Ad}: Suiiday'New November #5: 1981. Within six years, it will probably cost $100 to fill up your gas tank. That’s one of the reasons I find it so astonishing that the feds are cutting back on rail service. If they were at all in touch with reality, they’d be adding to our railway system. It is simply logical to prepare for a costly energy future. Thinking about this, I was reminded of one of the great might-have-beens of our history — -the railway to Vancouver Island. TWO SHIPJUMPERS from the U.S.S. Ranger were charged with robbery and dealing with a stolen credit card. after an incident at Park Royal Tuesday. The two were arrested after Cindy Lee Crisp of No. Schools may be closed FROM PAGE A1 sion,” said Smelovsky. The chairman defended keeping some programs open, even with falling enrolments, especially in the area of special needs students. “We can’t consolidate pro- grams, perhaps we can con- solidate schools by shutting Back when the United Colonies of British Columbia were still separate from the Dominion of Canada, there were people with imagina- tion who could see that if a railway actually reached Vancouver island, life in B.C. would be very dif- nt. You have to keep in mind that by 1866 — the year before Confederation — Victoria was a_ fairly 5, 104 W. 2 Street attempted to purchase a pair of boots at Kinney Shoes with a credit -card which had been reported stolen. Police say they were in the vicinity when Crisp was in the shoe store. them down, Smelovsky said. The board had set up several guidelines which made - the increases necessary: maintaining ex- isting programs and_ the pupil-teacher ratio, provide better building maintenance and improvements, and to limit total non-salary in- creases. “We do have a problem 10th Consecutive Try ... Last Year Missed By 16 votes having been involved with the affairs of our municipality for ten years has enabled me to be tn- formed on all pertinent issues, and sensitive to the needs of citizens. GORDON ROWNTREE for West Van Alderman by Bob Hunter missing link cosmopolitan city of 6,000, served by 85° saloons and hundreds of stores. It had only been a few years before that the mainland, until then called New Caledonia, was given the name British Columbia by Queen Victoria herself. There was no question that Victoria was the epicen- tre of the British Empire so far as the West Coast was . concerned. The governor, James Douglas, ruled autocratically from Van- couver Island. The credit card was reported stolen in a purse snatching in Vancouver Monday. William Galpin, 19, and Terrance Sauntry, 21, will appear in court November !7 to face charges in connec- with some of our older buildings, they need a lot of improvements, and° that costs money,’ said Smelovsky. Your colour photographs are back in just) one hour Reprints in onty 20 minutes * At ONE HOUR PHOTO, you receive superior QUALITY and tast SERVICE at no extra charge * Time may very ac cording to work load Japan Camera Centre Capilano Mall 987-0780 ~ When the colonies decid- ed to join Confederation, it was’ a decision mostly manufactured in Victoria. You also have ‘to keep in mind the fact that when the colonists voted to join the new country of Canada, they were out-numbered in what is now B.C. by the native people. Three-quarters of the in- habitants of the region were Indians. Needless to say, they weren’t invited to join the voting game. Thus, a minority of in- vaders made the critical decision to join the new Dominion. To this day, the Indian land claims question remains unresolved. On the other side of the mountains, treaties of one kind or another were worked | out with the native people, but in B.C. ‘they were ar- bitrarily handed about 1,300 hip jumpers arrested tion with the incident. West Vancouver police say immigration authorities have been contacted. Crisp pleaded guilty to dealing with a stolen credit card and was given a condi- tional discharge and six months’ probation. The American military ship U.S.S. Ranger, with a crew of about 4500, left Van- couver November 4 after a five-day visit. let — that Victoria wanted the Canadian Pacific Railway to come. In the oringinal deal of- fered by Canada to convince the colonies of B.C. to jom “audaciously ” would carry trains to Vancouver Island, with 2 terminus at For fun, you might look it up on a chart of map. Arriv- inp at.the head of Bute Inict, the railway would have _jomped on to Sonora Island, ‘probably over Cordera Channel, then crossed Okisolla Channel to Quadra, and from there would ‘have hopped Seymour Narrows to the Island. - Now, I put it to you - — if spans, shouldn't it be a relative picce of cake today, As it turned out, for a host route to Port Moody was chosen instead of Bute Inlet. By all reports, the folks on . Vancouver Island were outraged, but it was too late todo anything about it. Here's’ my. -suggestion: With an eye.on the fuel costs It would be a lot more realistic than Pat McGeer's crazy tunnel. FOR YOUR FUND BAISING CAMPAIGN WITH OUR PROVEN SELLERS- pecmat britiie, honey crunch, butter mints, peppermint patties and party NO MONEY REQUIRED AT TIME OF ORDER. ask for FUND RAISING DEPARTMENT HARLAN FAIRBANKS Co. LTD. 732-1261 WATERFRONT © mints. 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