NMetcaife JOY TELLS ALL HOT SCOOF this week is that the Ford Motor Co. will shortly make a very important and surprising announcement. The news will be that Canada’s famous Man in Motion, wheelchair athlete, Rick Hansen, will join them in a new associa- tion. Ford’s Jim King confirmed that, after their long association with the Man in Motion tour and with the sponsorship of the Rick Hansen gallery at the B.C. Hall of Fame, Ford of Canada and the Ford and Mercury Dealers of B.C. are putting together an Employee Relations-Motivational Program that Rick Hansen will head. It’s very logical. Everybody knows that Rick is a quality guy and the Ford motto is, ‘‘At Ford, Quality is Job One!’”’ Congratulations go out today to a number of deserving North Shore personalities. West Van’s William Fraser has just been appointed the president and chief executive officer of the B.C. Rehabilitation Society. He'll be responsible for the ongoing administration and future development of the G.F. Strong Centre and the George Pearson Centre, two facilities that provide the most innovative and advanced rehabilitation and long-term care programs in B.C. Bill Fraser, formerly ad- ministrator with the George Pear- son Centre, lives in West Van, is married and has a son and a daughter ... And Southborough’s Frank Paimer, president of Palmer Jar- vis Advertising, is sporting a big grin. His firm was the only Cana- dian agency to win an Award of Merit at the recent Creative Newspaper 1§ ATHENA Awards. Four hundred agencies from all across North America submitted more than 6,000 ads with another 1,500 sent in by daily newspapers. PJ‘s winning entry was for an ad for Woodward's stores... North Van's Mariette (Mat) Wilcox, director of PR for the Hyatt and the wife of creative de- signer John Sunderland, gave birth on Sunday morning at St. Paul's Hospital after a long 30- hour labor to a very welcome seven-pound 15-ounce daughter. Both Mat and John are both thrilled! She’s their first child and they’ve named her Alexa Danielle No sooner had Mat given birth, than broadcasters Samantha and Dean Hill became first-time parents also at St. Paul's. CKLG’s Morning Zoo team also arrived from North Van early Sunday but then Sam, too, began a iong 31- hour labor. newly ap- pointed food and beverage director of Delta Hotels. ALAN SACKS... Finally their baby daughter was born by C-Section on Monday afternoon to her tired parents and to the cheers and delight of the Energy LG listening audience. Dean and Sam had kept up a running commentary throughout the birthing process. They’!l call their darling new daughter Sadie. Congratulations! Couldn’t be happier for all of you lucky people!... Over the past few days, there has been lots of activity within the executive hierarchy of Delta Hotels. The former general man- ager of Delta Place, North Van’s Alan Sacks, has just been ap- pointed the food and beverage director for the entire Delta chain. Though it’s a national appoint- MANUFACTURED IN NORTH VANCOUVER Custom designed to your specications, shutters transtorm ordinary windows into tively sources of ever-changing hight and shadows Unike draperies, shutters enhance the decor and the moveable lous res provide insulatean. ventdanon and prvacy CO auirornia SHUTTER COMPANY of CANADA 263 - 9469 COCKTAILS & CAVIAR ment, he'll be based in the regional offices here. Alan’s replacement is former director of marketing, Joanne Melloy Webster, who becomes GM at Delta Place. She joins her colleagues, Joanne Fifer, the boss at Delta's River Inn, and Dorothy Murdoch, the head of Delta’s Pacific Resart. This means that all of Delta’s properties in the Greater Van- couver area have female general managers! It’s unheard of in Van- couver and definitely a coup for Delta!... Belated birthday wishes to W.V.'s PR Laura Vandriel. it was Laura who organized the opening of the new Earth Communications office or ECO, a non-profit, non-partisan entertainment in- dustry organization formed to promote public awareness of and for environmentally responsible living. Founding director ef ECO Canada is Noth Van’s Polly Doven with cffices in the North Shore Film Studios. Also on hand was the star of the TV series, Head of the Class, Khrysine Haje, an ECO youth corps charter member and the host of their World Link video... The Hotel Van’s Pacific Ballroom never looked better than it did last week for the ritzy Van- couver Symphony Orchestra’s fundraising Lover’s Bal}. There were hearts and flowers and cupids everywhere! The glamorous gowns were reflected in the ticket price of $500 a couple. West Van’s handsome jeweller Toni Cavelti and his Hildegarde were in conversation with architect Gerald Hamilton and his wife, Helga. The Hamiltons were just back from a relaxing week in Mexico... Count and Countess Dobrzen- sky were also there, Aline in a ruffled green satin gown by Katherine Regehr ... Attractive Maxine Gelfant, in colorful lime green and rose silk, chatted with the engaging Allison and Patrick Reid. Patrick is the chairman of the Board of Trade’s annual Governor's Banquet, which this year will salute Switzerland’s 700th birthday... AUTO CENTRE BOLD oom ON A COMPLETE 4 WHEEL BRAKE PACKAGE OUR BRAKE PACKAGE INCLUDES REPLACE FRONT PADS REPLACE REAR SHOES RESURFACE DRUMS AND ROTORS CHECK WHEEL BEARING, CALIPERS, HOSES, SPRINGS AND PARKING BRAKE CABLE ALL THIS FOR $4 49°99 Monake pads enra This Coupon must be presented lor scQunt Oniy one Coupan per service Offers may nul be combined OTHER Sunday, April 28, 1891 - North Shore News - 17 _ A ag NEWS photo Cindy Goodman CONGRATULATIONS to first-time parents Dean and Samantha Hill. Their daughter Sadie was born on the afternoon of April 22. Satly Lambert and her hotelier-husband Michael were with the Waterfront Centre Hotel’s newly appointment GM, Michael Caille and his comely wife, Diane, of West Van... While the setting was splendid, the gowns gorgeous and the food superlative, it was the music of the symphony that made the even- ing simply magnificent!... There were four gala events on this past Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights and | wasn’t at any of them. That’s because I’m enjoying the hospitality of the capital of our country at another black-tie gala — in Ottawa! CKNW and Canadian Airlines flew me to Ottawa to the National Arts Centre for the gala perfor- mance on Friday evening of The Phantom of the Opera, which stars our Jeff Hyslop and Patti Cohenour. Tell you all when I return! ... Cheers! Photo submitted JIM BYRNES, Jackson Davies and Khrystne Haje (left to right) joined Polly Doven at the opening of the new Earth Com- munications office. 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