Wednesday. October 13, 1999 - North Shore News -— 17

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A mainstay in the 100-block West Third in North Van, renowned hair stytist Kathy Chan of Katiry Chan Hair Studio works six days a week. On the seventh, she plays golf.

Bob Mackin
News Reporter

KATHY Chan has been a mainstay in the Lower
Mainland’s hairstyting-scene since the early ’70s.

She opened a studio with partner Robert Bryan at the northwest corner
of Third and Lonsdale 23 ycars ago.. .
Since then, styles have come and gone, and so have her business partners.
, But Kathy Chan has remained a constant

around the 100-block of West Third.
“Pve seen a fot of changes iv the commnu-
nity,” says the award-winning proprictor of
Kathy Chan Hair Studio. “People into new
things like to sce changes in fashion, not
just hair design, bur decor. That's what I
like about it.”
She has made some changes of her own by
moving about halfa block west of her orig-
inal location two years ago.
About the time Chan moved the studio to
make way for a new condo development,
she also sold her business. Things didn’t
work out for cither party, so she took con-
tral of her studio again and is on a come-
back.

“It was a distressful time in my career,” she
admits. “But ?’'m working real hard finding the right people and the people
that love business and hair. This way, everything will come together. You
have to love what you do. If you're happy and you enjoy it, everything else
will conte,”

She likes what she’s doing so much, the fecling must be contagious. Five

100—-biock West Third, North Van: Styles come and go but Kathy Chan remains

YMPIA Meats’ manager Ali Kardi demonstrates that the shop has more to it
See Homemade page ¥9_. than just meats. In fact, it’s one-half Mediterranean-style delicatessen.