oft SN COTHneHE 6 - Friday, October 16, 1987 — North Shore News News Viewpoint Tree sensibili ity ALLING TREES make a big noise on the North Shore. In their upright position, they provide the area with one of its major points of natural beauty, but they also provide local government and residents with a major bone of residential contention. Trees are sacred (o some and annoying to others. One man’s regal Douglas Fir is another man’s blocked view. The B.C, Supreme Court suit filed recently by a West Vancouver man against a development company that he ciaims cut down 57 of his trees without his permission is just one extreme example. But those who choose to live on the North Shore must realize the area’s trees are more than just im- pressive decoration to be altered or removed without thought to the eventual consequences of denuded lots. Jrees are an important Unk in the complex en- vironmental chain that makes the North Shore a unique and much desired place to live. Because the North Shore has a combination of the city’s best views and largest trees, conflicts over which has priority will continue as long as both exist. But trees removed in haste or on a heedless whim will seed more long-term problems than short-term solutions. The North Shore is synonymous with trees and the West Coast rain forest environment. It should not be blindly tailored to fit the trifling demands of all its prospective residents; its residents should instead be willing to tailor their lifestyles to fit the environment or live in an area more suitable to their needs. roy THE VOICE OF NORTH AND WEST VANCOUVER . WEONESDAY * FRIDAY 41139 Lonsdale Ave. North Vancouver, B.C. V7M 2H4 SUNDAY 58.489 (average. Wednesday Friday & Sunday) 980-0511 §86-6222 985-2131 986-1337 986-1337 Display Advertising Classified Advertising Newsroom Distribution Subscriptions North Shore at A DIS (ese oF Fr] 27 sm gas, SO] WELFARE RECITENTS, 11248 SCHOO TEXEOUKS, | WERE Se OBR ent of truth looms for love-hate bandshelil theless, plus a night in Victoria, for a bargain price of only $99.95. The charter tour tab includes your theatre seat, bus-ferry transporta- tion, overnight hotel accommoda- tion and a champagne reception to WHATEVER HAPPENED to that controversial bandshell pro- ject planned for Ambleside Park and vigorously promoted earlier this year by Jim MacCarthy’s an- niversary committee as the ‘Jegacy’? monument to West Van’s 75th oirthday? Not a single squeak of further official publicity has been heard since June. Bandshell opponents (who number more than a few) are now gleefully rumor-mongering that the whole thing’s dead, but they’d better not start popping the champagne corks before Nov. 2. That’s the date set for the anniver- sary committee to report to council on its baby’s state of health. JIM MacCARTHY...'‘The money? ee eae RAM a rad rare As far as planning, design and building permit formalities are concerned, the infant’s in great shape, according to Jim MacCar- thy, with everything approved and “ready to go’’. Everything, that is, except for one familiar little pro- blem -—- MONEY. Back in the spring, after kicking off with a $100,000 birthday gift from Victoria and $26,000 raised at a TV auction, the committee started beating the bushes for bucks to cover the remaining cost of the $600,000-plus project from major corporate donors — from whoni Jim claimed at that time to already have around $200,000 in pledges. Four months later he ad- mitted Wednesday that they’re still beating. Meanwhile, council, quite rightly, is so far refusing to con- tribute any taxpayer dollars to the project. There'll be no go-ahead from city hall without an assurance that the bill can be paid without taking one cent out of the public purse. **We've every expectation of sat- isfying council (that the funds are there) on Nov. 2,"" says Jim brave- ly. But asked exactly how much of the $600,000-plus tab the commit- tee still has to nail down, he replied with a firm ‘‘no com- ment’’, So bandshell lovers and haters alike will have to wait anocher couple of weeks for the moment of truth. And maybe much longer than that for ANY physical monument to their 75th birthday bash. CANADA’S FAVORITE political satire -- the ‘Royal Canadian Air Farce’ which includes North Van star Dave Broadfoot — is staging a benefit performance Thursday, Nov. 5, to raise funds for the Big Brothers and Sisters of Greater Vancouver. The not-so-good news is that if takes place in the Royal Theatre, Victoria. The very good news is that North Shore ‘Air “Fatce”. faris"Cansenjov ity’ seéver- "+" ‘founding, -’-"- meet your favorite ‘Air Farce’ characters: Renfrew, of the Mounted, the MP for Kicking Horse Pass and hockey hero Big Bobby Clobber. For info and res- ervations call 434-1411 — and bet- ter not leave it too late! *ke WRAP-UP: Congrats {to Jac- queline Schneider, second-year retail management studcat at Cap College, on winning the Mary Anne Yzermann Memorial Citi- zenship Award — created in honor of the first-year student who died in a boating accident on Ruby Lake five years ago Those curious about where their tax money goes will be interested to learn that $8,000 of it went — via a Canada Council grant — to Cap College fine arts instructor Josephine Junpie to conduct research on a 1516 painting by Sebastion del Piombo entitled Cardinal Bandinclio Sauli and Three Companions, now in the DEAN ores TIMOTHY cultural Publisher. . Managing Editor Associate Editor... . Advertising Director..... Linda Stewart Peter Speck Barrett Fisher JNoei Wright Entire contents < 1987 North Shore Free Press Ltd. Ail rights reserved. FE ADO URTRTD Umar RAVES