24 - Pridas, Muret 25, 19x - Narth Shore News '§ story makes a good read ONE OF the biggest problems in reviewing books is that the reviewer must achieve a balance between objectivity and subjectivity (the truly objective writer, reporter or any other species of word-mechanic is a durable myth). He or she approaches the work in hand with a set of biases rooted largely in personal experience that will affect the model against which a book is compared, which of course accounts for the great varicly of review opinions. The reason for this preamble is that your reviewer likes this week’s book-under-review even though it exhibits some major flaws. On the one hand the subject material in- terested me; on the other I was disappointed by the structuring or | Lonsdale pub “JACK: LONSDALE Pus, 1433 ‘Lonsdale ‘Ave:, North Vancouver. Telephone: TBA... From; the construction rubble ‘at ‘ath: and: Lonsdale in North Van- “new pub: is, coming (, ‘ The 65-seat pub i is to be ‘furnish. ed-with: granite. and ‘dark. -mahioga- ny” ‘decor. and: “will: find “a-home. | downstairs “'at : ‘the: “new. Lonsdale’ Court development. ' * Slated : to ‘open. mi “May, “this pub'i is planning to have a good-size food 5 menu, and details for putting . in a wine and beer. store are pres- ently in the works, “It took 4%’ years, but central Lonsdale .,.is... finally getting - its neighborhood pub,” said Mike Fournogerakis; who is involved ‘with the Jack Lonsdale Pub. For. pub-goers in this. area who may have walked past. the: site in the building stage,. wondering what was to ber the brand new building will house a brand new pub. framework of the product. From Snowshoes To Politics (Orca Book Publishers; 289 pp.: hardcover) is the autobiography of one of B.C.'s best-known and sometimes-controversial political figures, Cyril Shelford. Shelford served as a Socred MLA for the sprawling Omineca riding fiom 1952-1972 and from 1975-1979; from 1968-1972 and from 1978-1979 he was the provin- cia! minister of agriculture. From Snowshoes To Politics is the remarkable story of how a log- ger, trapper and farmer without a formal education (Shelford never saw the inside of a schoolhouse) rose to one of the highest political positions in British Columbia. MIKE STEELE book reviewer Born in a log-cabin ‘hospital’ on the shore of Francois Lake in 1921, Shelford spent the first 18 years of his life experiencing the dirt-scrabble existence of the hardy northerners who carved home- steads out of the wilderness. He CII inc. Neighbourhood Pub The fi inest:in, Entertainment ; Thursdays through. Saturdays We've got: TSN, Darts, Video.Games‘and the best Pizza you'll find on the’ North Shore! TAKE OUT: ‘TOO! Open Monday: to Saturday ‘Yam.-'12 midnight Sundays. ilam - llpm 1052 DEEP COVE ROAD At Mount Seyinour Parkway - Take-out and his family knew few of the creature-comforts that urban British Columbians regard Jess as luxuries than necessities: electrici- ty, refrigeration, paved roads, schools and corner stores. Shelford and his siblings studied through correspondence under the critical gaze of their parents. They | had few playmates — or even close neighbors for that matter — but their childhood was an endless series of adventures with wildlife and the elements that fostered an independence and self-reliance that would provide them with all of the personal resources needed to face and overcome any obstacle in the years ahead. It is no doubt difficult (if not something. is brewing at N. Van pub THE QUEENS CROSS, Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. Telephone: 980-7715. Housed in a building built in 1908, The Queens Cross has five brands of beer on tap for its par-. tons’ enjoyment, among them Rickard’s Red draft beer. Luxardo Sambuca bottles are labelled with the pub’s own recipe for Italian Coffee, being read in 37 English-speaking counties around the world and trumpeting for all to see the originality of this North Vancouver pub. For those chilly spring nights, The Queens Cross is expecting by the end of next month to have a heated patio to take the edge off of damp spring nights. Mondays are special at Raven inn THE RAVEN INN, 1052 Deep Cove Rd., North Vancouver. Telephone: 929-3834. Deep Cove’s only pub,’ The Raven Inn offers eight draft beers for its patrons to choose from and features draft beer specials every Monday night. Food, liquor and beer specials daily are to be found at this pub, along with highly acclaimed pizza that is arguably the best found on the North Shore. The Raven Inn’s convenient cold beer and wine store .-— which stocks the wide variety of items patrons require — ‘accepts most major credit cards. Entertainment 88 discount coupons are accepted at this popu- lar Deep’ Cove watering’ hole. items are available should patrons prefer. Sports fans can plug into the pub’s sports: viewing with The’ Sports Network; and for the more actively minded, ‘there are darts and video games aplenty. Highlighting the pub’s draft beer selection is the Okanagan Spring Lager and Stout, an all-natural line of beers brewed in B.C. 2989 CYRIL SHELFORD A Betton Columbia advesture! impossible) for people who have no first-hand experience of the isolated, pioneer way of fife to See Political Whisperings can be heard Murmurings meant to eli ‘North Shore elect. Quiet t kept open : ‘Rumours « The Queens. Cross —~ verfection ... ten years o/ pub.has gone WHERE THE NORT 2989 LONSDALE oa ‘Neighbourt if’s always a good! 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