b.G.’s on Lonsdale, 731 Lonsdale
Ave., North Vancouver. Open
Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m.
to’ 10 p.m. Open Saturday and

. Sunday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Cash only. Take the kids or call a
babysitter? Take everyone.

dinner menu

Timothy Renshaw
TABLE HOPPING =,

ES VIRGINIA, there is
a Santa Claus. Or at
least a battalion of -
‘good-spirited Christmas
‘elves.
:” And they are working at 8.G.'s
“on Lonsdale.
They are a group of customers-
’- turned-volunteer cafe workers
- ‘who leaped across the cafe's
counter to man the kitchen, cash
‘register, dish washer and whatever
“else needs manning at a small res-
taurant after the restaurant's
owner, Linda Fletcher, was taken
“ill in early August.
~~ They are an historian, a brick-
* layer, a human resources person, a ©
“clerk, @ truck driver, a
longshoreman and a riding instruc-_
‘tor.
And they have exhibited unusual
- generosity of spirit and
‘unselfishness in a time of great
_personal need for semeone they
“have known a relatively short tine
as their favorite cafe’s owner.”
. Fletcher, a 43-year-old widow,
opened 8.G.‘s in February, sinking
her life savings into a business ven-
ture in which she could make the
' best use of her considerable peo-
ple skills.

She sogn found herself sinking

her life into the venture.
-:. Sixteen-hour days became the
. fort They began to take their,
to
-s-Atthe beginning of the summer,
. she found out that she had
osteoporosis, which was causing
her hip to deteriorate, and
rheumatoid arthritis, which was
inflaming and stiffening her joints
to the point that running her res-'
taurant became impossible. .
“Even with the help of her two
children, Fletcher decided that she
could'not go on.

She would have to sell 8.C.’s or

‘close its doors and kiss her life
savings goodbye.

Enter bricklayer Bruce Zeiger
and the band of good-hearted
‘Christmas elves who had made up
the core of what must be one of
the most loyal! restaurant clienteles
-this side of the Rockies.

“They didn’t want me to close
the doors,’’ Fletcher said.

Zeiger offered to help and began
learning the art of cooking, baking,
serving and running a small restau-

- Fant,
He took a month off work to or-

|Gallery seeks

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« jurying time at the Ferry Build-
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held on the afternoon of Oct. 2.
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three finished pieces of work,
‘20 slides or prints, a resume, a
written concept of the show
and a $10 jurying fee.
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ganize the restaurant’s operation
while Fletcher went to Kamloops

_ to stay with her sister and to

undergo medical treatment, eS

The other members of the wolun- iz
teers — Kathy and Phyllis Spong, : aie $ Varn rs |
Ray Newman, Brian Woods,
George Edwards and Kristen Pless ae
— also pitched in to help with the

cleaning, the paperwork, the ac- a :
fogatine. the buying and the sel- AN \ A STIC | 4. A / i 8) 3
: Zeiger, who also helps organize ; :

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week restaurant, says he isn CHAINSAW SALES PROMOTION
Os, 's daily from about 7 a.m. to ;

“And,”' Zeiger says, “i'm get- HUNTERS! CAMPERS!

ting tired.” . 7
But he adds, “For me to take a _ Madel 36-2.2 cu. In., 36 cc comes with 15” bar

month off work is a few grand. For : ; oa REGULAR PRICE $349°

her (Fletcher) it is everything. {t's

all this lady has. “” | gee 2 NOW ONLY , ___ $299

He says he plans to stay on duty 2 : I _—
at B.G.’s until Fletcher returns. Y fei $50
Fletcher plans to return to the "

restaurant this week, at which time HOM EOWNERS! WOODCUTTERS!

she will decide what to do with
8.G.'s. Model 41-2.4 cu. In., 40 cc comes with 18” bar

“| believe what goes around i ; REGULAR PRICE $379”

comes around. | had always done

everything for everyone else, and ay: A 1 . NOW ONLY.» —_ $329"

now that | am in need, my friends

are helping me.” ; ‘ ; ; $50°

Santa would like that,
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