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Louise Aird
BRIGHT LIGHTS

WO HUNDRED Pro-
_minent People turned
up for the recent
“Salute to Leadership
Vancouver’ — a Juncheon
in honor of that organiza-_
tion’s first birthday.

The luncheon (which was very
nice but way too long) was held at
Burnaby’s Ismaili Centre and was
hosted by His-Highness srince Aga
Khan Shia Imami Ismaili Council — -
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-Leadetship.Vancouver is a joint
_ project of Volunteer Vancouver (a
United Way agency) and the Van-
couver Board of Trade. It's also
the brainchild of, among others,
North Shoreites Cheryl Milton —
the Volunteer Vancouver board .
trainer — Science World founder
Barbara Brink, and Jim O'Hara,
managing director of the World
Trade Centre. ; .

It was formed last year to pro-
mote effective community lead-
ership and encourage community ~
networking, and it does this by
taking people from all watks of life
in the Greater Vancouver area and
training them in volunteer
management, fundraising, board
responsibilities, etc. at a three-day
retreat on Bowen Island.

Thirty-three graduates were
toasted (with juice} at the Ismaili
Centre, a gleaming, opulent, no-
expenses-spared and elegant
structure designed by Bruno
Freschi.

After the Canadian National An-
them (which, when sung too slow-
ly, sounds like a dirge) and God
Save the Queen, there were
speeches by, among others, Ismaili
Council president Firoz Razul,
Leadership Vancouver chairman
and Bank of Montreal senior
vice-president Harri Jansson, and

. Lt«Gov./comedian David Lam —

ALTHOUGH THE Aga Khan himself did not turn up at the Lead-
ership Vancouver luncheon, Marion Crook and Burnaby-Kingsway

MP Svend Robinson were there.

I've never heard him make such a
funny speech.

The “Aga Khan was not present,
but, among the crowd, | spotted
Vancouver Mayor Gordon
Campbell, Province editor-in-chief
Brian Butters, Burnaby-Kingsway
MP Svend Robinson, and Van-
couver Cuitural Alliance director
Rick Lemaire.

From the North Shore, there
were MLA Dan Jarvis, North
Vancouver City Mayor Jack
Loucks, ex-North Vancouver
District mayor Marilyn Baker,
Volunteer Vancouver board
chairman Russ Pacey, Vancouver
Foundation executive director
David McLean and, to my right,
Paul Gallagher, the former prin-

_ cipal (as the position was titled
then) of Capilano College; who is

now director of the B.C. Human
Resources Development Project.

It takes a very important cause
or issue to get 200 of the Lower
Mainland’s busiest people to
spend three hours in the middle of
the day at one event. But they did
— and happily.— which; | think, is
more than a significant show of
support, not only for Leadership
Vancouver, but for volunteering
and community-mindedness in
general. (And yes, you do have
time.) .

kkk

i missed the Jim Byrnes concert
June ‘27. (t was at the Tom
Cochrane concert, which was
fabulous — it was outside, not too

‘loud, and it drew about 5,000

well-behaved people aged four to
74, However, Tom definitely
needs a new hairdresser.) .

Anyway, ! made it to the Com-
modore Balircom just in time to
catch Otis Clay, Ann Peebles &
The Memphis Soul Revue, all of
whom were fantabulous (as was, |
hear, Byrnes). Peebles has
restarted her career after an ultra-
long hiatus, and while she per-
formed one of her biggest hits, /
Can’t Stand the Rain, t had a chat
with du Maurier Jazz Festival or-
ganizer john Orysik.

Turns out that there’s no reason
why some of the festival venues
can’t be on the North Shore.
Within easy distance of the bridges
and SeaBus, we have the Lonsdale
Quay, the Park Royal Pub, the

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Wednesday, July 29, 1992 - North Shore News - 24

Prominent people lunch together at
Leadership Vancouver celebration

photos Louise Aird

JIM BYRNES gets. shoulder to shoulder with Otis Clay. They both recently gave “‘fantabuious"
concerts on the Vancouver music circuit.

Avalon Hotel and the Coach
House, among others, not to men-
tion oodles of park space for out-
door concerts — look at how suc-
cessful the Vancouver Symphony
performances at Ambleside Park
were. Something for North Shore
operators to think about...

kak

FOR FIREWORKS LOVERS...

_ Don't forget about the Benson
and Hedges Symphony of Fire.
Australia competes tonight, the UK

on Aug. 1, Canada on Aug. 5 and
the finale is Aug. 8. .
if you don't feel like joining the
thrang at English Bay, the Van-
couver Museum has a great deal
poing — $43 per person ($10 for
ids) includes a pass to get
through the police line on Corn-
wall, free parking at the museum,
the Planetarium laser show, access
to all museum exhibits, a
barbecued salmon dinner
prepared by the Vancouver and
North Vancouver Fire Depart-
ments, and entertainment from

reggae favorite “Soul Survivors,’
Ron Haywaad (remember Ron
Haywood and the Stripes?) and il-
lusionist Lon Mandrake.

Plus, you get to watch the
fireworks from a private fenced
and tented area — complete with
tables, chairs and beverage service
— on the lawn in front of the
museum, which is Vanier Park.

Aug. 5 is sold out, but there’s
still plenty of space for the other
dates. To reserve, call Monica
Sayers at 736-4431,

LT..GOV. David Lam (photo above left) showed his comic talents in his speech at the Leadarship
Vancouver luncheon. Among the prominents were (photo right, left to right) Science World founder
Barbara Srink, Worid Trade Centre managing director Jim O’Hara and Volunteer Vancouver board

trainer Cheryl Milton.

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