WHAT ARE YoU DOING ONT AFTER DARK... WHATS © UNDER THOSE ROBES. AND LETS SEE SOME ILD... _ Y NEWS VIEWPOINT CounterAttack OUNTERATTACK is winning the batile but it has yet to win the war against drunk drivers. The annual program to catch drinking drivers and hound them from our streets and highways has had a significant impact. Since its inception in 1977, CounterAttack has cut the percentage of motor vehicle - crashes caused by drinking drivers in B.C. by 50%. But the seasonal police vigilance heightened by CounterAttack is not enough. More than 20) people are kidied and another 6,000 are injured annually in B.C. in m@avr vehicle crashes caused by drink- ing drivers. Vigilauce then is not merely the bailiwick of local police forces; it should be the bailiwick of all B.C. drivers. The annual Christmas season brings with i¢ festivity and increased opportunities to attend social events. The opportunities and temptations to drink and drive are also in- creased. Regardless of how frequently the message warning against drinking and driving is delivered, regardless of how many graphic and tragic examples are presented to the public of why people should not drink and drive, some people will. They hunger to be tragic statistics. The options to drinking and driving continue to grow: use designated drivers, use public transit, use taxis, drink less, drink de-aicoholized products. The feeble excuses for drinking and driving continue to evaporate. ‘LETTER OF THE DAY P Dear Editor: cture had a valuable message ment that this type of photo is Pictures always speak louder than words — what volumes were spoken by the image of that white lifeless hand frozen eternally in a last desperate grasp at the proverbial straw! This photo showed sensitivity in its composition — graphic enough to have impact, visually mimimal sO as not to be too distressing to dclicate souls. Through the years, many have died and countless others have been severely injured in Lynn Peter Speck Timothy Renshaw . Noel Wright Publisher Managing Editor . Associaie Editor. . Advertising Director ida Stewart Comptroller . . .Doug Foot North Shore News, founded in 1969 as an independent suburban newspaper and qualified under Schedule 111, Paragraph Ill of the Excise Tax Act, is published each Wednesday, Friday and Sunday by Nosth Shore Free Press Ltd. and distributed to every door on the North Shore. Second Class Mail Registeation Number 3885. Subscriptions North and Wes! Vancouver, $25 per manuscripts and pictures which should be accompanied by a stamped, addressed envelope. Canyon, often because of their blatant disregard for the numerous danger/warning signs posted at relevant places along the scenic trails. We, in this area, are blessed with so many beautiful nature parks for our enjoyment. Howev- er, we also need to be aware of, and to respect, the awesome power of Mother Nature. Ignorance of her can sometimes lead to tragic consequences for those of us who share iier bounty. In reference to a reader’s com- Display Advertising §$80-05114 Real Estate Advertising 985-6982 Classified Advertising 986-6222 Fax Newsrooin 985-2131 Tin FORCE OF SORT AND BEET VANCOUVER SUNDAY + WEONEROAY 1139 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver, B.C. V7M 2H4 Distribution Subscriptions Administration best kept from children, compar- ing it with ‘‘trashy’’ programs on TV — how ridiculous and inap- propriate! This picture has a valuable message for those of us open enough to receive it, children and adults alike. Thank you for printing it on the front page where it cannot be overlooked. [t may just help to Prevent another unnecessary trag- edy. Carole D. Whitehead North Vancouver 986-1337 Ge 986-1337 985-3227 985-2131 North Skore } managed SDA DIVISION 61,882 (average circulation, Wednesday, Friday & Sunday) Entire contents © 1991 North Shore Free Press Ltd. All rights reserved. Time to shed the baseball bat mentality I DIDN’T SEND a Christmas card to Dary! Bean. Frank- ly, I had some problem asscciating him with the season of peace, love and joy. Mr. Bean, you’ll recall, heads PSAC, the giant civil service union that went on strike in September. Three of his women members who, like a good many others, opted to work during the walkout later wrote to him com- plaining of violence and threats on the picket line. He retorted in a venomous let- s ter calling them ‘“‘scabs,’’ adding a lurid 91-year-old quote from author Jack London saying scabs should be drowned or hanged. The ladies had the guts to go public with it. As a result, Mr. Bean has now become an ugly footnote in labor history — roundly condemned by the federal minister for women’s affairs, all leading media and even fellow union leaders. The Bean mindset, of course, belongs to history. It simply fails to grasp the reality of labor- management relations in the 1990s. Its poet, Jack London, wrote in an age when fledgling unions had to fight for their very existence — baseball bats and kneecapping being regarded as justified methods, if need be, of imposing worker solidarity in the battle against ruthless, rapacious employers. The information age is light- years distant from Jack London's world. Better education and great- ly increased media exposure have produced a far more sophisticated and independent-minded workforce — together with managements more Sensitive to the negotiating process, a bigger role by governments in creating a level playing field and the emergence of human rights legislation to protect individuals, Yet ‘‘scab”’ is still a potent word in labor’s vocabulary and union leadership still has its dinosaurs like Bean. The ground rules for picketing struck firms are among the toughest problems fac- ing B.C’s new labor minister, Moe Sihota, in redrafting labor legisla- tion. Ironically, the Socreds’ employer-biased Bill 19, which led angry labor to boycott the Indus- trial Relations Council altogether, had at least one positive effect. Firms and unions forced to settle feuds directly — with no ‘‘Big Brothers’’ to fall back on — brought four years remarkably free from stoppages doing major damage on the economy. B.C. unions now pressing for ‘“anti-scab’’ measures in the NDP Noel vA te: HITHER ANO YON law seem to be as out of step with the ’9Gs as Bean. If they can’t win member solidarity by peaceful persuasion, why shou!d govern- ment (responsible to ALL the people) wield a legal baseball bat for them? And why today should dissen- ting members going about their lawful business be roughed up by Jack London-style goons? Just asking, Mce! eagd OH, NO...! Every expezt opinion, it seems, is eventually debunked by an opposite expert opinion. A British nutrition professor ncw says forget ‘tan apnie a day"’ for your kids. Potato chips — rich in vitamins, minerals and fibre — are a far better snack, giving them the energy needed tc grow proper- ly. Apples contain “‘relatively nothing’’ good... A Harvard Public Health Schoo! study has found full-strength coffee harmless to your heart — whereas drinking more than four cups of decaf a day brings 2 60% greater risk of heart disease... Anda study of booze in Britain’s prestigious medical journa! The Lancet, based on 50,009 tipplers, shows one to three drinks a day cut the risk of heart disease by 30% — while four or more cut it by 50%. So cheer up, smokers, your turn is coming soon! WRIGHT OR WRONG: Always protect birds. Doves bring peace. Storks bring tax exemptions.