- pull theplig and announced’

tough: ‘for ..the

tention | of an - exhausted
electorate. a

; Meanwhile, North Van's
‘proxy MLA; Premier. Bill

Bennett; may also have been:
caught: ‘with his ballots down,

“it seems,-The story is out and
-around that he intended to
calla provincial . general

-election "immediately: after”

tomorrow's budget — which
-would, . of» course, : have
: cancelled. out. the-North. Van

been asking for weeks why

. Bennett set the byelections
date so far ahead; now
perhaps we know).

Pierre, however, has
beaten Bill to the punch. So
we'll all vote federally May

- 22. North Van will vote
provincially May 31. And
some time later in the year
North Van (together with the

rest of B.C.) will. almost :

. certainly - have. to:..do it all
over again in the postponed
provincial general election.

Tennis, anyone?

‘up ‘courage to -

a ‘May. 22- federal -election. .
“to make ‘things - ,

oS collect

‘Council’s proposéd

COSt ‘charges. oe
thought he was the’ first to

know all. about compound -
interest. For instance, five |
. years down the road - with
2 GR.
_ ‘compound.

“compound. | -interest,
inflation. or

‘whatever. — you need to.
. -$1,539- for,” every.
$1, 000 spent now in 1979.
J “money. . “That, - basically,” is ;

. what... West. ~sVan’ s
moneymen, | ‘Alderman | Don.
McAlister — and »Mayor |

> “Derrick | Humphreys" are
“‘talking: about. They're also.
talking, bless’em, about the
. _taxpayer's money.

Co . a

There’ s much more reason

- for“a state of shock” in the

casé..of . June Carter,
returiing: officer for the new.

federal riding of North Van-

Burnaby. . Pierre's | sudden
‘Monday night election,

“annotincement left. her | —
byeléctions (this column has _

under the statutory rules for
these things — two days short
for the training of 437
enumerators who have to
start knocking on doors
tomorrow (Monday) and
‘complete their job by next
Saturday. The training.
courses were going morning,

noon and until late at night
from last Wednesday on-
ward,

° oe al

After 33 years it was time
for modest Jean Jamison,
who has sat through
countless West Van council

an’ t. “un ferstand why
es West ’ : Van. developer Fred‘
te. “‘Russelfis in“ a state of shock” ~
over”
= inefeases in development.
Yd have.

call last. Monday to.a hearty
“round -of applause “from
council. members,’ -staff
colleagues: and the audience
in the public’ ‘gallery. On
' Friday-Mrs. Jamison cleaned
out. her -desk .and-. finally
stepped down. from her. post
as Deputy: Municipal Clerk
- after” serving. the
‘municipality ever Since

. Thanks again, Jean,
for a. job: excellently done —
and many happy: years ahead

= with your: husband - {not to

mention t the: garden!).

_ . wa os oe .
Everyone's getting into the
tabloid newspaper : “business
these days. First it was. last
“"month’s inaugural issue of
- West Vancouver Municipal
News.- Now, West: -Van

Audrey Sojonky - has
launched its own slick in-
formation flyer promoting,
among other things, a big
“public meeting of ‘parents
and ratepayers this coming
Thursday: at. 7:30 p.m. in
Irwin’ Park’ Elementary
School, 2455 Haywood. It’s
billed as a “1979 Budget and

‘Priorities Meeting”. Details

of the schools budget on the

_ front page. make the West

Van trustees look squeaky
clean, But if you're a West
Van taxpayer, get along to
the meeting and probe ...

ee

What an ingenious idea C.
Rustmeyer, chairman of the
LGH Children’s Floor
Modernization Committee,
and LGH Finance Com-
mittee Chairman Ken Bruce
have come up with: donate

Four seeking Socred nod

The North Vancouver
Capilano ‘Social Credit
nomination meeting will be
held April 9 at. the Plaza
International Hotel, at 8
p.m. The 1,000 constituency
members will have four
candidates to choose from:

Insurance agent Reg Cooke,.

lawyers Angus Ree and Gus
Kroll, and ..communications
consultant Dr: Keith Winter.

Were you

lucky?

Winning numbers in the
March 28 draw of the
Western Express Lottery
were: 74190 (Series 22),
33987 (Series 19), 66748
(Series 08), 87704 (Scries
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“A ONVISION OF FW WOOLWORTH
co. LM"

CORRECTION
On Mar. 21 in our

garden
shop ad the MILORGANITE
should not have read “FOR
VEGETABLE GARDENS”?
This’ item [is for grass and
flowers only. We are sorry tor

. pany..inconvenienca.this .may $f.
have caused our customers.

‘Chairing the nomination
‘meeting will’ be party
president Peter Hyndman.

Larry Luther, con-

stituency president, says that ©

any of the declared can-
didates could win the seat
for the Socreds, who have
lost it by only a narrow

margin in the last two
elections. The very close
defeats, continued Luther, to
Liberal” Gardon Gibson’ in
1872 (by 64 votes) and in
1975 (by 327 votes) give him
every reason to believe that
Capilano will send a Social
Credit member to Victoria
this year.

Explore the language, history,
‘literature and songs of the
francophone world in daytime,
evening and weekend courses
at UBC.

Spring courses begin April 9.

Language Institute/Institut des Langues
Centre for Continuing Education UBC ~
Telephone 228-2181, local 285

ee ee

to
' children’s floor fund those .

meetings, to take her curtain.

Kiwanis,

‘bulletin,

= oot mene amectentiecced geese Tee ce ME tee tee SUTTER TET

the © hospital’s new ©
five free shares in B,C.
Resources. ‘Investment

Corporation ‘being given to

_ you by Premier Bill Bennett.

and use the hospital's. receipt

to claim a-deduction on'your .

income tax. It’s a painless
way of giving and also
probably your best chance of
getting some early cash
return on. the Premier's
paper gift. : -

. An “equally.

fund-raising
from the.

ingenious
idea comes
‘North — Van
‘whose . Ken
Robinson was let loose with
his camera at. two recent

club parties. “Copies ‘of most.
the club -
are available at —
modest prices. Copies of the: ~
_immodest

pictures”, says

. pictures ,
with the. negatives
available (first refusal to the

subjects in the pictures) fora -
range of prices from a low of | |
School ‘Board. = chairman

-there..

along —
are

Sr pe Pg Sd iy enn ATS FTO TEE AT UUM

Soe

: exorbitant | ‘to: a high “of.

blatant “extortion. -Un-
claimed negatives will be
auctioned to the. highest —
“bidder...” Glad, all things.
considered, - that - I wasn't

se &

In. - the saddle
(metaphorically):
Van's “punting priest”, Rev.
Desmond Kimmitt who
serves. on the B.C. Racing
- Commission and will be
‘officiating at today’s. open’.
house at Exhibition Park ..

In the chair: West Vanner
Ben MacDonald, President

Unicef Canada ®

Reprieve for
‘Sasquatch’ Lake

A lake said to be used by-
the sasquatch for their
medicine has been saved, at
least temporarily, from
becoming a _ tourist
development.

An appeal by Indian chiefs
caused the South Okanagan
Regional Board to table
plans for a proposed
development” on Spotted
Lake until April 19.

a

The chiefs ‘argued the lake

had been used by Indians for _

hundreds
medicinal
purposes.

for
spiritual

of years
and

An elder of the Penticton
Band said not only was
Spotted Lake as important to
the Indian religion as
Bethlehem, but the lake is-
also important to ‘the big
people.’

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