IP ; ‘holds a commercial operator licence for the a h, } ‘ black-tie ® : our former ambassador to Tran; Ken eaeiat Ottawa couldn meer} to’ send 10 Mounties for the honor guard, .so:the American hosts. substituted local. bit players with black Sam Brownes, ‘cardbo: yts and Smokey-the- Bear hats tilted back on their heads. _ Sgt. Preston would have paid out of his own pocket to save Canada's honor sundity north shore news 1139 Lonsdale Ave. North Vancouver, B.C. V7M 2H4 (604) 985-2131 ADVERTISING 980-0511 CIRCULATION 986-1337 ‘ Publisher — Peter Speck Associate Publisher Editor-in-Chief Advertising Director Robert Graham Noel Wright Eric Cardweil Managing Editor News Editor Sports Editor Andy Fraser Chris Lloyd Patrick Rich General Manager Creative Administration Director *-Bernl Hilliard Tim Francis Production Director Photography Rick Stonehouse Ellsworth Dickson Accounting Supervisor Circulation Director Purchaser Barbara Keen ‘Brian A. Ellis Faye McCrae North Shore News, founded In 1060 as an Independent community newspaper and qualified under Schedute til, Part Ill, Paragraph Ill of the Excise Tax Act, is published each Wednesday and Sunday by North Shore Free Press Ltd. and dlatributed, to every door.on the North - Shore. Second Class Mall Registration Number 3886, Gubscriptions $20 per year, Entire contents © 10981 North Shore Free Preas Lid. All rights reserved. NEWS 985-2131 CLASSIFIED 986-6222 No responsibility accepted for unsolicited material including manuscripts and pictures which should be accompanied by a atamped, addressed envelope. 4 tor VERIFIED CIRCULATION 63,470 Wednesday; 52,750 Sunday Av Goya . “a Set ty . ba , THIS PAPER IS RECYCLABLE -, are moving with the calendar , through -the. political, “social " and economic:syster “country, * “in” ‘Canada “compared - to -an ‘annual . 1 food - suppliers, record companiés and frisbee ‘manufacturers have made a fortune out of them. They have left the education system in a shambles. They eventually will gain control of the political: system. and the economy, and. threaten the future of pension funds. - They. are what futurist and author John Kettle calls the Big ‘Generation, the seven million Canadians born between 1951 and 1966 who s of the Information ° ‘from past censuses provides: much. of . the data-for Kettle’s ‘recent Book. about Canada’s baby boom, “The Big Generation”. The June 3, : 1981 Census will update the progression of the “boomies”. : Kettle’s book is fascinating profile of the Big Generation,” why it - hap- pened, how it developed, how it bas influenced the — nation and what ‘effect it will From 4952~° ‘to 1965, between 400,000 and 500;000: children were born ‘each = year average. of ‘only 275,000 for all other ‘years “of the* cen- tury. On* Census Day 1966, one-t f all the people i in BETTER LATE THAN EVER: Just as we were wondering whether someone had’ forgotten to remind chairman Mark Sager about next Saturday’s: West Van Community Day, the publicity releases suddenly flooded in — several weeks later than usual. But a lot of silent work has obviously been going on behind the scenes. If Tiddleycove’s 1981 wing-ding lives up to the delayed blurbs, it's going to be bigger and better than ever, to coin a phrase, The theme this year is “The Arts On Parade” and two of the: day's. highlights are a reminder that West Vancouverites aren’t exactly One. of the’ featured per- formers next: Saturday ‘will ‘be musician Bobby Gimby -- ‘Canada’s “Pied Piper” during Centennial Year (remem- ber?) - originally a West Van boy and former. West Van’ Band member, The other top show will be the Anna Wyman Dance : Theatre. which took flight * {rem. its Ambleside nest to win raves on three con- tinents, .. There’s much, much more, as they say. The traditional parade of floats ‘and bands, the fun run, a ‘. comedy by West Van Little ‘Theatre, water slides, gymnastics, — swimiiting. roller-skating, children’s Canada had been born in the preceding 15 years. years-old accounte . baby boom, says Ketth Bu : once the econo} .slow down traception ~ : common use “in ‘the m 1960s the ‘boom ¥ Economic prosperity games, craft and plant sales, and displays of everything under the sun. With all that to organize, small wonder they got a bit behind with their release-writing. Incidentally, volunteers are still needed to work two- hour shifts at the refresh- ments and used books concessions run by the West Van Chamber of Commerce. Call Phyl Thom at 926-1133 ° to join the action... . A spectacular of another kind premieres: tomorrow, . Monday, at 8:30 a.m. atop hayseed in that ‘department. - Burnaby - Mountain. ” Canada’s daily Christian TV show “100 Huntley Street” will be staged live in the Centennial Pavilion with a transportable carth station beaming the program directly up to the satellite for telecasting coast to: coast. With host David Maine (a good friend of Canyon Heights Pastor Knoll), a crew of 55 and all the ‘mobile hardware, the show will then tike to the highway and be ‘repeated in 24 other citles across the country during June by way of a “Salute to Canada” -- winding. up July. 1 in Charlottetown, PEI If you'd like to help launch this _ world’s first in satellite road Douglas’ by cight...... Following delivery of West Van's tax bills showing increases up to 60 per cent, it wasn't the best of weeks for Len Ormiston, West Van's chief tax collector. But there's relief in sight this Wednesday when Len tieads for Victoria as president of the Municipal Association of B,C.. preside over its s00-delegate annual convention, ‘And what's on the. discussion? “Enhancing: the image: of public officials,” that's what! ees FOLK. TALES: North Van Chamber of Commerce has. . lost two’ dedicated stalwarts this spring -~ both of them to... Kitimat of all places. Bob” Kannglesser is joining ‘last year’s president Ed Cotton there at a new methanol plant being built by Ocelot Industries,,... - Meanwhile, another Chamber luminary, architect Graham Crockart who was slated for: next year's presidency, is taking six months leave of absénce instead, due pressures, Stepping into his © vacant shoes is new president Vern Schoth.... “Award. and, incidentally, Officers ; “new. president’ of the B Association: of: ‘Broadcs _ ate its” ‘Victoria conventio “up. iat a bralent the West Van c of Ci in succession: o president, Pacific mand,.. of. the — Auxiliary to the Legion;'t! tireless secret: of: We Van Brarich 60 is already» past-president of Pa Command, rich in. oth Legion honors including recent: Meritorious Se finest steak-broiler w Calgary ..:. Onward’ upward, North Van's Hullah, ‘longtime top’ exec’ at CHOM, became: ‘minstrator John’ Borthwic has been . elected to: th board of: the, B.C, Heal Association... And to.rout off ithe.) week's | gucce: stories, RaPy anniversal today to North Van Kiwant | Mildreil ond Feaek Decker: WRIGHT OR WRONC Never hit a man when he down. It may make him oo ‘to business.