PRESET IE NY oo Lt TE TET ONT oe ROE FY TREE LETH RT SGT, FRG TARA OILERS ORARR Fam eter ron MTN 2c SRR Ie eae EEE Eee ie : ee od oy i g ; i eset a BGAN aN MOEN IG TAS SESE LER IT RITE IY SHI TER IC om Fane eee rte anternTIOoner Ss Coane pte ier Te Ca eRe eon SUBSIDIES TO VSO, OPERA City residents may pay arts ‘head tax’ NORTH VANCOUVER City residents may be paying a *thead tax’? on their regional arts programs, similar to Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto, if a funding motion receives budget approval later this year. Twenty-five cents per resident would be paid by the city in a lump sum of $108,000 to help subsidize symphony, opera, theatre and other regional arts programs. Similar programs in the eastern provinces receive significantly more support with residents of Montreal paying $1.84 per capita and residents of Toronto paying $2.99. Vancouver opera director Maurice Mourton encouraged the city to look beyond community program funding. He pointed out that many programs attract patrons outside of their cities. Roughly 2,500 North Vancouver City .residents attend the opera programs, and 30 musicians and chorus members live and teach in the city, according to Mourton. ANNUAL RACE By CORINNE BJORGE Contributing Writer The grant-giving criteria, to be administered by the Greate: Van- couver Regional District, will fimit funding to events that draw a large number of people outside their communities, and to events that are exclusive to the region. Council members expressed concerns that the money would be used to replace funds that should be coming from the provincial government. Mourton said there has not been any indication of cutbacks as funds to the opera have been steadily increasing. But Vancouver symphony repre- sentative May Brown said with the exception of the current year, Waiters avoid tips FAST-FOOTED North Shore waiters and waitresses will be turn- ing the tables by trying to avoid tips this coming Wednesday at the 5th Annual Coca Cola Classic North Shore Waiter’s Race. Forty teams of two members each will run relays across the Capilano Suspension Bridge, balancing a wobbly tray of Coca- Cola in a race against the clock. Each team member will run one 450-foot-long length of the suspension foot bridge. Runners will carry a bar tray holding an open 750 mi bottle of Coke Classic and a %-full glass. The team with the quickest com- bined score of speed, minimal spiilage and lack of rule infractions will win the race. Contestants will be competing oe ‘for fame, notoriety, trips and other prizes. In addition to prizes for first, second and third place teams, prizes will be awarded for best cheerleaders, best waiter’s costume and the slowest time. A Capilano Suspension Bridge booby prize will also be awarded. The race begias ut 9 a.m. sharp May 10. Spectators are welcome and admission to the park is free during the event. The Capilano Suspension Bridge is 100 years old this year. One hundred years ago George Grant Mackay suspended the first swing- ing bridge across the Capilano Canyon. Since then millions of visitors have made the pilgrimage to stroll across the canyon on a sw- inging bridge suspended 230 feet above the Capilano River. eee 2 FOCUS ON TRANSIT. PUBLIC MEETING ON NORTH VANCOUVER TRANSIT CENTRE The Vancouver Regional Transit Commis- sion is holding a meeting to consider op- tions regarding the proposed closure of the North Vancouver Transit Centre. The meeting is open to the general public and is scheduled as follows: Tuesday, May 9, 1989 10:30 a.m. District of North Vancouver Municipal Hall 355 West Queens Take the #232 Grouse Mountain north on Lonsdale. If you have any questions regarding this public meeting, please contact Judy Tharp, Planning Department, BC Transit, 264-5000. BC Transit gig Yasasy teen funding from the provincial gov- ernment for the symphony has been decreasing. She said, howev- er, that in light of the symphony’s financial difficulties, she believes the provincial government will continue its funding commitments. Brown said she had not received the impression that the funding would be an annual contribution. “it would not be their (GVRD’s) intention to give this all out in one year,” she said. Ald. Stella Jo Dean added that the city has currently ear-marked $330,000 to support a concert by the Vancouver Symphony in North Vancouver. 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