fe Weionalines Geer, UNTeD Slates... 6 ~ Sunday, September 2, 1990 - North Shore News BRiTaiN:.. INSIGHTS SUrPueS Necnep To SUFPORT Tie iRGQ BiOcKade Fie Canada... NEWS VIEWPOINT Regressive recycling the GVRD’s regional recycling plan — which has been cailed the most important urban environmental decision of the decade — is crucial. The plan is already awash in controver- sy. At Thursday evening’s public forum, conducted by the Recycling Council of B.C., recycling industry players joined in condemning the GVRD recommendation, which has the region-wide multi-material processing and marketing contract going to Waste Management Inc. — a multina- tional company that has been the target of numerous criminal investigations in the United States. Detractors of the recommendation charge that the move would result in the demise of local recycling industries, many of them non-profit, grassroots organiza- [ae creo: PUBLIC involvement in tions that have worked in the community for over a decade, organizing collection programs and providing job training for employment-disadvantaged people. They also charge that WMI’s plan to ‘‘co-mingle’’ recyclables — picking up mixed recyclables from residents and sor- ting them at a central processing plant — results in a higher contamination rate, lower market price and decreased en- vironmental responsibility among citizens. Individual municipalities may choose to opt out of the regional plan. In the final analysis, the North Shore may benefit from exercising this option. But it’s up to local citizenry to apprise themselves of the facts in the issue, and, once the GVRD makes its decision, pressure local councils to formulate a well-informed response. NEWS QUOTES OF THE WEEK ‘Unfortunately police have to act in accordance with the law.”’ North Vancouver District Ald. Craig Clark, after witnessing a wild party in a house next to one he owns that was damaged by fire Aug. 12. “Pm fed up. I’ve been cleaning up vomit and cans and broken glass for the last six weeks.”’ Gold’s Gym owner Roy Baumgartner, disgusted with the number of large parties that have taken place during the summer in a dilapidated house across from his gym. “Then you have people like Paul Butterfieid — totally moody — Publisher envelope Peter Speck Managing Editor Timothy Renshaw Suburban newspaper and qualified under Schedule 111, Pgragraph dl of the Excse Tax Act. «8 published each Wednesday Faday and Sunday by North Snore Free Press Lid and distributed to every goor on the Noh Shore Second Class Mail Registration Number 3885, Subscuptions Noth and West Vancouver, $25 per year Mailing rates available on request Submissions ate welcome pul we cannot accept responsibility tor unsohcted Materia: including Manuscnpls ANd orc tures: s which should De accompanied by ¢ Stamped. addressed who wouldn't go on stage because he’s got the wrong kind of tea.”” Vancouver Ticket Centre co- owner Gary Switlo, on entertain- ment personalities. “Don Juan's Fried Carrots prom- ises to be a musical gourmet, in fact, the last all-ages concert for the summer."’ North Shore promoter Nard- wuar the Human Serviette, describing West Vancouver band, Don Juan’s Fried Carrots, featured in a Sunday-night five- band gig organized by the napkin. ‘Banks are just afraid of anything right now. It's too bad because I thought it was a good plan.”’ Te HOWE OF ROME AND WISE SASCOUVER Associate Editor Noel Wright peneroon kere Advertising Director Linda Stewart Meadihaniunac oe! Subscriptions 086-1337 North Shore News, founded in 1959 as an independent >t weumenoay « riioay Fax 985-3227 1139 Lonsdale Avenue. North Vancouver, BC. V7M 2Ha 59,170 (average. Wednesday Friday & Sunday) fo) SDA DIVISION Display Advertising Classified Advertising North Shore owned and managed M&M _ Investments Ltd. presi- dent Paul Murphy, commenting on cancellation of his company’s plans for a $56-million highrise project at 17th and Lonsdale and replacement of the project with a plan to build a bank, after M&M was unsuccessful at securing fi- nancing for the initial project. “I'm going to take a good look at that. Mark Sager is apparently the only one running and certainiy Derrick Humphreys wouldn't have a chance.”’ North Vancouver-Capilano MLA Angus Ree, announcing that he will retire from provincial poli- tics and perhaps run for mayor of West Vancouver. 980-0511 986-6222 Entire contents © 1990 North Shore Free Press Ltd. All rights reserved. overcast for mayor’s ‘heir’ CLOUDS ON the horizon of the anointed heir to retiring West Van Mayor Don Lanskail ifted partially Friday. But not all of them have disappeared. Derrick Humphreys’ an- nouncement that he would not, after all, run in the Nov. 17 elec- dion against Ald. Mark Sager sur- prised many — not least your scribe. His comeback bid might have fallen short, but West Van's former eight-year mayor could undoubtedly have mustered enough support to keep young Mark white-knuckled until the count. For local mayor-watchers the tone of Humphreys’ announce- ment letter may have been as sur- prising as its contents. After thanking ‘the very many people’? who'd urged him to run, listing his conflicting commitments — Parole Board member, return- ing officer for West Van- Capilano, arbitration and con- sultancy work, and community involvements — he graciously wished Sager ‘‘every success ... as 1 gladly sponsored him for school trustee and alderman in past years."" And then — even kindly words for the man who defeated him in 1986. “Best wishes,”’ he concluded, ‘“"o Mayor and Mrs. Lanskail on his second retirement from municipal office and may he enjoy being West Vancouver’s only Freeman to which, as mayor, 1 happily proposed him on his earlier aldermanic retirement after 20 years service."" No comment seems the safest one. Meanwhile, the shadow of Angus Ree stili darkens Mark Sager’s hoped-for glide path to election by acclamation. The former solicitor general and North Van-Capilano Socred MLA for 11 years — who announced his retirement from provincial pol- itics last week — has not yet made up his mind. But he admits he’s definitely interested and he would not be an opponent to take too lightly. A longtime West Van resident, he has a personal stake in the community. With cabinet-level administrative experience, he’d presumably have few problems with the mechanics of city hall or council routine. But even more to the point, Ree knows how to get — and keep — votes. A veteran of three elections, he won the last two with comfortable absolute majorities over all other candidates combined. In a consti- tuency of widely differing social problems and income levels, that suggests he must have been doing fe Noel Wright HITHER AND YON SOMETHING right. With 11 weeks to go, other con- tenders may still be Jurking in the bushes. The Humphreys threat removed, no doubt Mark is hop- ing his only opponent, if any, will be fun-loving Bert Fleming — West Van’s perennial mayoralty candidate who likes to challenge all serious would-be mayors purely on principle. But in a three-way fight Bert could well be the spoiler. His in- visible non-campaign against Lan- skail in 1988 won him 26 per cent of the total vote. Which seems to say something. Stay tuned, Tiddlycove! nauk WRAP-UP: How, asks puzzled reader, can turbaned, bearded Mounties put on riot helmets or gas masks? Or is the idea to avoid such nasty duties? ... Sole Cana- dian named by the Pope to the 1990 Synod of Bishops in Rome was recent West Van resident Archbishop James Carney, spiritual leader of the Lower Mainland’s 300,000 Catholics ... Boys and girls aged 12 to 18 wan- ting to learn outdoor survival, map using, first aid, firearms safety and other fun skills should drop by at the Armoury on Forbes, Tuesday at 6:30 p.m., for a chat with Army Cadets C.O. Capt. Don Parr-Pearson ... A warm anniversary greeting today, Sept. 2, to the Rev. Canon Stanley Smith and wife Evelyn of North Van on their 53rd... And the same again tomorrow, Sept. 3, to West Van's John and Elsie Flaten who — both in their 80s — will celebrate their 63 years of marriage this month with a trip to NEWS photo Mike Watefield “AIR" art print presented by Bernadette Johnson (right) of Ber- nadette Galleries to Peter Wallace (centre), president of Legion Branch 118, in recognition of its help with the Air Show.