ip SRS WSS AA LiMn Ladies Anearececerioce. f I bridge to the past BRIDGE. .plan that preserves as much of. the historic Lions Gate as A ¥Astructurally possible is a good one for the First Narrows crossing. | ~ -- IAs: public meetings. on the. fate of the ‘famous ‘span continue throughout the Lower. Mainriand this month, the first deci- sion that must. be. made is whether to respect our history: whether to incorporate ‘the famous Lions Gate profile in any up- : Gated bridge. . ; ; , A Structure like the Lions Gate Bridge acts as, much more than -a_ transportation “". Jink. from. the. North Shore to downtown ‘s Vancouver. . = [A ood deal of our collective identity as ‘a society is raarked by the things we build +~ and the way we view those objects. Simply tearing down a structure once it. has served ifs purpose has become com- mon. Look no further than the “monster house” epidemic sweeping the area for proof. . 7 _The Lions Gate Bridge -- and all other engineering marvels of our: society — are organic entities of our community. They can be refurbished and restructured to serve our changing demands and to main- tain our connection with the past. A proposal’ for. the new .span; the Heritage: Choice by’ Paul Merrick Ar- chitects, keeps much of the famous cable- stayed, two-tower bridge intact. Such creative thinking is integral to the future of not only our cities, but also of ourselves. : . Congratulations for ‘good kids’ press Dear Editor: At ‘their October meeting, the ‘North Vancouver Recreation Commission discussed A.P. Mc- Credie’s article on Christiana Phinney, which was published in / the North Shore News on Wed- nesday, Oct. 13. ’ A In addition to extending their ~ congratulations to Ms. Phinney, the Recreation Commission also asked me to pass on their con- gratulations to your newspaper for giving press to the ‘“‘good kids’’ when these reasssuring activities take place. We all witness stories like this happening in our community every day, but rarely read about them, so it was refreshing to see this ar- ticle in your paper. The commission feels strongly~ that examples such as that of Christiana should be used more extensively to give young people a better image and better role models. ‘The commissioners would en- courage you to provide more arti- cles of this nature, perhaps relating to coaches, officials, good turns to others and the like. Again, on behalf of the Recre- ation Commission, thank you and congratulations on an excellent article. Gary D. 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Between them, the North Shore municipalities have 32 mayoral, council and school board seats up for grabs. Three years ago they were fought over by 51 con- tenders. This time the candidate total has soared to 79 — 53 of them being outside challengers. Since there are only eight vacancies ~ due to councillors and school trustees retiring from their present seats — it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that the in- cumbents seeking re-election could suffer above-average casualties. Probably the most peaceful scene is West Van, where Mayor Mark Sager has been safely returned by acclamation and all six council members are running for a second term. However, the latter are faced by some heavyweights among their eight challengers — who include a respected longtime schooi trustee, the runner-up in the 1990 mayorality race, a former female alderman, a popular high-profile community leader and a former B.C. attorney general. Meanwhile, seven challengers are chasing the two school board vacancies. In North Van City, where “‘in- destructible’? Mayor Jack Loucks is being challenged by current Coun. Rod Clark, council has a single vacancy with 10 outsiders after it. . Six other outsiders are ROD CLARK... challenging ‘in- destructible’ City mayor. : ‘DON BELL... District ex-mayor on the comeback trail. fe HITHER AND YON scrambling to knock off the three school board incumbents fighting ’ to hold their seats. : The three challengers seeking to unseat Mayor Murray Dykeman . make North Van District the most interesting and potentially. dramatic of the three North Shore elections. - In addition, six outsiders and a former popular District mayor, ’ Don Bell, are competing for.the two council vacancies, whileno.. less than 13 candidates are jostling for the three empty school board seats. ; ; eo | "Whatever has caused this 55% *: jump in candidates, the new- 2 * comers, however well qualified, , face a perenitial problem. The short campaign period — ; especially following, as now, hot _ on the heels of a frenzied federal :; election — simply doesn’t give the average private-citizen candidate; time to become widely enough ./ identified to the public. y Unless such candidates already have a high profile in some other major area of community activity, their names on the ballot paper are likely to be largely meaningless to a majority of voters. Hence the civic election phenomenon known as ‘alphabetical voting.”7 On Sunday we'll take a closer look at this wasteful problem. TAILPIECES: Stock up on origi- nal Christmas gifts in West Van this weekend at the Seniors’ Cen- | tre Christmas Craft Fair Sunday, Nov. 14, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. — offering beautiful crafted items, bake sale, candy and plants ... Also on Sunday shop in North Van at the famous St. Thomas Aquinas Christmas Craft Sale, 541 ‘West Keith, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m, ... Meanwhile, for serious . political shoppers the Ambleside and Dundarave Ratepayers Association is holding an all- | candidates meeting for West Van council and schoo! board hopefuls at 7:40 p.m. Monday, Nov. 15, in Hollyburn elementary school, Duchess and 13th. WRIGHT GR WRONG: Be . thankful for problems. If they were easier to solve, some idiot might have your job.