- Model Shipbuilding. | By Ellsworth Dickson Wishful Thinking Depart- ment: I’m sure we can all think of. something would help make people’s lives a little easier. Unfortu- nately, most of the things: that would help people are beyond the power of the individual. But, not wanting to be negative about this, this week the Inquiring Reporter asks: ‘‘What would you like to see done to improve people’s lives on the North Shore?’’ that - . Page 4, March 30, 1977 - North Shore News PN i ll la Clark Anderson North Vancouver . I would like to see the buses run later at night. Also, some parts of North Vancouver are becoming -over-developed. The building of highrises should be curtailed. L Mike Luft North Vancouver — Py I wish it were cheaper to live here. Personally speaking, .I would like the owner of my apartment block to let me put a CB antenna on the roof. = 2 a woe Gabriella Szireny - North Vancouver | I would like to see a better bus service from West Vancouver to North Van. As it is now, I have to take three buses to do this. . : Kelly Lawrence North Vancouver I would like to see more rea- sonable rents on the North Shore. Maybe a few more employment opportunities would be nice, too. Corinne Foxcroft —__: North Vancouver I would like to see the provincial government help people buy a home here. ~ Apartments are no good for children, and who can afford to buy a house? os ia North Vancouver Recrea- - tion Centre begins its spring program the week of April. 11.. Registration. for Com-. munity Centre © programs including Ladies Keep Fit, Parent and. Tot Recreation, Badminton, Baliroom Dance, Judo, Yoga and Arts and Crafts activities will begin at 10 a.m., Saturday, March 26 _at the Recreation Centre, 123 E. 23rd Street. New programs to look for include Mother and Daught- er Keep Fit, FAther and Son Sports, a special pre-season tennis program and. Basic For the second — year running the Vncouver Coast Region of the Boy Scouts of Canada have elected North Vancouver resident Robert Howatson, 1147 Keith Road, to the post of president. Mr. Howatson worked for _ the Daily Province starting in 1922 as a newspaper boy and rising to the position of assistant circulation man- ager, the position he held on his retirement in 1975. The regular tennis prog- ram will register Wednes- day, March 30 at 10 a.m.- Lessons are. offered for all age groups and levels start- ‘ing the first week in May. The Recreation Centre has two indoor and two outdoor tennis courts, and the indoor courts rental. are available for Register for spring swim lessons now. There are ‘still openings for all ages and levels. : For further information contact the Recreation Cen-. tre at 988-6166. From 1952 to 1957 he was chairman of the 3rd Capilano Group- Committee, and was later elected to the position of vice-president, and then ' president of Capilano District Council. In 1960 he held the posts of Member at-large and chair- man of the Regional Public Relations Committee. He served on this committee for eleven years. For four: years he was chairman of the Annual ‘“We don’t feel good about the way things are going’’ ‘said Bert Fleming of West Van’s Central Association. am Ratepayers Such was the feeling of the audience at a meeting to discuss the proposed deve- lopment of up to 500 homes above the Upper Levels Highway. | Despite ‘the fact that the crowd applauded the critics of the scheme, consulting - engineer Zoltan Kuun assur- _ed them the project would have only a minor impact on traffic problems. -. Kuun. said 70 per cent of the traffic would be dispers- ed down the 21st Street interchange with the other 30 per cent. going over local streets, which would mean a vehicle every two minutes. Meeting committee, and in 1971 he became vice-presi- dent of the Vancouver Coast Region and president in 1976. , Mr. Howatson was award- ed his 20-year service pin in 1973; he had received Scout- ing’s Medal of Merit seven years earlier. He has been active in many community associa- tions and is currently presi- dent of the North Shore Community’ Concert Asso- ciation. Bo ) roe od 4) & BACK FROM THE ICE FLOES, members of the Greenpeace anti-seal hunt © oy ES pe xpodition recelved a warm welcome on tholr return to Vancouver Monday [Rex Weyler photo) According to Mayor Peter Jones the development is planned by British Properties Ltd. and All-Round Land, a Vancouver-based capital. A speaker who said he was anewcomer to West Vancou- ver pointed out that the ‘number one problem aot touched upon was the grow- ing traffic congestion on Lions Gate Bridge. The meeting was held at the — Sentinel . 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