Allin W. Van can help

The New Year brings hopes and fears for the morrow. We do know that the year will pass by and that we could make it better by our contribution to that year and to ourselves, friends, and neighbors.

It could be that this year is one of some economic constraints and belt- tightening, but history has shown us that society is often better off under those cir- cumstances and becomes more real and true than riding on a wave of af- fluence.

We have so much to be thankful for that any small stringencies this year are a mere nothing. The taxpayers of West Vancouver will receive the fullest possible value in services for their tax dollar on the municipal level, and I sincerely hope that in the New Year ‘the feeling of community spirit

and participation will continue to prevail and widen by and for the residents of West Van- couver.

With my best wishes to all.

Derrick Humphreys Mayor West Vancouver

City will do its part

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those in need, and mai: ‘ain interest rates at a reasonable level.

At the provincial level, would like to see the government take what steps it can to increase the supply of affordable housing, en- sure that its financing for- mula for education is a fair and equitable one for all parts of the province, and make certain that in its program of adjusting the budget to reduced provincial revenues it does not reduce services to those who are in greatest need

Municipally, I hope to see our present level of services maintained or improved without an undue increase in the gencral property tax, a further improvement of our tax base. continued = im- plementation of our Ten Year Plan, and the first steps being (aken to develop our Waterfront Park. In ad- dition, | would hope that we will do all that we can to help case the housing problom within our own municipality

In closing, on behalf of City Council, 1 would like to extend to cach resident of the City of North Vancouver Scason's Groctings and Best

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Wishes for a happy and prosperous New Year Back Loucks,

Mayor, North Vancouver City

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ICBC needs streng competition

Dear Editor:

I don’t know if ICBC imsurance rates are more expensive than rates from private companies. On the other hand, I do know this:

¢ The ICBC claims office in North Vancouver has a hired security guard to keep the customer from the reception desk.

¢ Settling claims requires more paper work and takes longer. Also, repair costs are higher than could be ex-

Vandalism won them friends

plained by inflation or ‘by

‘higher labor costs.

© There were never any crippling strikes before ICBC.

¢ ICBC employees don't care if you are a customer or not — it’s no concern of theirs.

* Absolutely no one of my acquaintance is _ satisfied with the policy, service or

rates from ICBC. Why? Because ICBC is big, cumbersome, and

Dear Editor: Your -.coverage of the unfortunate incident in- volving our Christmas display has brought us many heart-warming offers of assistance and expression of good wishes. My wife and I wish to

YOUR UTURE KS PROTECTIT.

unaccountable. It doesn't need to control its costs and it doesn’t need to satisfy its customers to stay in business.

Let’s have competition in the insurance market -place again. We have a right to choose the peuple we want to do business with - it might even cost less.

James B. Jarvis North Vancouver

extend our sincere thanks and appreciation to everyone for their kind support. It is indeed most

gratifying to have so many friends.

W. Bernard Lovis West Vancouver

British Columbia workers

suffer painful eye injures The real tragedy ts that so many of

these injunes Could have been avoided by

the use of proper eye protection Don't be one of this year's

Statistics

wear proper eye

protection whenever eye hazards

are involved

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