‘Jaws visi TOPPED IN at Richards on Richards (ROR)} to catch Tower of Power, the R&B/jazz/funk band that draws huge crowds every time it hits Vancouver. Hard to believe that this Oakland band has been together 23 years — four of its nine members are originals, including - leader Emetio Castitlo, and they just keep getting better. _ And if that doesn’t make you teel older ... ROR owners John Teti, Roger Gibson and Lou Blair, all of West Van, are busy planning three gala events to mark the 10th anniversary of the bar. This gives you ex- {or current) nightclubbers an excuse to dig out your ‘82 clothes (does anyone remember what we wore in 19822) and relive the days before people started calling you a Yuppie. Louise Aird BRIGHT LIGHTS his next venture, but he did marry, on Oct. 3 in Montreal, Nanon de Gaspe Beaubien, following one of those love-at-first-sight things. Pre- suinably, Nanon will keep him ta 44! hate to sound cruel and insensitive, but what the heck. #9 kkk The 3rd Annual Pacific Northwest Wine Festival turned out to be a surprisingly fun party. The bash, which was sponsored by American Express, the U.S. consul general and Joe Fortes, saw several hundred people gather to raise money for the host, the Ca- nadian Craft Museum. The food was great, but the 100 wines were, to quote a local hotelier, ‘freshly bottled for our spitting enjoyment.” At least everyone left sober. And non-profits are going to have to find alternatives to auc- tions. Unless guests are there specifically for an auction, there's no quicker way to kill a party. Also, a note to she-knows-who- she-is: if you can afford the party, can you not afford a babysitter for your teddier? The guests were interesting. Peter Thomas and Bud Kanke were there and West Van’s Sharlene and Harald Ludwig were buying the fine wines in the auction. But for some reason, f tend to find the single men more interesting ... Two new bachelors who are definitely at the top of our Most El- igible list were there together — West Van's Manired Schultz, who is founder and president of Koala Springs, and the ultra-char- ming Tom Bollum, the visionary tha!) founder and president of Eye Masters who was voted Canada’s °92 Entrepreneur of the Year. Bollum and Schultz will be ren- ting a Whistler house this year — | just hope they don’t do the un- dignified mid-life-crisis thing and fill it with 20-year-old bimbettes. And while I'm on the subject of entrepreneurs in marita! transition _.. Tom Cruise clone Bon Mattick dropped in at the party. Mesuspects that the resemblance ends there — Matrick is the com- puter genius/business wunderkind who, just a few years ago, founded Burnaby’s Distinctive Software, which did so well it was recently purchased by the California giant Electronic Arts Inc. No word on Matrick’s plans for cee TOT busy for a while. And ft ran into my ex-neighbor, West Van native Doug Clarke, who has taken a break from commercial) litigation with Douglas Symes & Brissenden to return to co-managing, with Rod Ryan, North Van’s Hollyburn Lumber, which was co-founded by Clarke's father Ray. Clarke says he’s enjoying his hiatus immensely and thal Hollyburn keeps him just as busy. Hopefully, he hasn’t given up playing the piano (you should hear this guy play the piano). wk k A great time was had by all at the Arts Umbrella Sandcastle Competition, at which thousands of people showed at Spanish Banks to view (and judge, by buy- RICHARDS ON RICHARDS owners (ieft to right ing “Sand Dollars’ — clever idea) 28 sculptures created and constructed by our building community. Twenty-four thousand dollars was raised for the Children’s Arts Umbrella Foundation — and did they go to a lot of trouble. Sculptures included: a pirate’s head: a crocaiile with a swimmer: a crashed sailboat and prostrate sailor at a lighthouse (second prize); a beaver guarding Surrey, SkyTrain (third prize); an igloo; and the aftermath of a shark at- tack, complete with severed wrist-and-watch and Jaws sound- track (fourth prize). My favorite was the whale sun- bathing with sunglasses, book and martini, co-created by West Van architect Rick Hulbert. Hulbert is chairman of the Arts Umbrella Foundation, which, he says, was formed so that arts education for future generations of children is assured. At the afterparty, “Fire in the Belly,’ which consists of Hulbert and fellow North Shoreites Mike Guillemette, Tim O’Connell and Reg LaBone, provided the enter- tainment following the an- nouncement of the winner — “Little Clam Raven at Stanley Park,”’ a sculpture by Brook De- velopment Planning and West Van architect Paul Merrick. kak Here we go again ... Typo cor- rection: Ms. Carlisle-Irving’s name is Joan, not Jean. Grerr ... xk | hate to sound cruel and insen- sitive, but what the heck. If you think that you may want to end your fife and decide that jumping off a bridge is the way to go, may ! suggest that you just do it? I'm sure that anyone who tried to drive over the Lions Gate Bridge on Sept. 26 will agree that keeping a major traffic artery closed for eight hours — from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. on a Saturday ~~ is pretty selfish. Police did tafk the would-be jumper down, and I’m glad he’s alive but really. ts Spanish . photos Loulse Aird ELIGIBLE BACHELOR alert: Canada’s 1992 Entrepreneur of the Year Tom Boilum (left) attended the 3rd Annual Pacific Morthwest Wine Festival, as did Koala Springs founder and president Man- fred Schuitz. TINA HULBERT and West Vancouver architect husband Rick, chairman of the Aris Umbrelia Foundation, nave fots to sinile about; the sandcastle competition raised $24,000 towards arts education. ) Joha Teti, Roger Gibson and Lou Siair recently engaged Tower of Power, a popular Oaktand band, and are now planning events to mark the 10th anniversary of the bar.