A6 - Sunday, January 15, 1984, - North Shore News Market probe The popularity of Granville Market among North Shore residents suggests that many of them would greet the similar development proposed for the foot of Pemberton as a very worthwhile addition to ouy own waterfront. The proposal — on which North Van District will shortly hold a public hearing — calls for a ‘‘fisherman’s wharf’’ complex (including a commercial fishing moorage and fish market), a waterfront restaurant and a Granville Island-style public market. So far, few objections have been voiced to the fisherman’s wharf and restaurant. But local health officials, backed by a minority on council, are opposing the public market por- tion of the plan because of alleged air pollu- tion problems from the nearby Fibreco chip loading plant. They say it generates more dust than a sawmill — threatening eye irritation, allergic reactions and ventilation problems on food premises. Health concerns obviously demand serious consideration. At the same time, however, the lay public is entitled to make quite sure — by intelligent probing at the public hearing — that the objections are indeed valid. Why, for’ example, wouldn’t the fish market and restaurant, and their patrons, be just as endangered as the public market? If air pollution is that bad, should ANY form of commercial activity be allowed on the site? What about the Granville Market’s neighbor- ing cement depot? Do local merchants fear competition from a public market? It would be a pity to lose such an attractive amenity by failing to press for answers to commonsense questions. Countdown T-Day must be rapidly approaching at last. Chief Electoral Officer Jean-Marc Hamel has sent a team across Canada to brief 282 local returning officers for a general election. They’ve started building an indoor swimming poo! at Pierre T.’s Montreal retirement man- sion. All we need now is a news flash about John T. seen lunching in a dark corner of the Timber Club with Ilona Campagnolo, and we're on our way! FONG VONCE OF SONTTN Are WEST VANCOWER sunday ee north shore news Display Advertising Classified Advertising Nowsroom 980-0511 086-6222 985-2131 986. 1337 980-7081 Circulation Subscriptions 1139 Lonadaie Ave... North Vancouver, BC V7M 2H4 Publisher Peter Speck Editor-in-Chiet Nowol Wrigtt! Associate Publisher Advertising Director Robert (aatann Tires borers Personne! Director fSerrene bate Classified Otrector: teaaboeetder desevenitags, G)rcutation Director byt Me Caowe: Production Otrector Ctyrin JOP were Olfice Manager Photography Manager (crete Cataseaady Terry Peters North Snore News nied TVET Me tap dag ners cpr ted cprreabelvescd sore de HO AD er Hr derp reer tOA co creheemacity se frerctde HE Ra TE Parca ag Cb ot the Pcine Fae Alt oc prablintoent ean! 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One who survived, after suffering severe injuries and subsequently spending a small fortune on _ plastic surgery,was Kinuko Laskey, who experienced the world’s first nuclear holocaust as a 16-year-old mnurse.in a Hiroshima hospital. Later she married a Canadian soldier, Dave Laskey, and thereafter devoted much of her life to helping other vic- tims of Hiroshima and Naga- saki cope with their physical and mental problems — in re- cent years.as founder of the Canadian Society of Atomic Bomb Survivors. Next Friday (Jan. 20) in West Vancouver she will tell it like it was with a showing of the film The Prophesy, a documentary of the Hiro- shima and Nagasaki blasts made Shortly afterwards by the American forces. The footage was classified top secret by the U.S. for 35 years and its a unique histort- cal record of the devastation that actually took place, a claim that last’ year’s TV spectacular, The Day After, couldn’t make. Kinuko feels the film can help educate the public on the effects — and the futihty — of nuclear war without taking sides. Her presentation 1s be- ing sponsored by the North Shore Unitarian Church and takes place at the church, 370 Mathers Avenue, West Van, at 7°30 p.m. Hardly an even. ing of light) entertainment But for would-be survivors of 1984, very defimtely not a wasted evening as well as being an opportunity to meet sunday brunch | by Noel Wright a remarkable and courageous woman... * x * That was quite a juggling act that West Van’s Elsie Kir- by had to perform at the re- cent B,C. Heart Foundation conference in Vancouver, 4 % JUGGLING ACT by Elsie Kirby as she displays fund-raising fight against the Number One Killer... * * * West Van’s June Whitaker — who directs and acts in next week’s North Shore pro- duction of Cinderella knows her way around a awards won by the North Shore Unit of the B.C. Heart Foundation. where she needed at least a third hand to cope with the four awards won by the North Shore Heart Fund Unit for which she’s area coordinator. The honors came for excellence of achievement in 1983 fund- raising. Led by Unit presi- dent and fellow West Van- couverite Dorothy Nairne, North Van took first place in the Taylor Trophy (greatest percentage increase Overall) and the Jump Rope for Heart Certificate, while West Van placed third in the Taylor Trophy and the Lee’s Jade and Opal Trophy (highest campaign income per household). In four weeks — February is Heart Month — they'll be back on the job once more and in need of all the volunteers they can find. Call 922-6406 if you can spare a few hours of your time to collect dollars for the LETTER OF THE WEEK stage. Her career has includ- ed playing opposite Dame Anna Neagle in London’s West End, as well as working with such stars as Mickey Rooney, Jane Fonda and Ben Kingsley of Gandhi fame. A show for all the family, Cinderella opens Wednesday (Jan. 18) at the North Van Centennial Theatre and cur- tain time is 7:30 p.m. * * * From North Van Brown Owl Ursula Martin comes an invitation to a very special open house being held by the ist North Van Brownie Pack from 6 to 8 p.m., Jan. 24, in the Lonsdale School library. What’s so special about it? Just that this oldest pack on the North Shore is celebrating its 60th birthday — and they hope all! former Brownies, Leaders and |..A. members will come to their party. * * * SCRATCHPAD: For a mere $150 a plate you can listen ¢o — and question — former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, guest of honor at a World Affairs Dinner Feb. 22 in the Hyatt Regency, sponsored by the Junior League and the Arts, Sciences and Technology Centre .. . Richer by $5,000 is West Van’s Anna Wyman Dance Theatre, thanks to a grant from the du Maurier Council for the Performing Arts .. . New representative of North Van District on the board of directors of the North and West Van ‘Hospital Society is none other than Her Worship Mayor Marilyn Baker... A courtly bow to laywer J.T. Edwards of West Van whose Christmas present from At- torney General Brian Smith was elevation to the rank of Queen’s Counsel . . . Be sure to mark your skis, says North Van RCMP Cst. Rod Booth, who reports 70 thefts of skis to date on Grouse and Seymour. In over eight cases out of 10 the equipment was unmarked . Congrats to the new first v-p of the Cer- tified General Accountants Association of B.C., Helen Knowles of North Van .. The same again to North Van's Richard Foreman, awarded the Graduate Gem- ologist in Residence Diploma by the Gemological Institute .of America — the educa- tional and research centre of the jewelry industry . . . And a last-minute SOS from Beth Lawrence, North Shore coor- dinator of the Kinsmen Mothers’ March, who’s still desperately in need of mar- ching mothers, Jan. 24 to Feb. 1, in Grouse Woods, Cliffridge and Panorama Village. If you can help, call her at 926-8159... x * WRIGHT OR WRONG: Life is still the biggest lottery of all, with one big advantage over 6/49. You don’t have to fly to Winnipeg in mid-winter to collect the jackpot. Quit the liquor business, Bill The B ¢ government, a four square supporter of the free cnterprise demonstrating a system, ots most oun usual approach Coteeluramye the hquor business to market hands free “Test operations are mot the answer CGretling out of the business cotiichy. aside from taxation and super vision mw othe only real answer Putting Iqueoar vabes in the hands of franchised opera tors wilh save taxpayers muilhons Of dollars. not to mention the downsizing of ZOVCENMeCnNE th an can be better chler prise arca that scrved by tree Sale of beer and wine at the Maand Pa corner store devel moaonataral and woh be st CHOETMOUS COOMOrie beacthe to hard pressed srrall tears: ness people Operating capenses of the Rovernment lecgunor | Dasa ss are something the man or woman in the street rarely hears about. It 1s important to note that last year, for cx ample, it cost taxpayers $90 5S mallion. It also cost taxpayers $17.3) millon in working capital advances And if you really want to stretch the rubber band, you can see that we have $3% million tied up in inventories J could go on and on over $10 million tied up in build ings, and another $12 millon tied up in furniture and fix And turcs those are tax payers’ dollars Salaries and wages add up to $44 mualbon a year The Conchusion is that the government pet out of the bustness Completely and can save the laapayers as cna Mous Amount of moncy eniciprise can step im an take over the monster and lft a shoulder buckling bree weight from the taxpayers’ back at absolutely no loss to govern ment coffers Taxes would remain the same. The govern ment would simply get out of the warchousing business, the bquor store business, the land business, and thecfturm ture and fixtures business No yobs would be lost, for the private sector would need people to fill the posts created when a free industry scts up operations. Cahfornia is a perfect cn ample Free enterprise flowers, the state gets its tax dollars, and the system works Taxpayers benetit at both cnds, through reduced govermincnt involvement and through lower prices because of compention even the New Democrats wouldn't, or against that The govcienment has neither the moral nor any Other right to be tn the hauor shouldn' (be business Liquor stores as we know them today were madc for oldline patronage parties, as anyone but a political but toon knows and understands The government should now putas much distance as it can between itself and the sale and distribuuon of alcohol if this dynamic govern ment truly wishes to demon strate leadership in free enter prise the way ts clearly open Another | benefit unde: free enterprise, some 3,500 full and part time govern ment lquor store employees would be forced to stand up and be COuntcd as Courteous clerks and not as snotty close up the store uncivil servants who couldn't care less if the public at large suffers as long as they can impose ther collective will on the silent Mayority Wilham Clance y Vancouver