6 - Wednesday, Murch 1, 1989 - North Shore News INSIGHTS No sex equality in the job of killing WHEN GRANDPA WAS A BOY in England, children, the big feminist sensation was a sexy voice over the Euro- pean airwaves purring ‘‘Radio Roma, Napoli, Bari, Torino, Milano, Trieste, Genova.’’ Good grief, a woman radio an- nouncer! Just like those immoral Italians, fumed Grandpa's dad. What is the world coming to? Fortunately for his blood pressure, Grandpa’s dad is long at rest. And what Canada’s world has meanwhile come to is women as combat troops in the forces. No more knights-and-maidens nonsense. ; lam a feminist. 1 enjoy working with women. Brains being equal, they are way smarter than most men because, in addition to brains, they have intuition and sensitivity lacking in many males. To me it’s perfectly obvious that — given the same qualifications — they should have exactly the same job oppor- tunities as men, the same pay and the same status. If they can run 100 yards with a 200 Ib. body over their shoulder, they're fully entitl- ed to be firefighters. Moreover, for those who want to work outside the home (or must), there should be a system of compensation for career time lost while bearing and raising Canada’s now urgently needed children. From Florence Nightingale on, women have also been no strangers to warfare. They were vital sup- port personnel in two world wars and will be in any future wars. But their military duties have always been directed to SAVING lives — 2 ok photc ty Michael Dosiaccine BUSINESS GOOD GUYS...Bell Realty’s Penny Mitchell and Crest Re- alty’s Kelly Gardiner (right) with Doug Sabourin (left), B.C. exec. direc- tor of the Canadian Diabetes Association — for which the two North Shore firms helped raise $335,000. No to golf OLF GREENS have no place in regional parks. They preclude the maximum enjoyment of ac- cessible wilderness by locking up land to serve a minority interest. The current Bowen Island squabble over a plan to designate 10 per cent of a Greatcr Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) park for a golf course has ramifica- tions beyond the Bowen boundary. While a pro-golf group of residents has been pushing for a course on the island for decades and argues a golf-dedicated portion of Crippen Regional Park would represent a small piece of the total recreational tand available on the island, the anti-zgolfers believe a golf course would best be located on private land and would like to see the park meadows remain wild and accessible to hikers. Meanwhile, GVRD planners think of Crippen as a multi-purpose park, attracting visitors from throughout the Lower Mainland. Planning objectives do not rule out ‘‘intensively developed’’ activity areas. Although no other GVRD regional parks contain goif courses, GVRD planning principles seem to be predisposed to such land usage. And the Bowen Island Advisory Planning Commission supports the concept of a golf course in the park. But when the park development propossa! was origi- nally presented ta Bowen Island residents, the residents were split on whether or not a golf course belonged in Crippen Regional Park. A GVRD board decision is expected some time in April. They should turn down the pitch for the park putt proposal. ie., those of their fighting men. The unique quality shared by 99 per cent of women is their deep- rooted instinct to create and preserve life — rot to kill and maim, at which the unchallenged experts are male, For females born with normal genes, sex equality in the job of slaughtering the enemy with machine guns and mortars is as ludicrous as it’s unachievable. “Tokenism’’ carried to madness by feminism’s lunatic fringe. Yes, dad, I know I sound wishy-washy, but nowadays I daren’t even print all you said about that Radio Roma lady! ee AMPLIFIERS will NOT be need- ed next Sunday afternoon (March 5) in West Van Secondary School gym. When West Van Adult Community Band celebrates its 20th anniversary there from noon to 4:30 p.m., it will have a little back-up! The last hour from 3:30 p.m. onward features no less than seven massed bands from the North Shore, Point Grey, Delta and other Lower Mainland communities — a total of some 400 band people playing full blast. A proud day for Margaret Parke, president of the © WVACB,; musical director Peter Marray, conductor of the Thurs- day pops band; Roy Cernick who conducts the Monda concert band; and especially for Dr. Tom Calder, who initiated the Adult Band back in 1969. Admission to the event, spon- sored by Ward Music, is free, with coffee and light refreshments. Drop by any time during the four-and-a-half hour bicthday par- ty to enjoy its ‘‘tunes of glory’’! see SIGN-OFF: She was two years old when CPR's Donald Smith drove the last spike at Craigellachie. Well over a century later — on Monday, Publisher Peter Speck Managing Editor Barrett Fisher Associate Editor Noel Wright Advertising Directur Linda Stewart North Shore News, founded in 1959 as an rdependent suburban newspaper Qquathted under Schedule 114 Paragraph I of the bacise: Tax ACE 0. Publned Hach Weonesday. 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