8 - Sunday, December 18, 1988 - North Shore News

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Tree loss angers writer

Dear Editor:

lam writing to express my anger
over the calculated destruction of
the beautiful pine trees at
Westview Shopping Centre.

Last week, stopping in at the
craft shop, I was appalled to see
workmen sawing down the pine

trees that have lent shade and
beauty to an otherwise ugly park-
ing Iot for 20 years.

Adams Property Group who are
responsible for the Westview
renovation are anxious to us2 every
available inch for parking, but
these trees did far more for the

atmosphere than any amount of
neon or fancy new awnings.

When are we going to realize
how precious the natural beauty of
the North Shore is to all of us?

Margot Masterton
North Vancouver

Drummer refutes quote

Dear Editor:

I would like to comment on
Noel Wright’s quote in a recent
edition of the North Shore News.

In the column, entitled Wright
or Wrong, Mr. Wright had a quote
that read: ‘‘The first thing a child
learns when he’s given a drum is

that he’s never going to get
another one.’’ I tend to disagree.
am a drummer. After [ got my
snare drum, about five years ago, I
immediately set my sights on a
drum set, to buy some time in the
future. Approximately nine mon-
ths ago I made the purchase of a
$2,000 drum set with my own

money and my parents’ consent.

I feel that if a family has not
been through this experience, then
the parents cannot judge whether
the child should get another drum;
the child must be that judge.

Sohn Sharpe
North Vancouver

Feed wild birds correctly

Dear Editor:

It is now time to fill garden
feeders to feed our wild feathered
friends, but please, not bread.

For information on correct food
for different species of birds, in-
cluding wintering hummingbirds,
phone the West Vancouver SPCA

Send a basket
of holiday cheer

at 922-4622,

Please don’t forget the ducks,
geese, pigeons and swans at
Ambleside and other parks.

Wheat for these birds is bought
and bagged by the Wildlife Rescue
Association of B.C. and sold on a
donation basis at the West Van-

couver SPCA. What small profit
there is from this sale is divided
between the West Vancouver
SPCA and the Wildlife Rescue
Association of B.C. to further aid
wild and domestic animals.

West Vancouver Branch of the
B.C. SPCA

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