& - Sunday, October 7, 1990 - North Shore News a ae 4 | OUICIDE BOMBER ... Nf SS % S ed to be. Despite the staged familial glow _radiating from TV turkey commercials, a lot of families won’t be gathering around the table in the traditional manner this Thanksgiving. Many Canadians have little in common with the idyllic Thanksgiving picture of family and food bounty because a growing number are members of broken families. The modern age has changed the mean- ing of ‘‘the family.’’ Recent statistics show that close to 75 per cent of Canadian fam- ilies have been shattered by separation or divorce. And many of these “new fami- lies’? have much iess to be thankful for: Single mothers and their children are now the most likely group to live below the poverty line, according to the National Welfare Council. Tomorrow night, when some of us will Pater ISN’T what it us- “ET don’t paint pretty scenes with Association little bushes because that’s not Canada. That’s somebody’s garden.’’ West Vancouver artist Jane Ford, on capturing Canada on canvas. the permit stage ment. ‘I’m not going fora record.” “(West North Vancouver City Mayor Lanskail) is Jack Loucks, on seeking another term as mayor beyond the next Genghis Khan.” East Seymour Community posal. Publisher ......... Peter Speck Managing Editor Timothy Renshaw Associate Editor .... Noel Wright Advertising Director Linda Stewart North Shore News, founded in 1969 as an independent suburban newspaper and quatitied under Schedule 111, Paragraph MI of the Excise Tax Act, 1s published each Wednesday. Friday and Sunday by North Shore Free Press Lid and distributed to evely door an the North Shore. Second Class Matt Registravan Number 3885. 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INSIGHTS NEWS VIEWPOINT Thanks worth giving be feasting on turkey and good family cheer, single mothers and their children, family members separated from one another and families on income assistance will either miss the feast, eat alone, or rely on the food bank for their Thanksgiving dinner. Gn the North Shore, about 70 families and 90 individuals regularly visit the food bank each week. According to Vancouver Food Bank project coordinator Jim Heaton, that number jumped to more than 400 people last week; not unusual, he says, for the week leading up to Thanksgiving. While the rest of us can’t be expected to perform miracles, we can do our part in helping spread the bright spirit of Thanks- giving to the gloomier corners of our society by inviting a friend cr family to dinner, or making a donation to the food bank — simple gestures that will give others more to be thankful for. NEWS QUOTES OF THE WEEK Fred ‘Staff has done a good job of demonstrating that parks don't come cheap.’’ North Vancouver City Ald. Bill Bell, on estimates from city staff that it would cost up to $5.5 mil- lion to dedicate four new parks in the municipality. of the develop- Vancouver Mayor Den governing like **We create our own reality, we set up our circumstances. The municipal election. Wood, at the latest West Van- good news is, if we want to couver District Council meeting change our circumstances, we “She’s not playing hardball. She’s dealing with the controversial have the power to do that.” playing softball.” Cypress Ridge golf course pro- Astrologer Robert Aiken, on life and the cosmos. Display Advertising 980-0511 Classified Advertising 986-6222 Newsroom 985-2131 Distribution 986-1337 Subscriptions 986-1337 Fax 985-3227 MEMBER m2 North Shore owned and managed | Who’s running | where in the 'alderman races? tions. East of the Capilano the declared candidates so far wouldn’t make up a couple of bridge tables. But with still three weeks to nomination day, there’s ample time yet for others to jump mm. IN NORTH VAN CITY none of the present incumbents — Aldermen Bill Bell. John Braithwaite, Rod Clark, Steila Jo Dean, Frank Morris and Barbara Sharp — is known to be retiring. There’ve been rumors that Braithwaite might run against 13-year Mayor Jack Loucks, opening up one council seat. But don’t hold your breath. Jack says this will be his last term, which — given his record — makes a challenge to him likely to be a waste of time (not to mention the lost $10,000 aldermanic stipend!) So it seems any new blood on City council will cost the incum- bents blood. Presently, however, the sole outside candidate is Bar- bara Perrault, wife of Liberal Senator Ray Perrault — a Lions Gate Hospital booster who also stresses affordable seniors’ hous- ing. IN NORTH VAN DISTRICT the three seats vacated by mayor- alty candidates Joan Gadsby, Murray Dykeman and Craig Clark will be available to outsiders — of whom, again, only two have so far surfaced: self-confessed hell- raiser Patrick Bruskiewich, who lost by a hair’s-breadth to Ernie Crist in 1988, and Deep Cove engineer Albert Weisstock, who thinks the area east of Seymour is neglect). The three remaining aldermen — Richaré Buchois, Ernie Crist and Bill Rodgers — are alli ex- pected to run again. WEST VAN’S 1991 mayor- apparent, Ald. Mark Sager, may find not only a ‘‘drafted’’ Ald. Alex Brokenshire raining on his parade. Ald. Caro! Ann Reynolds (no relation of MLA John Reynolds) — who scraped onto council after a recount in 1988 and has since earned a reputation as its resident maverick — is also said to be intent on running against Sager for the mayor’s job. f that happens and, as ex- pected, the three remaining aldermen — Pat Boname, Andy Danyliu and Rod Day -— seek a further term, there’ll still be three seats to be filled and no shortage of talent waiting to seize them. Lined up already are two expe- rienced former aldermen, Don Griffiths and Diane Hutchinson, ALD. CAROL Ann Reynolds... more rain on Mark's parade. WITH TWO MAYORALTY BATTLES stealing the limelight, it’s time for a quick Who’s-Where? in next month’s equally important North Shore aldermanic elec- Noel HITHER AND YON former school board chairman Lillian Thiersch, Chamber of Commerce past president Bill Soprovich, and well respected community leader Ron Wood. The hot Cypress Ridge golf course issue may well add others by the end of October. From Deep Cove to Horseshoe Bay an interesting Nov. 17 is shaping up. One aim of the new system of three-year terms — with everything up for grabs at the same time — is to attract a heaithier voter turn-out than the miserable 20-30% in many previous civic elections. Hf it does, we could ALL be winners! oee TAILPIECES: Sad to note the- death late last month of the grand old lady of local art — well known West Van artist Winnifred Finck, aged 85. A longtime member of West Van Sketch Club and a docent at the municipal art gallery, her involvement in the art community continued to shortly before her death. Her own paint- ings appeared in many shows and grace private collections in Canada and abroad... All former students and parents of Hightands Community School are invited to its 40th birthday party Friday, Nov. 2, from 7 to 9 p.m. with former principal Donna Ben- son, coordinator of the ‘“‘Gcing Green”’ program, this Tuesday, Oct. 9, at the West Van Chamber of Commerce breakfast meeting, 7:30 a.m. in the Ambleside Inn. @eoe WRIGHT OR WRONG: Tact is like a girdle. it helps you organize the awkward truth more effective- ly. PATRICK BRUSKIE‘VICH... se- cond chance for ‘‘heli-raiser.""