life’s values are Dear Editor: As a Roman Catholic mother with a ebild enrolled in a Catholic school kindergarten next fail, | was moved by Catherine Atyeo’s “Values deval- ued" article of June 3. TE have to azree with Ms. Atyeu'’s view that “home should be a place where young people find life's values.” Too many people send their chil- dren to school (Christian or otherwise) with a “hope and a prayer” that the institution can accept the responsibility of teaching their children good moral values. Although a learning environment with a philosophy based on Christian principles can instill a knowledge of what constitutes good and gracious behavior in our children, it offers no guarantee our children will live a lifestyle of high morals. The foundation of morality and values for our children is set long before our vhildren reaca Kindergarten; it is not set in a classroom but in our homes, Parental love and guidance will ultimately have the greatest influence on our children’s lifestyles. Let's stop leaving our children’s morality in the hands of the media, schools, community and such. Parents make the greatest impression on their children. It is through our exemplary lifestyles that goodness can be learned ... noi from what chil- dren read in a textbook, watch on television or experience with a friend. Cleo Johnston North Vancouver Casino costs too high Dear Editor: in segard to the two-page adver- tisement in your May 29 edition in support of a casino, it is stated that the project will be totally funded by private sector capital (o the tune of $750 miilion, but there is no men- tion of the many millions to be funded by taxpayers to cover the extra cost for additional police, social workers, hospital Facilities and buildings and equipment to house such staff, The promise of $250 million in tax revenue is 4 conjecture, not a guarantee. The ad states that given the facts, 70% of British Columbians support this proposal. I support that we are not being given the facts. We are being given a rosy projection that covers only what the promoters believe will sell the idea to the public und quell the considerable opposition it has aroused. . : I believe that anyone who has the good of the city at heart will reject this proposal. The amount of money being spent to place these two-page ads in all the local newspapers indicates who will have most to gain from such a proposition. Stanley C. Wood West Vancouver English tutors deserve cheers Dear Editor: It seems that in all the articles on multiculturajism published recently in the North Shore News, no mention has been made of the many volunteer tutors on the North Shore, who regularly devote several hours cach week to helping imimi- grants with their English language learning. Not only do tutors provide heip with English skills, they often become friends and are valuable contact points within the communi- ty for these new residents. Surely such quiet, unassuming service speaks to a very different attitude towards new Canadians than that promulgated in some quarters. S. M. Armstrong North Vancouver is to win, Crist says Dear Editor: Econuinic (winning between the North Vancouver District and a city in China would not result in expenses for the municipal taxpayers. Neither would it, as stated in a letter to the News editor, result in the setting up of an additional bureaucracy at the municipa' level. Aone time, sending the mayor abroad to estiblish offi- cial contacts with a local pov- erament an the other side of the Pacific was necessary, but now that Chinese delegations are moving in and cut of Vancouver regularly, this is no longer required, An initial contact between two municipalities is sll required to meet protocol and is needed because ia China, as well as in the Russian Far Bast, local ceonomies are largely con- trolled by local government. Failure to recognize this has resulted in the loss of count! jobs and business opportunities for the North Shore. The Musqucam Band in Delta, on the other hand, acting as its own municipality, has secured a shipbuilding contract wits snore to come. According to U.S. Business Weck, Americans are more astute than their Canadian coun- terparts when it comes to eco- nomic twinning between cities. Instead of Canadians getting their fair share of that exploding market, itis American business and American ports who reap the benefits. American cities not only get the spin-off benefits of American capital going abroad but Canadian as well. 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