day, Cetiaey rth Sho | pitbulls and 7; entrepreneurs q . Defence NT PATON NEW SORRY I i i PLACE [EWPOINT Decisive indecision T ORTH Vancouver District Council’s recent about-face on the Capilano | 4. %@ Rugby Club’s!liquor licence applica- tion for its Klahanie Park clubhouse betrays ‘what some might consider foggy-headed _ indecision, but what might better be - ‘described as sober reflection. . ‘ - At its March 7 meeting, council registered its qualified support for the application, based on such considerations as having the », Liquer Control and Licensing Branch ot (LCLB) restrict the club’s hours of opera- tion. Council members were aiso informed by a well-organized! club detegation that the *: licence approval! would not appreciably increase alcohol service at the Kiahanie Park oe ‘facility. The club is currently required to apply for special-events liquor permits each > time it wants to serve liquor at the KIahanie ’ Park facility. i 1 ' i But since hearing from the club’s delega- tion, council members have Getermined that the LCLB weuld not likely restrict the club’s hours of operation, leaving it free to serve alcoholic beverages seven days per week, They also learned that the club’s member- ship was far bigger than originally thought. Council support for the liquor licence appli- cation was consequently dropped March 14. So while the club has done much for the park — financing the construction of the clubhouse and turning the park’s rugby field into one of the best in North America — resi- dent concern over the approval of another liquor licence in the Lower Capilano area remains an issue that cannot be glossed over with goodwill and promises of limited impact from increased alcohol availability. Council’s flip-flop might not have been graceful, but it was the right thing to do. THE DAY Dear Editor: | I cannot let the Iitest Larco commercial (Mr. Thomas — W. Van mall renaissance, Friday, March 4 News) go unchallenged. 1 don’ t know of anyone outside of city hall being consulted about what the community “truly want- ed,” and f maintain a better than average awareness of municipal affairs, The first [ heard of “constant meetings” was when|the hare- brained scheme to throw a cross- walk through the middle of the busiest stretch of traffic in West Vancouver came before council for Publishor......... Managing Editor. Associate Editor. Sales & Marketing Directo: Comptroller. Pater Speck approval. Most people, including elderly folk with canes, still jay- walk, If this is Larco’s effort to “bring the two sides together,” it's in tan- dem with almost everything else they’ve done. The congestion around London Drugs is not so much a reflection of its retailing success as the fact that about five lanes of traffic travelling in six or seven directions converge at that spot. It is the new redesign that is already outdated, not the elegant, fimeless lines of Frank Lloyd Wright’s genius. Display Advertising 980-0511 986-6222 Fax Classitied Advertising 985-2131 Newsroom Distribution Real Estate Advertising 985-6982 Subscriptions Administration of mall design questioned As it becomes increasingly inconvenient to shop across town we may be forced to use Park Royal more frequently, but this should not be mistaken as un “embrace” arising from “enormous community pride,” that drives us there. Larco and their employees, Mr. Thomas, and Mr. Heaslip, who sub- mitted a similar commercial recent- ly. obviously have no idea how we think or what we want, or they would not thus insult our intelli- gence and our eye for good design. 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MUCH — IF not most — of the world’s troubles are “caused by people who run out of ideas long before they run out of words. Among them, the Greenpeace enviro-fascists, who are having some considerable success in their Europe-based crusade to destroy the B.C. forest industry and tens of thousands of family livelihoods. * Oh yes, it started out — like the anti-whaling and anti-seal hunt campaigns — with the purest of intentions. Logging practices here in the past have all too often been indefensible. MacBlo and its ilk richly deserve to wear sackcloth and ashes as they bombard us via the media with their deathbed repentances. They are srnartening up all too late — but at least it IS finally hap- pening. Slowly but surely govern- ment, industry and (most vital of all) public opinion are now moving towards rational compromise aimed al protecting many more ancient trees without putting parents and kids in forestry-dependant commu- 66 The problem with enviro-fascists, however, is their resemblance to a pitbull, 99 nitics out on the street. The problem with enviro-fas- cists, however, is their resemblance toa pitbull. Once they sink their teeth into their victim, they proceed to tear him to death for the sheer sensual pleasure of it. Inflammatory rhetoric and pro- paganda soar to new, ever shriller heights, regardless of any improve- ment. in their victim's behavior. Words continue to pour forth in tor- rents, but with never a single con- structive new idea. Minds no longer work -—~ only lungs and fangs. Saving the planet doesn’t have to be such a miserable business. In happy contrast to Greenpeace’s loony fanatics is Globe °94, the biannual environ- mental conference and trade show taking place this week at Vancouver's Trade and Convention Centre. It too began in 1990 as a hand- HITHER AND YON wringing exercise in ecological gloom and doom — a litany of problems with few solutions. This — third show is decidedly more upbeat, with the focus firmly on solutions, . Above ail, it highlights the entreprencurial possibilities of environmentalism and the rewards it can offer to innovative minds — whether from houses made of garbage, patio plants grown in- cornposted waste, non-polluting vehicles, new methods of water- . - purifying or a process for cleaning steel without the use of acid, to’ mention just a few of the many exhibits. : You'll find no raging, black- mailing tree-huggers at Globe ‘94. Instead, a lot of bright minds brim-. ming with ideas on how to turn the ~ cleanup of Mother Earth into a profitable business venture! SCRATCHPAD: Go treasure- |. hunting Saturday, March 26, from_ 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at St. Catherine’s Church Rummage Saie}'1058 Ridgewood ... Pets Limited 2izo offers bargains galore’Sunday, . March 27, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at their Great Variety Sale in’. West Van Community Centre, 22nd and Marine, to help the animals ... Philatelists shouldn't miss the Special Stamp Display Sunday. through Tuesday, March 27-29, at West Van Seniors’ Centre — for info cull Jack Freestone, 926-6988 .. A J0)-candle salute today. March 23, to Evergreen House resi- dent Mary Clark, one year into her second century ... Also today, happy birthday to Mt. Seymour Lion Ken Poon ... And the same again Friday, March 25, to his fel- low Leo, David Sinclair. WRIGHT OR WRONG: Life is what goes on while you're busy making other plans. lbs tvtime ar with top speed _of 128 km/h, manufactured by U.S. Electricar of California, on display this week at Globe “94 in Vancouver.