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* When’ you try to he fair to someone, it’s
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on oe afternoon. “When - the ‘alder-
-. manic votes were counted
1. Saturday, ‘night, ‘incumbent.
Elke.’ Kroon’. and former
.. alderman Marc Howard tied
: ina photo-finish for the sixth
: seat’ on ‘council’ at. exactly
» 4,301 votes votes apiece —
' with Ralph Hall, another

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’ inevitable

- understandable is
Howard and Hall were won-.

former alderman trying, like
Howard, for ‘a comeback,

- trailing them by a mere four

_ votes. For some reason the

. Monday edition. of

. Bigtown morning daily ac-
‘tually gave the seat
Howard.

the
to
In the afternoon came the

recount and
Kroon, after all, was back on

- council by a whisker — with

1,300 votes to 1,298 for
Howard and 1,296 for Hall.
What happened to the five
votes

which disappeared

“ed, with: ‘Dian Prooking exe.
actly the way:Lilian’s friends. .
know her and vice versa. So ©

. many funny | litde things hap-

_pen in the excitement of an
.. Which brings us

election - we

_ finally to North: Van District

. Crist and |

“municipal hall where Mayor
‘Don Bell. was dispensing |

close-of-polls hospitality. to

winners ‘and losers valike.

NEWS columnist’ Barbara
McCreadie (who didn’t make

‘it this time) made a beeline

for top-of-the-poll Ernie
congratulated

him with a warm kiss on the

cheek —,“I told everyone to

between Saturday night and .

Monday morning well, —
‘know,

Presumably never

aybe they were just extra

thumbs that got mixed up
with the Saturday | night |
counters’ fingers.

"When you consider that.

only 15 per cent of the City's
eligible voters bothered to
cast their ballots, it would be
Messrs.

dering a litile what = rep-
resentative democracy adds
up to these days.

Meanwhile, Bill (to is
friends). n — who
came an impressive second
in the City poll at his very
first bid for office — takes us
gently to task for misspelling
his official first name in
Wednesday's list of election
winners, It's Jems, not “Jes.”
Sorry, Jens (Bill)... and
while we're still cating crow,
our apologies also to West
Van's two attractive new

vote for you, Ernie.”

“So sorry, Barbara,” com-
miserated Ernie, returning
the embrace in kind..“I told

everyone to vote for you,

too!” Who’ says politicians
are inhuman?

Wah beet
“oe

Howe ‘Sounders ~ ~ both

residents and outsiders who .
‘love the. Sound's

hitherto

_ unspoiled. environment. —

will be flocking to the flag
‘this Wednesday (Nov. 28)
when the “Save Howe Sound

_ Committee” holds a. public

‘“

‘rally in Lion's Bay Communi-

ty Hall (Centre and ‘Cross

Creek Roads) at 8 p- m, The

objectives, says Doreen
Wakely, committee chair-
man, are ‘to inform = the
public about heavy industry
plans afoot for the Sound (in
particular, a proposed major
strip-mining project. on
Gambier Island) and to win
support for a registered

association dedicated to pre-
its:

serving. the Sound in
natural state for the rec-
reational enjoyment of the
whole Lower Mainland.

‘To which, a loud Amen.

Get out there if you agree.
With the provincial govern-

+

‘And the same ‘again

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‘House, 4th and Chesterfield,

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Victorian cra through the

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sheer silk stockings of the |

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For weight-watching divers- |
Jacques”
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Lower Mainland’s first “slim-'

out the new

ming cuisine” catery owners

Valerie Evans and Jeremy
“Wong promise French and —
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without the usual fats, sugar

and processed ingredients.
“Cuisine minceur” (to give it

its posh name) is the latest
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Ten blocks down the strip, at

2897 Broadway, West Van-
ner Marianne Engel has just
opened a specialty tea and

‘colfee store -——she's the wife

of Mike, treasurer of the
Ambleside Tiddlycove Lions

_Club,..so rally.-round,- you

cats... A welcome hand-
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taken over from Greg Har-

m™ as manager of North
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to
former ski champ Nancy
Green's hubby Al Raine and
partner Paddy O'Boyle on
launching their resort plann-
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table than ‘the future) Smitty |
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