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Ye Sirree, We Can, Ski

“By George Will:
‘That's right, ‘pal,. we. ‘can't ‘all ‘be:

‘|: steel-legged : mogul . bashers who .
‘\, started . skiing: when they “fould .
stilt hide in'a big guy's boot. Some :
"start later, up Grouse Mountain,

[but they do learn,

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6a.
| The. Skid Road Branch
By Mike Ura...

_ OF course, you know’ that thd

bums and winos can't be trusted .

with a loan, or even’ manage. to
sign a cheque properly, right?

Think again, Since the Royal Bank '
opened its community branch on

skid road, it has learned that the
good folk of Kerrisdale are more
likely to default,

“By Les Wis

Pr cons a4 and frolic

A. vveekerid

| with the 3,000 or ‘so people who:
, Coax your crowning glory into the:
, real you, and i into. the’ cashbox.:

7. 7
| Return or The Raven

By Jéan Sorensen |

In the Ottawa of 1922, before the.

bureaucrats had invented one-
way ones of their dwn, potlatches

were definitely taboo. So when.

B,C. Indians held one on Village

Island, the feds’ swooped and°

heisted the ‘boodlée.’ Now, the
remnants of that historic seizure
have been returned, and a new
museum at Cape Mudge reminds
us of the glory that was Kwakiutl.

Bye Souler ‘Marker “

We're hearing maybe a mite too
-much about solarenergy lately, so.
_ here js'an-essay'on ‘that charac- |
teristic of Old Man Sol ‘that has.
“always excited artists, not merely.
‘artisans, Photographs by Howard
Fry,, Wayne Leidenfrost, James:
Q' Mara and Mary: Newland.’

92°
Regiment To Go Back To.
By John Fatustmann..
Very few now ‘remember the af-
termath of November 11, 1918,’

| and none the ending of the Cri-;
mean War more than.a half cen-
tury earlier, But these events did:
much to build the Corps of Com-
missionaires, — ¢

”

1: ‘Pocket.

Behind The Eight Ball.
'By Rick. Ouston

Pool -halls ‘are. amortg! the: ‘Messe’

- understood ‘of our: urban’ institu:
- tions, No, ‘Agnes, they’ ye not all:
| cussin" and spittin’. They may
have “kept, many. a'man and. boy:
from going masachi, and life still
has few pleasures to match a'sweet:
‘three’ bank. into the left corner’

VES :
Krishna In. Burnaby
. By Rosemary Eng
‘Seeing ‘them. chanting and dane. ,
*ing down by The Bay is one thing.
At home in South Burnaby is
another. Here we meet the Hara
‘Krishnas in’ the pre-dawn, and
) listen to what their neighbors say.

“COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS _

Up Front, by Kerry McPhedran..... en sannecanedons iscitessecheetterssees8 “

A review pf our city and those who make it do what it does.

Vancouver Today, by Kerry McPhedran ,.,..cciccrccssecee: sense BD

™“

More. things to see and do than you wilt ever r have time for. |

Victoria, by Walter Young seaquuneeconeaneciesnevaqettesnsenneneanenaees 126
Bennett and Barrett: one for government, one for politics,

Dilations, by Ben Metcalfe .ccccicicccscrecsrevssesereenesneesseneees OD
Wherefh the runcibility is plumbed of one Mr. Smith, the cat,

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Over There, by Mati Laanaao ......0cceeceecseceecrtharttrseneneeeene LOT
From our man in Europegfireworks, burst pipes and Karl Marx,

'

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Faraway Places, by Garry Marchant sscapecedapepeeecveseveseecures 140
Bus racing to Rio's beaches, cachaga and carnal delights

“Top Dollar, by Valerie Gibton v.sssseteee- vieetarrenyeaerseeteeetereess LAG
One day soon, you'll have y computer in your house. You will.

Looking Good, by Gabriel Ley cicisccceiscspenseasenseeenssen teense 150
Incognito's the name, but getting known’s the game.

In One Ear, by Les Wiseman cooescsescsscseesserecssessreeeneseesees LS

_ Howard Devoto, Dixon House, and all those swell reviews,

. Twelfth & Camble, by Sean Rossiter ....cccccsveseecceceere ATA
Calling on Tom Constable to find out how mayors should act.

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