AG - Sunday, March 18, 1984 - North Shore News EEE editorial pagel Figuring it out est Van School Board’s refusal to lease any closed-down school to the North Shore Independent School Society — which aims to open a fee-paying private school in September — at least clears the air. Following an earlier refusal by North Van School Board, it’s now plain that the public school system on the North Shore is not prepared to give any encouragement to ‘free enterprise’’ competition for its own sake. In the end the stalemate appears to boil down to money. Both school boards claim the lease. deal offered by the private school is simply not good enough. North Van School Board — although now offering the NSISS a second hearing — says it can make more money by moving into the empty Hamilton School itself and selling its present property on Chesterfield. West Van trustees contend the annual $59,000 rent pro- posed by the NSISS wouldn’t reimburse it for a loss of up to $110,000 a year based on a pro- jected drop in enrolment of 70 students lost to the new school. The trouble with these school board figures is that they remain, for the moment, theoretical. It’s unclear how long North Van would take to move into Hamilton or what the assured selling price of its vacated property would then be. In the case of West Van’s argument, the drop in enrolment (and revenue) could occur regardless of the new school’s location. Meanwhile, the boards’ own closed schools remain financial white elephants. The wisdom of ail this remains of keen in- terest to taxpayers. They deserve more precise details. Percent-wise! ayor Mike Harcourt dismisses the victory of rightwinger Jonathan Baker over his leftwing opponent in Wednesday’s school board by-election as hav- ing no significance. In the same breath His Worship congratulates ALL the citizens of Vancouver for their wisdom in voting, at the same poll, for a new $35 million Cambie Bridge. It’s wonderful what you can make of a 13% voter turnout. TO8E VOCE OF DONETYT: AJED WEOY VANCILUWER sunday news north shore news 1139 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver, 6.C. V7 2H4 Display Advertising Classified Advertising Nowsroom Circulation Subscriptions 080-7081 Publisher Peter Speck Editor-in-Chiet Noet Wright Associate Publisher Robert Graham Advertising Director Tim Francis Personne! 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Press Council 64.700 (average Wednesday & Sunday) BDA OIVESHON sx OG THIS PAPER IS RECYCLABLE sd RMA f Seman " Cou Rte 45 HE OLD WIDOW’S champagne was poured last Monday T at a breakfast in the Four Seasons to launch the search for her 1984 Canadian friend. She lost her husband when she was 28, took over his modest business and, long before she died 60 years later, had built its sparkling pro- duct into a name famous throughout the civilized world. She would have been remarkable in any age. But the conventions of 1805, when it all began, held the idea of a woman heading a firm to be unthinkable — and that alone makes Nicole- Barbe Clicquot-Ponsardin unique in the annals of com- mercial enterprise. Ten years ago the House of Veuve Clicquot-Ponsardin honored its founder’s memory by creating a prestigious international award to mark the outstan- ding achievements and suc- cesses of women in business. It’s now bestowed, at inter- vals of a year or so, on a chosen woman in each of five European countries, in Australia and this year — for only the second time — in Canada. They are inducted in Reims, France, into the select club of ‘Friends of the Widow’’ (Le Cercle des Amis de la Veuve). ‘ Candidates must possess four qualities: an enterprising spirit; acceptance of respon- sibility; ability to wield power; and achievement in their field. If you want to put a name to those qualities, it’s Wendy McDonald of North Vancouver, the first Cana- dian winner of the Veuve KAMAHL |. . love is his signature tune. Chequot Award tn 1982 and gucst of honor at Monday's break fast Like Mme Chequot, Mrs McDonald was just 28 when her first husband dicd A former fashion model, she took over as president of his company B ¢ Bearing Lingincers of Burnaby **because ut seemed the only thing to do " Over the next 32 years she boosted tts sales from $250,000 to $34 milhon, capanding to 26 branches in Canada and sia in the U S. Along the way she marned and was “Widowed twice morc, had five children, five step-children and 20 grand- children. Makes it sound so casy, too - but don't be fooled DOLLARS FOR DINNERS ... presented by Barbara sunday brunch by Noel Wright | Bissett (second from right) and her v-p Doreen Malcolm. On the receiving end (centre to left) Food Bank’s Sylvia Russell, Allyson Sary and Terry Young. Nominations for the 1984 award are being invited from members of the public as wel! as from business leaders. If you know another local business woman cut from Wendy’s cloth, call Jacquie Mills (987-9321) at Park & Tilford, the local arm of Schenley, Canadian distributors of Veuve Clic- quot, by the end of March. Closing date for nominations is April 13 and Jacquie will tell you how to submit yours. nw LARGELY UNKNOWN as yet in North America, Kamahi -— described as the heartthrob of Australian housewives — carned three standing ovations at his opening might Wednesday at the International Plaza, where he performs until March 24. A_ love ballad Singer in the tradition of Nat King Cote, Frank Sinatra and Perry Como, he was born in Malaysia to Ceylonese parents and came to always wetcome in West Van. JEANNE BOWMAN (r) AND FRIEND ... newcomers Australia while still a schoolboy. Since then he’s sold over 20 million records worldwide. Their ingredients: a deep velvet voice of excep- tional power and resonance, superbly clear diction and the accompaniment of an ad- mirable combo with a great beat. On stage Kamahl is charisma on two legs, his songs interspersed with gentle humor and romantic philos- ophizing in the ‘‘Desiderata’’ vein, and you begin to understand those swooning Down Under matrons. His version of Sinatra's ‘‘My Way” is alone almost worth the moncy. If you belong to the pre-rock or the post-rock generation — meaning, to- day, to the statistical majon- ty - you should get acquainted .. . kat HITHER AND YON: Navy Captain Stewart Alsgard gave it to ‘em straight as guest speaker at Thursday's North Van Chamber of Com % merce lunch. He described how Communist ‘‘disinfor- mation’’ techniques were fooling western nations into bankrolling Communist bloc armaments as well as their own... Morning radio man Monty McFarlane hosts the Catholic Women’s League spring fashion show, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 3, at St. ‘ Anthony’s School, 595 Keith, est- Van. For—tickets © cath 926-3623 or 922-5962 ... A $500 donation to the Food Bank from the West Van Legion Auxiliary was presented last week by its president, Barbara Bissett to Food Bank officials . . . The North Shore branch of Big Brothers needs more of them to befriend boys from father- less homes still on their waiting list. If you'd like to spare a few hours a week as a BB, call counsellor John Boks at 988-7115 ... The 100th member of the West Van Newcomers Club, greeted last week by Mayor Derrick Humphreys, is Jeanne Bowman who arrived here from Edmonton four months ago and now lives in the 2900 block Rosebery .. . in Washington, D.C. the other week, one of only two Canadians chosen to help with revision to the General Educational Development test, was Bill Kokoskin, head of the math department at — Handsworth. The GED test (for high school equivalency credential) was taken last year by 800,000 school dropouts in the U.S.A. and Canada .. . Cecilia Pereira- Smith, who plays Julie the mulatto in ‘‘Showboat?’ at the North Van Centennial Theatre next Thursday, Fri- BILL KOKOSKIN . friend of the dropouts. chi: PAUL HRYTSAK ... quitter hits the jackpot. day and Saturday, has a special gift) for accents demonstrated with great cf fect in “Stop The World’ at Metro Theatre where she us ed Russian, German, Bronx and E-ngish Paul Hiryt- sak, aide at 1GH, quill smoking and used the savings to buy lottery tickets Recently, he won $100,000 in the Western Express ._ And remember the blood donor clinics tomorrow, Monday, 10 to 4, and Tuesday 2 to 8 at LGH nurse's aah WRIGHT OR WRONG: Whichever way you look at nt, Monday is a tough way to spend one seventh of your life