J Land. Ah, Ss of a B.C. si summer. +. Lying Jom the: beach listening to the happy sounds of Children. all the while‘soaking up the rays of our liquid sunshine. - Elsewhere'in our great province we have John Reynolds calling the media “buffoons” _because of their response to the budget while - the press takes great delight in taking shots at the Socreds — Reynolds included. _As.-the. labor unions threaten damnation and horrors upon the government, said‘ ‘government continues to chop with a vigor mot seen since the good old days at the Tower of London. Mothers with children in hand walk - - pleasantly through our streets wearing T- _ shirts -with Bill Bennett caricatured to look like ‘Hitler. Elsewhere the Gay and Lesbian communities gear up for their big parade and fun day. - . _ Out-at the University of British Columbia theWorld: Council of Churches complete with major religious leaders from around the world, including the Archibishop of Canter- bury, are advocating revolution while the Fundamentalists led by Ian Paisley and his horrific brand of bigotry and hatred claim the WCC are Satanic. -_ Meanwhile, high atop Grouse Mountain, the resort company sits Bunyanesque- like sharpening their axe while eyeing the stands of timber below, which are infested by little environmentalists flitting from trunk to trunk tapping | away with hammers and nails in pro- hols are, _Funning out of money, | and the is. more elusive than.Greta Garbo. Just another pleasant summer in Lotus ty Good news ; When the annual PNE parade gets under- -way August 20, the person who will be the Parade Marshall should get an extra cheer. RCMP corporal Robert Teather of Surrey holds the Cross of Valor for having saved the lives of two fishermen when their boat sank almost two years ago. Corporal Teather’'s unselfish bravery should help remind us that in spite of what we often see and read, there are good things and good people all around f sunday news north shore news 1139 Lonsdate Ave., North Vancouver, 8.C. V7M 2H4 980-0511 986-6222 985-2131 986-1337 Display Advertising Classified Advertising Newsroom Circulation Publisher Peter Speck Associate Publisher Robert Graham Peraonne!l Director Mra. Barn Hilliard Editor4n-chiet Noel Wright Advertising Director Tim Francis Classified Director Isabelle Jennings Circulation Director Bnan A Ells Production Director Office Manager Photography Manager Chris Johnson Donna Grandy Terry Peters North Shore News, founded in 1969 an an independent community newspaper and quatified under Schedule ll Par ttl Paragraph tl of the Excise Tax Act is published each Wednesday and Sunday by North Shore Free Preas Ltd and distributed to every door en the North Shore Second Class Mail Registration Number 3886 Entire contents 1982 North Shore Free Press Lid. All rights reserved. Subscriptions. North and Wost Vancouver $25 per year Mailing raten availiable on request No ragponsibiity accepted tor unsolicited maternal inctuding manuscnpts and picturos which should be accompamed by a 6tampod mMidressed envelope VERIFIED CIRCULATION 54.460 Wednesday, 64,278 Sunday ny SIN" om me THIS PAPER IS RECYCLABLE By CURRIE GRASS THE AGE of the eighties seems to be filled with constant social pressures with many people becoming alienated from the rest of the populace because of circum- stances beyond their control either through un- employment or lack of economic resources. This feeling of alienation begins to take hold as they become aware that they cannot participate in social or recreational activities like many others due to their ever increasing financial dilemma. Because of this, many members of society are experiencing what a friend of mine refers to as dead time, time that is not filled by useful activity either in recreational, social, or occupational activities. One of the groups that is being affected heavily by this situation is the teenager. Teenagers today live in a world that cannot guarantee them employment when they finish their education. The frustration of what to become in order to do something useful with ones life is an every increasing question. Because of economic conditions many kids do not have the finances to become involved in positive recreational ac- tivities such as_ skiing. skating, hockey, movies. Boredom becomes one of the major social menaces. Some adolescents start trying to fill this dead time Honest, it’s not all bad By W. ROGER WORTH WITH DEPRESSING news about everything from = un- employment to bankruptcies cluttering our daily lives, it is perhaps time to reiterate just how fantastically lucky we Canadians really are First, let's consider basics Food Thanks to our hardworking farmers and fishermen, the country has no shortage of foodstuffs. What's more, the prices (compared to most other countries) are among the lowest in the world. The Japanese, for exam- ple. spend about 40 per cent of take home pay on food products, and the West Ger- mans about) WOO per cent Canadians Jay out a lowly 22 per cent, which ts not bad at all Energy We may com plain about the high price of ou gas and electricity, but at least we have an adequate supply tn fact Canada ts the now # net exporter of energy Shelter Canadians are among the best housed peo ple in the world and com pared to people in other na tions, the cost ts reasonable One need only consider the tiny size Of apartments in Japan or even kurope to understand how well off we arc Wealth - On a per capita basis Canadians are among the wealthiest people anywhere We have sach an with anti-social behaviour or, even more drastic, social and economic pressures transmitted through parents and others become so over- powering that increasing numbers of young people attempt suicide to try to escape the crisis that seems to have developed. In the past, task -forces have recognized that both services and programs are needed that appeal _ to teenagers on the North Shore. b In the summer of 1982 Lynnmour Community School, together with Ron Andrews Pool, combined resources and hired a young - named ZoAnn_ woman Morten to work as an outreach worker to try and contact teenagers and begin positive activities. Many teenagers gathered on street corners and in the local cemetery creating mischief at a variety “ of levels. Throaghout the summer ZoAnn talked and en- couraged teens’to come out -to the program that was to begin in the fall. Very gradually the trust grew and these young people began to come to Lynnmour Com- ‘munity School Teen Centre. A program that started out . With four kids now has forty- three on the register. The program was started as a Friday evening drop-in which enabled teenagers from the Lynnmour- Seymour area to play volleyball or other sports, watch movies or talk over Situations that were bothering them. Since that ,time . the _proencouraged "teens to come out to the program that was to begin in “It’s a foolproof system. Computer A blames its mistakes on computer B which blames computer C, which blames abundance ol land, water, minerals and other resources that people in other coun- tries have difficulty understanding why we have't developed them to a greater degree. Sapport Systems - Through such programs as Noel Wright on vacation unemployment insurance and social assistance Cana dians are guaranteed: that they won't starve and that they will have a roof over their heads Medical care and education ts availiable to all, and virtually anyone can receive oa ouniversity or techmcal school education at bargain basement prices The support system may not be as claborate as some would like, but tt surely pro vides all needy Canadians with the basic necessities Lilestyle With a relative: ly low crime rate and few racial problems, Canadians live in a peaceful environ. ment that impresses most visitors to the country. In ad dition we have a democrat system of goverment that provides the freedoms denied to a great proportion of the world's population. Canadians, it seems, are introspective. We complain about our seemingly horren- dous day-to-day problems, giving little thought to the the fall. Very gradually the al trust grew and these young people began to come to Lynnmour Community School Teen Centre. A program that . started out with four kids now has forty- three on the register. The program: was started as a Friday evening ‘drop-in which enabled ‘teenagers from the Lynnmour- Seymour area to play volleyball or other sports, watch.‘movies or ‘talk over Situations that were bothering them. Since that time the -program has ex- panded. to include Tuesday evening as well as Friday with a second person added to the staff. ~ Several new dimensions have taken place in the lives of these young people. They are involved in community service at Lynnmour School; have placed second in an area ball hockey tour- nament; and generally, have set very positive courses of action for themselves. Adults seem to have an uncomfortable feeling around teenagers; that, for the most part, is one of the main reasons for the communication gap. It is only fair to say that this same feeling seems to be felt by teenagers regarding adults. The feelings felt by both groups are the main reason that many of our young people become totally alienated from the rest of the community. Currie Grass ts the co- ordinator of the Lyammour Community School. , + hundreds of millions of peo- ple who go to bed hungry. So perhaps, it is again time to take stock. No matter what the news headlines may suggest, Canadians are very well off indeed. Where's my teeth? IT WAS LATE at night when the lady phoned the Iona Sewage Treat- ment Plant and said she had accidentally drop- ped a ring into the toilet and could the men working at the plant keep an eye open for it. lt was o mice ring, she said, plaunum with = dtamonds Worth about $15,000 It was never found It could in fact sal be in the Vancouver sewer system, having never made it to the plant A osixnfoot) King | snake made it once. Probably so- meone’s pet that died and was unceremoniously dumped into” the sewer When tt surfaced at Jona the worker who found wt acarly had a heart attack He called for help and someone clse removed it. It was sent to a lab for identification. The lona plant ts located near the mouth of the North Arm of the Fraser River and By BUD ELSIE is operated by the Greater Vancouver Regional Distnet. It is one of four GVRD treatment plants. Workers at Iona don’t get as many calls as they used to asking if, by chance, they have recovered ttems flush- ed down the toilet by mistake But they still get some They've had calls about false teeth “If they could see what things look like after they've been in the sewer for a few days | don't think they would want them back.” says Larry Tenney, supervisor of opera- tions at lona, Birth certificates are a fairly common sighting at the plant So are credit cards Moncey. both paper and coins, used to be seen fre quently but since the plant's method of operation was changed a couple of years ago its recovery has become rare