THE VOICE OF NORTH AND WEST VANCOUVER WEDNESDAY cloudy with showers THURSDAY cloudy with showers Point Atkinson Wednesday .Professional days cancelled in 1984 **PUNISHMENT’”’ DISCIPLINARY action, retri- bution, or just a slap on the wrist?’’ By BILL BELL Those were the words ban- died about by West Vancou- ver school trustees Monday night to describe its decision to cancel all teacher profes- sional days between January and June 1984. The trustees would make the professional days into instructional days in hopes of regaining the three days the district lost to teacher political yob action. Trustee Michael Smith was furious with the teachers’ ac tion during the withdrawal of services and in particular with the West Vancouver Teacher Association (WVTA) executive “We tned to meet with the WVTA executive and = we were told that nothing could be done on the local level J don't know if we want Co get too close tot he WV TA or we will get poked tn the cye with a picket,”’ Smith said ‘*Whale other districts were meeting their teachers in North Vancouver and Co- quitlam, we were shut out in West Vancouver . . . political protest is not acceptable here in West Vancouver, the teachers must realize that we are a community that will always come down on the side of law and order."' Although all of the trustees agreed that something should be done to regain the instruc- tional days, trustee Frank McDowell and Dawn Sikula both felt that cancelling the professional days ways ‘‘premature ’ **The Ministry of Education and The BC Teachers’ Federation and the B ¢ School Trustees Association are meeting to discuss this issue, we should wait) tor some directives,” McDowell said However, (trustee Margot Furk told the board that ut should be prepared to ‘go our own way **We must act in the best interest of the children, notin the best interest of the statt Furk said Masked thief gets briefcase THE MANAGER of Park Royal restaurant was strip. ped of his briefcase by a masked thief late Friday The man was walking to his cas in the Park Royal parking lot at about 10:30 p.m Friday when he was ap proached by a lone male. his features covered by a dark balaclava No weapon was produced but police say the man threatened violence untess the manager handed over the briefcase, which contained only business papers The suspect is described as being in his 20s, of medium build, and about five feet. eight inches tall. The robbery is still under: investigation.