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% NE'SMALL s step for local s¢ chool

éP amalgamation “on the: North
Sliore..
The NDP government wants to

streamline B.C. education services and

cut operating: costs by reducing the
number of B.C

“current 75 to 37 starting next year. It

would be the ‘first such restructuring
since .1946.. Education Minister. Art
Charbonneau has estimated that school

‘board amalgamation and elimination
_ could: save approximately $50- million
"over the next two school years.

2, school boards from the’.
‘ majority of decided respondents’ ‘polled

BPO ESC RRS ETE. “s0tee wae!

take note., Elimination of overlapping
board bureaucracies is the point of the
amalgamation exercise.

On the North Shore, school districts .

(North Vancouver) and 45 (West

Vancouver) vould be rolled into a single

Nortit Shore school board.
The move, which is supported by a

na recent News survey, will be benefi-

cial to all if the positive aspects of both:

districis are retained and their negatives
are shed in the process. ©

West Vancouver’s fiscal responsibility
and co-operative Jabor. relations skills

SBE PHASES AS RUA M IEE OEE MERLE Bees 1OE SOLE NONE ALS ED IOS LE ESTATE LER SIRE NATE, :

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where budget deficits and a iilitant: a
teachers’ union have obscured the focu
on education values. :

North Vaneotiver’s size and gi ‘owin
student population’ ‘could provide a: in
gle North Skoré school district wi
more political clout. 5. *

But the entrenchment of one: late’
and unwieldy bu eaucracy in the: place:
of. the current two inust be avoided...

Combining - ‘North ‘Shore sche
‘boards will provide: a good. blueprint,
: upon which to base the amalgamation,

Sates & Marketing Ditector.”
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. North Shore municipalities should.

CITIZEN of Winkler, i
Meaitena got bopped cn the
= head by a stray bottle of
"apple juice during the deliri-
" gusly happy VE Day cele-
‘brations in'1945, He iottered

“ground ina daze fir a while
and then fell asleep in‘a ),
hayzick. He woke up just

the other day, 50 years later.

Iwas the first journalist to .
interview the Winkler. resident, —
whose name, you won't be sur-

~ prised to hear, is Rip Van Winkler.

“Quick,” said Rip ce pagerly,. “the
first thing | want.to know is —
who’s leading the NHL?”

“Well,” said 1, “the last-time 1”
looked at the standings, it was the”

lorida’ Pantt

 Rig’said patiently, “No, the
NHI: The National Hockey
League. You know: Montreal,
Teronto, Chicago, Boston, Detroit,
New York?! oe 4

“No, honestly,” | explained, te
“the Panthers. They play in Miami.
They’re well ahead of the Maple

’ Leafs and Canadiens. Really.”

“Rip gave me a funny look. |

“ suspect that what was going _
“™ through his head was: “This guy is
“nuts. But he doesn't look danger-;

ous. Sul, | better humor him.”

-_..fAloud, he chuckled: “Well, I'll
“check myself: Can't wait to hear,..=

Hockey. Night in Canada with *

: Foster Hewitt on the Phitco. o By’ the

LAND THeY AU Towanr
|.WAS DONE SCREWING
. a

Lautens :

"wey, what’ s that funay-looking box
with the window sitting in me Core:

ner?” es
lt struck me ‘that Rip wisn 7

, ready for ‘daytime television. Hell, -

I’m not ready. for.it myself..“Oh,
it’s just another household appli-
ance,” Ltold him: “Rip, you
prepare yourself for a few
changes.” i

“You mean,” he whispered?
“Mackenzie King-isn’t stil prime
minister of Canada?”

“Hmmm,” 1 mused, “you might -

get some argument about thats."
Anyway, there’s been quite a bit of ©:
concern aboui Quebee lately.”

*“E should think so,” Rip said

7 bitterly. “Most.of-‘em sitting at
: ~ home while our goad Prairie boys
went off to war to free’ France, a and ;

. ty?

“are sorely needed in'North Vancouver, -.

spurns | se

Dear Editor: |

cruelly pe

ee

T _ ‘Shiites a are hardly known for or tolerating the Baha'i i Si peuale whe are so
rsecuted in Iran. My next question is: does not the North Shore

already have a mosque and a Baha'i tomple? ;
- But the main question i-wish to address to Councillor Crist i E
do we the general Canadian community sand to benefit’ from ‘the’ erect on

‘Contrary to what Mr. “Crist i

_neighoes hood meeting paces

the ways of Calida,

If some Iranians: Still insist o1

“ing gheto, they should finance’ it

‘upset Quebec! But 1; gues
‘all in the past, eh? Those...’
Quebecers; lost so’ much face. in the:

“war. that they’ must just have crept

humiliated-like, and not g

“y body trouble, right?” ”

Iuseemed tactful to. changé the

-subject.:“Have you had a chance to”
. Notice any differences yourself, :

Rip?”

“Stopped at one ‘of these fancy
supermarkets on the way over,” he
replied, eyes round as saucers.

““Bigger’n any barn! Blindin’ ;
‘tights! More stuff on the shelves."

than I saw through the whole
Depression and war put together!
You get to choose your own stuff, -
“stead of linin’ up at the counter. + ae

"- alad tellin’ the clerk what you"

want! And prices ~ a good big .

beefsteak costs'‘as much as we :

used to. pay fora suit!” 1:
-“So the prices seem pretty ©

oS Steep, do they?” oe
“Unbelievable,” Rip said firmly, a
os “Everybody sure. inust have struck’ *

it rich. But know. what? I got pan-:

handled a dozen thines on the way" '

here. All young, healthy-lookin’
. guys too. Plain beggars. Shameful

. Where are their parents, you, won-
-_ der? They must be mortified: ; Why.”
-.4 don’t the police arrest them for

vagrancy | -— ‘all this wealth around’

-avid they ain't workin’? How dé --

you explain that, you folks?”

vall ethno to fect these facili S 80 tha mikey ould led

‘except people like econo:
mists, and ooeh ee cait un de’ tand

cars made, any way? \
"There was 10 way to softer
blow. “Mostly Germany and.
d.

Rip’s eyes wideued.::
cars ~— made by, the damned en

7 mies? Patrie ic Canadians buy:

That's another good.
I remarked,
ther ‘stnart pi ple try. to,

. answers to that,-td0.

“he said aepafully.

Grey’Cup this yea
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