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THIS WEEK is Local Government
~ Awareness Week, and all of the
three North Shore municipalities
are putting on a number of infor-
mative events and displays.

Among the events were various
junior council and school board
meetings, in which. high school
Students took over and tried their
skills as top-level decision- and
policy-makers.

“1 was very impressed with them
vear,’’ “West Vancouver
municipal clerk. Doug Allan said of
these. junior council members.

- ‘They did very well."”

In addition to a junior council
_meeting, North Vancouver District

_. is putting on a series of. lobby
_ displays at

the municipal
through April 22, and an informa-
_ tion booth will be set up at Lynn
Valley Centre April 23.
North Vancouver City will be
“hosting dispiays from. city fire,
“police and engineering, treasury,
- library and recreation commission
departments at Lonsdale Quay

-April 21 to 23 from noon to 6 p.m.

City facilities including city hall
and the fire and police stations will
host tours from the public and
loca} Grade 7 and 8 classes.

hall

Carrying out functions including
fire and police protection, road
maintenance, library facilities,
taxation and zoning, municipal
government is an important part of
residents’ fives, noted North Van-
couver District Mayor Marilyn
Baker.

“The main gist of it is for peo-
ple to be aware of what is going on -
in their‘ community,’ Baker said | ~
of Local Government Awareness
Week. ‘Certainly in the last 30
years we have. have seen a

“noticable. increase in citizens in-

volved in local government. " .

' “Because we're closer. to them
and they can get our, attention
more easily (residents) feel closer
to, us.”"" North Vancouver City.
Mayor Jack Loucks noted of local":
government, .: ‘

As part of the week" $ events, the
three. North Shore mayors:will.ap-
pear on a special open-line phone-|
in show April 21 on Shaw Cable: 4
from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. .

For more details on Local Gov-
ernment Awareness: Week activi-
ties, North Shore residents should '
contact ‘the appropriate. sAnunicipal
hall. . . Ve

nd: The Rainwalkers wil

gat Centennial: Theatre as the. special’ -

Ju mp’ For It 88. battle: of the’ bands .

Four. No Shor “bands will’ vie for: top spot and
zes-at the’-7, p.m. contest, which jis. slated to be
‘hosted by Vancouver radio station DJ. Eric Gordon.

Audience: members. ‘will also be. eligible, for. an?

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“assortinent of’ prize: : .

Organized . by. the North " Vancouver District
CounterAttack : group,’ money | raised goes to
CounterAttack projects in, various North Vancouver
high schools, said organizer Adrian Stones, who is a-
student at Handsworth Secondary. os

Tickets are $5. per- "person ‘and’ are available at “the -
theatre ‘door. or. from North: Vancouver high schools’ ’
CounterAttack group members. Info: aan. ;

bend | 1 Ue. your

“off i in the NEWS boardroom; Mow 10

’ off will include refreshments; a tour of t

a chance to trade secrets with other fine cooks." a
* The cooks whose entries are judged ‘best overall will win a”:

dinner for. two at the North Shore’ restaurant of their’ chaice.

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