Opinion

EDITOR, There is only one solution to the access problem from the Kingswood project (“Petition targets Kingswood,” Chief, May 8) and that is an underpass (or overpass) south of the Highway 99 Mamquam Blind Channel (MBC) bridge.

EDITOR, I am writing in regard to the article about Squamish Youth Soccer’s proposed termination of U13 to U18 house soccer (“Teen ‘house league’ soccer’s future in doubt,” Chief , May 1).

EDITOR, May I, through the medium of your paper, express my thanks to all those dear people who organized my “Roast” on Saturday, April 19, at the Squamish Golf Club and to all the participants who were there to “roast” me.

EDITOR, Squamish would undoubtedly be a different town today had not been for a small group of committed citizens. When word leaked that SNC Lavalin Inc.

about Town columnist Maureen Gilmour takes a look at the week's events

They’re everywhere. They totter on two wobbly legs. Some scurry about on all fours. Many are hauled around in backpack carriers, front pouches, and hip slings.

One of the NBA’s worst-kept secrets reared its ugly head last month — Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling isn’t a big fan of black people. For that matter, he also doesn’t like Hispanics.

Way back in 1970 — the Dark Ages, for sure — the band Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young topped the charts with “Teach Your Children,” a philosophical tune that included the stanza: Teach your parents well/Their children’s hell will slowly go by/And feed

EDITOR, The Sliammon Treaty passed Third Reading in the House of Commons April 28, and is en route to the Senate. The people of the corridor might wonder why I could not completely support a treaty in our riding that I helped bring about.

EDITOR, Kudos to The Chief for alerting readers about B.C. Hydro’s clearcutting along the Hunter Trail on Hospital Hill (“Hydro clearing ‘genocide’ for birds: resident,” April 30).