Opinion

Editor: After a visit to St. Mary's Hospital emergency department three weeks ago, I was sent by helicopter to the intensive care unit at Lions Gate Hospital with a severe case of streptococcus pneumonia.

Editor: Most of us are familiar with the routine of buying fuel for our vehicles. We go to the gas station, fill our tank, and pay based on what the meter on the pump says - a fair and equal transaction.

Editor: Mayor John Hendersonand council members for the District of Sechelt - if you wish to commit political suicide continue on with your self-indulging thoughts of owning your own golf course.

The following letter was sent to B.C. Ferries president Mike Corrigan and copied to Coast Reporter. On Jan. 20 my 88-year-old mother Jean McKeating of Gibsons was discharged from Lion's Gate Hospital in North Vancouver, where on Jan.

Editor: The Gibsons bus route has just been changed to bypass the municipal buildings and Coast Health. There has always been a stop at South Fletcher and Winn near the library.

Minor hockey in the Lower Mainland will see some big changes in the way the game is played come next season - changes that I think are for the better.

Editor: Island Timberlands is in their planning stage of logging in the Day Road forest in Roberts Creek. This is the same area that the community protested in 1997 to prevent MacMillan Bloedel from destroying this incredible recreational oasis.

Editor: I need to correct a comment I made during the Target Marine public hearing on Monday, Jan. 9. I honestly thought I said, "It probably has gone up again this year" not "it has gone up again this year.

Editor: As an occasional golfer and Sechelt taxpayer I attended the standing room only meeting on Jan. 14 to hear the plans mayor and council have for the Sechelt golf course, now it is in receivership.

Editor: Reference is made to the story about the deer that was maimed by loose dogs (Coast Reporter, Jan.