i v A6 | Sunday News, October 18, 1981 4 ly ‘from ‘the foot of: Wath: ‘Stree suitable location appears to be a testhook example of bureaucratic inertia. It's not the fault of the municipality which first announced plans for the relocation almost three years ago and, at that time, had more. than one alternative West Van site in mind.” Then, the provincial government’ Ss Urban Transit Authority stepped in. As overseer of Lower Mainland transit, the UTA decided to look into the possiblility of a bus garage that could accommodate not only the West: Van Blue Buses but also -certain vehicles of the Metro Transit Operating Company serving North Van- couver. So West Van's plans were put on. hold. ' There's nothing wrong with the UTA idea itself. But there’s a lot wrong with the un- conscionable time the UTA study — ap- parently still not completed — is taking. In elocatic = (around, a. million: dollars) has bee inthe UTA budget since 1979. --Meanwhile, “West Van municipality is unde “pressure from’ three. sources. The “Workers ‘Compensation Board and the Transit’ Employees Union are: hammering away.at the unsafe and unsanitary conditions of the present depot — where inspection pits, for example, are said to be in danger of collapsing.. And West Van citizens are axing impatient over the. delay ‘in' cleaning ‘up: Ambleside village and launching the- Heritage Square project planned for the waterfront site, It’s time to take an electric prod to the dozing bureaucrats in Victoria. Spot question A postal rate hike to 30 cents is all the new Canada Post Corporation, which was of- ficially born Friday, can promise us during its first year of life. After that, CPC president Michael Warren hopes for a steady improve- ment in mail service. It sounds a safe bet insofar as mail service today has nowhere to go but up. But it doesn’t answer one other question: can the leopard change its spots? 1139 Lonsdale Ave. North Vancouver, 8.C. narth shore V7M 2H4 (604) 985-2131 ADVERTISING NEWS 080-0514 CLASSIFIED 985-2131 986-6222 CIRCULATION 6-022 986-1337 Publisher Peter Speck Associate Publisher Editor-in-Chief Advertising Oirector Robert Graham Noel Wright Eric Cardwell Managing Editor News Editor Andy Fraser Chris Lioyd General Manager Creative Administration Director Berni Hilliard Tim Francis Production Director Photography Rick Stonehouse Ellsworth Dickson Accounting Supervisor Circulation Director Purchaser Barbata Keen Brian A Ellis Faye McCree North Shore News, founded in 19069 as an independent community Newspaper and qualified under Schedule th Part lt Paragraph tl of the Excise Tan Act on putlahed each Wednesday and Sunday by North Shore Free Press Lid and datributed to overy door on the North Shore Second Class Mail Registration Number 3685 Subscriptions $20 per year Entire contents ‘ 1901 North Shore Free Preas Lid All rights reserved No feaponsibility accepted lor unsotuited omatenal inctuding Manuocaiote and oe turoe whieh ahowld De accompaniod by w slamped AAS esned ONVval- pe VERIFIED CIRCULATION 53,349 Wednesday. 62,646 Sunday SN" THIS PAPER IS RECYCLABLE ‘placed on any civilian “One of: the tasks to be performed by-‘Parliament ‘in ’ the session which begins. this month is the examination of proposals for the creation of a. civilian security force, as recommended by the McDonald Royal Com- mission, ' The commission wants a fairly complex set of checks security force, so that the minister responsible, an all- party. committee of Parliament and a_ quasi- judicial body, will all ‘be able to ensure that the actions of the new Canadian secret service are conducted only in the. interests of Canada’s _ security. There must be no political hanky-panky with the proposed secret service; nothing even remotely resembling the political stuff ‘which went on during the 1970 Quebec crisis. In principle, the govern- ment agrees there should be effective checks and balances on the new security force, but in practice, the legislation which will soon come before Parlianient may give such a goal only lip service. Solicitor General Robert BROTHER'S KEEPER: It was the kind of story that restores your faith in human nature if you happen, temporarily, to have mislaid it — and it took place at 30,000 ft. while West Van's Ross ireland was flying back recently from Los Angeles. Ross, who is PR director for Western Airlines, found himself seated next to a chatty and somewhat inquisitive gentleman who was curious toknow what his flight companion did to carn his daily bread. Ross, it seems, doesn't like to be too explicit about his exact job when talking to company passengers, so he fended off the inquiries with vague rephes like “marketing” and “the transporation — field” Finally, he manged to switch the conversation to his extra curricular activities and waxed cathusiastic over the Big Brothers, of which he ts a director The neat thing he knew bis companion produced a cheque book wrote in tt and handed tum a chaque $1,000 made out to BB inquisitive geniteman cr plaincd that) he was an immigrant from Europe who had done well an his adopted country and wanted to pay something back to it) AUD of which goes to show what a for The be trusted with the civil” liberties of Canadians. This is not one of them. The public record and the private reports of performance around the Trudeau cabinet table leads anyone who is at all concerned to. demand @ every possible safeguard, — check, and balance on what government does in private. The thought of a security force — which Canada needs sunday brunch by Noel Wright contagious thing helping other people can be... More in the same vein happens tonight (Sunday, October 18) at 7 p.m. in the West Van Seniors Centre where Eddie Shear is staging his first sing-along -for mature moms and other members of the Geritol generation. Eddie conceived the idea during his carlier job entertaining Cruise passengers on the Princess Line’s “Love Boat” of TV fame and -- now scttled tn West Van -- has linked it with his) favorite charity, multiple sclerosis “Sing Something Simple” ts billed as a fun hour of old songs, memorics and sweet nostalgia, with healthy exercise for the lungs thrown in, and if the idea works out, Eddie plans to put on repeat performances once a month or so) Tickets are $3 (how about ireating Mom or Dad, you Martini Mountain types?) and all proceeds after expenses go to the MS Society of Canadas oe Saloon the good deeds beat, Etta Mulholland of the North Van Legion. Branch 1146. has some beautiful wreaths, sprays and crosses available for those who like to mark Remembrance Day (Nov. 11) by laying a floral tribute on the North Van cenotaph. All proceeds -— like those of the Poppy Campaign, of which Etta is secretary — go to veterans’ welfare and if you're not able to deliver the tribute in person on the day, a Legion member will place it for you during the 11 a.m. ceremonies in Victoria Park. Prices range from $10 to $35 and you can order by calling 985-1115 or 985-3225. Everett Miller's all-black female feline knows her way around when it comes to cating out -- but nobody has yet figured how. The cat turned up at Pat's Restaurant on 13th in West Van three and a half years ago when Everett, former cxec. chef at the Bayshore, took the place over. Everett sent her to the local pet hospital for a check-up and from there she was driven up to his Glenmore home They kept a careful oye on her for a week before letting her roam a fitthe, whereupon = she promptly disappeared The very next’ morning. when Everctt arrived at the restaurant, there was the cat waiting to greet him. And there, watching the passing world between meals from her bench, she’s been ever since - convinced that a good dinder is always worth walking the extra mile. But how on carth she made it from Glenmore to 13th remains “PATTY'S” secret... sn © SCRATCHPAD: Enjoy an evening of story-telling 7:30 p.m. tomorrow (Oct. 19) at St. David's, West Van, with Melvyn Rainy, UBC prof. and raconteur Cx- traordinaire... Separatist chicftain Elmer Kuautson, leader of West-Fed, invades the North Shore Oct. 29 with a rally at West Van Secondary... Congrats to West Van Band alumnus Robert Sheffield, naamed principal clarinetist of the London, Ont. Symphony Orchestra... Get-well wishes to West Van Legionnaire Doug Cartwright, now back from hospital... Happy 10th birthday to the whaler hunters -- this Sunday having been proclaimed Green- peace Day... And an unashamed plug for Mc- Donald's for supplying (with Hallowcen gift’ certificate purchases) free reflective discs which the kids can pin to their clothing on witch 'n goblin night WRIGHT OR WRONG: Memory is that tiresome thing that reminds you of what you forgot to do.