Opinion

In the past, by early August this town was awash with excitement about the latest instalment of the Squamish Valley Music Festival. For six years it looked like a match made in heaven.

I read the front page article regarding “Developing Squamish” with great interest as I can remember far enough back when the west side of Highway 99 between Industrial Way and the Mamquam River was just another patch of trees.

Hunter is a chemical engineer from North Vancouver. He is a consultant for energy companies. He comments on many proposed energy projects.

Our family recently took a two-week vacation in Squamish. Here’s what I noticed, as an outsider from the San Francisco Bay area, about your town: The Good: One day, we met a couple from Ireland, who are working in Whistler for the summer.

This summer, we received a letter from someone in the community about water use. Actually, we don’t know if the person is from the community because they never identified who they were or where they lived.

I t’s official. As of Aug. 3, five new sports have been allowed into the illustrious, velvet-draped halls of the Olympics. The new choices, the IOC declared, will bring fresh, youthful energy to the games.

As a mom, we’re programmed to worry.

I must comment on the article in July 21 edition of The Squamish Chief. The thing that poses a safety hazard on the whole of the Sea to Sky highway is moronic behavior behind the wheel of a “lethal weapon” a.k.a. automobile or motorcycle.

A few weeks ago police raced to a neighbourhood in Sooke on Vancouver Island after receiving reports of a group fighting with bats and pipes.

The reign of error ends soon. Actually, filling in as interim editor, or “Interim Glorious Leader” as I like to call it, has gone more smoothly than expected. As I’ve told people in the office, it has not come without cost for we editorial folk.