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Home truths

he knee-jerk opposition of certain in-
dividuals to West Van council’s in-fill
housing study betrays ignorance both
of the planning process and of council’s basic
obligations.

The first and most important point is that
rezoning in Ambleside and Dundarave, even
if recommended by the planners, CANNOT
automatically take place simply as a result of
the study. The latter’s primary purpose,
when completed, is to present proposals for
detailed public examination and debate.

The rejection last year of an isolated in-fill
rezoning application in the area under review
is being used by some critics as an argument
that the whole in-fill concept should have
been killed for good at that point. This
simplistic logic ignores completely two
earlier, highly relevant studies published by
council - An Optimal Housing Mix For
West Van (April 1982) and Housing Needs
For West Van Seniors (February 1983).

Both studies address the community’s
OVERALL long term housing situation for
the next 10 years, the latter with special
reference to the changing requirements of a
steadily aging population. It is against this
background that the current in-fill study
must eventually be appraised.

As Ald. Don Griffiths has noted: ‘‘Until
we put something on the table, we won't be
able to move in any direction.’’ Facts must
precede decisions.

In-fill housing may or may not be the
answer. But council would be abandoning its
clear duty on the vital subject of future
housing needs if it merely stuck its head in
the sand and left tomorrow to take care of
itself.

Burning topic

he dense palls of smoke over West Van

and North Van District from garden

fires these April days is an idiotic way
of handling the annual trash-burning ritual —
because everyone does it at the same time.
Why not allocate the permitted days by
neighborhoods and by odd- and even-number
addresses? A few might cheat. Most decent
citizen-gardeners wouldn't. THEIR
water, too.

eyes

THE GIANT KILLER is
preparing to. sheathe his
sword and rumors thicken
on the local political circuit
following the news that
Capilano MP Ron Hua-
tington -- who emerged from
the mists 10 years ago to
polish off then Liberal cab-
inet minister Jack Davis in
one of the major upsets of
the 1974 election -- has
decided not to run again.

For the moment he’s cited
only ‘‘personal reasons’’,
but they have to be pretty
compelling. Of his popu-
larfity among his consti-
tuents there’s no shadow of
doubt and they’ve_ twice
returned him to Parhament
with whopping majorities. A
tireless champion of North
Shore causes and
individuals, and a dedicated
crusader for democratic
freedoms, he’s been one of
the hardest-working
members of the Tones’ Ot-
awa team. He was Miuniste
f Small Business in he
short-lived Joe Clar
overnment. With an elec4
tion looming and the party
soaring in the polis, his seat

TON...
to follow.

RON HUNTING
tough act
in a Brian Mutroney cabinet
looked unquestionable.
Whatever the truth behind
his decision, Ron will be a
mighty tough act to follow
Among the carly rumors tn
that department ts the sug
gestion that former BC
liberal leader Gordon Gib-
son might now be tempted to
run in Capilano on the John

12 student Barry Lewis ...

sunday brunch

by Noel Wright

popping up here and there is
that Tory backroomers have
been talking with West Van
Mayor Derrick Humphreys.
A longtime party supporter,
Dernck was one of the
western movers and shakers
behind John Diefenbaker’s
sweep to power in 1958. His
Worship remains in a strictly
**no comment’’ mode -- but
then, as this whole story
shows, you can never tell
with politicians ...

* * «@

MARKETABLE skills win
out in today’s tough job
market for young people and
Carson Graham has a win-
ning formula for students in
any North Van _ secondary
school who’ve completed
Grade 10. It's a series of
‘“‘career preparation
programs’’ -- including
welding, construction,
business education, chef
training and commercial art
-- designed to equip them
with the basic qualifications
employers in those fields are
seeking. They also enable
students to meet entrance
requirements for simular
programs al post secondary
institutions if they wish
Sounds like an tdea
tailor made for the times To

INSTRUCTOR HOWARD THOMPSON (left) with Grade

welding kids to a paying career.

band division) in the recent
Kiwanis Music Festival at
Prince of Wales School in
Vancouver Elected
president of the Greater
Vancouver Convention &
Visitors Bureau last weekend
was community service
workaholic Art Jones,
former North Van Com-
munity Arts Council presi-
dent who has a list of other

civic and community _in-
volvements to match his
height ... If you’re a senior

citizen alone all day in West
Van (or know of one),Joyce
Vallance, president of the
Senior Citizens Special Ser-
vices Committee, can ar-
range a daily or weekly
phone call from one of her
friendly volunteers to
brighten life up. The SCSSC
number, 10 to 4 weekdays, is
926-4375 Yearning to
write that Great Canadian
Novel that's inside you?
Established authors Eileen
Kernaghan and Sandra
Richmond will tell you how
in their seminar ‘‘From Plot
to Print’, 7 to 9 pm. April
17 at Lynn Valley Library
no charge but pre-register by
calling 984-0286
Meanwhile, over at West
Van library, 7 to 9pm this

North Van, sponsored by the
North Shore Women’s
Centre. Call 988-7115 before
Friday to reserve ($12 in-
cluding the meal) ... Exciting
adventures ahead for Hiona
Pupp who’s off on a ane-
year student exchange to
Finland, sponsored by the
North Van Rotary ... West
Van student Tom Rich
(Hillside) is a finalist out of
more than 750 applicants
across Canada for one of the
20 prestigious Jostens
Foundation Scholarships to
be awarded later this month
... West Van’s ‘‘Bull of the

Woods’’, Gordon Gibson
Sr., has no intention of
quitting -- he’s just been

named honorary chairman
of the 1986 (that’s mght,
1986) Coho Festival ... Top
BCIT mining student Ed-
ward Duno, a North Shore
resident, has won a $500
bursary from the Prospec-
tors and Developers
Association of Toronto to
continue his second-year
studies ... Thanks to Jean
Bogdanovich of North Van
for sending us the poem
(author unknown) at the
foot of this page, dedicated
to the Geritol set And
that happy smile on Frank
Simpkins’ face is the
understatement of the
month. The unemployed
Sechelt logger is holding the
cheque he won in the March
25 Super Loto -- for $1
million

ART JONES ... named top
greeter.

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