aited by Katharize Hanser Corporaie greed IT’S safe to say we can look back on the 780s as a time of greed and conspicucus consumption: epitomized by actor Michael Douglas in the movie Wad! Street and the entire cast of Dallas. Visible wealth was the name of the game. Rock stars had yachts, champagne, and groupies. Some, like Queen’ 's Freddie Mercury, also had AIDS, the plague that sounded the death knell! of casual sex. Things were a little more sub- dued "back then for North Vancouver’s biggest homegrown hero, Bryan Adams. He had just released his first album, Cuts Like a Knife, after slaving away in the kitchens of the Tomahawk Barbecue. He went from: there to the midst of Canada’s rock greats, singing Tears Are Not Enough for the benc- fit of starving Ethiopians. Other musi¢ ‘highlights: New Order, Madonna (the Like a Virgin phase), Prince (he was still called. “that then), and Dire Straits. Politically, the °80s were a key decade for Canada, with the patria- tion of the constitution in 1982. By . the -mid-’80s,. Pierre Trudeau had handed over the prime ministerial reins to Brian Mulroney, beginning ~ a long stint of Conservative rule that “was echoed in both England sun tan... Prevtan now so spend ie . vacation hiding rn oe the Meester 08 fuat to look and feel your best “all year round that summer tan, wah a Tantastic Indocr Suntan! Just two minutes in a Tanfaitte indoor “booth: the summer : 107 7 Esplanade Centre, 260 West Esplanade." visits CHRISTMAS SPECIAL - @for price af 1 also oft: curtilicates avail. . (Margaret Thatcher) and the U.S. {Ronald Reagan). Closer to home, B.C. was gov- emed by windmill- dwelling Catholic Bill Vander Zalm. Nuclear war was high on the list of evervone’s fears, with music videos showing Reagan accidentally pressing the “fre” button and teens at Lower Mainland schools being informed by scientists that the apoc- alypse would happen by 1985. _ In 1986, Vancouver ple ' to the world during _ ptrain was bora, and development in and around False Creck boomed. The spending habits of some were finally curtailed by Black Monday in 1987: the worst stock market crash the world had seen since 1929. ~ Starting this week 7: -- LEGS DIABOND : & THE G MAN SAND ‘one or more 5 guests aor the Harvest Project Annual Com Your generous donation to the Harvest will assure that the Harvest holds its Annual Christmas Dinner for 350 people in need at the Narth Vancouver RecCentre. ”_ Approximately $5.00 per person will make it a Christmas they'll never forget with a candlelit dinner, ‘gifts for the children, entertainment, draw prizes and special guests. We also 4 as provide food hampers for families that were unable to be matched with sponsor families, Last year we sent over 200 food hampers to fi imilies in need. Your denation will also assure that the Harvest can continue its many other programs and services designed to help break the poverty cycle. Name Company / Organization Address - Postat Code Phone Receipt Made Out'to Amount of Donation 25 s0Q ‘750 ‘1000 s2500 ‘500 CO) Other $ Harvest Project is 2 project of Change the World Foundation, a privately funded non- -profit registered society (BN-14052-5205-RROM1). Income tax receipts are issued. Donations can also be designated to the Harvest Project through the United Way. Thank you for assuving alt will have a blessed Christmas!