ARTHUR Griffiths has been beating the drum for a fast rail fink to Whistler. During a recent speech to the West Vancouver Chamber of Commerce he said con- verting the Sea-to-Sky Highway to four lanes along its entire length “is not in the cards.” As chair of the NDP government's cransit advisory committee, he should know. However, Vancouver/Whistler’s 2010 Winter Olympic bid must include a transportation plan that addresses how to move a huge intlux of daily spectators and athletes along a corridor that is famous for its scenery and road fatalities. A possibility, according to Griffiths, is a fast rail link serviced by a high-speed bullet train, Many questions remain, How will freight service on the same corridor be handled? Is there land avail- able to double track the line through West Vancouver? West Vancouverites regularly s moving at 5 m.p.h. How will they be protected from a speeding bullet? NORTH SHORE DEMOGRAPHICS NO DON'T OPINICN KNOW inguiring YES NO arave British Properties Norgate/Pemberion Heights Capilano/Delbrook Highlands Lower Lonsdale Central and Upper Lonsdale Lynn Valley Blucridge/Decp Cove TOTAL ...... 30% 40% 54% 40% 21% 10% 34% 31% 22% Yo sees 46% 23% 11% 8% 19% 10% 12% 16% 18% 24% 25% 20% 26% 14% Shelley Williams West Vancouver If you don’t want to drive that terrible highway there is only an carly morning train ora chunky ‘bus, both terti- bly inconvenient. PT would go to Whistler way mo often if there was a better Hans Van der May Vancouver It’s a great idea. Economically 1 can’t imag- ine it being worthwhile. Pd like to see some figures. Hf could find a different way u there 1 wouldi’t mind. The road is scary. Victoria Gazeley North Vancouver No. EF think it would be of money for some that is tourist oriented! There are better things tc spend the money on, bu berter that than a ne Maybe, if it was privately 4% 23% Jo 16% 10% 21% option, funded. DG YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE INQUIRING REPORTER? E-mail your comments or question ideas to: martin@nsnews.com BARBARA MacLellan, North Vancouver School trustee, was elected to the British © Columbia School Trustees Association (BCSTA) board of directors at the March 1999 annual general taeeting held in Vancouver. MacLellan most recently represented the North Vancouver school board as their provincial councillor on the BCSTA board and was co- chair of the BCSTA metropoli- tan branch. The association provides a voice for schoo! trustees" from across. the provirice on issucs that are common to all school boards. A_ school trustee since 1993, Macl ellan was chairman SCHOOL trustee Barbara MacLelian of the North Vancouver board during 1995. Along with several other present trustecs, she was removed from office in January 1996 over a funding dispute with the Ministry — of Education. Re-elected in November 1996, MacLellan chaired the board’s finance and facilities standing committee | During her years as trustee, MacLellan has repre- sented the North Vancouver school board on various local committees including — the North Vancouver Chamber of Conuneree, — the North secondary is e TODAY, 266 elementary school girls will get a taste of high school at the fifth annual North Vancouver Grade Seven Girls’ Conference. Mountaincer Jill Blair of the Canadian Himalayan Team will be the keynote speaker at the conference. The theme this year is Exploring New. Horizons. The girls will be participating in a vast array of workshops ranging from to the Mi and Families. MacLellan has always been active inc cational activities on the North Shore having serv school and dis groups until her nwo children graduated several years ago. She was also on the board of the B.C. Parent Advisory Council in the early 1990 graduate of McMaster lementary munity and edu- self-defence to vegetarian cooking, and from architecture to building self- esteem, Noted North Vancouver children’s author Kit Pearson will also be hosting a workshop on writing. The North Vancouver Teachers’ Association = Status. =—sof }=3= Women Conunittee organizes this event to show young women the range of opportuni- “ties open to them. The transition. from clementary to high school can be difficult. Often this is don both MacLellan has a egree trom Simon University. She is currendy employed as the director of the Volunteer Centre for the North Shore and is president of Volunteer B.C. parent a time when girls, feeling lost, lose self- esteem. Consequently, these students’ marks can suffer and they may avoid secking out new experiences or taking on new challenges. Five years ago, North Vancouver was the first school district in the province to offer a Grade 7 girls’ conference. Because of the program’s success, 10 other school dist across B.C. have followed suit an anized conferences of their own. FOREST ALLIANCE eRITHN COLUMAA