AG - Sunday, February 3, 1985 - North Shore News Ge editorial | he arguments of the West Van School Arts centre logic Tee arts centre at Pauline Johnson don’t score very high marks for logic. School Superintendent Ed Carlin says the building has been earmarked for an expand- . ed French immersion program. He then adds that it is ‘‘not a long term possibility” because it will eventually have to become a school again. And anway, he suggests, the 9,000 sq.ft. upper floor of the old Inglewood School (now partially used by the YMCA) would make an adequate arts centre. As regards French immersion, we've heard no compelling resson why this couldn’t be “expanded ‘into the smaller shut-down Cedar- ‘dale School. Moreover, if Pauline Johnson is not a Jong term possibility for an arts centre, the same presumably. zpplies to French im- mersion itseiz... . : - Still-on- that point,’ the recommendation. of. . the’ Arts Task ‘Force -was to lease. Pauline ‘Johnsor only. for. an initial five-year period. This would ‘permit’ the building.to revert to school use when. the expected peak of the - “echo” baby boom arrives in the early 1990s and, at the same time, would give the arts centre a flying start while it planned for a more permanent home. Inglewood is definitely ‘NOT. adequate: Its location: is in- ~ ferior and. its limited space would rule out | the two. basic * needs of an’ ‘arts -centre---a gallery. and a theatre... -The arts in West ‘Van clearly serve ‘a very much. larger - constituency than French im- -‘mersion. The School Board has a.duty to the community. as ‘a whole to bear-all these fac-. qe tors in: mind. when it t brings down its decision ederal: ‘government jets is: their use to ieliver . copies of the. Tories’ Nov. 3.- Disptay Advertising * Classified Advertising 986-6222 2. Newsroom 985-2131 ' Circulation 986-1337 Subscriptions 985-2131 : 1139 Lonsdale ave., “North Vancouver & B.C. V7M 2H4 “ ‘ Publisher Peter Speck. - Maiketin ‘Director Operations Manager Robert Graham: - Berni Hilliard ‘Advertising Director - Circulation Director : Dave ‘Jenneson : "BIW McGown, - _ * Editor-in-Chief ~- ‘ : Neet Wright _ Dig lay oe Manager : Production Director : _senoat new 7mOaAy ike Go Chris Johnson -Classitied Manager. . ’ Photography Manager 7 Val. Stephenson : Terry Peters . : " North Shore News, founded in 1969 as an independent suburban » Rewspaper and qualified under Schedule Ul, Part tH, Paragraph tit of the ~’ Excise’Tax Act. is published each Wednesday, Friday and- “Sunday by -..Notth Shore Free Press Lid. and distributed to every doo? on the ‘North -.' Shore, Second Class Mail Registration Number 3885. Entire contents ~ © 1985 North Shore Fren Press Ltd. All rights reserved. ’. : Subscriptions, Norin and West Vancouver, $25. per year, Mailing rates "available on request. ” No tesponsibility ‘accepted for unsolicited material including manuscripts and pictures which should be accompanied by a stamped, addressed envelope. Member of the B.C. Press Council 55,770 (average, Wednesday SOA ss Friday & Sunday) THIS PAPER IS RECYCLABLE “980-0511 THE LATEST THREAT to B.C.Hydro’s balance sheet is the brainwave of a former British Properties resident and well known corporate PR type who, several years ago, fled for his health’s sake from Martini Mountain and the downtown towers of Mammon to Maple Ridge. That’s the community where dozens of homeowners last week pro- tested Hydro’s proposed 13 per cent rate hike in less than a year by switching off their lights for. two hours. Ideas-man Wilf Ray was at it again. Now a Maple Ridge alderman, Wilf first brought the blackout scheme before council, then got widespread public backing when the Maple Ridge weekly threw its support behind the pro- posal. Next, he’ s calling for a province-wide blackout from 7 to 9 p.m..on Febru- ary 13 to persuade Hydro to back off from the huge in- crease it’s seeking. 4nd a Hydro spokesman has con- ceded .that-the ‘giant utility could indeed. be hurt if the : blackout - campaign spreads across B. C. CANDLES: not supplied . aes astronaut Mare Garneau. - I's a campaign typical of - the man who; for: over 20 years, came. up. with brain-. waves of ‘similar calibre to promote ‘Jimmy Pattison’s industrial‘ empire---only to be rewarded at the end with’ a massive heart attack which finally decided: him to quit the Bigtown rat race and his Millstream Road ‘mansion. But: the gentler pace of’a. rural outer suburb has-ciear- “OUR. SPACE hero is in town this month . its) whereabouts - College . Kiss .on) how : employers “successfuily, At chfield (flute), Roger Cole (oboe) and Campbell Trowsdale (violin)---tickets $10 for the 8 p.m. perfor- mance in West Van United Church Still with showbiz, T.M.Taylor, secre- tary of the West Van Lirile Theatre Guild reports that -the Guild’s scrapbook of ac- tivities from 1948 onward has gone missing. Call 987- 6070 if ‘you've any clues to Rejec- tion-weary job-hunters might do worse than pre- register pronto (at 984-0286) for the: upcoming _ three- afternoon course by Cap instructors | Carol McCandless and Andrea to ‘woo ‘|: five bucks a timé, it runs 1 TRYING ON their ski boots for a flying trip Friday. to the Vernon Winter Carnival, sponsored’ by the North Shore: Optimists ... Gertie Todd (left), Miss North Shore. Pag-- eant president, and Sharka Chobot, Miss North ‘Shore: 1984-85. ly done nothing to slow down Wilf’s creative little grey cells. * * AGE and might be wise to bring’ a portable lamp to eat by if, Wilf Ray has his way.-Mare - - Garneau, Canada’s very ‘first... astronaut, will, be guest building’s 65th birthday this’ May with a musical review, “Jand coordinator Cathy Molinski*: (984-9184) would “appreciate help. with old -photos, anecdotes, ideas or ‘personnel ; wt .someone has screwed up the - date for the farewell party of Regina’s Central Collegiate t High School and the faise / Meanwhile, information” is’ spreading: faster than a Prairie fires says reunion committee member: Pat: Krause: Correct’ + date is. June: 1986 (not? 1985): . Also from the Screw-up . Department ‘the mention’ in chfi eld: last week's BRUNCH’ of Marcel and Julie: Salley’s . new ice cream parlour at 1461: Marine, North’ Van, which came out as’ ‘‘The Big. Scoop’. Real name,. of course, is The Daily Scoop (i.e., regularity beats « glut- tony!) ... A smart salute to Lieutenant Keith Stewart who takes over from Cap- tain fan Whiting as C.O. of West Yan's 525 Pathfinder Squadron at .a. 6:50 p.m. ceremonial parade next Thursday (Feb.7) at 1735 Inglewood And many happy trips‘to the bank for 60-year-old. North Van truck driver Elmer Klyne whose Lotto 6/49 ticket two weeks ago netted him a cool $64,513. 70. * + WRIGHT OR WRONG: “That! the birds of worry and care fly over your head, this you cannot change. But that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent.” (Old Chinese proverb). . r /