- Bederal: “Public Works - _ ‘Minister Judd Buchanan: has ‘announced the award of a. - $109,900 contract: to Dilling-_ ham Corporation | Canada. _. Ltd. of North Vancouver fot: - \ the installation of a-floating |. -- breakwater at: the Mosquito i oe 7 Crock Marina. © | ‘Dillingham submitted the: | . lower of two bids received. in mw ae BE ts “gublic: tcnGer. | The other bid was $121, TAB. mes “West Vancouver taxpayers - provincial gov ernment, | up will, pay. four. per cont oS ee . “The floating bre wa ater, ‘whic had. been used at being. . moved to te provide ‘breakwater. reer Lonadale Avenuo, | : | North Vancouver,. B: C.- . “V7M. 2H4. “OFFICE! NEWs | [604] 980-0511; CLASSIFIED — 980-3464. “CIRCULATION. —_ 986-1897 publisher ter Speck | Aaanclate Publisher... - BobGraham |. | Editor-in-Chief _ Noo! Wright. News : mo , rt : es Chris Lloyd: ' “Guillermo. Lam _. Photos - Ellsworth Dickson Production... i ~ Marna Leiren - : . aw Adveriising . _ Eric ‘Cardwell Kriati Vidler. Classified: — ‘Berni Hilliard Circulation YvonneChapman ss ¢ - Administration, Barbara Haywood Accounts | Syivia Sorensen North Snore News, foun-— dod in 1969 as an indepen- | dont community newspaper and qualified under Schoed- ule 111, Part 111, Para- graph 111 of the Excise Tax ‘Act, is published each _ Wednosday and Sunday by the North Shore Free Press Ltd. and distributed to eavory door on the North Shore. Socond Class Mall Rogistration Number 3885. VERIFIED CIRCULATION 47,001 Entire contents © 1078 North Shore Free Press . Ltd. All rights reserved, Outside contributions weicomed, but contributors should rotain coples of all matoriat submitted. Tho News cannot accopt respon-. sibitity for the return of unsolicited matorial. ° * 15,97 Nat Se Nowe ‘protection for’ the ‘Mosquito’ Creek :Marina.. ‘The’ break- ; “water measures 600 fi. by 25 ~~ . Wallace | Of Public: Works: {- The work Is expected to be: : Ss OM ee, se ne ee . ’ mS BSE G fa its. stated “in “this: vear for. the e .<>-¢-1 Fri sta tentions, | and School “system © that. will 13.24 mills “by the” ‘School “educate four: per cent fewer ‘board. Se . = ‘The’ largest cause: for the. ‘School trustees Monday. “jricréased™ budget, | ‘¢tustecs - dgankmously : approved 2 said, however, ‘is the saiary $15.9. ‘million operating bud-. ~ imcreases of teachers, -al- -- get for.1978 though there: are - ‘though: 15 jobs | are being * 300 “less “students in «the. “phased out... | ter than 1977, of ae - The - cost to West Van: . outspoken. members _ of -.the | . - larger-than-usual public: gal-” “couver of paying its approx imately, 350 teachers this | Gea between 25-30 Persons: year will be $9.8 million, up -Stearly, iamented.. _ $300,000 over last year, ciey In, two, hours. of. debite - : = > prior: to the ‘board’s- five-. - member’: | decision, - * Davies of 2155, Shafton Place ‘plained: the board’s policy " said (that . ‘increasing. school.’ was to apportion ‘one teacher ‘complete. ins ‘three’ months. The project. manager is R.. EB M.. Carlin, district sup-_ -Stan- ‘erintendent of ‘schools, ‘ex- 7 Alss Sig savings 6 oni and 48’ units: — . gugenss eu ww « ‘Limited Stock. a ‘Special for Februa rye sve ws e fancouver See ee we including: . . district ‘costs--were driving to twenty students. on. aver- J _ Beople “especially “senior age, a policy ; citizens, ‘from. their: homes i in attacked “as: “West: Vancouver. ° ‘McDonald . “unjustified. | Quoting a Rand Corporation _ /. *". ‘study on class. sizes, which ° Herb McDonald, of. 1070 allegedly show no correlation . Groveland Road; "said; “If between class ” size and you approve this budget you productivity. ot will miss the chance to have _ your: names: paved in stone . Gary Armour, president of. (as the first to oppose what the West Vancouver local of - © syndrome of. automatic. ers Federation, sitting next anneal, incteases’).’ "8 to McDonald; | said, - “Rand Corporation, is nuts.” - In. another report, Mc- “Donald . wondered‘ if. he. “Davies in debate had » shouldn't’ lead) a public - earlier questioned individual movement to Victoria to. School board expenditures. protest the ‘automatic’ = 7 school budget. hikes, a “what's this $43, 000 in ‘remark provoking Norm travel for. staff?’ he said. Alban, school beard: chair- -‘‘Where do, you | go—New “man, to claim that govern- "York, ‘Chicago? That's an. ment legislation and threat- | ened legislation was. in large mile." part to blame | ‘for. the | ~ increases. He. also “questioned the ‘ cost of the board’s telephone | Specifically, Alban said, _ bill which was $54,000. West Vancouver could n