& ~ Sunday, October 11, 1992 — North Shore News SECON 3 CarEs 5 z PTET ACCORDING TO THE NEW KOMAN CATHOLIC CATECHISM, ITS A GRAVE SIN TO READ HOROSCOPES, DRIVE TOO FAST OR LIVE. TOGETHER DOTHEY ACTUALLY MENTION US BY NAME. ? OUTSIDE OF MARRIAGE ... [Mind saying a | /Yes not echoed | ‘by his heart? CLYDE WELLS — widely reported for his intellect and integrity — was a disappointment here last week. One at ieast expected some solid meat to chew on at last in his delayed conversion to the Yes side. Thanks for things OMORROW is traditionally a day for Canadians to give thanks for Sharing in the bounty of Mother Earth. But some folks find that 9 difficult task: they don’t always know what they should be thankful for. The News has therefore corapiled a modest list of things to be thankful for, for all those lists that might be running a Uttle low: : @ Be thankful that constitutional referen- dums are not held every year. ® If you are a lover of precision and clear thinking, be thankful that you are not Premier Mike Harcourt’s press secretary end charged with explaining NDP policy sunouncements and subsequent clarifica- ons. : ® Be thankfu! that Prime Minister Brian Mulroney visits B.C. about as often as constitutional referendums are called. @ If you own a car built after 1985, be thankful that you do not have tc run the ludicrous AirCare gauntlet. @ If you care about Canadian football, be thankful that you are not the coach of the B.C. Lions. @ Be thankful that you chose not to holi- day in Florida this year. @ If you live and work on the North Shore, be thankful that you do not have to use the Lions Gate Bridge every day. @ Be thankful that Ontario is separated from B.C. by three vast Prairie provinces. @ And finally, be thankful that you are still on this Earth to be thankful about anything. NEWS QUOTES OF “I think it’s great fun. I suspect est film project. it’s driving Mary (Collins) up the from your spouse, someone you loved, and they can’t understand that. Money can’t buy that.” wall.”’ North Vancouver Tory MP Chuck Cook, on rumors that he plans to run for the Reform party in his own riding or MP Mary Collins’ Capilanc-Howe Sound riding. “She likes to ham it up with the camera. When I’m: on the set I pul two hats on: baby +rangler and producer."’ North Vancouver film producer Amarjeet Rattan, on having his two-year-old daughter in his lat- Publisher... Managing Ed tar Associate Editcr. . Sales & Marketir9 Director Comptrolter . ... Peter Speck . Timothy Renshaw Noel Wright Linda Stewart Doug Foot North Shore News, tounded in 1969 as an “T came from policing where even though there was a lot of terrorist problem and violence, the police officer was stil! looked upon as a public information source and people were not afraid to just ap- proach a police officer.”’ West Vancouver Police officer Steve Watt, on serving as a police officer in Ireland. “The person who has done this doesn’t know how it affects all of us. It’s like a knife going into “your heart. This is something Display Advertising 980-0511 Real Estate Advertising 985-6982 Classified Advertising 986-6222 Newsroom 985-2137 Tea VORCE 8 SOOT BRD) BEST VANCOUVER independent subu bin newspaper and quaified under Schedule 1:1, Paragraph {i of the Excise Tax Act, is pubksh 2c each Wednesday, Friday and Sunday by Nort Snore Free Press Ltd. and Orstribution Subscriptions 986-1337 rax Administration 985-2131 Peter Leggett, on the vandals who desecrated his wife’s grave in the North Vancouver cemetery. “People expect that when you get to the summit the clouds part and you get this great sense of ex- hilaration — not at all, not one sense of joy or happiness or hug- ging each other. It was just an overwhelming sense of relief.”” West Vancouver's Dr. Rob Driscoll, on reaching the summit of Kumbhakarana. 986-1337 Printes on 10% recycled newsprint Nort: Snore managed 985-3227 MEMBER But the Newfoundland premier’s hour-long pitch on CKNW with talk show host Rafe Mair, Godfather of the B.C. Noes, left one with only old warmed-up morsels, hard as he tried to serve them appetizingly. The interview focussed on two of the most controversial features of the Charlottetown Accord — parliamentary representation and the veto. Mr. Wells produced an involved mathematical argument purporting to show that the new 62-member Senate wo.:Id have the same clout as the enlat ged 337- member Commons dominated by Ontario and Quebec. Since the two latter will hold 62% of the Commons seats, while the Senate — with less than one- fifth the number of seats — has no veto power of its own except on resource taxes, the theory was far from easy for simple minds to follow. *‘What if you’re wrong?”’ Mair asked his guest. There was no firmn answer. Nor was there any convincing defence of Quebec’s 25% of Commons seats or perpetuity — a major threat to B.C.’s role in Confederation as population growth shifts west in the next 10-20 years. As to the veto given to every province on changes to the key organs of government — Com- mons, Senate and Supreme Court — Premier Wells said he'd fought it fiercely and would much have preferred the 7-and-50 formula for ALL constitutional amend- ments. As he explained how he gave in, the warmed-up morsels began to taste even staler. in the end, he declared, there had to be ‘‘compromises’’ (where did we hear that word before?) — at which point Mair produced a list of quotes from earlier Wells speeches condemning the com- promising of principles. The best response his guest managed was something about the need also to deal with realities. At the risk of being accused of a cheap shot, the thought occurs that codless, impoverished New- foundland’s desperate dependence today on Ottawa handouts may rank high on the list of those realities. That aside, Mr. Wells’ perfor- Neei Wright HITHER AND YON mance rated at least one A-plus mark. He issued no Doomsday warnings and made it clear. he didn’t think the sky would fall in: if the deal is rejected on Oct. 26. It's hard not to feel a little sorry for him. The born-again Yes-man stil§ seems a far from =: happy warrior. His deserved pop- ularity coast to coast should have made him one of the accord’s. ~ most able crusaders — but some- thing is missing. One suspects it’s: his heart. cd TALLPIECES: Give your walls a» new fall look for about a buck a week with colorful originals dy ’ local artists —- make your choics at North Van Aris. Coancil’s art: — do it now!’? will be the“. message from communications :- specialist Deborah Sheeton speaker ar the Worth Van... Chamber of Commerce’s Thurs- day, Oct. 15, lunch meeting start ing at 11:45 a.m. ia the North Shore Winter Club. ... Welcome: to the Golden Club Stewart and - Marjorie McGisl, North Van resi dents from £953 until moving to West Van in 1970, who tomorrow, Oct. 12, celebrate their 50th anni versary. ... And tomorrow also, ° many happy returns to North Van birthday boy Chariie Disher. _ Senay arene ae eee 1139 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver, &.C. V7M 2H4 distributed to every door on the North Shore. Second Class Mail Registration Numbers 3885. Subscnptions North ano West Vancouver. $25 per year. Mailing rates available on request Submissions are weicome but we cannot accept responsibility for unsohciied maternal inctuding manuscripts and pictures which should be accompanied by a stamped, addressed envelope. SDA DIVISION CLYDE WELLS... Senate to RAFE MAIR... “What if you're 61,562 (average circulation, Wednesday, Fnday & Sunday) have clout. wrong?” Entire contents © 1992 North Shore Free Press Ltd. Ali rights reserved.