Around town listings . Dundarave Cafe: Judy Holden, watercolors. To May 31. Opening recep- tion: May 14, 4 to 6 p.m. Ferry Building Gallery: Grad Show from West Vancouver Secondary Schools to May 18. Call for entry: submissions from artists in any medi- um sought for Harmony Arts Festival running August 8-17. For intor- mation call 925-7290. Gallery hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed Mondays. North Vancouver City Hall: Yvoune Wardas, oil paintings to May 29. Business hours. North Vancouver District Hall: Carpe Diem — Seize the day. Ann Flurst’s watercolors and oils. Kurt Stefan carvings. Wildlife scenery carved from found animal antlers. Presented by the North Vancouver Community Arts Council. Both exhibits to May 29. Business hours. North Vancouver Museum and Archives: Fire! Firefighting through the ages. A major exhibit organized in conjunction with the West Vancouver Museum and Archives and the three North Shore Fire Departments. To October 12. Wednesday to Sunday, nonn to 3 p.m. Free. Information: 987- . 5618. Presentation House Gallery: Reader By The Window, an installation by Jan Peacock and Uta Barth ~ Recent Photographs. Both exhibi- tions until today, May 11. Gallery hours: Wednesday to Sunday, noon to 5 p.m., Thursday to 9 p.m. Information: 986-1351. Ron Andrews recreation centre: Brenda Cross and Colleen Cosgrove, water- colors and pastels, to May 25. Seymour Art Gallery: There are Hydrangeas in my World. Paintings by Joy Zemel Long. May 7 to June 1. Thereare . Things I Wish to Know. Art critic and curator Jill Pollack talks about Long’s work. May 18, 2 p.m. Gallery hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 12-4 p.m. Information: 924-1378. Silk Purse Arts Centre: Brian Scrimshaw, Dramatic photographs of the Prince George I]. May 6 to 28. Exhibits present- ed by the West Vancouver Community Arts Council. Tuesday to Friday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sat. and Sun. noon to 5 p.m. West Vancouver Memoriai Library Gallery: Colores, watercol- ors by Jane Saborio to May Sev more page 20 Sunday, May 11, 1997 — North Shore News — 48 fashion arts travel! NORTH SHORE J IFE For the love of | 2“ aie mother £ Some great moms and _ the politicians who love them By Deana Lancaster Contributing Writer deana@nsnews.com HEY say you can tell a lot about a man by the way he treats his mother. So in honor of Mother’s Day, the News asked threc local candi- dates in the upcoming federal! elec- tion to share a little bit about their moms. Reform candidate for North Vancouver, Ted White, said his. mom Chris is full of energy and a love of life. “She’s so excited abour the elec- tion, she’s hopping on 2 plane to be here,” he said. Chris White was born in Scotland in 1913. She grew up in New Zealand and met her future husband in England. At the time, he was in the Merchant Navy but after their marriage they settled in New Zealand to raise their family. “She stayed home and brought us up,” said White. She had a pro- found impact on his life. “She always encouraged me to travel,” he said. “Jt opens your horizons, you see how people live in the world.” When he decided to move to Canada, White said, his mother was sad, but “I remember her saying ‘it’s the best thing, because New Zealand doesn’t offer enough opportunity for you.’” His mother came to North Vancouver during the last federal election, and White remembers her riding the SeaBus wearing a Reform ~ sticker and “talking to anyone who would listen about the election.” He expects she will take up his cause once again. Does she share his politics? “I think so, we've had no big debates over anything.” Photos teft und above, submitted CHRIS White, left, and above at age 30, arrived yesterday from New Zealand to support her sen’s federal election campaign. Ted White said his mom has been an important force in his life, by encouraging him to see the world. West Vancouver Liberal candi- date Phil Boname was raised in Paris by his father and mother Mary Evans-Boname. She, too, was a stay-at-home mom until all of her four children had grown and gone to university. Then, in her 50s, she went back to school} herself and became an archi- tect. Boname has special memories of his mom from a trip to China with his parents for their 50th anniver- sary. She was born in Yangzhou, China (her father was a doctor there for 45 years), and making the trip back with her, Boname said he got to see the country “through her eyes.” She died two years ago, but Boname’s father continues to live in the south of France in a home designed by Mary Evans-Boname. John Reynolds, Reform candi- date for West Vancouver, said his mother, Helen, raised her four chil- dren in a loving and supportive environment. “She was a full-time mother and she stood by and supported her husband. We knew in my house x Photo above submitted AFTER raising her four children in Paris, including West Vancouver Liberal candi- Gaie Phil Boname (left), Mary Evans-Boname became an architect. that my dad was the greatest guy in the world. She made sure of that,” said Reynolds. She also expected (and contin- ues to expect) honesty from her children, said Reynolds. “I can remember getting a spanking when I was in trouble. She had a hair- brush and that’s what she took to our rear-ends.” . In 1972, when he was running for election in Burnaby/Richmond/Delta, JON Reynoids, Reform carndi- date for West Vancouver, said his mother raised him ina sup- - portive environment. Reynolds remembers his mother gathering other members of his family together for the trip west from Toronto. “She said to them ‘Your broth- er’s doing something important for his country and we should be there.” Upen arrival, his mom, dad and sister knocked on doors and told people “what a great guy I am ... well, maybe they’re biased.” When he won that election by a slim majority it was “quite a sur- “prise, and wonderful that they were there with me.” ‘ Helen Reynolds was in tewn recently for the wedding of Reynolds’s daughter, but now she is back in Toronto. No doubr she'll be keeping a close eye from there on the election race in West Vancouver.