“ELECTION. -
“will _West Van Aldernian
aan - Don. McAlister — who quit
* ‘the. other. week as vice- .
"chairman of the Lions Gate

~ against... -Socred | “penny-
. _ Pinehing — run as a Tory

“under: Vic Stephens’ ‘banner
- in the’ provincial election?
‘ He'd *be up against West
: Van-Howe Sound’s_ in-
: cumbent MLA, Labor
. Minister Allan Williams who

“swept to victory last time —

. with over 67 per cent of the
riding’s . votes... But tough-

_ minded Don’ is. a ‘bonny.

~ fighter when they get his_
dander up and the well-being |

- of LGH is a motherhood
_ issue on the North Shore..

Also fresh from the
-fumor-mill is a suggestion
that B:C. Liberal leader Jev
- Tothill might pull out of the
2 race.in North Van-Seymour,
. now-the: ‘byelection there has
._ suddenly turned into part of
; “a general -election. His
“ chances against former
_ Socred incumbent Jack
: Davis never looked
ticularly bright, but. the
byelection would have been
a valuable. learning ex-
_ perience and he could then
have bounced back, full of
- know-how (and possibly in a
_more- Liberaliy-minded
riding) § when Premier Bill
’ Bennett pulled the general
election plug later in the
year. The. premier having

pulled the plug last week ©

ahead of schedule, Jev may

now be left wondering how

best to preserve his dignity...
Incidentally, did Mr.
Bennett rush the election

because the strain of being ~

self-appointed “MLA” for

North Van as well as .

Kelowna was beginning -to
tell? As in the story about
the camel and its back, and
the last straw...

"QUICKIES:
-suffering,
. parently isn’t.

- While candidates may be
B.C. Tel ap-
One - North
Shore party office which had
a four-line phone installed
for the six-week dpration of
the . federal. campaign

promptly got a bill for $757 —

$435 for the connection to

the nearby utility pole and

about $53 a week for service.
Cash in advance...

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‘UNITY IN° ACTION:

West “Van ‘Kiwanis Club
recently initiated ‘its first

French-Canadian | member,

_Stephane Savary,formerly of
‘Quebec City and sponsored
by Paul Stewart. Wasn't this
just the kind of thing Jean-
Lac Pepin was talking about
in his task force report?

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The Easter Bunnies will be

-out in force this year at the
Park & Tilford Gardens. .

From Good Friday through
Easter Monday... the
summer finch cage in the
Flower Garden will be .the

-home for a whole family of

them, loaned by Mrs. Bates
of Something Fishy Pet
Shop, North Vancouver. She
says the rabbits are “quite

gtegarious” and will enjoy-

visits over the weekend.
Then, on Easter Sunday,
there's a special treat for the
kids. Emissaries of The
Easter Bunny, in costume,
will be on hand at 1 p.m. to

distribute candy Easter eggs.
. to the first 300 children

..beCause every
child has the
right to smile

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- and personality
_ handwriting. Classes — start

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visiting th the Gardens with
their pi parents. How irritating |
it is at Easter (and numerous
other.times of the year) not
to be a kid any longer...

-@ 8 &
“If-ever. you, have occasion
to write to Robyn Smith of

West Vancouver, it might be _ places,
-smart to type your letter -—.

otherwise she'll know you
for exactly what you are. She
has recently been named
president of the newly
formed B.C. Chapter of the
American

exists to advance the science
and art of graphology, the
interpretation of character

this month (phone 922-
4714). Journalists might be

one of her more ¢ interesting

. "challenges. Most of us haye

_ fortunately

"long ago become. incapable.

of “formulating a’

“single
thought ©

without a

. typewriter. When it comes

to handwriting, only our
bank _manager knows for
sure..

-e ¢

Industry is at long last
fingering Lions Bay, of all
where _ industrial
designer Bruce Hewson of
Hewson Design Associates

‘Ltd. has just opened his new

office. One of his most

“successful brainchilds is the

Potpourri Portable Toilet,

Handwriting weighing 11- lb., retailing
‘ Analysis Foundation -which

locally at around $90 and
advertised as providing “for
50 flushes” per cartridge
thingummybob. __Finazicial

from Post named it last year:-as
one of “The- Ten Best

Canadian Designs”. Un-

‘the Eaton’ s

catalogue is no longer
available as accompanying _
reading material...

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OUT WITH A BANG:
Assistant North Van District.
Fire Chief Archie Steacy
hopes that
North Van |
School will be indulgent
around 1 a.m. Sunday, May

13. That’s when the 68-year-- “
old school, closing down this .

June, will ‘wind up its big .
' farewell reunion, May. 11-12, .

with a half-hour nocturnal

firework display. Steacy is a’
_ member of the reunion
headed. by

committee
French teacher Tom Siddall,

_which has already - received

over 2,000 registrations for

_ the big bash, with further _
letters still pouring in. They .
‘expect up to 5,000 at the

final gathering. Meanwhile,
speaking of the neighbors _
and the fireworks in the

neighbers_ of.
Secondary

wee.
says:

small” hours, teacy
“I hope. they ° “(the -

. neighbors): will “come ‘and |

watch, and join us in- sayin

a _Boodbye to the old school.” ”

Schools don’t last too tong
in this neck of the woods. By
contrast, Britain’s Eton and
Harrow (founded 1440 and .
1571 respectively) ‘are still a.
long way from the farewell
fireworks. ~

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nothing) and to West Van
Mayor. Derrick Humphreys
(who quoted. it to me for
_some reason. in connection’
with a story we tan on him):

.“I know you. believe. you
understood what: you think I -
_ said. However, Tm not sure.
_you. realize that. what I think .

_you heard. is. not what. A...
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