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The BCTF is promoting homosexuality

Dear Editor:

The BCTF is at it again. Parents of children in B.C. schools hold your hats. Your children are in for a rough ride. Last vear at its annual general meeting, the B.C, Teachers’ Federation resolved to combat homophobia.

They said that there was harassment and discrim- ination in the schools, wo wondertully “politically correct” terms. Their resolutions were adopted immediately with hardiy a dissent. | was quoted in this newspaper as saving that this was a clever guise for actually promoting homosexuality in the schools. Unfortunately, Iam being proven correct.

This year, the BCTF, “with strong recommenda- tions from GALE (Gay and Lesbian Educators) will

~ take the issue one step further and try to combat het- crosexism. Look that one up in your dictionary! It

doesn’t exist.

In essence, the GALE educators do net want vou to believe that heterosexual sex is normal. “Phev are determined to teach vour children that to be homo: sexual is ta be normal, healthy and indeed a desirable thing.

Gulp.

The insidious thing about these AGMs of the BCTF is that the deck is stacked beforehand. The minister of education in Victoria, as well as the pres- ident of the BCTF, both have sympathetic cars to their resolutions and recommendations. It is called “social justice,” and indeed it stinks!

The agendas are set well in advance, any alternate view or dissenting opinion is quickly guashed and they slam-dunk the resolutions through and then call it democracy, when in fact it is anything but.

If you were to be so bold as to show that this litestvle is abnormal, unhealthy and undesirable, you would be branded as a *homophobe.” Try writing to the Department of Education in Victoria and you'll see what IE mean.

In summary, then, [am warning vou of a dis- tastetul, reprehensible program which is coming into our B.C. schools and we will be one step closer to adopting iton March 14 through 17, as the repro- bate BCTF gathers again.

[ourge all sane, decent parents in pritish Columbia to storm their local school boards before

it is too late, and demand that the promotion of

homosexuality i in their schools be stopped. Nothing iy politically right that is morally wrong.

Dulcie Baxter

West Vancouver

N. Shore needs public trails committee

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Dear Editor:

trail system

in the the construction of one “old

right across the trail,

which searcher Ralf Kelman, and I

With regard to the North Shore News article dated Feb. -15, “Cyclists mar Seymour

Trail”:

Friends of the Watersheds are disappointed thar the GVRD did not recommend the formation of an indepen- dent public trails committee as we requested on November 21, 1997.

This-committce should be separate from the Seymour Advisory Committee (SAC), whose interests since 1985 are

. geared toward continued log- “ging, and clearly they have not

- been interested in promoting a trail system in the 5,600- hectare Lower Seymour Valley.

There are many wonderful

Lower Seymour Valley, even

though recreation is part of

their “multiple-use” mandate.

The top, north sections of

the Fisherman‘s Trai] have been in a state of disrepair for several years, and are testimony to the lack of priority which water district. staff and their advisory committee have placed on the use of its most popular trail. On the one hand, the water district has recently received about $150,000 for

growth” trail near the Seymour dam, vet on the other hand they have avoided mivor fund- ing for public safety concerns on an existing tail.

On one piece of the trail lies a number of windfall trees stacked up three ro four tect high.

Any elderly person or someone not careful trying to get over these trees could run into some real problems. In another section, a creck flows

Dr. Bers Lee

is pleased to announce the opening of the

makes completing the trail impossible. Most of the work done on the trail has been below Twin Bridges.

PE would like to challenge the water district statement that the flagged and rough trails promoted by the Western Canada Wilderness Committce lo some graves of towering trees in the Lower Sevmour are a public fiability.

T have hiked these trails which were pioneered by tree-

can tell you that any person in average physical condition would have no problem get- ting around on them, As in any hiking situation, individuals are both responsible for being properly equipped and tor attending to their own satety. These trails in the Lower Seymour finally open up some important recreational areas to the interested public. Ross Muirhead, director Friends of the Watersheds

Owner’s right to cut trees

Dear Editor:

Re: Mary Grav’s letter to the editor, Feb. 13.

Perhaps Ms. Gray would like to send me a cheque to cover some of my property taxes if she feels [ doen't have the right to cur down a tree on my own property.

As for being a “windy privileged property owner,”

she's partly correct.

[ own my property. Some people just don’t get it. Lawrence Barry North Vancouver

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