for water

Dear Editor:

i fully agree with Mr. Keith A.
Henry that we have no water
shortage in the Lower Mainland.
However, Mr. Henry is pointing
his guns at the wrong people.

The people of the Greater Van-
cuuver Regional District (GVRD)
are only telling us what they have
said many times before, that our
fresh wates collecting, treatment
and distributing system is inade-
quate to cover the demand.

We have also been told that the
sewage water treatment plants in
our area do not have sufficient
capacity. Big volumes of raw
sewage are let into the rivers and
the ocean. Also, we ail know that
we are still dumping our garbage
in < hole in the ground,

The people of GVRD are not
misleading us, but they are kindly
telling us that if we do not act
soon, then we are going to have a
big mess in this area.

GVRD -is not providing the
funds for further development of
these systems. The municipalities
within Greater Vancouver are.
However, at the moment the po-
litical will and money are not
there to bring the system up to
standard,

Mr. Henry should aim his guns
at himself and anybody else who
elect or are supposed to elect the
local politicians.

You should remember next time

Blame politicians

shortage

when you cast your vote in the
municipal election, if you are
among the 15% to 20% of us who
cast our vote, that you should not
give your vote to a politician who
tells you that he will update all
systems and that there will be no
tax increases,

Well I bet there will be nobody
to vote for then. Anyone running
for office will tell us only what
the majority of the voters like to
hear.

What we need is politicians with

guts. We do not need any in- .

vestigations or public meetings.
We just need to be told what is
required and what is the cost.

We are in the year 1992 but we
ate 15 to 20 years behind when it
comes to water and waste
management. The technology for
what needs to be done is there.

Our fresh water and waste
water plants should be brought up
to date. We should have huge in-
cinerators based on the latest
technology. Nu ‘‘landfills.””

I guess it is all wishful thinking.
The system will not change. Mr.
Henry and others with him wil!
still be blaming bureaucrats and
not the elected representatives.

We will never tell our repre-
sentatives what we want and that
we are willing to pay more tax to
get it.

J.V. Jensen
North Vancouver

Speed limit advice wrong

Gear Editor:

- Re: Friday, Sept. 4 automotive
atticle, entitled ‘‘Risk manage-
ment.””

i disagree with Ross Bentley’s

contention that good risk
management includes driving at
the speed limit regardless of how
fast the rest of the traffic flows.

. That is certainly the party line
atid Mr. Bentley has to write that
stuff to keep his job.

“. Obviously he is not travelling
-in the rush-hour across Second
Narrows bridge and through the
tunnel. If he were to do it on a
‘motorbike like I do, he would

, quickly, learn what risk manage-

ment is all about.

Namely, you blend in regardless
of how fast traffic moves, or
you're in deep trouble.

My fellow commuiers do very
well. without Mr. Bentley’s
simplistic advice.

We ail share a desire to get to
work and back safely and without
delay.

It’s the unfailing courtesy and
patience of the motorists crossing
that bridge twice a day that makes
,the trip safe, not whether or not
‘they slavishly’ obey the speed limit.

Hartmut Schmid
North Vancouver

Tireless efforts appreciated

. Dear Editor: ;

_. E would just like to. take this
time to. acknowledge a very special
North Shore: resident and

- employee.

Her name is Theresa Campbell,

*. she is a youth counsellor in North
Vancouver and has helped my
son’s friends in the middle of the
night, seven days a week.

Her job is constantly in jeopar-
dy due io financial cutbacks. ~

On. Sept. 15, I was driving on
the Lions Gate Bridge only to see

Theresa negotiating with a woman
on the other side of the chain
fence getting ready to commit
suicide.

With the help of two men and
Theresa’s warm heart, the woman
was pulled to safety.

Let’s let Theresa know we ap-
preciate her work on the North
Shore with Seymour Youth Ser-
vices.

Irene Ciarke
North Vancouver

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i> Watercolor Workshops

There are a few spaces left in
Kiff Holland's Watercolor
Workshop series. In the Still Life
Workshop on Saturday, Oct. 17
and 24, Kiff teaches techniques
on painting glass, pottery, dried
flowers and found objects. The
workshop runs fom 9:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. and costs $150,
including tunch. Other
workshops in the series are Life
Painting (Nov. 14 and 21) and
Marine Painting (Nov. 28 and
Dec. 5). Attend all three
workshops for the special series
fee of $350. Over-60s are entitled
ta a 10% fee discount on
Extension activities. For details
and registration, phone
984-4901.

$e industrial Design
Presentation

Shinya Iwata, an industrial
designer with a Master's degree in
Fine Arts from Japan, presents
slides of industrial design and
talks about his work with
Aldridge Pears Architects. The
presentation takes place on
Thursday, Oct. 15 at 1:30 p.m.
in room 1-103

Ge Will You Vote “Yes”
or “No?”

Mix together MLAs from the
NDP and Libera party, Capilano
College instructor and Vancouver
Sun columnist Stan Pessky, the
chief of the Squamish Indian
band, a Quebecois student, and a
political science professor. What
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engrossing. The panel discussion,
followed by a question and
answer period, takes place on
Thursday, Oct. 22 from 12:30 to
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event will be limited. The
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Carol McQuarrie, of the Music
Department, an active feminist
wh has been single for 15 years.
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