FASCNATING USE

OF PLAD ViNVL...1D
“SAY AT LEAST
$210,000.

Stella Jo Dean had it right when she.
said’ the time. to move ahead with :.

Lower Lonsdale revitalization is now. —

Dean made the comment at a June 26—

~ foram organized | to gather.input on future
plans. for the city’s historical heart.. And
‘that heart, as has oft been repeated ‘at city
council meetings over the. past decade, is in

need of a gocd. old-fashioned valve job

and arterial overhaul, |

“At this point, Lower Lonsdale abounds

with. possibilities: it has'a strong historical
_ character, a, vital . commiercial-industrial
’ setting, direct transit ‘connection: ‘to Van-

eouver. City via. the SeaBus and great har-

; . bor views. et :

“But it also. abounds with much dithering

‘and resistance to change...

For example,’ the: inspired idea, of run-

ane Yumi ne ious

| THAT 6! oe
cuss AROND — || PLUGGED NICKEL FOR
212, 000. | ier

nirg a. Lonsdale Avenue trolley-car up and”

down the city’s main street to transport

tourists and area shoppers to and from its

various commercial areas has been kicked
around so often that it is in danger of be-
ing. kicked to death. Lower Lonsdale has
also been identified as a possible site for
another cruise ship terminal in .Van-

‘couver’s harbor. The entire North Shore

should be lobbying hard for what could be
a local commercial bonanza for the whole
area.

The June 26 forum also drew such sug-

‘gestions as establishing a museum im one
-of the vacant Versatile Pacific Shipyards
buildings and creating more parks, more

cultural facilities, and most of all, more life
— without which, North Vancouver City’s
heart will soon cease to beat fur good.

NEWS QUOTES OF THE WEEK

“Ftell them they should be out-
side tearning to swim.”

‘West Vancouver bookstore

-, owner David Moon, on what he .

‘ tells kids looking for Playboy
magazines in his bookstore. (From
a-july 7 News feature on anti-
quarian bookstores.)

. “They were bars with drunk men.
_ It just wasn't the atmosphere for
‘a fashion show.”
West Vancouver model Britt
Bryan, describing a modelling trip

to China. (From a July 2 News
Story.)

‘‘We now have more patches than
we do street.”’

North Vancouver District resi-
dent Weldor:. Congdon, question-
ing district council’s approval of
major capital projects in the
municipality when local streets are
in rough shape. (From a.July 2
News story.)

“Somehow we have to step back:

and de-centralize from the big ci-

ty. We have to be able to walk to
our stores again and talk to our
neighbors over the fence.”’

North Shore architect. Karen
Kallweit, on creating more livable

cities and more flexibie work

places. (From the July 7 News
Spotlight.)

“If TI had to work with 2 bored

- staff, I'd go bonkers.”
North Shore shop owner Sherri,

Lightheart, on staff motivation.
(From a July 4 News story.)

BY WAY of light relief for 2 moment from local, provin-
cial and national miseries, let us glance at The State of
World Population, 1993 — a United Nations report

released last week.

A fascinating document con-
taining not a single happy
thought. But if, like me, you
believe <here’s no pollution prob-
lem — only a PEOPLE problem
— this latest UN study is required
reading. Especially if you area
blockading tree-hugger or other
species of enviro-guerrilla.

Pollution and all forms of en-
vironmental rape are by-products
of economic growth. And what's
the sole cause of economic
growth? Why, more and more
people demanding more and more
from Mother Earth.

They’re on their way, according
to the UN, in chilling numbers. -

This year the planet’s popula-
tion will hit about 5.6 billion —
approximately one billion more
than in 1983. From 1995 onward
it’s expected to grew by roughly
98 million a year, 95% of the in-
crease coming from the Third
World. Just 32 years from now
Asia alone will have 4.9 billion
people —— equal to the entire 1986
world population.

Adding the equivalent of. ;
China’s present population every
decade or so against a declining
death rate, the world total is
predicted to continue rising for
another 155 years — until it final-
ly levels off around AD 2150 at
some 11.6 billion. /

Also stressed in the UN report.
is people’s unprecedented mobility
today, with refugees and migrants

leaving their homelands ona scale ..

never before known. An estimated —
100 million now live outside their
native country — inchiding 7

«million official refugees and

another 20 million fleeing vio-
lence, drought or environmental. '
destruction. Q é a
And contrary to some popular
beliefs, ‘‘refugees in the 1990s are
overwhelmingly in Asia, Africa

: and Latin America,”’ says the
_Feport. It’s still. Third World

countries which feed and shelter
the great majority of refugees and .
other migrants. But that may
change, the UN warns, with rich -
countries likely to face “an un-"
controllable tide of people” from
the Third World in the none too -
distant future. :
The report tries to offer a few:
crumbs of comfort with platitudes
about slowing the birthrate,
stimulating economies and im-

HITHER AND. YON

proving health and education... 4
But, hardly surprisingly, it pro-
vides little by way of detailed...
practical proposals, Who « on Earth ;
‘can? ;

In fact, | the only upside to this.
sombre preview of the brave new.
world looming in the 2ist century .
is that it’s at least preferable to’:
being hit by the reality without ..
due warning.: Meanwhile, one hae
to wonder how that plan to palo
nize Mars is coming along.:

Aside from all this, have a very. ,
nice weekend!

@ a0
WRAP-UP: West Van's Harmony
Arts Festival, Aug. 9-15, still: (02,

_ needs volunteers. For those inter

ested, registration forms are. |:
available at the Ferry Building,
14th and Argyle, or call 926-25

or 925-3605. ... Summer camp, for
asthmatic chifdren aged nine to. 13 -
is being held Aug. 15-21 at Camp -

‘Luther, Hatzic Lake, Mission —_

* details from the B.C. Lang a
Association, 731-4961. :.. A Cor

. rection to our July 4 item seeking

‘volunteer drivers for seniors’ *.
evening meals — NOW provided ..
by North Shore Home Sappert"
Services Society. Call them at |
984-9521 if you can help. ... ‘And.
“give the gift of life’? again Mon:

‘day and Tuesday, July 12-13, at: ws
: the.Lions Gate Hospital blood ~

donor clinics, 2:30-8 p.m. each.

day.

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