___... -WELCOME. BACK, July 1, 1979 - Sunday News ao wee sunday brunch * Sun and Province, after your eight-month Rip Van Winkle act. A little extra com- petition is healthy., for everyone and in particular those two new dailies en- tering your market just as you're reawakening | will make life very interesting for "Roy, ‘Dy Noel Wright ~. at 4 : - DINNER GONG:~ New owner-operators of Dun- darave’s G & P Steakhouse -- Roy and Nieves Lifton -- are North Shore to the T-bone (if they'll pardon the quip.) more recently with Capilano Golf Club, was 19 years with Seymour Golf Club, while Nieves worked *. slumber. ‘Lower you in the weeks ahead. Meanwhile, the Lower Mainland’s suburban community newspapers have more than one reason to be grateful to the Sun and Province for their lengthy The extra bucks from the the new advertisers we've added are nice -in themselves. But more im- portant is the opportunity we've had to prove a point -- the. point that Greater Vancouver doesn’t grind toa halt because its big dailies quit on it for two-thirds of a.» Sutherland and his June “bride year. . If we’re to believe our North - Shore readers, subyrban community papers like The News are capable of doing a pretty good job, all on their own, of informing and entertaining the public and keeping local businesses prosperous. No doubt it’s the same story with our opposite numbers. in Kerrisdale, Coquitlam, Richmond, Delta and Surrey. As Friday’s Province observed in its comeback edition there have been massive changes in the past eight months. Good luck to Pacifi¢ Press in coping with them -~ and good luck to the Mainland’s com- munity press in keeping those healthy changes alive. 4 oe a North Van-Burnaby's newly elected Tory MP Chuck Cook was back in. ~~"altogetl er - and he expects "” @R “3 fotred tere by My Wile — - Dates the Cooks Having jus a ee Pp town last week full of en- thusiasm for the upcoming session of parliament after a couple of visits to Ottawa since May 22. The session, he thinks, will probably start in October and be "fairly short” (which figures if the boys are going to be home for Christmas). Meanwhile, having rented an- Ottawa apartment just 10 minutes walk from Parliament Hill, -the energy crisis THE. 2 Walser reached the “empty nester” stage with their. grown family. Support the Children’s Floor Campaign, Lion’s Gate Hospital Chuck plans to do his bit for with Seaspan’ International at the foot of Pemberton. They took. over yesterday and for good measure they've also brought along Joe, former assistant chef at Capilano Golf Club. Ef you've still to try the G & P, incidentally, you could find yourself dining thefe in the company of some -distinguished local »patrons, It’s not your usual kind of honeymoon -- a couple of weeks in Maui, Carmél or Qualicum -- for David Deborah (nee Robinson) both of North Vancouver. They're learning the basics of married life on a three-month camping trip through Alaska, the Yukon > and the Northwest ‘Territories. After all that tent-pegging in the tundra, setting. up their permanent home back in North Van this fall: should be a breeze ... And talking of happy en- dings, Janice Lesley of West Vancouver is writing a book of true-life happy-ending stories illustrating human kindness, warmth, heroism, faith and incidents that have changed lives for the better. In all cases the happy ending is a “must” for The Little Good Book, as Janice plans to call it. If. you have a personal story that fits, she'd love to hear from you at 922- 5667 (home) or 685-6241 (office). ‘ one If ever Kathryn Gallagher herself-_needs—another job, there should be half a dozen PR firms over town bidding for her services. She's the dynamo in charge of this year’s North Shore Canada Employment Centre for Students (phone 986-3404) and never misses a point in promoting the service to potential employers. In addition to her regular column in The News her ‘natural talent for talking to An assortment of quality used and out of print titles in LITERATURE & LITERARY CRITICISM Pacific Books 1135 Lonsdale North Vancouver 980-2121 the media wins the centre quite a lot of extra ink. She also appreciates the value of publicity stunts - like the hilarious pre-game Earthball match she organized bet- ween Carson Graham “ students and sports media personalities at the B.C. game (Carson won 1-0 after the eight-foot ball. finally burst). With school now out, the next two months will bring Kathryn her biggest challenge. ‘“‘The = ployment Centre,” she says, “saves an employer time as most job orders are filled in” less than 48 hours.” _—* € BANG -- SPLASH: The .79 Vancouver Sea Festival (July 14-22) will open with a giant 30-minute firework -display at nightfall on Saturday, July 14, says Festival Chairman Raymond Greenwood. ~In previous years the firework show has come at the end of the Festival’ ..... speculation is mounting about the big- name celebrity promoter Tom Butler will produce to replace Billy Carter at the ’79 World Belly Flop Cham- pionship (August 4 at North Van's Coach House pool). President, Jimmy’s beer- guzzling brother, who departed from last year’s event in a tantrum, has not been invited back. see ONWARD AND _ UP- WARD: Rejncarnation in his own lifetime, so to speak, has been achieved by Ed Cotton, installed as 1979-80 ’ president of the North Van Chamber of Commerce at its recent annual meeting. He held the same office 1967-68. Ed’s target this time round is Em-' ASK \ oo aan ttn nga AE Ai YELLE 8 Perc aR PG tha GETTING ALL THE ATTENTION but oblivious of the fact, this lucky guy drowses on under the gaze of the bathing belles at Ambleside Beach as they soak up the sun which has been browning sunbathers in the past week until clouds spread over Friday (lan Smith photo). . and Ted Talbot ... Recipient of the highest . honor bestowed by the Kinsmen organization, John Matkovich has been elected * a Life Member by his fellow the hill!) ... And talking of schools, a pat on the back to Kirsty Farquharson and John Terry of West Van Secondary, and Chris Krusch of Sentinel, who Humanities and Science Symposium at the U of Vic. one WRIGHT OR WRONG: _Holiday__weekend——thought to double. the —Chamber's—-North ~Shore” Kinsmen: 400-450 membership by next June (not unreasonable when you consider there are about 2,000 eligible North Van businesses) congratulations also to the Chamber's newly elected (or re-elected) 1979-80 direc- tors: D.J. (Tyke) Bablos, Joseph Cantaflo, John Crofe, Zoltan Kuun, Gus Mendoza, John Mackay, Janet Pavlik, Ken Quirk, Shirley Robb . * f 7 Aibewrdeee on vat a a Saks tae fan . 7 Seat all al oar? tate SEES io , ~ Repair Your Home Appliances! Now thot your children are home let us come and service those long awaited annoying appliance problems. Johnstone’s Home _ Appliance Service 965 Marine Dr. North Van. 985-9541 ‘Your Complete Appliance Store! 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