North i Vadesuver € City ‘council's Keadache over the March 4 public hearing on the city's community: plan smacks more than a little of

City” Solicitor Robert Orr says a new hearing must be held because letters and comments on the plan were received by aldermen after the original. hearing had ended. Asked what aldermen should do in such cases, Mr. Orr replied: “Once you see the subject matter, put the letter back in its envelope, mark it ‘not read’ and turn it in to the city clerk.”

According to Mr. Orr, the courts can overturn a bylaw based on a public hearing if a council member receives any fresh input -once the hearing has closed — despite the fact that the Municipal Act itself imposes no such restriction on an alderman's freedom of discussion with members of the electorate:

’ Presumably. this means an alderman should not discuss the subject of a hearing even with his spouse in the privacy of their bedroom. He must refrain from ‘reading newspaper reports, editorials and letters to the editor for fear of absorbing new angles on the matter. If he overhears others talking about it, he’s in honor bound to clap his hands over his ears and flee. Between the date of the hearing and the passage of the bylaw, in fact, it seems his only completely safe course would be to retire to a Trappist monastery.

Possibly Mr. Orr’s advice to council makes legal sense. But in this day and age of instant communication it makes singularly little common sense.

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Once more this summer junior will be able to return from the beach boasting “Dad, I made it to the float”. After voluntary reconsideration of new facts brought to its attention, West Van council has had the wisdom and grace to reverse its earlier decision banning municipal swim floats.

Council's second thoughts are an excellent example of “participatory democracy” in action. Congratulations to council members concerned for demonstrating anew the wise old trath that only idiots never change their minds.

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“...Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do to keep in the same place.” — The Red Queen in THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS.

People throughout the country say inflation is changing their lifestyles, forcing them to drive, shop and eat out a lot less.

In scores of interviews, the common complaint of both white and blue collar workers was that the race

againt inflation was becoming a _ one-sided contest — that they were

running as fast as they could just to stay a few steps behind.

The comments from Barry Montgomery, a Kaorxville, Ten.. service station at- tendant, were typical.

“I quit going out to eat as much and going to movies,” he said, adding, “I'm in the process of getting a part- time job to help pay bills.”

Latest government figures show inflation is running at 17.2 per cent this year and purchasing power declining.

By far the bigget concern among consumers was

OUT OF THE BLUE: Thanks to our bureaucratic know-alls in Ottawa you can no longer find it listed by name anywhere in the phone book. The only clue to its existence is the colorless entry “Canadian Forces — see National Defence Department under Govern- ment of Canada.” Neverthe- less, for those who still aren't ashamed of a little glory in our national traditions, the Royal Canadian Navy is still very much alive and celebrating its 70th birthday this coming May 4th. To prepare for the occasion they held a_ three-day conference last week on the history of the RCN at Royal Roads Military College in Victoria, but unfortunately (the Navy being known as The Silent Service) they didn't inform us about it until two days before. However. if you're an old Navy type (including the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve, the Royal Canadian Naval Reserve or the Naval Reserve), you may still be able to contribute ideas or information for the birthday bash in May — just write to Dr. J.A. Boutilier at the History Department, Royal Roads Military College, FMO Victoria, B.C. VOS 1BO. He'll be happy to pipe you aboard.

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Talking of tradition, the West scems to be over- flowing with it this year St.

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energy gasoline.

Robert Pryor, a Brooklyn, Il., mailman, said he was driving less. St. Louis parking lot attendant Carl Taylor said-he-was confining his driving to weekends.

“I ride my bicycle to work every day now,” said Larry Taaca, a Honolulu elec- trician.

particularly

Some said their homes have been darker and colder.

“My family lives in the dark,” said Mashall Cohen, an Augusta, Maine, Lawyer. “We try not to use electricity that we don’t need.”

“It's been cold enough upstairs to freeze water this winter and my gas Dill still keeps going up,” said John Holliday, a Louisville, Ky., antiques dealer. “I"m almost sorry I bought a house.”

Those who try to maintain the same lifestyle are finding they need more money to do it. Like Bernie Kepke of San Francisco, who said he had no choice but to go into business for himself.

“Everyone working for another man is finding his lifestyle going downhill,” he

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by Noel Wright

Kamloops, for starters, 1s celebrating its centennial, no less, and wants addresses and clues to the whereabouts of as many former students as possible — write Linda Edwardson, c/o 205 Columbia Street, Kamloops V2C 2S7. The class of 1880 will understandably be a little thin ... Meanwhile, a Johnny-Come-Lately, 65- year-old Oak Bay High School in Victoria, is holding its grand reunion May 30 through June 1 — write Marjorie Payne, c/o Box 1980, Victoria Press, Victoria V8R 1Z2, if you're qualified to join in the fun. Then there's Tisdale, Sask., which is making its own big thing out of the province’s 75th anniversary with its June 30 - July ! homecoming rites. If you've ever had anything to do with Tisdale, write Rosemary O'Bertos at the Home- coming Committec, Box 1090, Tisdale, Sask. SOE

MORTGAGE MONEY panning for gold at Britannia Beach.

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said. “If you want to live at least at the same level as in the past, you need a much

larger income, which generally means starting your own business.”

Others simply learn to do without. Jimmy Hardy, an assembly line worker in Atlanta, says he's stopped buying clothes and Georgianna Solomon, a

1TO. You should be warned, by the way, that Tisdale promotes itself as “The Land

.Of Rape and Honey” — I

think they’re probably talking about the innocent local rapeseed crop but you can never be too careful these days...

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If you're wondering how to meet your new mortgage payments, Rick Higgs, manager of the B.C. and Yukon Chamber of Mines, has a message of hope. “There's plenty of gold yet to be found in the rivers and streams of B.C.,” he says — and for $30 the chamber's experts will show you how to do it. Their annual Tuesday and Thursday placer mining classes for beginners start April 8 at Point Grey Secondary School in Vancouver and you can then start panning for the yellow stuff as close at Britannia

fm the streams? Students

“Remember those gifts we used to get from the service station for filling up? They want them back.”

Detroit secretary, cut down on her clothes’ purchases, Don Fleeger, who works for the Virginia Farm Bureau, said he and his wife. are having a hard time explaining to their children,

why they can’t buy them all |

the things they want.

“They don't understand bt it,” he said. “Money is sti}:

cheap to them.”

thirty bucks than buying lottery tickets ....

POTPOURRI: Stella Jo Jean's latest brain:

wave is a group safari to ‘ Baste, Switzerland, to see - St. Clement's, North Van, has-

this year’s Passion Play ...

finally stopped its belfry

illuminations from flashing ’: :

on and off, thanks to the congregation's electrical whiz kid Bil Scudamore .. The long-delayed building of West Van's new Senior Citizens Centre should start any month now — tenders have been called for April 18 ... Another couple of stit- ches will be added to the

fabric of Canadian unity.

when Karen Muir, daughter.

of Mr. and Mrs. R.A. Poole ~ rasrrics ae Baker of Nova ‘:. Newton of Sentinel has won *): the $100 third prize for B.C. -;: in Canada Permanent Trust. .:

of North Van, Michael Scotia April 19 .

Co.'s annual student writing

contest — with honorable «, to Sean =.

mentions going

Newton of Balmoral, Kathy.

Willis of Carson Graham and |; Aanick Harris of Sentinel.

They were among 225 B.C... entrants and over 2,000 from °

every part of Canada.

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WRIGHT OR WRONG, a thought for Tuesday, April 1: Even a_ fool, holdcth his peace, is counted : wise (Proverbs X VII. 28).

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