6 - Wednesday, September 5, 1990 - Nerth Shore News N. Shore summer fun hits a peak this weekend! CANADA CLOSES it down on Labor Day. But the North Shore, marching to a different drummer, keeps summer in business for an extra week — with the fun hitting its peak this Sunday, Sept. 9. From its modest start 11 years ago, when Mike Nicell dreamed up the idea of a communal picnic in Ambleside Park to mark the annual return of the salmon to their Capilano River spawning grounds, the Ceho Festival has grown to be the North Shore’s biggest community event. The five-day celebration, which kicks off today, Sept. 5, with the festival opening reception, now involves volunteers by the hun- dred, dozens of businesses and thousands of visitors from all over the Lower Mainland. Starting at 7 p.m., tonight's party in Park Royal North features (all for $15) a succulent salmon buffet dinner, no-host wine bar, entertainment, art show, door prizes, guest speakers from Fisheries & Oceans and the En- vironment Ministry, and hobnob- bing with local dignitaries and celebrities. (By now tickets are probably sold out. But if you read this be- fore 4 p.m., try Dorothy, 926- 6600, just in case.) The action at Park Royal con- tinues for the rest of the week — fisheries and environmental displays that entertain as they teach, together with Festival- theme children’s art and photographic exhibits. On Satur- day the school kids hold a tag day in the malls for their year-round salmonid enhancement programs in classroom aquariums. Sunday’s day-long fun-and- fitness program based on Ambleside Park could take up a whole separate column. On the fitness side, earnest jog- gers — traditionally 500 or more — leave the park at 8 a.m. on the 14 km Coho Run to Kitsilano, whence they’re bused back for a hearty outdoor breakfast. Hikers flock to the Coho Walk. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. shuttle buses take you from Park Royal South to Cleveland Dam for a leisurely two-hour stroll back to Park Royal down the wooded banks of the Capilano, with a visit to the hatchery. At the park itself the fun goes non-stop from breakfast time until the supper hour. Highlights in- clude the famous salmon barbecue from 11:30 a.m. onward, the beer garden, continuous stage shows, puppets, clowns, a kite contest and (as the ad men say) much more. Sponsored by West Van Chamber of Commerce, Park Royal and CHQM Radio, the FAMILY FUN under the September sun at West Va Noel Wright HITHER AND YON Coho Festival may be the world’s biggest charity — possibly its only one ~— devoted entirely to helping fish. AU profit (last year well over $11,000) goes to the North Shore salmonid enhancement programs, especially in local schools. Which means the salmon now returning from far out in the ocean to spawn and reproduce themselves in local rivers and streams never have it so good as during Coho Festival week. But maybe they’re too busy to notice. So far they’ve never sent the Festival people a single thank-you card! eee TAILPIECES: Instead of a much needed addition to its affordable housing for seniors West Van may wind up with a Sikh temple. Sikhs are reported eyeing the site in the 400 block Mathers owned by West Van Baptist Church, which plan- ned to build 40 reasonably priced units for the elderly there. Council threw out the proposal in July, arguing that rezoning could not be justified. A Sikh temple would not require rezoning ... Further to that Sept. 14 reunion of former Capilano Winter Club members (Hither and Yon, Aug. 29) Effie Sutherland’s number to call for details is 922-4389 — seems we were given a FAX number in er- ror! ... And career planners should red-circle Tuesday, Sept. il, when Lucas Continuing Education Centre, 2132 Hamilton, holds open house 7-9 p.m. with tree classes, demos and displays. nek WRIGHT OR WRONG: If there’s one thing worse than being talked about, it’s NOT being talked about. INSIGHTS MORNIN Tom ... HOW WAS YOUR SUINMERY.. NEWS VIEWPCINT School is cool the tumultuous first day of the new school year. In North Vancouver, Seymour-area parents have less classroom crowding to contend with thanks to the opening of the much-needed Dorothy Lynas elementary school. In West Vancouver the Parents Action Committee on Dual Entry, lobbying un- successfully against dual-entry policy and for the ‘ight to send their November- December children to kindergarten this month, forsed the hand of the West Van- couver Schoo] District and brought their kids to class Tuesday. Meanwhile on the home front across the North Shore, Grade 1 jitters were allevi- ] F YOU are reading this, you survived ated with the purchase of new clothing and sharp pencils. Grade 12 students greet the school year determined to make it an unforgettable one and their last as far as grade school is concerned, And parents, worried that the minds of their children are being compromised by the deleterious effect of rap music, may take special comfort in the message brought to a young Vancouver audience attending a Public Enemy rap show at the Orpheum last week: Love your parenis. You can never repay them for bringing you into this world, but you can make them happy by excelling in class. School is cool after all. LETTER OF THE DAY Parents of canyon victim take exception to letter photo Gladys Lee n’s colorful Coho Festival, which draws thousands of visitors from all over the Lower Mainiand. Dear Editor: Re: Get tough with idiots, Mailbox, Aug. 15. On Aug. 20, 1982 our beloved 19-year-old daughter was killed in Lynn Canyon Park. She was sun- bathing along the water’s edge, in the canyon, when a rock came canyon down and killed her. We approached district officials about putting a memorial marker in the park to warn people of the dangers in District this beautiful park. officials asked us to Publisher Associate Editor envelope _ . .Peter Speck Managing Editor Timothy Renshaw .Noel Wright Advertising Director Linda Stewart North Shore News, lounded in 1969 as an independent suburban newspaper and qualified under Schedule 111, Paragraph if of the Excise Tax Act, #s published each Wednesday, Friday and Sunday by North Shore Free q Press Lid and aisitibuted to every door on the North Shore Second Class Mat Registration Number 3685 Subscriptions North and West Vancouver, $25 per year Mating tates avatabie on request Submissions are welcome bul we cSannot accept fesponsibduity tor unsolicited maternal including Manuscnots and pictures: s which should be accompamed by a stamped, addressed remove the line referring to a fall- ing rock. We take grave exception to Jane Potter’s Aug. 15 letter to the News, referring to ‘‘memorial markers all over the park for young people who should have known better.”’ Our daughter was not showing off, not drinking, not being carciess. She was just enjoying the park she loved so much. She was a fine and lovely per- son and we established the Jacquie EE VONCE UF MONTH AND WEST VANCOUVER 1139 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver, B.C. V7M 2H4 59,170 (average, Wednesday Friday & Sunday) <> SDA DIVISION Display Advertising Classified Advertising Nortn Shore owned and managed Whittaker Memorial Humanitari- an Award at Carson Graham Sec- ondary School in her memory. Our son is a member of the North Shore Rescue team and regardless of the circumstances we have never heard him refer to the people in trouble as idiots. Jane Potter owes an apology to all who have lost a loved one in the park. 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