- Alter I assured myself that
‘my house was not 6n fire, I
; telephoned the local. fire

| frm snotont to

OPEN . “LETTER TO
MAYOR BELL

Dear Mr. Bell:
7) am: "writing | to "you
_.goncerning’ ‘the closure of.

the ‘access. to the Seymour»
River. I was shocked to hear’
of the decision: to close *

_ access to this jovely river
—— Heenuse---of— the... apparent

inability of the police’. to

control vandalism and
partying at night down: by
the river.

Tam certainly encouraged

to hear that the river will be —
open for all but the summer’ ”
months but would ask you to

phone and was informed that’.
‘this:

hea

reoen Sept 1s te tice”

“Its ‘really ironical i in a. city:

‘that won't | tolerate ., empty .

appoint | a Committee‘. to" '
7 investigate ‘how the many .
‘users of the river may indéed
- still have ‘access to the river
-:im the summer months. I was |
' introduced to kayaking. on .
“ithe Seymour, River by at-'
.. tending a Kayak. Clinic, ‘I
have enjoyed kayaking: on

the’ Seymour | River'on many

occasions ‘and have —scen.
crowds of people enjoying
the water.

To my knowledge no-one. .

who truly enjoys the river for

swimming or - boating has’
_ caused any of the residents a |
‘problem. It seems to me to

be the wrong spproach to"

Dogs are friends

Dear Editor; .

i am writing in reply to
Wednesdays letter “Dogs are
athreat”,

It is indeed sad that D.
Miller feels he cannot go for.
a walk without first arming:

himself, I feel he is greatly
exaggerating the situation.

There may be the odd dog
on occasion who is’ uncon-
trollable to the -
tack but usually it
he has been provoked by
some teasing child or by so-
meone such as described in
the other article “Dog at-
tacked at Ambleside”.

tis because

Olnt of at- .

‘What | ; ‘would’ life be
without’ the, companionship
of “Mans Best Friend”.

_ They are there to protect.
us,to makows laughand most

of all to give us a love and
faithfulness that's sometimes
so hard to find these days.

I believe We could find
fault with "just
anything if we tried.

How sad.

Julio Jones ‘
Weat Vancouver

about

L Francis

siily Pool 88°

‘found to deal with this

penalise. these ' citizens by
closing. the river. All of us

“Support your endeavours to

control. unpleasant
rowstiness..: partying — ‘and
“Y hope. there is a way,-

other than closure of access,

to the river, .that can be

DENNIS.

ya bain days? a
o Bechape theyre b bused to, Los .

Ww. Vancouver ,

anaddress andlor

phone - number.” ‘The. writer's
“name must also be spelied out
Clearly ‘in block: letters. Street.
addresses and phone numbers
lit -not: be published, and a’
fume. wi ;
“Specially | - requested. at
reserve the right to ‘edit tetters -
for brevity, taste and: legality.

‘" MAILBOX Is YOUR forum.
bene neet nome youn ohn!

problem. ‘
May I suggest the ’ fot-

mation of a Committee: to

investigate this and: report.
back toyou. | ’

John Pratt-Johnson .

- .. Vancouver:

Author of “Nicholas Knock”, |

“Garbage Delight” &

“Alligator Pie” & .

now a new fantastic tale,

‘|“The Ordinary Bath” 8.95
will autograph copies of his books Friday, November 23.

6:15 p.m. to 6:45 p.m,

WOODWARD'S BOOKS IN THE MALL

this type of ad. It also has the _
catalyst for those amongstus
with sick minds, who not'on- ©

‘ly rape. and. molest.women |
‘but children as well! This

_ ble way, the female. derriere..

ually. provocative, , after. all.
we're told by the media that.

fortunate that so many inno-

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its. abilityto repel’ ‘is’ not. the
only. ‘unpleasant “aspect™.of ©

‘potential to. serve as‘. a:

odious little ad, is- extremely
titilating, | inasmuch .as-it =~
flaunts in the coarsest possi~ Ve

_ Undoubtedly, ,_ its : eo
ducers intended it to be sex-

sex sells. However, ‘it’s un-

cent victims may have to pay |
“such a cruel. price for this.
- Particular “sell! =.

R. Patrick .

North Vancouver °

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