6 - Sunday, March 2, 1986 —- North Shore News ——$<—<$<—$< << THE VOICE OF NORTH AND WEST VANCOUVER Publisher: Editor-in-Chief Managing Editor Operations Manager Peter Speck Hoel Want Nancy Weathertey ferme Hillard Linda Stewart HD ot thee Display Advertising 980-0511 Classified Advertising 986-6222 Newsroom 985-2131 Circulation 986-1337 Subscriptions 986-1337 North Shore Ne a wn estas an News Viewpoint SUNDAY » WEDNESDAY « FRIDAY 1139 Lonsdale Ave. North Vancouver, B.C. V7M 2H4 56,245 (average. Wednesday Fnday & Sunday) photo submitted CHRIS DONALD...a 5,000-mile polar Expo-dition. EXPO BOSSES are leaving no snowball unturned to lure fairgoers from near and far — including the North Pole. That’s how North Van’s Cheis Donald and six hardy companions (three of them women) came to spend last weekend in frigid Tuktoyaktuk. For those whose geography gets a little vague at this point, Tuktoyaktuk lies on the shore of the Beaufort Sea nearly 200 miles north of the Arctic Cir- cle. It’s the most northerly point in the Western Hemisphere accessible by road — and that only in winter, because the route requires the use of an ice road from Inuvik over the frozen MacKenzie River. The 5,000-mile round trip, for which Chris acted as organizer, was undertaken in order to deliver a formal invitation from Expo Commissioner General Patrick Reid for the good citizens of Tuktoyaktuk and other Arctic communities en reute to come south and visit Expo. Mayor Mike Harcourt took advantage of this classy courier service to slip in his own invitation for them to join Vancouver's 100th birthday hi- jinx. Travelling in three jeeps supplied by American Motors Corp., and camping along the way in temperatures down to minus 40, Chris and his group left from the tace Tae A Entire contents 1985 North Shore Free Press Lid All nghis reserved NEWS Pp om Burley ARCHBISHOP JAMES CARNEY...blessed the new addition to the Ho- ly Trinity School in North Vancouver. Construction of new school of- fices, library and multi-purpose room, began in September and finished last month. Noei Wright . 5 oa Conthy p “ main gate at Expo on St. Valen- tine’s Day. They’re back in Van- couver tomorrow (March 3) — mission accomplished and eyebrows defrosted at last! soe AFTER 29 YEARS tending his flock at St. Martin’s Anglican Church, North Van., Rev. Gerald Haworth conducted his fina! ser- vice as rector there last Sunday be- fore taking up early retirement to his new bachelor home on Pender Island. On Friday some 200 pa- rishioners honored him at a farewell dinner in the church hall — celebrating at the same time the 75th anniversary of the church itself, whose history recently produced in book form. LETTER OF THE DAY NEWS reporting on Pinecorp praised Dear Editor: . Your newspaper’s fine reporting of the Pinecorp and Belair affairs has gone far to uncover one of the Scientific Research Tax Credit swindles close to home. You might want to look into Alfa company as well. It will be some time before the Federal Government finishes to pick up the pieces from the SRTC fiasco. The whole program will go down in Canadian history as an example of unparalleled stupidity, reflecting both a lack of understanding and accountability within government and a Jack of honesty and professional ethics within the business community. Unfortunately, the whole SRTC affair is not behind us. As an engineering-physicist. working for Canada's second largest space company, MacDonald Dettwiler they’ve © ® sunday brunch ¢ Meanwhile, the Gulf Islands con- nection continues. The new rector, Rev. John Bailey, moves to St. Martin’s with his young family from his former ministry on Saltspring. oe IN JUST TWO HOURS North Van school kids raised a cool $1,512.83 for the mid-February Variety Club Telethon by staging their first annual North Van Schools ‘‘Dog-a-thon’’, reports Juanita Valentine, sponsor of the Saturday event earlier last month. Capilano Elementary won the school prize for most entries and most money collected; Justin Wyllie of Fromme School received the individual prize for most and Associates, | can tell you that it will be some time before the damage caused by this fiasco is repaired. Canada’s research and development efforts place us last of al! OECD nations. We expend only 1.0% of our GNP on R&D compared to an OECD average of 2.2%. Since scientific and in- dustrial R&D are important cor- nerstones for growth and_ key sources of increased productivity, Promising start Ht whole, did it well. n his budget last Wednesday Finance Minister Michael Wilson did what has to be done and, on the What HAS to be done, first and foremost, is reduce and eventually eliminate the deficit — a root cause of Canada’s weak dollar, rising interest rates and many related economic woes, including still high unemploy- ment. By aiming to cut 1986 overspending to $29.5 billion from the 1985 figure of $34.3 billion Mr. Wilson made a promising start on the vital No. 1 job. He did it without, for the-moment, touching social services like the old age pension and the baby bonus — but warned that he may get around to those with his scaipel in his next budget. Instead, he spread the misery as widely and thinly as possible by slapping a 3% income tax surcharge on everybody, individuals and corporations alike; by hik- ing sales faxes, which will make life costlier for all consumers — especially drinkers and smokers; and by some moderately significant cuts in government ex- penditures, though bigger ones would have been wel- come. Even ia these measures Mr. Wilson also allowed glimpses of a human face. The surcharge this year is phased in at 1.5% to the full 3% only in 1987. To ease the increased sales tax bite on people it would hurt most, those with incomes of less than $15,000 will receive flat-rate sales tax credits each year. And despite spending cuts there’s a major program of help, in- cluding 6% mortgages, for hard-pressed farmers. But to make it all work out as nlanned, the dollar must strengthen, interest rates must drop and inflation must stay low — factors over which no government has complete control. Let’s hope, therefore, that Mr. Wilson is a lucky gambler, too! money in pledges; and Elizabeth Klein of Lynn Elementary took the award for walking her dog the most laps — 24 in all, equivalent to six miles — round Mahon Park. Lots of thanks, too, says Juanita, to merchants who donated food and prizes, including John Bishop Jewellers, Bosley’s, Harmony Donut, McDonald's, Nabisco Ltd., North Van Pet Centre, Queen’s Stationery, Claws and Paws Pantry, Pet Habitat and Success Dog Grooming. ona HITHER AND YON: Happy Jean Hunter of Cedarview Lodge was presented with a farger-than- life ignition key last week to cele- brate delivery of the Lodge’s brand new wheelchair bus -- paid for with funds raised by North Van Kiwanis, North and West Van Legions, sales events by Lodge res- idents plus a $10,000 sweetener from B.C, Lottery Corporation ... Local home for women in crisis, Emily Murphy House, holds its benefit fashion show 7 p.m. on- ward Wednesday (March 5) at Richards on Richards overtown, emceed by celebrity host Terry David Mulligan. Tickets ($20 in- government and business in Canada together should be doing more R&D, they should be explo?t- ing new markets and products, and they should be working towards new trading arrangements. Sadly, we are not doing enough along these fines, and when flawed pro- grams like the SRTC undermine the confidence Canadians have in their government more damage is done than meets the eye. cluding silk kimono raffle, door prizes, hors d’oeuvres and cocktail) from North Shore Crisis Services Society, 987-1773 ... Con- grats to Lou Ain Thompson of Sussex Realty, elected 1986 presi- dent of the 512-member North Van Division of the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver ... The same again to Fred Brown of Western Realty Investment Group, returned to a second term as president of the REBGV's 345-member West Van Division ... School reunion Party season coming up, with two 75th anniversary bashes in Van- couver just a couple of months or so away — Lord Nelson Elemen- tary on May 2 (call principal P.A. Fast, 254-0707) and Lord Ten- nyson Elementary on May 30 (cail principal Mrs. A. Warrender, 733-6567). If you learned — or taught — at either any time since 1911, phone this week to register for the revelries! aah WRIGHT OR WRONG: There are two ways to be clever. First, think of a bright remark in time to say it. Second, think of it in time not to say it. I hope your newspaper continues to build upon this tradition of good journalism. Whenever your newspaper publishes work of this calibre your credibility is much enhanced. if I can be of any assistance to you or your newspa- per please do not hesitate to ask. Patrick Bruskiewich North Vancouver