A7-Sunday News, May 11, 1980

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Dear Editor: Your recent “News ViewPomt” article entitled

“Cosuy Safety” was tmely and should give North Shore residents considerable food for thought.

May I add some com- ments to the discussion? Your editorial appears to make certain assumptions — that the Federal Govern- ment would have to force Hooker out, that. there would be inevitable challenges in court, and that the taxpayers would have to pay a “king-size” bill. This need not be the case, as a negouated settlement on a

Dear Editor: I read with interest your article on the stolen

motorcycle, as the bike in question belonged to my son.

For your own information, you may wish to add the following footnotes:

The motorcycle was stolen at 12:15 a.m. while our family was at home with the hghts on. It was im _ the garage, the garage door closed and the thieves removed it by means of a small side door. It would seem this was not a spur-of- the-moment prank, but a deliberate act of theft,

move by Hooker could perhaps be reached to everyone's satisfaction.

You used the term “un- precedented”. Are you aware that the Eddy Paper Co. was moved from their location on the Hull side of the Ottawa River in 1978 for pmmarily aesthetic reasons (at could be seen from the Parliament Buildings)?

What if Hooker “picks up its marbles and went back to Texas”? Could the gap not be filled by a Canadian com- pany with head offices, and profits in Canada not New York?

The trend in the chlorine

conceived out of knowledge that we owned the bike and initiated at a late hour when chance of being caught was minimal.

My husband and son spent six hours driving around West Vancouver on Saturday and Sunday morning trying to locate the stolen bike when the police called to advise they had apprehended two 14 year old boys mding the unlcensed motorcycle on Westndge at a speed of 40 mph. We went to the station, paid $7.00 storage charge and claimed the bike. However, the bike had hit a rock, been run

_central plants to

mdustry is away from large small factories nght next to pulp mills, As 90% of Hooker's product is used im the pulp industry, transportation costs could go down if this option was implemented.

The area now occupied by Heoker Chemical 1s not going to become a _ vast wasteland if the plant is removed. This is valuable property which can be readily developed with industnal or commercial facihties more suited to the residential communities near by. With our = society

No compensation for theft

without oil and the motor 1s hkely beyond repair. We called Detective Hobmes to icli bam of the damage and ask what recourse we had for resututon. H¢ promised to call back later that day — we have yet to hear from him. We called the police station a second time and were told by the desk sergeant there was nothing that could be done because the thieves were juveniles.

I guess this is another case to be filed away under “DECENT LAW-ABIDING RESIDENTS OF WEST VANCOUVER ws TEEN- AGERS, PARENTS &

Hooker move not so costly

becoming more energy- conscious perhaps a Park Royal-type shopping centre at the east end of the North Shore should be considered.

When the dust finally settles, the bil for the Mississauga incident will be much greater than the $125 milhon Mr. Schnurstein is quoted as saymg it would cost to relocate Hooker Chemical.

Sheila Gordon, Charman

Chemical Hazard Alert Committee

North Vancouver

POLICE WHO BELIEVE ONE IS NOT RESPON- SIBLE FOR A CRIMINAL ACT’.

Noreen McDowell West Vancouver

P.S. Two years ago our son had his $200.00 motorcycle stolen from our yard. It was recovered by police two months later, damaged beyond repair and we subsequently sold ut for parts for $35.00. Agaim, the teenagers responsible were identified but no action taken.

Cyclists a hazard - should be licensed

Dear Editor:

On the traffic congested streets of our city there lurks a Menace, potentially more dangerous than large trucks, speeders and drunken drivers combined. It's the cychst!

Warmer weather in- vanably brings them out in record numbers and the past couple of weeks have been no exception. They're an undisciplined lot, sailing through red hghts and stop signs blatantly ignonng the rules of the road, and I shudder to think of the amount of acerdents they must cause. The mght lane 1s usually so heavily populated by parked cars and buses that there's scarcely enough room for cars to pass safely. let alone a bicycle. A motorist is forced to either slow down and follow the cychst at speeds ranging from 5 to 15 mules an hour, thereby creating a serous slowdown in traffic flow, or take a chance on being sideswiped

Recently. | was almost hit by a cychst, while crossing the road She came speeding around a corner, missing me by inches. If, however, this colhsion had not been

avoided, how would I have been compensated for any injunes received? Although

claimmg equal rights with motorists in their use af the roads, cyclists are nol required to be censed or to buy imsurance coverage. This unfair and highly dangerous situation should not be allowed to continue. If cyclists are going to be

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permitted to continue using the roads, then bicycle tages should be built to

ac- commodate them. They should also have to be hcensed and buy insurance hke everyone else.

D. Miller

North Vancouver

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Agents must know about IAMAT

Dear Editor:

A fnend of mine gave me a chppimg from your April 20, 1980 issue wherein “a travel agent with five years experience” takes exception to ‘Barbara McCreadie’s Suggestion not to deal with an agent who doesn't show the LAMAT logo.

l am embarrassed, to put in mildly, about the agent's atutude and can only state that he would not very Lkely have lasted five years with this company.

While Barbara’s advice may be somewhat exaggerated (we do not

display the IAMAT decal),

we certainly expect everyone of our travel counsellors including trainees to be knowledgable about LAMAT as evidenced by the enclosed page of our Office Manual. We have recently updated this with a Special Bulletin specifically in connection with the in- creasing malana msk and we are awaiting our supply of brochures from LAMAT momentarily.

Maybe we should open a branch in North Vancouver.

Kurt Maurer, President Hagen’s Travel Vancouver

Standards needed for pet sales

Dear Editor:

As wild bird rescue officer for the West Vancouver S.P.C.A., 1 receive many complaint calls from the public with regards to the sale of pets m department and “five and dime” stores. Several of these calls were from sales persons where small animals were sold.

Most variety stores set aside an area for pet sales but seldom have one par- ucular person m charge of the animals. And as is often the case, the special needs of these tmy creatures are neglected.

If pets are carried in Stores, il is unperative that the personnel are thoroughly trained im the care and

handhng of each animal.

1 would hke all concerned people to know that I am attempting to establish standards of animal care to be practiced by all such establishments, and if they would write a letter to store managers objecting to present conditions, it would help in this direction.

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