6- Sunday, D December 19, 1999 - North Shore News

BECAUSE OF PRESSURE FROM BOTH
BAND MEMBERS AND ENVIRONMENTALISTS,

: ‘aed anu fat

WE HAVE HAD TO COMPROMISE ON THE
GLAYOQUOT. ...

A WEEK ago, on 60 Minutes, we watched a Russian gen-
eral in charge of his country’s nuclear missiles being given
the grand tour of once top secret U.S. missile silos by top

sai Seat

7S DECIS SION time on. Highway , 99,
the so-called Sea-To-Sky Highway. ¢

Plans for a new: Howe Sound town:

at Furry Creek, 10 miles (16 km) south of

“< Squamish, put the squeeze on an already
= overloaded ‘and tricky stretch of highway.”

At 20 tots, .¢he Furry Creek Brien

Like it or not.’ the regional pepulat ion is
expanding. inexorably into the Howe Sound

The recreational ‘magnet of Whisiler and
the. industeial draw. of ‘Squamish are fuel-
ling ‘the activity. i

Developments such as the golf course

and. residential mix at Furry Creek will .

likely be repeated along the Howe Sound
strip.

But the key is the highway.

-- Approximately $1. billion is needed to

turn the two-lane highway connecting |

Horseshoe Bay and Squamish into. a
four-lane highway.

The money is a necessary investment.

An upgraded highway would stimulate
economic growth in the area and would
resolve the ongoing issue of safety for
those who already travel the route.

NEWS QUOTES OF THE WEEK |

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Pentagon brass.

Over the banquet toasts to
U.S.-Russian friendship the Cold
War seemed like a distant

_ nightmare now hard to remember.

That was just before more
North Americans heard for the
first time of Vladimir Zhitinovsky,
the Liberal Democrat big winner
in the recent Russian parliamen-
tary elections. lt won’t be the last
time.

“Liberal Democrat’’ is a

‘soothing camouflage for what

Zhirinovsky and his party — who
came almost from nowhere only a
few months ago — really are:
sabre-rattling, extreme - right
ultra-nationalists.

Their charismatic 47-year-old
leader vows to reunite all the
former Soviet Republics into a
single nation and has threatened
to use nuclear weapons against .
any country that messes with the
new “‘Greater Russia.”’

Among other promises, he
would:

@ Cancel and stop repaying all
debts run up by the Soviet Union;
@ Cut off foreign aid to all .
countries except Serbia and Iraq;
@ Slow down the withdrawal of
Russian troops still in eastern
Europe, the Baltics and other
former Soviet Republics;
@ End crime and corruption with
tough punishment for offenders.

The anti-semitic, neo-fascist
Zhirinovsky also says he'll bring
economic well-being to every
Russian citizen. And significantly,
he’s wooing the army by promis-
ing an apartment to every
homneless officer.

His appeal to the weary Russian
population, battered by Yeltsin’s
drive to establish a free market
economy at whatever temporary
cost in individual hardship, has
won a commanding lead for the

Liberal Democrats over the Yeltsin

reformers in the Russian parlia-
ment.

The latter still hold one impor-
tant trump. In the same elections
a referendum endorsed Yeltsin’s
new Russian Constitution, which
bolsters the president’s powers at
the expense of the legislature.

————
Wright

HITHER AND YON

parliamentary opposition, the last
time earlier this year with tanks «
and 141 deaths.. .

Now that his reformers i in the
Duma are squeezed between the
neo-fascists and the anti-reform
Communists, a new challenge may
soon arise. If it comes, will the .
army, already being strongly
courted by the neo-fascists, again
back the president?» ~

Even with the remarkable Boris :
Yeltsin in charge, Russia — its
nuclear arsenal still mostly in
place — is far from being a fun
place to contemplate. The sudden -
emergence of Vladimir Zhirinov-
sky, a potential Russian Adolf
Hitler, makes it even less fun.

WRAP-UP: On until Jan. lat
Deep Cove Stage, 4360 Gallant
Ave., is the annual pantomime,
Dick Whittington, with matinee — ©
and ‘evening performances —.call *
929-3200 for times and details. ......
Drivers are needed by the Cancer
Society to drive patients to and ~
from medical appointments — if:
you can help, please call Roy =...
Bonner, 926-7248. ... Back when,
the stork was kept busy these days
with future West Van Kiwanians,
so wish many happy returns of
today, Dec. 19, to Reg Meek and

“But I think we were all relieved

‘when it was over, and I think
‘that’s the greatest emotion in war
- time — relief that you survived.”’

West Vancouver. writer and
_ broadcaster Peter Stursberg, on
. war.- (From. the Dec. 15. News
Now Spotlight.) :

“You get it'all day and all night.
__-Semetimes (the -parkway) sounds
. Wike a jet.”

Peter Speck
. Timothy Renshaw

Seymour. Parkway resident,
Michaet Clark, on the unsettling
sounds of cars speeding on the
parkway. (From a Dec, 17 News
story.)

“| think the concept of the band
works best with children because
they're so animated.”

Freddy Fuddpucker band leader

. Joe Arduini, on the best audience

for the band's unusual antics.

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“It should become as important as
English. it’s a form of reading.”

Martin Laba, an associate pro-
fessor in media studies at Simon
Fraser University, proposing that
schools offer courses to develop
“media smarts’ in kids. (From
the Dec. 17 Just Add Water Col-
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They may be needed. Twice in
the past three years Yeltsin has
faced down and won out over the

John Millard — followed by hap-~
py birthdays Tuesday, Dec. 19, to
Harry Martin and Jan Keeman.

. NEWS photo Cindy Goodman

A HELPING hand at the 30th Christmas tree ‘drive by West Van
Beavers, Cubs and Scouts from Park Royal manager. Rick
Amantea, North Vancauver-Lonedale MLA David Schreck and
Capilano-Howe Sound MP Herb Grubel with Mark Heenan, Chris —:
Watt and David Stokes. Tree sales behind Zellers Park Royal con-:
tinue until Dec. 24. ws a