6 - Wednesday, March 29, 1989 — North Shore News

INSIGHTS

Quiet Friday night out
for the R&F fraternity

SOCIAL EVENT OF THE MONTH for the local rich and
famous (usually, if not always, identical!) is the gala roast
Friday, March 31, at the Hyatt Regency for flamboyant

stock promoter Murray Pezim.

Actually, the affair is a fund-
raiser for the World Police and
Firefighters’ Games, of which The
Pez is 1989 chairman. Taking place
July 29 to August 6 in Vancouver,
with several events to be held at
North Shore locations, the Games
claim to be the world’s second
biggest athletic competition after
the Olympics. They will bring to
town some 7,000 contestants from
three continents to compete in 27
sports ranging from archery to
wrestling — and enrich the local
economy by many millions.

Billed among the star-studded
cast of ‘‘roasters’’ are Milton
Berle, Don Rickles, Joan Rivers
and Red Buttons. A rumor that
Murray's new friend, world
heavyweight champion Mike

Tyson, might show up as a body-
guard for The Pez had still to be
confirmed at press time.

The more than 1,100 guests
from the Who's Who of B.C.
business and politics include Solic-
itor General Angus Ree and wife
Cheri of West Van, Tourism
Minister Bill Reid, former cabinet
minister Grace McCarthy, indus-
trialist heavies like Edgar Kaiser
and Herb Doman, and a battalion
of Howe Street's lesser political
acolytes.

How much per plate? Put it this
way. When all the three-figure
cheques are in, the gross would
likely buy you a nice $450,000
home — mortgage-free!

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FINAL CONCERT of the 1988-

1989 season in the members-only
North Shore Community Concerts
series —- 8:30 p.m. tomorrow,
March 30, in the Centennial
Theatre — features renowned Rus-
sian-born pianist Leonid Kuzmin.
But the good news for non-
members is that memberships for
1989-1990 are on sale next Monday
to Friday, April 3-7, from 1Qa.m.
to 4 p.m. daily in the Centennial
Theatre lobby, phone 986-7717.
The modest $40 fee covers five
concerts by world-class perfor-
mers, starting in the fall and con-
tinuing through neat spring.
Among the 1989-1990 highlights
will be the Ballet Folclorico Na-
cional de Mexico.

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POSTSCRIPTS: Tentative date
for the next step towards the
facelift for the Lions Gate Bridge
approaches is April 6 (but watch
this paper far confirmation).
That's the evening when Joseph
Cantafio and his committee hope
to present to a further public
meeting their actual design pro-
posals and cost estimates for the
Lions Gate North Enhancement
Project ... A former Windsor

grad, now an SFU research grad, is

hot on the track of a cure fora
kidney disease of farmed coho and
chinook which now costs B.C. fish
farmers $30 million a year. As an
alternative to the antibiotics used
to date — which eventually breed
resistant bacteria — Lee Nik! has
developed a natural, non-toxic ex-
tract which fights the disease by
boosting the salmon’s immune
system ... Each year master im-

show will be big with paintings of
life today in France — to which he
departs next week for an extended
tour with brushes and easel ... And
happy anniversary today, March
29, to North Van’s Howard and
Edna Hamner — well on their way

NOEL

WRIGHT

® wednesday world ¢

to the ‘‘Diamond"' as they chalk
up 57 years of togetherness.
aes

WRIGHT OR WRONG: As Oscar
Wilde observed, the only way to
conquer temptation is to succumb
to it.

Photo submitted

pressionist Daniel Izzard of West
Yan chooses another world scene
for his annual crop of paintings.
This November his traditional

— - PACK MOTHER ... Sherry Violette (r), manager of Gould & McCue
JOSEPH CANTAFIO ... Jewellers in Edgemont Village, receives citation for outstanding service to
1Sth Highlanders Wolf Cub Pack from Pack Akelz Edward Mulcahy.

MURRAY PEZIM ... mining gold
Gate Bridge facelifter.

for the games.

Spring cleaning

ITH THE arrival of spring, it is time for the
community to do some seasonal houseclean-
ing.

The tourism industry has been growing steadily since
Expo 8&6, and the North Shore isas been seeing its share
of an expanding tourism market.

Tourists spend millions of dollars annually to see
local attractions and beauty spots.

But North, Shore tourism means more than the
Capilano Suspension Bridge, Grouse Mountain gon-
dola, parks and beaches.

The North Shore is 2 naven for tourists because of
its clean streets, its well-maintained buildings and its
friendly people.

But to keep the North Shore’s share of the tourism
market, it is important for all residents to contribute in
the North Shore’s upkeep, making it the best that it
can be.

Keeping our streets and sidewalks clean from waste
and litter is 9 good first step. Sprucing up homes and
businesses is another way we can show our pride for
our neighborhoods and commercial cores,

And most importantly, we can all maintain a friend-
ty and helpful attitude teward our visitors.

The result is more than a doHars-and-cents value —
a strong sense of civic pride makes living in the com-
munity better for everyone.

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