6 - Sunday, February 28, 1988 - North Shore News

The kids said farewell with cookies and juice

TWO CHARACTERISTIC ITEMS in the Andy Neuman story explain still further the wide respect — and love — Ridgeway’s late principal earned in, and beyond, the com-

munity that mourns him.

/ Nearly three years ago he came _to our notice in connection with a group called World Citizens fora

Universal Curriculum, perhaps the

most promising and imaginative

peace “‘initiative’’ ever to emerge.

[t was lauched by Dr. Maurice

Gibbons, an SFU education pro-

fessor. As the title indicates, its

goal is nothing less than a univer-

sal curriculum common, eventual- + ly, to every school in every country on earth and built on four basic principles — global citizenship as the first loyalty, membership in the world family of peoples, the stewardship of Earth and the development of our potential as a

planctary people.

The cultural, social and economic obstacles to such a dream are daunting, as Andy, then akey WCUC organizer, recogniz- ed. “A global curriculum,"' he said, '‘would have to be negotiated as rigorously as disarmament, trade and treaties.’ But, ac added, that's no excuse for noc trying. It was very much his Zind of mission.

And then there was his ‘‘student of the week"* routine, when he - would meet with individual stu- dents over cookies and juice in order to get to know them all (and they him) on a one-to-one basis. It was typical of the man’s human

and personal approach in all mat- ters, and it obviously worked — because that’s how the kids themselves chose to express their gricf at the school memorial ser- vice 10 days ago.

They brought cookies and juice, and shared them with each other as they remembered Andy.

oes

LOVELORN LADIES with up- ward of $125 to gamble have an opportunity this Monday, Feb. 29, that beats any dating service holiow — Vancouver's first Bachelor Auction at the Four Seasons, procecds to the Heart Fund. They've lined up 25 bachelors, aged 25 to 65, who'll take their “buyers’’ on a variety of glamorous and expensive day or weekend dates, ranging from ski- ing, dining and dancing at Whistler

Ernest Body, World War One Vimy veteran, who celebrates his 100th birthday (Feb. 28) at a fami- ly party in Beacon Hill Lodge.

WRIGHT OR WRONG: Forcign aid mostly means the poor people of a rich nation sending their money to the rich people of a poor nation.

to a weekend in Frankfurt with a 47-year-old airline exec. Tickets

are $25, Bidding starts at $100 — with silent auction throughout the evening for the fainthearted — and . the cnd result could be something * money can't buy! Call Jil Brand

or Chris Lowe first thing tomor- row for info and any remaining tickets.

THREE-DIGIT CLUB: Belatedly,

many happy returns of the day to

Lily Tyson who chalked up the big

One-Double-Oh Tuesday (Feb. 23)

at a party in Lynn Valley Lodge

with son Sohn Tyson, other resi-

dents and staff, Born in London,

England, she arrived in Winnipeg

in 1913. Widowed in 1926, she

moved to B.C, three years later

and settled in North Van in 1931.

A former member of the 1.0.D.E.,

the Salvation Army and the Home

League, she has four married ~ . grandsons and five ‘‘greats,’’ all

living locally ... And happy birth-

day to West Van’ Legionnaire

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HOD WORD HER SP |

"NEWS photo Mike Wakatleld

REMEMBERING THE PRINCIPAL the way they knew him best ... grieving Ridgeway students at Andy Neuman’s memorial service.

HUNDRED-YEAR HUG FOR MOM ... North Van pioneer Lily Tyson embraced by son John Tyson at her centennial birthday party.

Sewage scheme stinks

HE PLAN to dump 20,000 gallons of Bowen

[sland sewage off the point of Snug Cove may

‘seem iike a clever way to clean up the danger-

_ ously polluted harbor, but the scheme stinks and sug-

gests excrement: is coming from more than one source in Sriug Cove.../ 2".

The plan would involve building a sewer system that would collect islanders’ waste into a huge septic tank. -But instead of treating the sewage, as is normally re- quired for more than 10,000 gallons, the sewage will simply be dumped raw 160 meters off-shore every day.

The. proponents of the plan say a secondary treat- ‘ ment facility is too expensive and this will at least clear up the current problem. But the price of secondary treatment is nothing compared with the long-term costs - of contaminating the coast with untreated feces. The plan is simply a quick solution with no forethought to’ future repercussions.

John Rich, a lawyer who has launched an appeal of the plan, approved last month by the Waste Manage- ment Board, says there is no guarantee that massive amounts ef waste won’t flow back into the cove and Deep Bay, perpetuating the water pollution.

Furthermore, although the Waste Management Branch representative says he approved the plan as a. stop-gap measure to accommodate the present com- munity, Bill Riddell, chairman of the Snug Cove Im- provement District says there is room for 8,000 gallons of new development waste.

- If a Secondary treatment facility is really part of the plan, why build a “temporary”’ facility with room for » growth? : Why not flush out the system once and for call. Build a secondary facility now.

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