woee yuiiiddilluiP> VILE gbehditichiia ; pare rire tctttattttttiltdddet an Oe cm ert ~NNTREATED SEWAGE... .-- SWDGE. -.. OIL TANKERS... y ..JOXIC_ WASTE DUMPS... -- 1S THIS GUR ONLY WAY OUT OF HERE INSIGHTS Ww em oe tity _ canta NEWS VIEWPOINT The green game NVIRONMENTAL groups § shouid be commended for raising com- munity awareness about: pollution issues, but if that awarness is raised through the use of misleading half-truths the public interest is ultimately not being served. But by the same token, industries that adopt a knee-jerk defensive stance and use smoke and mirrors to minimize in the public’s mind their environmental impact are engaging in what many mighi call a criminal action. A current controversy swirls around a pamphlet circulated by local environmen- talist Terry Jacks of Environmental Watch. It makes claims regarding harmful effluents from the Howe Sound pulp mills — claims that at least one pulp mill says NEWS QUOTES are based on untruths. It’s not a aew story. A recent Vancouver public forum on polystyrene and plastics heard a plastics industry spokesman debunk all environmental concerns regard- ing his product. In responding to what he perceived as an overly hysterical reaction to the = en- vironmental effects of plastics, he chose to deny that they have any negative effect whatsoever. This fruitless exciiange of extremes must stop if there is to be any progress on the green front. Industries must channel their energies into viable solutions, not glossy PR campaigns; environmentalists must present the public with unvarnished facts and trust that they will speak for themselves. OF THE WEEK “Issues come to council that don’t get dealt with. Are we paying wages to see posturing and speeches made in empty rooms?”’ North Vancouver District plan- ner Rupert Downing, venting frustration over what he says is council’s inability to deal with important municipal business. “It was a major fire; spectacular is the word that comes to mind.”’ North Shore Lifeboat Society member Dave Lamb, describing the July 7 fire that destroyed the Canadian Coast Guard base at Kitsilano. ‘He'll just ask: What am I sup- posed to do with it? Take it to bed?” Publisher. Managing Editor Associate Editor Advertising Director Comptrotier . .. Peter Speck Timothy Renshaw Noel Wright Linda Stewart .Doug Foot North Vancouver District Ald. Ernie Crist, on Ald. Joan Gadsby'’s suggestion that the district’s housing strategy be returned to the district social planner. “Come and watch and see who is being long-winded. It's better than Monday night football."’ North Vancouver District Ald. Paul Turner, urging district resi- dents to attend council meetings to see if the current council is do- ing the job it was elected to do. “*This may save you from being robbed at gunpoint."’ North Vancouver RCMP Const. Marty Blais, on a good reason for businesses and retailers to take ex- Display Advertising 980-0511 Real Estate Advertising 985-6982 Classified Advertising 986-6222 Newsroom 985-2131 Distribution Subscripticns Fax Administration tra precautions in light of an in- crease in robberies on the North Shore. “It is not just shutting the door after the horse has gone, the barn has burned down.”” Upper Lonsdale area resident Bill Sievewright, on belated coun- cil plans to act to restrict damage to a small area creek. “Do I call the RCMP, the church, my mom? I cannot tell you how distressing this has been.** Upper Lonsdale area resident Karen Gardner, expressing frustration over what she says have been her attempts to save a local creek bank from destruction. 986-1337 986-1337 985-3227 985-2131 MEMBER North Shore fa Managed North Shore News, founded in 1969 as an independent suburban newspaper and quahhed under Schedule 111, Paragraph Il! of the Excise Tax Act, is published each Wednesday, Friday and Sunday by North Shore Free Press Lid and distributed to every door on the North Shore. Second Class Mai Registration Number 3885 Subscriptions North and West Vancouver, $25 per year. Mailing cates available on request. Submissions are weicome but we cannot accept tesponsibinty tor urccdicited maternal including manusenpts and pictures which should be acccmpamec by a slamped, addressed envelope V7M 2H4 ha VORCE OF SDT AED WERT WANCRUVER north shore SUNDAY - WEOWEEOAT = 1139 Lonsdale Avenue. North Vancouver, B.C. SN’ vmOAY . = SDA DIVISION 61,582 (average circulation, Wednesday. Friday & Sunday) Entire contents © 1991 North Shore Free Press Ltd. All rights reserved. Rich neighbors wise to honor Gorby’s IOU THE NEWS PICTURE of the week showed Patriarch Alexei II of the All Russian Orthodox Church blessing Boris Yeltsin at the latter’s swearing-in as the Russian Confederation’s first elected president. A week earlier the Warsaw Pact had been formally dissolved. The last Soviet troops and tanks were leaving Warsaw Pact countries. The final touches were being added to a crucial strategic arms treaty in readiness for a US- Soviet summit later this summer. Seven months ago the Kremlin voted for UN military action led by American forces against Saddam Hussein. At souvenir stands in the Potsdamer Platz chips (now 20 months old) from the bulldozed Berlin Wall are still selling briskly. When you think back to the preceding 40 years of Cold War, it’s not a bad report card on the contribution made to the free world in the last five by one man: Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev. Yet since 1989 Gorbachev has come under increasing attacks, even from the West which earlier idolized him. At home today he hangs precariously on to power, as food lines outside almost empty stores lengthen and the possibility of actual famine looms. From the Baltic to the Caspian would-be breakaway republics threaten to tear apart the Soviet Union itself. With “glasnost” he gave Russians freedom of expression, assembly and protest. But “perestroika” — instead of bringing a better living standard — has so far resulted in a much worse one. Small wonder, of course. Converting a moribund 70-year-old Communist system to a free market economy is a Herculean task. But liberty combined with hunger is a volatiie and explosive mixtuse that could yet destroy him. Next week Gorbachev will be in London with a begging cup, seeking financial aid from his rich G-? avighbors — the world's top seven industrialized nations. They’ ii be wise to listen sympathetically. Firstly, because a total economic collapse of the Soviet Union — now dangerously close -- could bring back a military dictatorship and a new version of the Cold War with unforeseeable consequences, Secondly, because they owe Gorbachev himself a debt. The personal 1.0.U. he holds from them is the whole of Eastern Europe today. Not to mention that picture of Noel Wright Loe HITHER AND YON a freely elected Russian president bein, blessed by a Christian archbishop within the walls of the Kremlin itself. TAILPIECES: Welcome contribution to vocational programming and self-sufficiency development for North Van School District’s “special needs” students came with a further $1,500 donation from Lionas Gate Rotary Club, recently presented to Student Services Coordinator Ian McEown by the Club’s incoming president Scott Gray ... Music at Horseshoe Bay Plaza 1:30 p.m. this Sunday afternoon is provided by North Van's John McLachian and Reb Marr, performing in the ongoing series of Concerts By The Sea ... it’s not the first time promising young North Shore artist Lisa Klepak has merited her own show — this one running from Thursday, July 18, to August 18 at North Van Courthouse. A scholarship student in the Cap College Studio Art program, Lisa has also attended summer school at the Emily Carr College ... And it’s time for your “gift of life” again 2:30-8 p.m. tomorrow and Tuesday at the LGH bleed donor clinics. WRIGHT OR WRONG: Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. £ TOPPING UP... another Lions Gate Rotary cheque from incom- ing president Scott Gray (right) for North Van student services coordinator lan McEown.