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oh WEST VANCOUVER resident Bevil Conway poses with his winning awards for the first-ever North
. Shore Youth Ambassador contest. The 17-yzar-old impressed the judges with his speaking ability
‘and his scholastic and artistic achievement. He will go on to compete in the PNE Youth Am-

bassador contest.

‘The guy who broke the rules

. MOVE OVER, Miss North

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By Barbara Black .
: ZAP! writer

~* ° The winner of the first-ever
North; Shore Youth Ambassador

~ contest is a guy.

‘. sAnd by the sounds of it, it was

la clean sweep for the 17-year-old

“Sentinel grad Bevil Conway,
_. whom contest - organizer. Gertie
‘Todd describes as “‘an all-around
* clever scholar.’’:

o:-in fact; Todd was so impressed
by. Conway’s: scholastic and ar-
- ' tistic. talents that she wants to
‘ open ur the contest to school
boards next year to nominate their

“top students as contestants for the

_new youth ambassador contest.
Conway, meanwhile, is modest
-about “his victory and is assured

covthat he didn’t win ‘‘just because i

was a guy.” And jokes about be-
ing .“‘Miss North Shore” don’t

faze him.

The critics were impressed not

- only with Conway’s artistic pres-

entation, but also by his speech,
which Todd describes as ‘‘fan-
tastic.’’ .

With tact and diplomacy, Con-
way commented on the historical
precedent the contest was setting
and the changes that it represented
in society. Although in the past
few years,. the ‘“‘pageant’’ had
focused on ability and not beauty,
the public had continued to see it
that way, says Conway. .

‘*Opening the contest to
gentlemen. is an eye-opener for

entlemen because the women can
now be judged on inner beauty
and their ability to be an am-
bassador to the community,’’
Conway observes. He welcomes
the opportunity for women (and
men) to be judged equally for in-
terior beauty.

For his- talent presentation,
Conway showed ‘slides of his art-

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work with the theme of ‘“humani-
ty, the beauty of male and female,
not divided.’”? In fact, on Aug. 18
Conway’s art will be featured at a
joint art show at the Ferry Build-
ing. -

As the North Shore am-
bassador, Conway will -represent
the North Shore at social and
community events. He also. gets a
shot at the PNE Youth Am-

* bassador contest Aug. 20 and 21,

which will feature contestants
from all over B.C.

Longtime pageant organizer
Gertie Todd is excited about what
she calls “‘the new healthy com-
petitive environment open to
males and females’? with the ad-
vent of youth contests.

She readily admits ‘‘I’m used to
seeing panty hose in the dressing
room, but I welcome Fruit of the
Loom underwear!’’

To date, Conway is the only
male winner of any youth contest
in the province.

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EVERY HOLA WHALE
POPS OLITAND GURGLES
THE TIME.

A riot broke out when Guns
'n’ Roses was forced to stop a
recent concert. Now some peo-
ple would fike to ban the band
from playing in Vancouver. Is
that fair?

LAST WEEK ZAP! asked
what you thought of the idea
of making some areas of Lynn
Canyon off-limits to swim-
ming.

I think some of the areas of
Lynn Canyon should be off-
limits because even if the
children have learned the ways
of the water in Lyna Canyon,
accidents cun still happen and
they can stitl die. If that visitor
thing is true... but it doesn’t
matter — an accident is an ac-
cident and a death is a death. I
think there should be off
limits. I've never been down
there and I won't go diving
down there because I know
how dangerous it is. The kids
may think ‘I’ve done it before -
and lived’ and then do it again,
but next time they might hit
their head on a rock or get
caught under rapids. It’s just a
matter of timing. .

I think that it’s pretty good
that people aren’t jumping as
much at Lynn Canyon, cliff-
jumping. But ¥ thick it’s main-

DUE TO a space crunch, last
week’s Backtalk did not run.
Here it is. We asked if you
planned to go to Bryan Adams’
free concert in ‘Stanley Park
even though officials are wor-
ried that the park wil! be dam-

aged.

ly the visitors’ fault. People
around here don’t do that sort
of stuff and when they do
they’ te smart about it.

1 don’t care. I’m going to go
cliff-jumping and I’ve been
cliff-jumping before.

I think the canyon should be
open for children to’ jump —
because I’m ene of them and
only stupid, drunk people jump
off and go in the rough waters...

I probabiy wouldn't - Oo:
because my parents. don’t like
_ that kind of music, but. BD ae
" wouldn’t | trash ..the park. “It:
hasn’t happened ; alceady, “so.”
why should it happen now? If -.
there are police there then 1
don’t. see how they can trash.

"the par!

Yes Pm going because I”
think it’s going to be great for
people to go around without.
paying for it. A lot of people -
around here like Bryan Adams
and they can’t really afford to —
go to any of his concerts.
Yeah, I think it’d be great.

I sert ef agree with ‘these
peopie because Thunderbird
Stadium after the Great Cana- ~
dian party was kind of trashed.
So I think the park will be sort
of wrecked after this event but
I em going to it because Bryan

‘Adams kicks butt and he’s
‘pretty rad even though I like
Guns’n Roses more. I'm going
to go to it but I still agree. with
those people that it shouldn't
be there because the park will
be trashed after.

Pm going te to be going’ to ‘the ;
Bryan Adams cencert because'l
think it’s going: to be acrad..
show and there should be niore |.
free events like this. more often. a

Yeah, I agree. with the’ people
because the park probably will:
get trashed and’ people will”
probably beat the heli out of it,
but I want to go to ‘the concert —
anyway. . ;

Yeah P’'m going: ; “Beeanse a
think ft’s fun for- people ‘With .
kids to ‘see, the concert’ without
‘paying.

No I’m not. going to .the ©
concert. because: ‘people: will :
jump on you, and you'll go to ~
the hospital aad. you might not ,

make it.

Camp offers fon

Vancouver Island. ae :
Activities for the eight- to 12- =

year-old campers range ‘frem_ arts

and crafts, physical. sports, theatre

“TEENAGERS THESE days are _
apathetic: they don’t care about
anyone but themselves.” :

Any child who has atterided. -
‘“*‘Camp Phoenix’’ would —
vehemently disagree. Camp ™
Phoenix is an annual week-long
non-profit camp for underprivi-
leged children and it is funded,
organized and staffed almost en-
tirely by volunteers between the
ages of 16 and 22.

Camp Phoenix, a B.C. ac
credited camp, is held in a dif-
ferent part of the province each
year. This summer it will be held
from Aug. 30 to Sept. 5 at Camp
Moorecroft in Nanoose Bay on
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sports, ~ archery and ° parachute

games to swimming, canoeing’ and a

beach-exploring.

Camp. Phoenix is an outreach
project of-the British Cohkimbia
Youth Parliament (BCYP), ‘a’ pro-
vince-wide ' service organization .
whose ,mandate is *tyouth serving :
youth.

BCYP and its 89 members from
across the province volunteer to
serve the youth for B.C.

For more information,
984-8106.

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