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Dear Editor:

Re: Noch Wright’s Our. 19 cal-
umn, Blue boxes vs. three babies
every second.

First off, f would like you to
know that | am not a Pro-Lifer. 1
do not agree with forcing others
to do what EF feel is rizht.
Everyone has the right and free
will to make his or her own deci-
sions, and therein stops my
agreement with Pro-Choice.

Life does begin at conception.
If cach of us did not know that or
feel that in some small way, there
would be no dilemmu, would
there? A_ three-month-old fetus
becomes the three-year-old child.
It is the same child, it is the samme
life. And the reverence of this life
should not be diminished as our
society has done.

This is why I find your ideas on
curbing population growth appall-
ing. Please correct me if | have
misunderstood the intent of your
article, but it seems that you feel
there’s a great need for abortion
clinics throughout the Third
World to half population growth.
Even Pro-Choicers feel that abor-
tion is not a method of birth con-
trol as you seem to be implying.

Stop columnists’ whining

Dear Editor:

A better name for your ‘‘garden
of biases’’ would be ‘‘garden of
whines.’ I am thoroughly sick of
being harangued by a group of
well-housed, well-fed, middle
class, prissy and self-righteous
men.

You have Doug Collins railing
against fags, fems, pinkos and
wimps. Bob Hunter tells us we’re
ail dead, we just haven’t stopped
breathing yet. Norm Severud
complains about shiftless, greedy
Indians.

Then there’s Trevor Lautens,
looking down his nose from a
great height, giving a stern moral
lecture to we hoi-polloi who lack
his refined sensibility and
spirituality. Not to forget Noel
Wright’s Socred boosterism and
Reform party promotion.

To me, these people have as
imuch credibility as Brian
Mulroney. All they do is reinforce
opinions that are already held by
the people they are writing for.

There are lots of people with
real complaints, such as single
mothers, food bank patrons, the
technologically unemployed, and
ordinary families trying to keep it

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Why os it that abortion has
become the ctbe-all’ and ‘tend-
all’ way of exercising a woman's
tizkt to) control hee body? A
woman does have the tight) to
control her body, but the focus
should be on prevention, on
educating women (as you men-
tioned) as to how their reproduc-
tive system) works and inaking
available modern methods of con-
traception, not on remaining ig-
norant and running off to the
nearest. abortion clinic whenever
you're impregnated.

As far as this advanced country
of ours is concerned, [ am always
amazed at how many educated
women are uninformed about the
bodies in which they live. That,
too, is frightening.

I hope that, as societies
throughout the world evolve, a
greater respect for life, which in-
cludes the unborn, will develop
and that women and men will take
the responsibility for becoming
increasingly educated in preven-
ting pregnancies. The fegal and
moral conflict over abortion and
limiting family sizes would then,
for the most part, be resolved.
Mes. J Bateson
North Vancouver

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Stephen Lyman's only stop in B.C.witi be at
Bernadette's Galleries

Therefore, we cordially invite you and yours
to meet the artist and
view a complete collection of his works

together in a society that offers no
support but platitudes. How come
they aren’t given an opportunity
to air their views?

I find the rest of the North
Shore News reasonably entertain-
ing and informative, but please
spare me the journalistic bleats of
the aforementioned columnists.
J.W.M. Watson
North Vancouver

Stephen Lyman

will be at
Bernadette's Galleries
103 - 1200 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver

Sunday, November 11", 1980 — 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
« There will also be a Slideshow Presentation +

(Stephen's work will also be featured at our Sechelt location)

. BERNADETTE'S GALLERIES
1200 Lonsdale Avenue:

PARTIIPAC: as .

Par anes

An Op Voters of
the District of North Vancouver

You have been told that municipal taxes in the District of North Vancouver will not
automatically increase just because the average assessment has increased by 41%
for residential and 35% for business preperties

What they did not lell you is that Disirict Council is already charging a higher rate
for municipal services to homeowne:s and business than they do to indusirial pro-
perties I you are a homeowner, in addition to paying your own share {or services
you receive, you ate also paying a portion of the costs for services to industries.

Council is subsidizing them with your tax dollars — without your consent. And they
aie doing this even though they have the power to sel fair tax rates for all. Unlike é
homes, Industrial Properties are nol assessed at their true or market value but more
like 1/1Oth of it For example, one large industry in the District, with on estimated VOTE
replacement value of 250 million dollars is assessed al only 23 million dollars Unlike ERNIE CRIST
homes and businesses assessments for industrial properties tor 1991 have risen by on-
ly 12%. That alone should make you sit up and take notice

To levy a tax rate proportionate to the cost of services provided, District Council would have to charge industry a tax
or mill rate 10 times that charged to homeowners But they don't. They levy a tate less than half of that. By doing sa they
ate depriving the municipality of millions of dollars and to make up for it. they are simply raising taxes for homeowners.

The really sad par of this ill-conceived practice by Disirict Council is that it does not produce any economic benelit
either tor the corporate sector or for the community. For one thing. corporations can write olf a good portion of municipal
taxes as business expense and. for anothey, as anyone knows who has graduated from reputable institutions of learning.
the economic well-being of c community, including its business sector, depends primarily on the spending power of its
citizens Every dollar taken trom taxpayers’ pockets without giving an equivalent value in return is a potential loss to the
local economy and business community. According 10 Statistics, this loss. along with the potential loss of spin-off benefits
amounts to $3.10 tor every dollar taken.

Put another way. money District Council takes trorn the homeowners and uses io subsidize industrial properties is money
which could be used for more side walks, larger community grants or to lower taxes tor homeownels and increase local
spending powel. ;

Needless to say, I will continue to tight against this gross injustice and dl-conceived policy just as ! have in the past
ask you. therefore, not only to re-elect me for another term as ciderman but also to make sure to vole fora inily community:

oriented council ;
VOTE FOR JUSTICE VOTE FOR INTEGRITY VOTE FOR YOUR COMMUNITY

Wednesday. November 7. 1990 - tlorth Shore News - 7

CAP WEEK

- Farewell to Bob irvine
Capilano College would like
vo extend bese wishes to Boh
Irvine on his recent
retirement. Bob's association
with Cap began in 1975 and
he is credited with the
successful development of
Many career and vocational
programs at the College.
Congratulations on a job well
done!

— Women: Issues of the
"005

Tonight, the “Women: Issues
of the ‘90s"" lecture series
continues with “Midlife
Daughter's Dilemma,” a
discussion on caring for aging
parents while managing one’s
own personal and career
goals, Guest lecturer Clarissa
Green is an associate
professor of nursing at UBC
and a family therapist
specializing in stress between
midlife children and their
aging parents. Capilano
College Students’ Lounge, N
Building, room 115. FREE
admission. For information or
to reserve a seat, call

986-1813.

Cap Singers Join in
= Premiere
The Capilano College Singers

will join several Vancouver
choirs plus seven soloists of
international standing for the
British Columbia premiere of
Mahler's 8th Symphony at
the Queen Elizabeth Theatre
on Nov. 9 and 10 at 8 p.m.
Ic is among the greatest
choral works ever written and
it’s all part of the Vancouvet
Bach Choir's 50th
Anniversary Season
celebration. Ticket prices
range from $25-$50 and are
available at Ticketmaster
cutlets,

> Lest We Forget

On the occasion of the
Remembrance Day weekend,
the College will be closed
Monday, Nov. 12.

— Clay & Textiles
Exhibition
You're invited to visit the
exhibition of works by Clay
& Textiles program faculty,
now showing in the Studio
Art Gallery until Nov. 13.
The Gallery is lccated in 1
Building and is open from
9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Monday
through Friday.

CAPILANO
COLLEGE

2055 Purcell Way
North Vancouver
British Columbia