Dear Editor: The rejection of the proposed youth dance club showed a clear lack of leadership on the part of North Vancouver City Council. Falling to the pressure of NIMBY frem some local car dealerships, the majority of council decided, in what I consider to be a lack of foresight, that “‘youtk oad autos don’t mix.”’ This decision came after the businessman had addressed all concezns caised by council with Tespect (o age, security, and hours of operation. I would have to question why we let 16-year-olds drive or hold a job if they are deemed to be so ir- responsible. After months of discussion, consultation, and consensus build- ing amongst the leaders and ex- perts of the entire North Shore and West Vancouver community, the first proposal for something that the youth themselves express- ed a keen desire for, a club where they can go and listen to music and just generally ‘thang out,’ Teen club should be Dear Editor: Once again the mayor and council of North Vancouver City have managed to astound taxpayers with the amazing about-face on the youth club issue. After a year of deliberations, council managed to form a youth committee which, in conjunction with other organizations, came up with a perfectly reasonable and sensible solution to what is con- ceived as a youth problem. We don’t have a youth prob- lem. What we have is hundreds of under age teenagers who need a place to congregate and have fun. If adults were restricted in our social activities as the teens are, we would be screaming blue murder. Certainly there is a problem of supervision just like there is in adult clubs. That doesn’t stop the adults getting social outlets, and the proposal put before council seemed to more than adequately address that problem. As for the response of the businesses in the area. Where do they expect a youth club to go? — in a residential area, or in some other business area? Instead of Thanks for Dear Editor: Thank you for publishing Paul St. Pierre’s article entitled: ‘You are not yet the centre of the uni- verse.”’ I was very pleased with this ar- ticle -—- refreshed, encouraged. Mr. St. Pierre makes three signifi- cant comments to graduates of high school which vibrated through my very being: First, **We gave your care over to tele- vision which has proven to be the one unmitigated disaster of this century.” And, ‘‘We failed to strengthen your moral fibre,’’ and thirdly, ‘‘we starved you spiritual- I have been so distressed with the destruction of Canadian young people (I have three youngsters), that this article surely points to the problem. A hearty thank you to Paul St. Pierre and to the North Shore a EEEEnentaemed MAILBOX City council taking backwards step has been turned down. We have left our youth with no alternative but to continue to ‘hang out" where we don't want them to. I can only express extreme disappointment that we think so little of the youths in our coza- munity. Most are law abiding citi- zens who play sports, clean their rooms, go to university or high school, and obey the rules and guidelines established by their parents. Not only did city council turn down this potentially viable activi- ty place at no cost to our tax- payers, but the very next week they also turned down a position of Youth Services Worker which was to be joint between the district and city municipalities. This person would have played both a co-ordinator and advocacy role for issues relating to youth and youth services. A need clearly lacking from any levels of gov- ernment at this time. The District approved the Youth Worker posi- tion. What was also turned down was decision reviewed blocking the project they should be morally and financially sup- porting it. Our teenagers deserve more than this response. We should be proud of the great majority of them rather than the negative at- titude of our council and certain businesses. I have raised several teenagers and have one at home. | have seven years as a policeman so I arm well aware of the problems, and have 12 years as a recreation administrator and have organized several youth clubs. I have also organized and supervised close to 100 teen dances over the years. So tell me about the problems. If the ostriches were to get their heads out of the sand, I um sure they would reconsider. i’m sure if they took a more positive attitude, responsible adults such as myself could be relied upon to give ad- vice, assistance and moral support for this project. How about it mayor and coun- cil, do you act, or deliberate for another year, or until a real crisis emerges? Maurice Farn North Vancouver grad article News for printing the article. C. Peters Bowen Island DR. DOUGLAS ALDERSON, Chiropractor wishes to an- f nounce that DR. DIANE FORBES, Chiropractor will be joining him in practice as an associate in his office located : 1372 Marine Drive North Vancouver, B.C. V7P 114 Phone 985-0461 The office hours are: Dr. Alderson Monday 7:30am - 5:30pm Tuesday-Friday 7:30am - 2:00pm Dr. Forbes Tuesday-Friday 2:30pm - 8:30pm Saturday 7:30am - 5:30pm New patients are welcome. Accepted by MSP ICBC, WCB claims accepted a youth services committee which was to be North Shore-wide in- cluding a co-operative link with West Vancouver through joint meetings. It was seen as a “significant advance in the plan- ning for the delivery of youth ser- vices in North Vancouver.”’ The district approved this committee. Talk about a slap in the face to the youth of our community who had been involved with the com- mittees recommending these ac- tions. To top it off, some members tried to refer the issues of u youth worker and youth committee to the Social Advisory Committec recently approved by city council. While this committee is another WV needs waterfront Dear Editor: West Vancouver citizens have every right to protest when the municipality gives public beach areas to residents. However, the real villain in this regard is Crown Lands in Vic- toria and its office in Burnaby, to whom waterfront: property owners can apply to be granted extensions to their property on the grounds of accretion or revision of natural boundaries. This results in picnic, fishing Wecnesday. August 21. major step forward for the city to deai with granis and general social issues, the members of the com- mittee are not even appointed at this time. To refer recommenda- tions from a specialist: committee to a generalist committee is not only 2 waste of time and an insult to all the experts that contrived the recommendations, it is the ultimate in bureaucratic detain- ment and red tape. !, along with many others, am very disheartened about the backwards step city council has taken on the youth proposals set out and defeated. Barbara Sharp Alderman North Vancouver City Council to change policies and beach areas being taken away from the public without any consultation of West Van- couver citizens and nearly aiways without reference to the West Vancouver Parks Board. It is time West Vancouver council acted to have all this loss of public waterfront prop- erty by Crown Lands over the fast five years reviewed and reversed. John S. Catchpole West Vancouver DRAPERIES BY S. 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