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Sticks to hurt dog story

Let Ambleside
waterfront be
parkland

OPEN LETTER TO WEST
VAN COUNCIL

] am writing to support the
policy that was stated years
ago to acquire the waterfront
land between 13th and 18th
Streets for future public use.

For a municipality that has
so many miles of coastline, it
is deplorable that so few of
those miles have been
dedicated to open land for
public use. Sure sow is the
time to secure the last few
waterfront lots and avoid the
blockage of the waterfront in
this Ambleside area.

it is with the above in
mine, therefore, that | im-
plore you once and for all to
rescind any idea of develop-
ment of the waterfront in the
area between 13th and 18th
Streets and keep this area for
open land for all the public to
enjoy.

Lois A. Millington
West Vancouver

(AN OPEN LETTER to Jack
Homes, Secretary-Manager,
Vancouver SPCA in reply to
his letter ‘‘Story of Injured
Dog Wrong’’ in The News of
November 23.)

Mr. Homes:

I do not like to be publicly
accused of lying, Sir, no mat-
ter how veiled the implica-
tion. My statement that it
took one and a half hours for
the SPCA ambulance to ar-
rive on the scene is indeed
very true and could be easily
verified.

On the evening of October
22, at fifteen minutes to
eight, my husband and |!
came across the dog in ques-
tion. He was lying in the mid-
die of the road, in shock and
bleeding from the nose and
mouth. Another motorist
had stopped to help, and
while my husband carefully
moved the dog to a safer
location, the other gentleman
and I left in an attempt to
find someone nearby who

would place a call to the
SPCA. My call was placed by
the resident in the house
directly behind the dog, the
other call was placed from
the home next door. I am
sure those people know their

‘own addresses.

You received two other
calls, Mr. Homes, which you
make no mention of. One
came from the North Van-
couver District Fire Dept.
who had been alerted by a
passing motorist. The other
call came from Constable
Ross Elliott (RCMP North
Vancouver). Constable
Elliott arrived on the scene
five minutes after we did and
stayed there until the am-
bulance arrived at twenty
minutes after nine. My hus-
band and | had left the dog
with the constable at 9:15 pm
as we were already very late
for a planned evening out.
We passed the ambulance on
the parkway at 9:17 pm.
Constable Elliott, at our re-

Teach respect for democracy

Dear Editor

I would like to thank the
people who supported me in
the recent municipal election.
Your confidence in me is very
much appreciated. To those
who worked on, and con-
tributed to, my campaign, a
special thank-you.

1 would also like to urge
the 80 per cent of the elec-

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torate who did not exercise
their franchise to do so in the
future. It is so important to
be aware of the issues that af-
fect our community and to
participate in the political
process. If we do not
demonstrate our dedication
to the democratic system, we
should not be surprised if our
children develop a disrespect
for it.

Congratulations to the
other School Board and
Aldermanic candidates, not
only those who were elected
but also those who were not,
but whose sincere efforts en-
sured that the.election issues
were raised and debated.

Margot L. Furk
School Trustee
West Vancouver

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quest, called us the following
evening, to let us know that
the ambulance had arrived
five minutes after we left.

As to the animal’s care
once it reached the clinic, |
can only believe what I was
told. | called the clinic at 9:30
the following Monday morn-
ing to inquire about the dog’s
condition. The woman who
answered the phone could
not give me the information I
wanted. Her explanation was
that a doctor had not as yet
seen the animal. She said that
the doctor was about to start
his rounds and if I could call
back in a couple of hours
they would be able to tell me
the extent of his injuries.
When I called back I was told
the dag had a bruised eye and
an ear infection.

My argument is not so
much AGAINST the SPCA
as itis FOR animals. My con-
cerns in this direction should
put us on the same team.
Why not take my complaints
as constructive criticism and
use them as indicators where
improvements can be made.

Mrs. S. Wheeler
North Vancouver

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