ery special congratula- tions go out today to a very quiet but very distinguished gentleman by the name of Dennis Emberley. Dennis, who lives in’ Lynn Valley, served in the British Army Joy Metcaife telis call... from 1943 to 1975, in the United Kingdom, in all parts of Europe and the Middle East, and in all of the provinces of Canada. At the end of that time, he was awarded the Order of Military Merit, some- thing akin to our Order of Canada. Because of his vast knowledge and understanding or world affairs, he was encouraged to become in- volved in the Consulate Corp. For the past 11 years, Dennis has been the Information Officer for the British Consulate Genera! in Vancouver, working most recently with British Consul General, Brian Watkins. He retired officially just before Christmas. The news today is that he has just received a belated but most welcome Christmas present! For his long years of service to the Crown, Dennis Emberley has I can offer you results with experience and a proven sales record. Call me today at 984-9711 38 - Sunday, January 21, 1990 - North Shore News COCKTAILS Dennis Emberley ... to be deco- rated by the Queen. been named to the Queen’s New Year’s Honors List! He has just been made a member of The Order of the British Empire. He tells me that he'll travel to London and Buckingham Palace in mid-June to receive his medal from Queen Elizabeth! Isn% that a nice way to start the New Year?... eee Another North Vanner who's received some very good news is Grouse Wood’s lan MacDonald. fan has been the marketing and P.R. manager for Cathay Pacific Airlines for several years, and has just received a promotion and transfer. His new title will be Promotions Manager for Cathay Pacific’s Cor- porate Offices and his new head- quarters will be in exotic Hong Kong! He and his lawyer-wite, Shelley Milne, who's been with the corporate law offices of ICBC, o RALPH HUBER for all your personal real estate needs. The Sussex Group - §.R.C. Realty Corporation 4990 VW Corrado Super Charger 3 to choose from. White — Black — Red Capilano Volkswagen 4151 Marine Dr., N. Van. 985-0694 will leave our shores on fan. 26 for his new position. lan has been the best connec- tion between the media and his airline and we'll certainly miss him... sae Congratulations to one of Van- couver’s leading — architectural firms, Waisman Dewer Grout Carter. Three of the principals, Al Waisman, Clive Grout and Brian Dewer reside in West Van, which is probably where they get all their Creative ideas. Anyway, they and their staff were justly proud of their work last Thursday afternoon as the new Applied Sciences Building at Simon Fraser University was unveiled. But the really big news is that they have now moved into the major leagues of international architecture. They have just completed the design for Walt) Disney and NASA’s $50 million Space Centre in Houston, Texas. Construction is due to begin next month, and by summer of 1991, the huge Mission Status Theatre will be open, along with three other similar theatres, for those daring souls wishing to experience a space odyssey adventure, or to take a tram tour right through the actual Johnson Space Centre. You can bet these guys will be on hand when those doors open North Van’s lan MacDonald ... the new Promotions Manager for Cathay Pacific's corporate office is leaving for his new home in Hong Kong. Pick your Spring samples & CAVIAR officially... aoe Some other very creative and hard-working people whe live in West Van are the committee members for the upcoming Forget-Me-Not Ball, which will be Pictures last Thursday. They plan on producing the finest films and television movies, under the best conditions possible with the right people und the right scripts. They already have a number of projects fined up including four NEWS photo Cindy Goodman CKNW‘s Rafe Mair and Shirley Stocker are off to Russia and will be broadcasting from Moscow. held at Louis Stervenou’s B.C. Club, on Saturday, Jan. 27. It's the second annual Forget- Me-Not Ball on behalf of the Alzheimer Society of B.C. Dress code for this $125-per-person fun evening states ‘‘Tuxedos, Tracksuits and Tiaras.” Impresario Hugh Pickett will emcee, Dal Richards and his big band will play for dancing, and a surprise guest, who hasn't been on a bandstand for awhile, will join them. Her name is — Juliette! Ticket chairman is West Van’s Bobbie Kadlec while Sentinel Hill’s Betty Burns has been beating the drums for this impor- tant and very worthy event. And the door prizes are spectacular’... ees Three talented, determined and youthful entrepreneurs, North Shore moviemen Matthew O’Connor and Tom Rose and their pastner, Michael Steele, held a party to officially launch their new enterprise, Pacific Motion: feature films, a television movie, a couple of TV series with several projects ‘n negotiation... Murray Pezim was a very inter- ested guest at the do. Since his amicabte split with former fiancee, “Tami Patrick, Murray needs a little more excitement in his life. And he’s planning on getting it, he tells me, in March or April when he hopes to bring in his famous foot- bali player-turned boxer, Mark Gastineau, for a major fight in our town... 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