted the most debate, despite outgoing president - Ken Bruce’s statement that no hospital operating funds would be used. He called the motion “terrible”, and asked several lawyers present on the stage if he had to accept it. “We're not going to run a one-sided society,” Bruce told the jeering and booing audience. “We're going to make sure both sides of the story are presented.” Even some Pro Lifers came down on Bruce's side. “I too support the right to protect the unborn, but to deny a fellow human being a chance to defend himself is despicable,” said one woman. ‘Tm ashamed of this meeting,” said another. But the Pro Lifers’ victory may have been a Pyrrhic one, especially if the board succeeds in ignoring the decisions. Several board members who said they have sympathy for the Pro Life argument felt that the movement had “tarnished itself” by its actions at the meeting. 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