6 -~ Friday, July 8, 1988 - North Shore News Five-s for a INSIGHTS econd sermon ._¢. cabinet FOOD FOR THOUGHT IN VICTORIA this week — pro- vided 700 years ago by the immortal Italian poet Dante, - who was also heavily into the politics of his day. As always, it was a rough game. For failing to ‘‘come on side”’ Dante was at one point stripped of all his possessions and banished in- to exile. Unrepentant, however, he eventually went on to bigger and better things. “The hottest places in Hell,”’ he wrote, ‘‘are reserved for those who, in time of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.’’ Next item, please..... oe LIF YOU'RE AN ARTIST and fisherman — or just an artist with a creative eye for the places where fish swim and spawn — there’s no time to lose. We're talking about West Van’s now famed Colo Festival (this participants and fun-seekers from all over the Lower Mainland. One of its many popular features is the juried art exhibition, sponsored by West Van Community Arts Coun- cil and judged by eminent local ar- tists, which offers valuable cash prizes for winning contestants. The 1988 theme is ‘West Coast Habitat". The Arts Council will _ accept interpretations of the theme in oils, acrylics, watercolors or other drawing media (sorry, no photographs or fibre art). Last year’s top prizewinner, Tim White of Burnaby, submitted a dramatic canvas of a leaping salmon in tur- ‘bulent waters — which gives you the general idea. But the infinite variety of other possible ap- proaches to the theme is obviously limited only by the imagination of year, Sept.5-11) which attracts the artist. NEWS photo Tom Burley INGLEWOOD PRIVATE hospital in West Vancouver celebrated in style for Canada Day with a barbecue and entertainment. Pictured are (back row, }-r) activity aid Aaslaug Myklebost, Dr, Ross Wyder, activity sid Alison Netherwood and (foreground) Dorothy Johnston. OST NORTH Shore residents will, unfortu- nately, disregard warnings from Environment y 42.Canada that their underground heating oil tanks pose an imminent danger to local environments. Shrugged shoulders are the natural reaction. But the estimated 50,000 stcel tanks buried around the Lower Mainland, many of which are on the North Shore, are all well past their maximum lifespan. Their abandoned contents — toxic fuel oi} — will leak into local environments. The damage to local seil and water is an unknown, and if left unattended, will remain an unknown until it is too late. Global! pollution is fast becoming a major issue of our times, but to most people the poisoning of such vast resources as oceans and atmospheres is a force beyond their powers to reverse. Pollution of the earth, however, results from a billion small pollutions, a billion attitudes of apathy, a billion shrugged shoulders. To overcome the pollution ‘over there’, everyone must begin to take his share of responsibility over here. While it might cost several hundred dollars now to drain abandoned tanks and refill them with sand or cement, that cost is insignificant compared with the price that will, in the near future, be exacted upon en- vironments upon which today’s North Shore children will depend. Entries go on public display at Park Royal mall during the week of Sept.5-10. This year’s prizes — presented at the Coho Festival gala reception Sept.10 —- are $300, $200 and $100 (in addition, of course, you might always interest a buyer!). Each entrant can submit up to three works for a fee of $5 per piece. They must be delivered to the Arts Council at Klee Wyck, 200 Keith Road, West Van be- tween 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Satur- day, Sept.3. Meanwhile, register right away by calling Arts Council exec. director Lynn Flipse—922- 1110 — 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. week- days. Then grab for those brushes or crayons and get to work! eee WRAP-UP: The new ‘‘Take Part” series of creative TV programs for kids — being produced by North Van's Herb and Lois Walker — comes closer to home nex? weck, when some episodes arc to be taped at Cleveland Elementary Schoo! ... West Van Chamber of Commerce director Duncan Watt reports the dust from the Dun- darave ‘revitalization’ job is beginning to settle, with work duc for completion by July 31 — in good time for the village's Aug.19/ “Hoedown” street party ... Your $10 breakfast tomorrow, July 9, ; hosted by North Van Progressive Conservative Youth Association. will bring you not only bacon, eggs and hash browns but also guest. ' speaker Dr. Michael Walker of the Fraser Institute —- starting 8:30 a.m. at Cheers Restaurant, 125 East 2nd. Call 980-1110 to reserve or take your chance at the door we And happy 51st anniversary today, July 8, to North Van's Syd and Genevieve Finkbeiner. ete } WRIGHT OR WRONG: IC you think nobody cares whether you’re alive or dead, try missing a couple of car payments. / Publisher Managing Editor... Associate Editor NOEL ZZ WRIGHT NEWS photo Nell Lucente FISHY ART...Tim White of Burnaby, who took top prize in the Coho Festival's 1987 art contest, with his award-winning paiating. - THE CANADIAN AMBASSADOR.... Peter Speck . Barrett Fisher Noel Wright Advertising Director . Linda Stewart North Shoro News, founded in 1969 as an independent suburban newspaper and qualified under Schedule 111, Paragraph II! of the Excise Tax Act, is published each Wednesday, Friday and Sunday by North Shore Free Press Ltd. and distributed to every door on the North Shore. Second Class Mail Registration Number 3885. Subscriptions North and West Vancouver, $25 per year. Mailing rates available on request. 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