B7 - Sunday, February 26, 1984 - North Shore News Father and Son Apparel on Lonsdale. LONSDALE SPRUCING UP SURVEYING THE ACTION on Lonsdale, Jim Houston, the new president of the Central Lonsdale Merchants also operates NEWS photo Stuart Davis EFFORTS TO revitalize the central Lonsdale business community continued Tuesday with the election of an executive for the newly-formed Cen- tral Lonsdale Merchants. Jim Houston of Father and Son Apparel will head the new group, formed to in- crease business for merchants along Lonsdale between 11th and 21st Streets. The next step says Houston is a meeting of the new ex- ecutive to ‘‘do some ground- work and come up with some ideas to try and make the cen- tral Lonsdale area an attrac- tive place to shop in” Houston feels the mer- chants, acting as a group, can do much to offset increased competition from such pro- jects as the expansion of the Westlynn Mall, the develop- ment of Lonsdale Quay and the development of a number of small commercial centres along Marine Drive. ‘“*We have an image we have to get across, that this is an interesting place to shop or browse. It’s a friendly place,’’ says Houston. ‘‘It’s kind of unique. You can walk down the street here and smile at people without get- ling strange looks back.”’ Houston says the executive is planning to meet with all **The idea is to get a little input from everybody along the street and to get something firm going,’’ Houston says. Other members of the ex- ecutive are vice-president Gary Yorke, secretary Deb- bie Good and treasurer Merv Kennedy. Tuesday’s meeting, attend- ed by about 30 people, also saw the election of a number of block captains to ‘‘do a lit- tle footwork and get the word out’’ according to Houston. levels of government to sce MASTERTAX T1 Special T1 General DISCOUNT February March M—F SAT SUN 1410 Marine Dr. North Van. ACROSS FROM IGA PH, 980-4137 “what is available to mer- chants’ groups. Among ideas so far discussed are beautification projects for the area, com- bined advertising efforts by the individual merchants and attempting to get the businesses involved in some way with such events as Expo 86. **Basically,’’ says Hoston, ‘‘we want to establish some sort of flavor for the central Lonsdale area by enhancing what we already have.’’ A. E. LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD © REALTOR PREPARE YOURSELF FOR A CAREER IN REAL ESTATE * PRELICENSING COURSES * POSTLICENSING COURSES * ONGOING TRAINING Classes are conducted by full time Professtonal educators at our Training Centre held traming by our branch managers How successful you are of Can be as a4 'eal estate sales person depends greatly on the company that is betund you Ensure your suc cess by working for a company that offers essential backup services ts Nationwide and will give you the personalized training that you need At and in fF urope more LePage ts Canada $s leading teal estate company with offices across (Canada Call tor the US Wo formahon 985.9544 Chuck Traunweiser Manage! North Vancouver Branch REMOVAL OF sales tax on auto restraints for children, announced in the Provincial budget, is highly commended by the B.C. Health Association. The BCHA - representing all public hospitals and many tong term care facilities in the province - has been pressing for removal of the tax in order to encourage the pur- chase of kids’ car seats and harnesses. **l am extremely pleased to hear that Finance Minister Hugh Curtis has agreed to remove the Social Service tax on these products,’’ ~said 1984 SOLD’S 390 Carrisbrooke Rd. 416 East 2nd St. 4368 Raeburn 3159 Robinson Rd. 1610 Koxbary 6524 Wellington Ave. Lot 19, Wickenden Rd. 1900 Purcell Way #57-1825 Purcell Way #106-310 East 3rd St. #1204-9280 Salish Crt. 582 West Windsor Rd. Praise for relief BCHA President Charles W. Grierson. ‘‘If parents are en- couraged to buy these protec- tions, then much tragedy can be avoided.’’ The BCHA is one of the leading organizations re- questing mandatory use of childrens’ seats or harnesses in vehicles. in December [983 the BCHA wrote to Mr. Curtis requesting the removal of the sales tax as an incentive for greater use of safety restraints. The BCHA also solicited the support of other associations in this endeavour. TONY ROSSETTI if you are considering selling your home, why not call an ageat with a preven sales record. Call Tony Rossetti 980-0243 985-8231 Roval Trust Real kstate Starts. Get more out of Life with a flexible deferred annuity Provide for your long-term retire- ment savings with Equitable’s Flexible Deferred Annuity. There are no fixed premiums and you can choose between several guaranteed interest rates or a fluc- tuating daily interest rate. We of- fer competitive rates, no front-end charges and a preferred annuity rate when your retirement income Call an Equitable Life agent today to get more out of Life. a” EQUITABLE LIFE OF CANADA C.W. LEES, 320-1500 W. Georgia St., Vancouver, V6G 226 Tel: 685-8364