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NORTH VANCCUVER Chamber of Commerce president Bill Per-
rault,(right), and Gerry McMillian, manager of the Upper Lons-
dale Royal Bank branch in North Vancouver, proudly display
several of the 15,000 silver centennial coins which are now

jegal tender in North Vanccuver.

THE BUCK stops here.
In this case, here is North Van-
couver,

By Sur Rattan
News Reparter

As part of celebrations to mark
the North Vancouver District's
centennial birthday, the North
Vancouver Chamber of Com-
merce, along with all North Van-
couver Royal Bank branches, has
started circulating $1 centennial
coins that only became  Icgal
tender in both North Vancouver
District and City last week.

Chamber manager Judi
Ainsworth is predicting the cur-
rency will be a hot item in North
Vancouver this summer, which is
probably why the chamber
ordered $15,000 worth of the
silver coins.

Gne side of the coin is stamped
with the North Vancouver
District’s official coat of arms,
which was designed by North
Vancouver resident Robert Watt,
the Chief Herald of Canada and
the man responsible for designing
all of Canada’s official coats of
arms.

The flip side is stamped with
the 188) North Vancouver District
seal.

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On Saturday, May 25 the school
is honoring Allen with a picnic
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and the benefit of her vast experi-
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missed’’ say organizers.

The picnic will be
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in Stanley Park from ft to 4 p.m.

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Children under three will be ad-
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Ainsworth says the chamber,
which is the official administrator
of the centennial coin, started
working on the project about one
year ago.

The district officially turns 100
years old on Aug. 10.

The centennial coins are avail-
able from the Royal Bank and the
chamber.

““We would like to think that in
a month from now retail stores
and merchants in North Van-
couver will be giving these coins
cut as change. We hope to get a
big circulation going. It’s a really
fun thing,’’ says Ainsworth.
“We're trying to get the word out
that these coins are now available.
We expect the response to be pos-
itive.””

She adds that the coins will
soon be a collector’s item and
tourists visiting North Vancouver
this summer will be encouraged to
hang on to them as souvenirs.

Ainsworth says that the sale of
all 15,000 coins will help business
students studying at Capilano Col-
lege.

“This is a profit-making ven-
ture,’’ she says, “The more coins
that go out, the higher the profit.
We will use the profit to create a
scholarship at Capilano College
for business students and we want

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it to be an ongoing scholarship.’

While there are several events
planned to mavk North Vancouver
District's 100th birthday,
Ainsworth says the centennial coin
project’ is the longest running
event during the district's celebra-
tions.

Other events include an Aug. 10
family day on Grouse Mountain,
an Aug. 11 concert by the Van-
couver Symphony Orchestra at
Cates Park and the presentation
of the North Vancouver District
Distinguished Citizens’ Awards.

The district centennial coins will
also be sold during the Festival of
the Arts event, which will take
place in North Vancouver from
May 22 to 26.

Ainsworth says the largest
commercial supporter of the cen-
tennial coin project has been the
Royal Bank, which is picking up
part of the cost of administering
the project and helping to market
the coins.

She hopes other North Van-
couver businesses wili also lend
their support to the project.

“When merchants go to the
bank, instead of getting rolls of
loonies, we hope they will get rolls
of the centennial coins. We need
to get the business community to
participate in this program.”’

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