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Editor: Hats off to Bruce and Andrea Kerr and their friends for taking over the Learn to Sail program from Gibsons Yacht Club.

Editor: The Sunshine Coast Conservation Association (SCCA) made a submission about the Woodfibre LNG expressing concerns about this major new industrial activity in the recovering waters of Howe Sound, where marine mammals are starting to return.

Editor: The bicycle touring season is now in full swing on the Sunshine Coast. Our close proximity to Vancouver brings cyclists over for day rides or weekend overnighters.

Editor: What is the value of a natural old forest and the thousands of species it supports? I consider the intrinsic values of such a life support system priceless, and not measurable in dollars and cents.

Editor: I am so tired of seeing the same names at the bottom of letters to the editor railing against anything positive for the future of Gibsons — mostly the names that were on last election’s ballot and whose views for Gibsons future were soundly d

Editor: Not all of us shaking our heads in frustration after leaving the May 12 Gibsons council meeting were doing so for the reasons Art Olson assumes we were. Some of us were appalled by Mayor Rowe’s lecturing of dissenting councillors. What Mr.

Editor: Art Olson’s letter regarding the recent Gibsons council meeting on The George (“Mayor keeps George on track”) raises contradictions I can explain. He accuses three councillors of being disorganized in concert.

Editor: Having watched the forested slopes of Mount Elphinstone since 1930, having hiked through old growth, second growth and clear-cuts and having observed the operations from high lead and steam donkey to yarder and truck, may I comment on the let