6 ~ Sunday, May 18, 1 1986 - North Shore News xu VOICE OF WORTH AND WEST VANCOUVER . Das , Display Advertising 960-0511 no h shore © Ciassitied Advertising 986-6222 N .Noal Wright ewsroom Circulation 986-1337 News Editor Barrett Fisher 986-1337 Subscriptions Advertising Director Linda Stewart North Shore News, founded in 1966 a9 an independent subu'ban newspupst and qualilied under Schedule Il, Paragrayh Hot the Excise Tar Act, iS published each Wednosday, Friday and Surday by Nurih Shore Free Press Lid, and distnbuled to evely door on the Noritt Shore. Second Class Mail Regeitration Number BAS Subscriptions Notih and West Vancouver, $25 pet yuat Mating tates available on request. Submissions ate welcome bul we cannot accel teiponsibilly for unsolicited maternal including manuscrpth and brctues which should be accompanied by 4 stamped, address envetona, Peter Speck SUNDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 1139 Lonsdale Ave. : North Vancouver, 8.C. V7M 2H4 The fast straw _ Ottawa is apparently giving serious thought to mak- ing Canada the laughing stock of the western world by having mail delivered only every second or third day. This in Expo year, dedicated to our communications leadership. The reasoning behind the suggestion is clear enough, of course. CanPost runs some quarter of a billion dollars a year in the red. Meanwhile, the total federal deficit of $30 billion (and counting) has Ottawa des- perately. seeking easy victims for spending cuts. First ‘class mail-users fit-the bill perfectly. For years they’ve groaned under massive postal rate ‘hikes and increasingly disgraceful delivery delays -- sometimes ‘over distances. of only a few: blocks. . Yet they’ve never yet combined forces in open revolt to --FORCE. the government to drag Canada’s mail system into. line with the: efficient; dependable systems of other leading. industrialized nations. Small wonder the mandarins. figure: that 34¢-stamp customers are glut- tons for punishment. — - : Instead, the punishment should be dished out to all |} concerned at: CanPost itself. For their infatuation with _ junk. mail which competes cruelly and unfairly with Entire contents © 1986 North Shore Free Press Ltd. All rights reserved. 56,893 (average, Wednesday Friday & Sunday) SDA DIVISION ase NEWS photo Mike Wakelleld n Petts corte newspapers, ater? ‘producing only COMPETITION - ‘being. ‘good for business,:.or so they’ say, - kindly: “note: that: the “EXPO :ferry.:.from ; . the last return trip leaving EXPO at 11 p.m. Fares are comparable, given the longer distance, to’ the Dundarave ones — $8 for adults, . . $5-for accompanying kids under 12 — and they take reservations: (call Cormorant Marine at-947-2243).. o*Meanwhile, talking .of..money,- PRUNCH has to eat:a: side-order . Lof crow. The gremlins: got us again ‘last week in that mention of EXPO: ’ parking at $10 ‘‘an hour’’. ‘Should’. ‘ have read-$10 “a day’’> of: course: . . Even. so, when you reckon ‘in gas costs, time and frustration; the’ : boat trips. ‘still. sound «a "helluva, which is presently shaking the tin’ can to collect funds for a planned $3.8 million, 2,000-seat. Recreation “: Facility. It will provide recreation “MESDAMES, MESSIEURS” "NEWS photo Tom Burley - ase North Shore winners in the provincial. . French public speaking’ competition for Grades 2-7: Front (t to r) Danielle ‘Wenisauer, Brenda. -Rockeliffe, Melanie. Kinsey; (behind): Danial: Den- nison.. LETTER OF THE DAY Chernobyl! disaster was ‘well timed’ Dear Editor: It would appear that the peace movement in Canada is dying. With our annual walk for peace decreasing its numbers by 20,000 people each year, with our Federal Government paving the way for active Star Wars participation and nary a ripple of complaint from Canadians, and with decreasing mention of peace activities in parliament and the media, it is ap- parent that the general public cares less and less about the danger of nuclear war. Why is that? Are Canadians the apathetic, bland people the stereo- typed image paints of us? Do we buy the deterrence argument and feel safe? Are we burying our heads in the sand, thinking if we don’t face the problem, it will go GETTING AHEAD . «s members of Denis Gagnon’s new fitness enterprise, Physique By Denis, were among. companies displaying their offerings at last month's ‘‘Business After Business’’ social: get-together, to be: repeated Sune 3. Left to right: Patricia Gagnon, Gordy McLennan, Ann Thielen. Noel. Wright eo sunday brunch o. and.athletic amenities for the 4,500 students plus .a- major sports and exhibition« centre for the’ entire North Shore’ community. ‘North Shore MLAs Jack Davis, Angus Ree and John Reynolds have been Tooting for the project for months in -Victoria’s corridors of power. Their efforts paid off last week when Post-Secondary ' Education Minister Russ Fraver~ came across. with an .$800,0U0 grant and now, Jack, Angus and John. have their heads set on, another $400,000 fromthe provin- cial lottery fund. As well, North Van District . has promised $400,000. The Student Society has pledged $700,000 and a further: $100,000 is expected from College: directors and employees, All in all,- $2.4 million already in the bag —. or almost: Who. says ‘money is tight? : , : _ SAD LOSS for all who treasure: Nosth Shore history was the death, May 8, at. age 63 of West Van's wr. James Morton, an assistant professor of medicine at UBC until his retirement four years ago but more widely known as the author of ‘Capilano: The Story, Of a River”. He will live on in that sen- sitive and’ fascinating book: about our North Shore heritage, ‘to which the Capilano he, loved — and on which his ashes were scattered last away? Are we experiencing psychological numbing with. so many negative fears bombarding us that we say to ourselves ‘I’m going to die anyway, so I'll, enjoy the time I have left’’? Or do we . really think one person can’t make any difference, so why bother? How appropriately the ‘Cher- noby! accident turned out to be. Nuclear energy is not safe, because scientists do not know-how. to con- week — has contributed so much.: SCRATCHPAD: For- your " health’s’ saké —- and to raise « money for, guarding it — Valerie. Young, veepee-of Lions Gate Med-*- ical Research Foundation, wants Research’”’. Call 988-3131, 493, for details and registration . Following - its . successful launch at the -Lonsdale. Quay J AMES MORTON Capilano love story. DR. tain it or deal with the waste pro- ducts. yet. Radiation knows no in- ternational borders: Nuclear acci- dents have no political affiliations. Everyone on earth is a victiyn. ' Many critical decisions are made because no one objected. What is it-in human make-up that makes us want to blend into the'woodwork, sit down and not be counted? I challenge the reader to actively choose life instead. of helplessly Business’’ . together:of local entrepreneurs -— ‘sponsored by North. Van Chamber: “at the Coach House .:; April : ‘*Business- ‘After, - social «. get- the 3-7, p.m. Hotel, of ..Commerce. and : North. Shore Community’ Credit “Union — repeats Tuesday, June 3, this time Congrats to: Fiona ‘Blackburn, former: Sentinel : _grad.and singing daughter. of West “Van. lawyer “Erskine ‘and: ‘former alderman ‘Doreen Blackburn, on: winning: the ‘National’ Voice com-* petition at ‘the: B.C. Festival of the Arts in. Prince George ..: And. “watch, says Jack (“Mr. Heritage’’)° Watts, «: for’:an.” unannounced highlight: ‘of today’ 's 2:p.m, open- . ing ceremony.-of : the: Waterfront Park .at Lonsdale Quay-—'the: ar- “rival of the: historic 1904. schooner . Maple Leaf. . ‘ you to join the June | “Run For. | local - WRIGHT.OR “WRONG: JA. miser, isn’t much fun to live:with,-but he . sure makes a wonderful ancestor, : FIONA BLACKBURN ... a voice acclaimed. standing by while others control your fate. Write that letter, walk in that ‘peace march, demand that governments disarm so that your children will have a future. Unless you do something about the nuclear threat, it will be your fault. when a nuclear disaster strikes again. " . Gail P. Hunt Nerth Vancouver