AGASSIZ’S MINTER
Gardens was the spectacular
setting for the launch of the
first annual Mad Hatter’s
Tea Party and Queen of
Heart’s Invitational Charity
Croquet Tournament on
Aug. 18.

Joy
Nietcalfe

JOY TELLS ALL

The proceeds from this first-
ever event were donated to the
Mel Jr. and Marty Zajac Memo-
rial Foundation in support of the
Upper Fraser Valley Neurological
Society and the Vancouver
Neurological Centre.

The gala fundraiser was or-
chestrated and emceed by North
Shore News columnist and radio
open-liner Gary Bannerman with
the dashing and witty Senator Ed
Lawson as honorary chairman.
Entertainment was provided by
the Chilliwack Players Guild with
stirring music by the Seaforth
Highlanders of Canada Pipe
Band. Special guests were Van-
couver businessman and Bob
Hope's best friend, Mel Zajac,
and former Lt.-Gov. Henry Bell-
Irving.

Despite the extreme heat,
everyone came in costume. The
gourmet repast with tea and ele-
gant desserts was a very reason-
able $5. Mel and Gary were both
so pleased with the affair that
they’re already planning next
summer’s tournament... Speaking
of croquet tourneys, there is
another one taking place out at

. Hart House in Burnaby on Fri-
day, Sept. 13. What an auspicious
date!

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This will be the third annual
Hart to Heart Croquet Tourna-
ment to benefit the Stroke and
Heart Foundation of B.C. and the
Yukon.

Despite the fact that I have
never even touched < mallet, (li
be part of the celebrity media
team of The Sun's Nicole Parton
and Denny Boyd and Much
Music’s Terry David Mulligan —
all North Shore residents! There'll
be 24 amateur teams, some 96
players, all vying for the Domain
Chandon Trophy, limited edition
prints by famed artist Daniel tz-
zard, who is now a Palmerston
Street resideni, and a jeroboam of
champagne...

Just prior to taking some time
off from my column and my ’NW
radio show, I enjoyed a magnifi-
cent repast on board P&O
Princess Cruises’ sleek Pacific
Princess.

Gracious as always, our hosts
were Miller and Leonard’s Dean
Miller and his wife, Jean, of West
Van. Dean is fondly regarded by
the industry as the Dean of P.R.
He’s also very fondly regarded by
the Rotary Club of Vancouver for
his volunteer efforts over the past
20-odd years and for his talents at

‘the piano.

They recently presented him
with the prestigious Paul Harris
Award, an award recognized
worldwide and named after the
founder of Rotary... On that same
note, Capilano waterfront resident
and active publicist Mary
Snowbail reports to me that popu-
lar hotelier and new North Shore
resident Hermann Shaad, the gen-
eral manager of the Sheraton Inn
Plaza 500, has also just been
named a recipient of the coveted
Paul Harris Award from the
newly-formed Rotary Club of
Vancouver Quadra for his
assistance over the past 13 years,

including his year as president of

the Burnaby chapter in 1987-88.
Congratulations to both these

outstanding gentlemen!...

The other fun thing | enjoyed
during my time off was to revisis
the Phantom at the Queen
Elizabeth Theatre.

And I must say that J was every
bit as impressed as ! was the first
time | saw Phantom of the Opera
with Jeff Hystop and Patti
Cohenour as | was last Tuesday
night. The block-buster musical
just seems to get better with age.

And, of course, the good news
is that Patti Cohenour, who suf-
fered a back injury several weeks
ago, is finally back on stage tak-
ing well-deserved bows... Interest-
ing, 00, is that, at several of the
weddings I have attended recently,
including that of PR lady Nina
Rhodes, we’ve heard the delightful
and romantic strains of That's Ail

MEL ZAJAC... already planning
next year’s charity tournament.

Sunday, September 1, 1991 - North Shore News - 35

COCKTAILS & CAVIAR

NEWS photo Pell Lucente

DARCY RELAC and Gayle Hallgren making a tour of the Pacific

Princess.

1 Ask Of You from Phantom of
the Opera...

Something I didn’t get a chance
to do yet but will shortly, is to
take a dream trip on the Great
Rocky Mountaineer Railtours,
with office headquarters in North
Vancouver. This is the train trip
which runs between Vancouver
and Banff and Calgary, and Van-
couver and Jasper.

Peter Armstrong's thriving train
tour company now has instituted
rates for seniors. You may recall
that the Great Rocky Mountaineer
was recently voted as one of the
best rail experiences worldwide...
Just spotted Peter and his wife
relaxing and enjoying the new
menu at Klaus Fuerness'
revamped restaurant, Peppi’s...
Speaking of dining, something else
T enjoyed during my brief holiday
was a dinner at the Keg Boathouse

in Horseshoe Bay. The setting is
so lovely, the service by our
waiter, George, was first-class,
and the baby coho and filet
couldn’t have been tastier. It’s
been quite a while since I’ve been
to the Boathouse and I found the
whole atmosphere and the menu
vastly improved. The cheerful at-
titude of manager Andrew Dale is
an added plus... Small disap-
poiniment at Earl’s on Marine
Drive is that they have dispensed
with their super spinach salad, but
they do serve a tasty and simple
salmon with dill yogurt sauce...
Despite my absence, super rocker
Bryan Adams has continued at the
top of the charts with his
Everything I Do, the song from
Robin Hood... Don’t forget that
tomorrow _ is your last chance to
see the Vancouver Museum’s
Panache, a fabulous collection of
fashions over the past 200 years...
Cheers!

THE CITY OF NORTH VANCOUVER
| NOTICE
PUBLIC MEETING

A PUBLIC MEETING WILL BE HELD ON:
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1991
AT 7:00 P.M.

IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL
141 WEST 14TH STREET, NORTH VANCOUVER, BC.

TO HEAR PRESENTATIONS ON OPTIONS FOR THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF
LIONS GATE HOSPITAL FROM REPRESENTATIVES OF LIONS GATE HOSPITAL AND
THE CITY, AND TO DISCUSS NEIGHBOURHOOD PREFERENCES FOR THE.EXPAN-
SION OF LIONS GATE HOSPITAL AND POSSIBLE REDEVELOPMENT OF LANDS
TO THE EAST OF ST. ANDREW'S AVENUE IN THE VICINITY OF THE HOSPITAL.

BRUCE A., KAWKSHAW

CITY CLERK