6 - Friday, March 10, 1989 - North Shore News INSIGHTS Enjoy reward of virtue before reaching heaven! IF YOU HAVEN'T LOST those $6 BCRIC shares you planned to retire on — they’re currently listed under Westar Group at around $1.20 — the B.C. Paraplegic Foundation has good news for you. You're invited to donate them to the Foundation and at the same time get the best return on them that seems likely before the polar ice melts. Here’s how. If you off-loaded them through a broker, it ceuld cost you at least $50 in commissions, according to Jobs Humphreys, West Van man- ager of Pemberton Securities who are quarterbacking the scheme. But of course, you don’t only save those fifty bucks or more. You also get a tax-deductible receipt fer a charitable donation — to say nothing of a nice warm feeling in- side. This everyone-wins fundraising campaign continues until March 31 and John reports that it’s having excellent results. So if you're xt- i HELEN FULTON - Kiwsals Lyaw Manor celebrates its first ceaterarian. would be largely wasted. to hit another at Lonsdale. Overpass at last? F WE can al! trust the recent announcement by the provincial government that the Lonsdale over- pass at the Upper Levels Highway is set at long last to begin in April, belated cheers are in order. But those hurrahs should be tempered with the knowledge that the project, which still caust receive final provincial budget approval, will take 217 years to complete and will cost 46 per cent more now than it did when it was originally announced in 1985. And, too, final design plans for the adjacent high- way overpass at Westview Drive are only scheduled to be completed this year. Further delays on the start of that project, which was aiso announced in 1985, are a distinct possibility, judging from the provincial gov- erument’s past track record. Theugh one overpass would be better than none, an investment of $22 million to build the Lonsdale over- pass without an accompanying overpass at Westview And while it can be argued that North Vancouver- Capilano MLA Angus Ree provided the necessary push for the Lonsdale overpass project finally being ap- proved, it is obvious that the real reason the overpass is finally set to go ahead is the recezt announcement of the $85-million Cassiar Connector project. That major investment would also be largely wasted if highway traffic were freed from that bottleneck only While the people of the North Shore will surely cheer when construction finally begins on the Lonsdaie overpass, it will be the half-hearted applause of resi- dents weary of delays and broken promises. tracted by the idea of virtue being rewarded before you reach heaven, call him at 925-3331 or drop by with your shares at Pemberton Securities West Van office, 15th and Bellevue. ae t WHEN THEY PITCH for business in Ottawa’s corridors of power, George Mecfarlane and Jim Peacock will now have a very handy local lady on their team. From 1984 to 1988 West Van's Doane Mackey — who’s just join- ed the Vancouver PR firm as a sepior account exec. — was special assistant to former federal cabinet minister and Vancouver Centre MP Pat Camey, handling many of the latter's parliamentary, ministe- rial and constituency respon- sibilities until Carney bowed out for health reasons last year and did not run again in the November election. Dashing off news releases should also be a breeze for Donna. A UBC grad and a director of the Open Learning Agency, she taught English and Canadian literature for 16 years at Centennial Senior Secondary. een POSTSCRIPTS: First out of the gate in the North Van-Capilano Liberal nomination race for the 1990-91 provincial election is Jeremy Daiton of Edgemont Village — but at least one other contender is expected. The can- didate will be chosen next Wed- nesday, March 15, at the 7:30 p.m. =.g.m. of the Liberal Riding Association in Edgemont Village Library, which will also elect the 1989 Riding executive and delegates to the Penticton conven- tion of B.C. Grits in May ... Still with the pols, don’t leave it too late to book your $10 breakfast next Friday, March 17, with West Van’s warrior M.P. — Associate Minister of Defence Mary Collins — who'll iell you all about her new job from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. in Dundarave Cafe. Call 926-3954 ... Fresh from her successful show last month in Seymour Centre, West Van artist Patricia Grohne is presently exhibiting a batch of her latest abstracts until April 2 at the Santa Fe Cafe, 1688 West 4th overtown ... And for residents and staff alike at Kiwanis Lynn Mancr home for seniors, which has been operating for almost 14 years, the week brought a birthday unlike any other to date. On Wednesday, March 8, Helen Fulton became its first ever care facility resident to chalk up the big One-Double-O. Born in Paisley, Scotland, she came to Nanaimo to be married in 1920, moved to Victoria after her husband’s death and finally, 16 years ago, settled on the North Shore to be near her son, the late Biair Faltos, and his family. Be- fore the traditional tea and cake they celebrated her entry into her second century with a program by Boundary Schoo! students, plus a special salute to her homeland from 12-year-old piper Charlene Tikbese and two young Highland dancers. ett WRIGHT OR WRONG: Before you throw in the sponge, remember that every great achievernent once seemed impossi- = , Maing rales avaiable on welcome unsobciied matetal mcluding Publisher Peter Speck Managing Editor Barrett Fisher Associate Editor Noel Wright Advertising Directur Linda Stewart Horth Shore News, founded m 1969 as an independent suburban newspaper and quatihed under Schedule 15 ¢ Paragragah (ft of the Excise Tax Act, 15 published each Wednesday, Friday ant Sunday by North Shore Free Press Lid and distributed to every doar on Ine Nostn Shore Second Class Mail Registration Number 3885 Subscuptons North and West Vancouver, $25 per year 1 Submissions are but we cannot accept responsibility tor manuscnpls and pictures wien should be accomparvued by a slamped. addressed envelope —— GSR J ——— LUNDAY - WEONESOAY - FRIDAY 1139 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver, BC. 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