6 — Wednesday, June 24, 1998 — North Shere News

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DEEP vision

OMETIMES it takes more than
eyes to see. It takes vision.
North Vancouver City was pre-
sented with an especially good exam-
ple of creative vision last week when
the North Vancouver Museum and
the non-profit DEEP Foundation
told North Vancouver City Council
of big plans for the machine shop
building on the oid Versatile Pacific
Shipyards site on Esplanade at
Lonsdale.
. A $10-million to $12-million pro-
ject would see an underwater movie-
theme restaurant, a research facility
for deep-sea marine conservation and
displays of North Vancouver's ship-
building history housed in a renovat-
ed shipyard warehouse. “
. The DEEP Foundation president i
North ‘Vancouver subsea technology

Nuytten’s company and others in
North Vancouver are world leaders in
underwater technology. Such exper-
tise deserves a high profile and the
waterfront site is a natural place to fly
the flag.

The development would also include
the archives of the North Vancouver
muscum. The plan represents a winning
mix of heritage and cutting-edge tech-
nology.

The North Vancouver City water-
front has been in a state of limbo for
many years. Lonsdale Quay is a solid
enough attraction, but the area is cry-
ing out for more. We could cash ii on
the high volume of tourists blowing
into town now during the Alaska
cruise ship season. Let’s give them a
great reason to make the SeaBus hop
across the harbor.

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Land claims costs
keep on growing ~
. “Dear Editor: 7
“, Asa result of the Delgamuukw Supreme Court decision,
~ we could see a long hot summer.and it may cause a scrious
‘.. change in the native people and government relationship.
The: decision basically ruled that aboriginal title or owner-
ship of disputed lands may exist and set out the rights and
- «limits as to how. It also recommended that the claims be set-
_ ted out of court through negotiation.

~ > Well, the, Nisga’a signed an agreement in 1996 with the
- provincial government, thinking that the years of negotiat-

-ing-and compromise were perhaps the best that they could.

get. :

* Now there is'a suggestion that the elders failed, by other

ymembers of the band, for they believe the Delgamuukw
‘decision could bring them more land and money. They wanr
to junk the agreements in principle, their leadership and go
“to courte’: eer :
v2» We now have] writs issued by various bands to stop
, development and resource extraction in various parts of B.C.
~If the aboriginals can prove that their ancestors occupied the
/ land exclusively before Europeans arrived, the Supreme
Court (Delgamuukw) says the land is theirs,
=. .To prove their case they can now be allowed to use oral
history... .
oa Fperything is now up in the air and that is why the fed-
- .¢ral Reform’ party is pushing the federal Liberals to clarify
- the problem.
alfleft to the Province of British Columbia alone to make
a settlement, it will cost: British Columbians millions, as it is
now our resource industries are being held up for blackmail.
is 3:Something has to be concluded before a blow-up occurs
.s00n. If in doubt, just take a trip to the Chilcotin and to the
“northwest and talk to the citizens. The process has been
“: flawed and needs reconsideration.
Daniel Jarvis ;
MLA North Vancouver-Seymour

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Let’s make it happen.

Breaking away with c

THE overworked nursing pro-
fession shouldn’t bank on

. Handsworth secondary this year

for new recruits —— though its
alumni promise

lots of business for

the travel industry.

Those were just two
of the numcrous
thought-provoking
impressions your faithful
scribe brought away
from the school's grad
ceremonies Saturday,
held for the first time in
Handsworth’s 37-year
history in the plush
opulence of the Orpheum Theatre.

For the some 1,200 parents, relatives
and friends at $3 a seat, it was
Vancouver's best entertainment bargain
of the evening. .

Not least because of super?y sincoth
organization, which moved the tvo-and-
a-half-hour show along with clockwork
precision. For that, master of ceremonies
Nancy Smeal, together with Linda
Princic, Lind Rossetti and Lise Woods
who shared in voicing che the oral get-
to-know-you pieces on each individual
graduate, deserve a special round of
applause.

After the procession of guests and
staff, the piping in of the grads, resplen-
dent in their blue gowns and tasselled
mortarboards, and a somewhat original
rendition of O Canada we settled in our
seats for the show proper. First, principal
Terry Shaw’s words of welcome — inci-
sive, warm and just the right length.

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Then, five special awards to Zafeer
Alibhai (Ray Noel Citizenship Award),
Erin Price (Ear! Beaumont Citizenship
Award), Cheryl Martin (Governor
General’s Medal), Andrea Rose (Doug
Terry Award) and
Gordon Trousdell
(Outstanding
Graduate).
And so to the
evening’s main, 95-
minute event: formal
presentations of all 277
grads (including our
grandson). ‘This was
the supreme example
of the organizers’
skills.
Each grad stepped on
to the stage, received his diploma from
the principal and headed into the photo
booth by the stage exit in'an average of
just 20 seconds. About onc in every five
or six also paused to receive a scholar-
ship, bursary or other prize (a list chat
includes‘the North Shore News
Scholarship).

Yet in that third of a minute the lady
on the desk managed to read out a clear,
warm background note on each honoree
— his/her record and ambitions, often
with a delightful rouch of humor. Travel
ranked high in many plans, but among
the 50% of girl grads we never heard -
nursing mentioned.

and yon

Then came the valedictory address —

again one of a kind. No solemn tear-
jerker, this. Instead, grads Laila Biali
and Sean Clark staged an hilarious
stand-up-comic duo routine which ini-
tially hact the audience rocking with
laughter at che talented pair’s gags

lass of 98

before they wound up on the traditional”, ”
warm and nostalgic notes
Finally, the grad song, some 2007
mortarboards tossed high in the air and -:
Handsworth “Grad 98” was over. | oo
The North American high school.
grad ceremony — a, mystery to many . | *-
newcomers from overscas — is actually. °:.
a misnomer, of course. as
Varying, numbers of its begowned
participants may not yet have graduated —
at all in the acade se, since, some
final Grade ¥2 exams take place later.”
“If they flunk, there's: always summge
school or still Jater options for anoth
run at “getting their Grade 12.” "
But the grad night itself remair
most important rite of passage for.
19-year-olds —— the end of the 13-ye
link between carefree kindergarten i
cy and looming adulthood with
of scary-new problems.) 0%
For that redson.alone it merits its::;
own ceremony, regardless of exam pape
marks, and Handsworth did the occasion
proud. ce Be eT
Meanwhile, many of Sarurday’s par~
ticipants were doubtless echoing. priv’
ly the poem fellow grad Caryn Brighten
wrote for the occasion: -": =
*] like ir here and want to st
something I thought T-would never sa
; a0a mee
WISH HAPPY BIRTHDAY tomor-
row, June 25, to West Van Kiwanian
Ron Sidaway ... And many happy
returns of Friday, June 26, to his fellow. -.
Kiwanis birthday boy Ken McIntosh. © |.»
» OOO
WRIGHT OR WRONG: Pessimists. .
may be right in the long run, but opti- ©
mists have a happier trip. an

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