12 — Sunday, March 12, 1989 - North Shore News

inquiring
reporter

Evelyn Jacob

aren’t loony about loonies.

A NATION-WIDE survey has revealed that Canadians
Since their introduction in

July, 1987, people have been hoarding the $1 coins and
retailers have been reluctant to use them. Their popu-
larity hit a new low last year when the government an-
nounced it would stop issuing $1 bills and wee them

Are you using your loonies?

Dave Harrison Dag Walker Tony Hill
North Vancouver New Westminster Surrey North Vancouver
i use them when I get I hate them. I use them, I'm, using them. I don’t I don’t like them.

them. I don’t mind them
at all. They’re more con-
venient to use in
machines and for bus
fare.

Bernadette Micallef

but only when I have to.
The only thing they’re
good for is cigarette them as I
machines. would.

mind using them, but I
don’t see as many of

using loonies.

thought I
floor of my car.

with loonies this June 30. According to the survey, the
noveity of the loonie has fallen off, and many people find
it heavy and inconvenient to use. Others said they have
put away their loonies as souvenirs and plan not to use
them again. Inquiring Reporter asks people if they are

always lose thern. They enough of them around.
drop out of my pocket a They’re not being cir-
lot and roll on to the culated properly. When I

Lim Lum
North Vancouver
I [like them but there’s not

get them, E use them.

Open houses held at W. Van schools

ATTEND SCHOOL in
March — that’s the invita-
tion West Vancouver
schools are extending to the
community this month.

By OLGA RUSKIN

On Monday, March 13 and
Tuesday, Merch 14 from 10:30
a.m. to noon Hillside Middle
School invites the public to come
and see regular classes in opera-
tion.

Hillside is the Lower Mainland’s
only middle school. Vice-principal
Ron Knight explains that while
there are many middie schools in

the U.S., there are only 16 in B.C.,
of which Hillside is one. This also
is the first year that Hillside has
been operating as a middle school
for Grades 7, 8 and 9.

On March 15 from 7 to 9 p.m.
there is an open house, and stu-
dents will be involved in a number
of activities.

Other open houses and events
remaining in March are Westcot
Blementary'’s open house March 15
from 7 to 9 p.m. with students in-
volved in a band presentation, 2
mock trial, poetry and prose
Sele science and challenge

Caulfeild Elementary will hold
its Science Fair March 2t, 6:30 to 8
p.m,

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Gleneagles Elementary has as its
theme for Education Month
“everything to do with flight.” On
March 21 and 22 Gleneagles will
present a musical Sky Happy
about the start of flight.

And at West Bay Elementary
visitors are welcome not just dur-
ing March but all year round,
points out vice-principal Heather
Horsley.

West Vancouver School District
45 extends from West Vancouver
to Lions Bay and Bowen Island.
At) Bowen Island Community
School Joanne Elliott, a head
teacher, states that visitors are
welcome to drop by throughout
the year. Bowen Island is only a
20-minute ferry trip away for

SHOPPING HOURS: Monday-Wednesday 9:30 - 6:00; Thursday & Friday 9:30 - 9:00;
Saturday 9:30 - 6:00; Sunday Noon - 5:00

mainland visitors.

Fourteen schools are in the West
Vancouver District school system.
Two of the elementary schools,
Hollyburn and Pauline Johnson,
are French Immersion schools for
$06 students. Sentinel Secondary,
West Van's largest high school,
offers amongst its varied pro-
grams, carly and late French Im-
mersion for high school students.

Activities scheduled for Educa-
tion Month have ranged from a
rocket launch and paper airplane
contest at Gleneagles Elementary
to a ‘“‘there’s something here for
everybody, including senioss’’
open house at West Van Second-
ary. A bakxe-off in the Home Ec
Lab, blood pressure readings by

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Science students, 30 MacIntosh
computers to ‘‘tour’’ and Japanese
pastries and snacks to sample are
some of the events,

Future schoo! events ‘in the
district include Interlink, a musical
involving senicr © citizens planned
for April.

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