Dear Editor: Yep! It’s detinitely spring -— the kids began using rhe outdoor pool across the back Street vesterday, and today's (March = 20)e News has Shannon (Humphreys) asking “Who wears short: shorts?” and Trevor (Lautens) going - on about sex — proving that his sex life's still two-thirds as good as ever — he can still think about it, and still talk about it. Or write about it, as the case may be ... like the rest of us guys with more years than hormones. Answering the lady's ques- Dog’s life Dear Editor: Re: Catherine Barr's “Ambleside Beach is going to the dogs.” Thave grown very tired of people like Ms. Barr trying to take whatever sancruanes: left the dogs may have, Last year a similar article was written in your paper by an author who demanded that the designated dog area at Ambleside be abol- ished completely because it had become annoying to the beachwalkers. As quoted by Ms Barr “all beaches, playing fields, running cracks and play- grounds are off-limits to dogs and punishable by fines of up to $500.” I witnessed this first hand last year when I was dogsitting. As I did not have a car at the time F could not get to the des- ignated dog area at Ambleside, which was the only one I had heard of. After searching end- lessly for a designared dog area, I soon found myself breaking the law in desperation and hid- ing in a dark ravine just to let my dog run tree, while at the north shore news MAIL Box Spring fever strikes columnists tion first, ves — J still wear short shorts, because my cute fietle buit’s just as trim as ever, It’s my equator that’s cap- tured more territory Iscely. Rut the good news is: the clastic waistband in my itsy- bitsy teeny-weenic rainbow: striped tyera bikini will last forever! Why? Because the sun never shines on it these days, that’s why! And for all you folk who ask, “Does the suntight make the four-way stretch go five wavs?” the answer is a resounding “Yes”... and they getting N. Shore same time fearing for my own life given the location I was in. One of the main reasons J moved to the North Shore many years ago was due to the love and compassion the peo- ple have here for animals. It must be extremely frustrating, for these animal lovers to now be continuously faced with such unreasonable bylaws. Animals, like people, are born to be free; unfortunately most do not have a choice and are governed by mankind. ido not expect Ms. Barr or people like her to understand or agree with this concept. I do however expect the bylaw enforcers of this city to take a long hard Jook at what they have now confined the dog owners to; for if the population continues to increase on the North Shore like it has and space becomes more and more limited, bylaw enforcers will have iar more to deal with than just a few angry and frustrated + dog owners. Cheryl Berti North Vancouver spanish, — ; _ chinese or japanese _ “You'll be speaking your new language faster than you thought possible with our world famous Method, native fluent instruc- tors and Berlitz materials! The atmosphere at Berlitz is friendly and relaxed, atid classes are scheduled at your convenience, during the day, evenings or on Saturdays. Other languages are also available. Cali today and ask about our wide variety of Individual and Group programmes. - Courses are tax deductible - * Price based on minimum Group size of six persons. Taxes are not inchided. 808 West Hastings Street 685.9331 © 1998 Berlitz Canads tne. designed it: that way on pur- pose, so you'd have ta ger a new swimsuit periodically. Engincered obsolescence, it’s called. As for Trevor's column about sex, [T recently made a few interesting discoveries, thanks to lesser literary lights than those he quotes. But first. to digress a moment, Aaything Goes, if he wants the detinitive version of that song, he should get 2 copy of the CD Stars of the “30s Sing Cale Porter, on which Cole Porter himself sings the origi- nal words of it, and ageompa- Pub links Dear Editor: I would like to respand to David Tapping’s March 16 letter to the editor “Smoking stance is hypocritical.” I see nothing hypocritical about wanting to protect the lives of those people having to work in hazardous work place environments. While we, as patrons of pubs, bars and restaurants have a simple choice on whether we patronize or not, the choice is a much more difficulr one for an individual who relies on it as his prima- ry source of income; espe- cially at a time when any tvpe of job is very difficulr to find. The medical evidence is solid and publicly accepted that second-hand = smoke from cigarettes causes many disabling and_ life-threaten- ing conditions such as heart on the subject: of mes himself on the piano. But back to the subject. Thanks te Golden Movie Retriever 1998, tull of witty reviews of all the movies available on video tmaybe 18,000) and its lists of directors and cast, and what else they've done, Pve now discovered sex in. the movies, Ever imagined Dana Delany of China Beach fame as a seantily-clad dominatrix bossing an S&M resort? With Rosie O'Donnell in leather? Test your itlusions on Exit to Eden. Ray Sutton North Vancouver noi stated attacks, stroke and Jung dis- Zase. It is also a matter of pub- lic record that Mr. Tapping of Tapping’s Furniture is the Sceretary of the Rusty Gull Neighbourhoed Pub Ltd. in North Vancouver City. As well, the land on which the pub is situated is listed as being owned by Gadshill Holdings of 821 West Ist St. This, coincidentally, is the same address as Tapping's Furniture. In his Jetter Mr. Tapping makes no reference to his connections with this pub. While iv motivations are clear as to why we should ban smoking from public indoor places, 1am unsure of Mr. Tapping’s. Darrell Mussatic Councillor . City of North Vancouver EFFICIENT, CONFIDE ‘Let us do your b@éme Tax whilé you shop \afthe In-almost every * alae Bay! You'll find The Bay Tax, Centres oe. Na needto make,an _ ntment ajust drop by for frrendly. nt and c confidential 4 Ali Bay Ta ‘Centres are C.A. 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