Priday. dtdly 10. 1987 - North Shore News News Viewpoint pen up the taps recent spate of neighborhood pub proposals across the North Shore can only be seen as an indication that we need more neighborly local watering holes. Bul short-sighted municipal counciis and residents have come down hard on the proposals, complaining that they will mean added noise, traffic and trouble. Neighborhood is the key word in a neighborhood pub proposal. With a quict, comfortable local tavern nearby, going out for a drink is a leisurely affair — within easy walking distance. Neighborhood pubs are a place where neighborhood residents can go to enjoy a pint or two of their favorite brew without having to drive across town, But by keeping a tight fist on the taps, local councils are perpetrating the very problems that spark such bit- ter complaints. Few pubs mean crowds, and the opposite of a popu- lar phrase might apply — the more the less merrier. With many people flocking to the few drinking spots, incidents of noise and parking problems increase dramatically. More pubs would solve this problem, spreading tavern-goers around the municipality. Nightclubs, with their often-rowdy customers and party-like atmosphere, are more’ warranted of residents’ complaints than are the neighborhood pubs. It is time for residents and Jocal councils to stop ery- ing in their beer and see that pubs are not the problem -— the lack of pubs is the problem. TH Pvc? OF NORTH AND WEST VANCOUULEE Pe a i SUNDAY + WEDNESDAY + FRIDAY 1139 Lonsdale Ave. North Vancouver, B.C. V7M 2H4 58,489 fasertage Display Advertising 980-0511 Classified Advertising 986-6222 Newsroom 985-2131 Distribution 986-1337 Subscriptions 986-1337 North Shore News, + + Charity begins at home for local United THE UNITED WAY doesn’t have anything much to do with the North Shore. It’s a fundraiser for Vancouver charities. Right or wrong? Right, seems to be the answer of North Shore business people in general. Last year they gave a mere $17,000 to the UW through direct donations and payroll deduction plans — an average of at most around $3.50 per business. Little old ladie:. on pensions give more. Wrong, says Faye Wightman, UW cainpaign director. She reels off a list of undeniably North Shore agencies — from the Crisis Services Society to the ‘‘Y’ funded by the UW. She stresses that you can designate which agencies get your money, and which don’t. Moreover, UW agen- cies like the Children’s Hospital and CNIB serve the North Shore equally with all the rest of Greater Vancouver. photo submitted UP, UP AND AWAY....mountain-top honors for top KLM agents, Mrs. Wightman, accompanied by UW campaign coordinator Bruce Davies and publicity man Gordon McLean, talked Monday to a meeting of a dozen North Shore business bosses convened by lawyer John Lakes to tackle loca! business apathy to the UW — a problem, she said, common in other suburbs. The solution: local- ize the campaign so that business folk can see that their gift dollars and those of their employees will be used to benefit their own com- munity —~ not eastside Vancouver, Coquitlam or Delta. That's the new kind of charity- begins-at-home campaign that John Lakes and the committee formed on Monday are now hatch- ing up for the September launch date of the 1987 United Way ap- peal. *s a RUMORED INTEREST by In- trawest, developers of Lonsdale Quay Market, in building a new shopping centre near the Coach House Inn may have more to do with Mayor Marilyn Baker’s tooth-and-nail fight with the City over the proposed mal! on the Park & Tilford site than the lady admits. Stories that she’s protec- ting the District’s commercial self- interest are ‘‘tommyrot’’, she says; her main concern is about the extra traffic. The P&T plan includes a big Save-On-Foods store, while the mooted Intrawest project could well have Safeway as an anchor. Which brings us to school trustee and former District mayor Don Bell, who's also a senior Safeway executive. He and Marilyn share the same views on most District issues and it would seem odd in- deed if they'd never had a quiet chat about the Intrawest-Safeway possibility. There’s nothing whatever wrong about that. The only mystery is why Mayor Marilyn chooses to deny the District’s commercial self-interest. Furthering all District interests is surely her job! Publisher: Editor-in-Chief Managing Editor Advertising Directoy Peter Speck Seoul Viright Barrett Fishes Linda Stewart Entire contents 1987 North Shore Free Press Lid All rights reverved IN EFFECT. Noel Wright ® friday focus ® TOP KLM AGENTS in B.C. soared high in the sky 10 days ago to receive awards marking Royal Dutch Airlines’ first year of opera- tions here. Hosted by West Van's Enno Osinga, KLM regional man- ager — with KLM veepce Lucas Askes from Amsterdam and KLM Canadian manager J. Smit from Toronto as special guesis — the party was transported to the top of Grouse on the Skyride (decorated with the KLM flag), given a ride in a hot air balloon and treated to a reception and dinner. Among the 15 Lower Mainland agents honored for their contribution to KLM’s balance sheet was North Van’s Marius Enthoven of Travel Headquarters. phe WRAP-UP: If you can't make it to the Canadian Open, turn out and cheer the North Shore's play- for-fun golfers Saturday at the 6th annual Pitch & Putt Tournament in Ambleside park, sponsored by Park Royal and the North Shore News. Tee-off time is 9:30 a.m. Tourney director Gordon Rowntree says he's very impressed with scores during the qualifying rounds and expects hot competi- tion for the trophies and other prizes to be presented at 1:15 p.m. — see you! ... Well deserved honor for West Van’s Hannah Fisher, who heads the Vancouver Interna- tional Film Festival, is her recent appointment to the board of direc- tors of the National Film Board ... And a Happy Birthday card tomorrow (July 11) to North Van Kiwanian lady Lynn Bonner, * * WRIGHT OR WRONG — Mur- phy’s 26th Law: Everyone has a scheme for getting rich that will not work. photo submitted TOP GRADS REWARDED.,.Cap College book prizewinners for outstanding academic performance: (I to r) Erik Rossen, George Hoevel, Rick Hawthorne, Mieke Porter, Adele Clark-Parkinson, Constantin Starck.