TTENTION ALL B.C.
journalists! About
y «6%. the rumored affair
between Gordon Wilson
and Judi Tyabji ... No one
scares! I!!!

“Louise Aird
‘BRIGHT LIGHTS

There.was a nice party at the
Hyatt Regency the other night to
~ present cheques for money raised
y the hotel.
“2 Grace Hospital got $1,800.
oward the purchase of a new in-
-cubator, $7,000 went to. UNICEF,
nd Variety Club president Art
- Jones of West Van, there with his _

1 RCA

46 Most
disgusting is the
- fact that these
changes are being
made without
public:

Variety, Kids Farmyard.. ae
There will be lots of events at Ses
he'Hyatt this year'— it’s \:
celebrating its 20th anniversary.
and:GM Mark Andrew unveiled
the hotel’s anniversary ef ac-
companied by the music rom :
5001 0) ee

nounced *, that. Helga’. Pakasaar, ,.
former :;associate® curator’ of the”
Walter.; Phillips Gallery.-in’ Banff,”

il: become ‘the gallery's interim
director/curator.. while, current...
director Karen Love takes a’ pro-
“fessional leave of 'absence. ©:
|°A** former, independent . Van-:
“couver® curator, ' Pakasaar’s” cu-
fatorial ° projects. have focused on
‘contemporary art: in: all: media ‘as :
well 'as’ historical - ‘projects : ‘such’ as”
Post-War ‘Photography: in Van--

‘ Love, who’ Yeaves : on-an ‘eight:.,
rionth | reséarch project, will travel .
crass‘Canada and to’ New York,
hicago™ and: Europe”. : before” re-
ssuming her.position.in October.
While: Love: declined’ to give
‘specific ‘details about the project,

she said she will be.looking at a”

lot‘of. artists’. work‘and doing : a lot

of teading and thinking.”
- During: her. leave, Pakasaar will |

iCany of you women would like
to get away from the kids, hus-
band, house etc, for a few days,
the Hyatt i is hosting its 10th, and
increasingly popular, Women To-
day weekend.

The weekend of Feb. 5-7 will
consist of social events plus
“health, learning and fitestyle
seminars.’’ No men are-allowed
and they do the cooking. I’ve
heard it's great fun and it does sell
out so you'd have to book soon.

I'm glad that the Park Royal
owners are taking over operation
of the Oasis Car Wash at Park
‘Royal — perhaps they'll do a bet-
ter job of running it. At the mo-
_ment, it’s the only car wash
: around where one pays $12 and
then has to redo one’s windows.

On the other hand, we've been
seeing a Jot of Sophie Thomas
lately.

Thomas is the Carrier Nation
woman (mother of 16), who lives
in Stony Creek and who, in the TV
“commercial produced by local
producer/envirnemental activist
Terry Jacks, mourns the destruc-
tion of her culture by greed and
‘development. The commercial, by
the way, is now being used by the
United Nations.

So | drive by Park Royal around

Christmas and see, to my.utter
‘disgust, that Park Royal’s owner-
ship has hacked down the small.
but lovely old forest east of the’
- shopping centre on the land it.
leases from the Squamish Band.

They want to put a golf course
in. (Since then, they've cut down
still more of the forest.)

Meanwhile, North Shoreites may ,
be getting a bad case of NIMBY.

At Le Hotel Meridien recently, |
spoke with a Minneapolis man

~ who was here for a seminar hosted

- by a company called First. Nations
- Gaming, the president of which is
‘a local lawyer whose name | was.
unable to obtain. °°,

Mr. Minneapolis has already i in-
vested $50,000 in this enterprise
which, he said with much pride, “
will eventually turn the Greater.

; Vancouver area into the Nevada ;
«of the Northwest: :
He’s under the i impression that

“sc-casinos will be operating on all

8.C.-aboriginal lands, and he.:
{thinks his investment will be phil-
: -anthropic, as he’s been told that ,

BC! s aboriginal peoples are starv- |

Wednesday, January 27, 1993 - North Shore News —

HYATT GM Mark Andrew eft) with CFM promotions manager
Christine: Glen and West Vanner Art Jones, president of the

Variety Club. .

ing and are without benefit of
shelter, health care or education.
When | told him that our
charitable organizations rely ‘on
the funds from existing gaming fa-
cilities, he said that part of his in-

_vesiment, he'd been told, was

earmarked for lobbyists to change
that situation.

The Provincial! Gaming Coinmis: Q

sion, though not surprised to hear

“TERRY “JACKS. produced ‘a.
video about the destruction of =

native culture

about this because aboriginal:
lands gaming is currently inal
vas scussed, has never heard of First

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Nations Gaming.
Neither has the First Nations
Congress or the Aboriginal Peoples

Business Association (my callto  . -;

the Squamish Band was not
returned),

So maybe Mr. Minneapolis i is
being scammed. Maybe not. But
the thought of Ambleside Park be-
ing turned into a gambling resort

certainly doesn’t appeal to me.

Most disgusting is the fact that
these changes are being made’
without public discussion.

Hmmm, golf courses and gambl-

‘ing. | seem to recall'a little inci- -":

dent at a place called Oka which
started over golf courses‘and .,..”
gambling. My, how quickly the:
dollar turns the tables. i
Also at.Le Meridien the other.
night, | discovered the newest and
most ‘vulgar method of exhibiting.

- new wealth without worrying

“about exhibiting any class —

ordering Louis XIII brandy, at $100 :

an ounce, and having it made into
a Spanish coffee...
West Van businesswoman johni

23.

MARY JONES, married to Art ae
Jones in photo, left a

De Groot is still fuming over her °
recent hair-raising experience.

Last summer, De Groot was - -.
given a $25 ticket for the dastardly :
deed of allowing her nine-week-
old puppy off his leash in:
Ambleside. She forgot about the

_ ticket.

A few weeks ago, De Groot was

"stopped by Vancouver police.

Turns out that'a West Vancouver
judge had issued a'warrant for her.

_ arrest.

A paddy. wagon was called. Her
car-was impounded: and she, was:
hauled off to jail. ‘

- There’s a twist which explains | 7
De Groot’s rage. The previous *~
Friday, her downtown clothing -:
store was burglarized. 'It took the.

police nearly an 1. hour to Tespond.. . - :

To be fair to the police: a war:
rant is a warrant, As for the Mest ©

Van bylaw officer who gave her.

the ticket: «.. Well, West Van-:
couverites can rest assured that.:.

_ the strong arm of the law will keep -.
“them safe from prowli

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