- Page 6, January 28, 1979 - Sunday News

COUNTDOWN: January
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sunday brun
by Noel Wright

you're likely to see after that
(if you’re lucky) is a pretty

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Chuck Cook in the North.
Van-Burnaby riding. One .

whether the

“confidence of ‘the North

“Shore” will “stay” the ~

_ more shopping days left to hospital nurse. wonders
Christmas. , eee _
The Planetarium over in _ BACK IN FIVE course...
Vancouver: is selling (at a MINUTES? Gordon Gibson,

—

“next

buck apiece) a fascinating
little gadget to protect the
eyes of those who want to
staré straight at the sun
during the February 26 solar
eclipse -- the last you'll have
a chance to gape at for the
38 years. -The
Planetarium’s ‘David Rodger
{of West Vancouyer, where

- else?) warns against viewing

the spectacle through
sunglasses, exposed
photographic film or

welder’s glasses. None of.
these filter out the harmful

rays that can permanently |

damage your retinas or even

cause blindness. The hatd- ,

held viewer from the
Planetarium contains’ three
sheets of a special “Solar
Skreen” material and it must
be safe -- hold it an inch
away from aé_  100-watt
lightbulb and you still can’t
see a glimmer through it.

The eclipse takes place
right in the middle of the
morning rush hour, reaching
its maximum here (97. per
cent) at 8:25 a.m. In view of
the large number of. North
Shore commuters. who drive
to work with the early
morning sun blazing (oc-
casionally) straight into their
windshields, I asked Mr.
Rodger for his advice on that
Situation if February 26
happens to be a clear day.

“Don't look directly at the
eclipsed sun — any more
than you'd look at it directly
if it wasn’t eclipsed,” he
replied. “The temptation
may be greater, but don't do
it -keep your eyes on the
road. If you must look at the
eclipse on the way to work,
pull over and stop, and use
our viewer.” ;

Whatever you do -- he
might have added -— don’t try
to use the Planetarium's
viewer while the car is in
thing

motion. The next

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who quit, abruptly 10 days
ago as MLA for North Van-

‘Capilano and leader of the

‘B.C. Liberals in order to give
a few tips to his master in
Ottawa on how to get re-
elected,- apparently doesn’t
plan on being away too long.

‘Despite leaving North Van

totally unrepresented in
Victoria, he’s keeping his
Pemberton Avenue _ office
open, manned by his two
aides Ken Till and Mary
Marray. Gordon will “be
seeking the confidence of
the North Shore again in the
future,” reads his returning-
seon newspaper ad last week
— meaning, I take it, as soon
as Prime Minister Pierre
Trudeau has finished picking

- his brains.

The scenario then has
Gordon running for a
Commons seat at the for-
thcoming federal election
against Tory candidate

see +
' West Van Mayor Derrick
Humphreys, together with

~ his merry men and maids,

are in luck tomorrow eve.
His Worship and council
members are scheduled to
be guests of the West Van

‘Kiwanis -- who are noted for

serving -one of the best
dinners on the service club
circuit.

ae

Suds-lovers on Upper
Lonsdale have only 10 more
days to wait. On Wed-
nesday, February 7, Ron
Slinger and David Raht are
slated to open their
$300,008; 70-seat “Queen’s

Cross” pub there, built by

West Van's Duncan Watt. It

' took a tong time for Mayor

Don Bell and his colleagues

‘to make up their minds

about neighborhood taverns
but Ron, David and
Duncan certainly haven't

Luncheon Specials .
Monday-Friday, 11:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

Firepot Feature

Hot entree of the day,
Pudding or jello, tea or coffee.

Dashaway Feature

Soup of the day, assorted sandwich plate,
pudding or jello, tea or coffee.

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Capilano Buflet, upper floor, the Bay Park Royal

wasted any time since ‘they into the night with a single-

finally got the green light last
year...

see

BANG ON: If the editor of
the Capilano Rod & Gun
Club bulletin, James
Rudelsheim, has seemed a

” little deaf lately, put it down

to his recent holiday-season
vacation in Holland. “It is
impossible to walk the

- streets in- the period between
the 26th —and— 31st . of

December,”” he writes,
“without having one’s
eardrums savagely assaulted

“by the sound of exploding

firecrackers. The explosive
devices detonated by en-
thusiastic bands of teenagers
produce the auditory impact
of 105 mm howitzer rounds,
while other charges give
imitations of rifle and m.g.
fire, augmented by the heavy
plops of ersatz hand
grenades. Thus it appears
that for five days an in-
termittent but rather vicious
guerrilla -war is being
waged.”

“But all this,” .he con-
tinues, “is as nothing when
the church bells herald the

birth of the New Year! At.

that moment the country
erupts in an-orgy of bangs,
booms and ratatats which is.
sustained at a furious rate for
about 15 minutes. I would
estimate that about two
million Dutchmen = stood
outside their homes hurling
their precious explosives

Roast Beef Feast
Roast beef dinner with Yorkshire pudding,
potato and vegetable, tea or coffee.

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Park Royal _
Capilano Buffet

It’s a feast for your eyes, too! .

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ovenooking the beautiful Capilano River. Inspired by the Northwest Indian |
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Here are some samplings from our menu.

Thursday Night Family Specials
Served from 4:30-8:00 p.m.

Children’s Feature

Bay Burger with regular Coke and
ice cream.

mindedness of purpose that
would do honor to a parched
logger in search of a pub.”

If you prefer a quiet New
Year, stay well away from
Amsterdam!

seo ©

where he eventually did
big -switch from Tv.”
newspaper work, making hi
Renowned North Shore mark as a political analyst
cartoonist Len Norris--who and daily coluninist.
transformed West Van- inkstained world of
couver into Tiddleycove and journalism seems. to be’
now has his permanent idea -whose -moment |
gallery in West Van’s new. arrived for some
liquor store ‘on 16th Street-=-»-yesterday’s- notable a
is retiring from The Van- pn the tube — as witnes.
couver Sun (which hasn't Stan Burke, former read
the CBC’s “National”, who
now publisher of T-:
‘Nanaimo Times. _ :

WRIGHT: OR WRONG
No ofné put it better: tha;
James Russell Lowel]
“Blessed are those who have
nothing to say and cannn
be persuaded to say it.”. :

ast three months)...
Meanwhile; one-time ad
agency art director Gordon.
Munro, another—worthy .
North Shore type, is
exhibiting his watercolors at
Guppy’s in North Van until
mid-February. °

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Tip Top Tailors - Wednesday, Jan. 24
Due to the lack of availability of merchandise, the
velour sweaters featured in our final clearance
inadvertantly are not available. We. sincerely
regret any inconvenience this error may have
caused our customers. , -

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