OUNT SEYMOUR Golf and Country Club was the site, again, of the Second Annual NABS Golf Tournament, co-hosted by father-and-son * members Neil and David Lamb, both of North Van and both of Zenith Graphics. NABS — the National Advertis- ing Benevolent Society — was formed as a relief agency for advertising people. The highly stressed, highly polit- ical and highly irsecure advertis- -ing industry is, ironically, not always the best environment for creative types, and burn-out as well as problems with drug and - alcohol are common. So NABS is a safety net for those who need it, and over the past few years, the West Coast chapter has become | “very active — and successful — “fundraising. . -” : About: 130 showed for this year’s - tournament — or just for the din- ner (I made‘a fool of myself last year and so passed on the golfing part). : | West Van super-golfer Steve -_ Vetak, whose team won easily last year, was upset this year by the Griffiths, Gibson and Ramsay Louise Aird BRIGHT LIGHTS industry environmental group, at which the works of Antheny Quinn, Tony Curtis and Red Skeiton were featured. Everyone was definitely im- pressed with their art. Skelton’s is OK if you like clowns (that’s all he paints} and would pay up to $60,000 for one of them. Quinn’s cubist-like portraits and ‘THE PALMER Jarvis team: did. well at the: 2nd Annual NABS.Goif “Tournament, a fundraiser for people in the advertising industry . who cutter from job-related stress. “team, manned by former North ' Shoreites Miles Ramsay and Rick Truman, Vancouver's Brian Grif- fiths and North Van’s Hank: Leonhardt. “And the Palmer Jarvis team, “under North Van captain Dave’ Counsell, did well, with ace Karen Martin winning the prize for the. Ladies’ Longest. Drive. ” Nothing earth-shaking happen- ed, but $9,500 was raised anil eryone had a great time. oe , 1: The B.C, Film Commission and Vancouver's Harrington Galleries recently hosted The Actors & Their “Art, a fundraiser for ECO, the . North Van-based entertainment os LINDA AND Jackson. Davies (leit), Polley Deven and Murray -;MeLaughian were in attendance et Harrington Galleries to view relief vellum sculptures are ex- quisite and, at $2,750 up, fairly priced, but Curtis’ still-life acrylics are as stunning as the prices, . which start at $25, 000. And he’s still alivet. The crowd was fairly high- profile. West Van’s Jackson and Linda Davies were there, as was North Van producer Walter -- Daroshin, West Van's Sample ~ Room owner Johni de Groot, . -> Vancouver artists Eva and - ~ Zbigniew Kupezynski, North: Van's Polly Doven (executive director of ECO), West Van‘s : Cathrya and Evan Evans, and singers Jim Byrnes and Long John Bal dry. “the works of three actore-turned-artists. Spoke to former San Fran- cisco-based syndicated entertain- ment columnist Sandra Rosenthal, who’s here to find a waterfront home in which she can write the Great American Novel, and to the Great Canadian singer .Murray McLaughian, who stopped in be- fore returning te the CBC to _finish taping his radio show ‘Sw- inging On A Star.’ The actors were not in atten- dance. Quinn travels with 2 large, unruly entourage, and Curtis charges $500,000 to make a per- sonal appearance anywhere — like peopie are clamoring for him! oe 8 BACHELORETTE ALERT! Two dashing Vancouver lawyers have just moved to the properties and are looking to meet girls. Doug Lahy and Mike Thom- son decided to take the real estate plunge and purchased a snazzy bachelor pad. ‘Course they had to have a party to mark the occasion. Dozens of the North Shore's Young and the Successful showed, among them lawyer Steve Barley, soon-to-be-famous actor Phil Hayes, dentist Bert Lee, UTV’s Grant Wyatt, and lawyer Kelvin Stephens. And West Van native Megan McKenzie stopped in briefly with her friend, North Van’s Nancy Galts, who is look- ing very bronzed after her six months in Mexico. Very nice party. Nothing wild happened — at least, not as far as i know. 23 ‘ Also celebrating new living ar- rangements were BC Tel’s Leona Burnett and marketing consultant Richard Lindsey, who hosted a highly civilized croquet tourna- . ment at their West Van home. Lawn sports are very fashionable right now — bocce, croquet and lawn bowling are totally hip, and | know a few people who've in- stalled putting greens in their yards. That ‘cecooning’ trend, “you know, The grand prize, two Vancouver, Board of Trade golf umbrellas, were won by Monarch Financial's Richard Laurencelle and, tomy surprise, me. The following day, however, ! discovered that my victory was due to staying power rather than skill, because | got smoked by assistant copy editor Barbara Black at the North Shore News staff picnic. That was another fun party — about 100 staff members, spouses and children showed up at Kilmer Park for volleyball, pie-eating con- tests, potato sack races and a great _ barbecue. We even had a band (Soul Survivor). Very impressive. - . ~—e & . 1 am definitely not imprese2d by a new trend in West Van. West Vanners who use Marine Drive to get to their homes have long put up with cyclists racing two and three abreast and selfish motorists doing 10 km/h (one SUITE ESCAPE TO VICTORIA THRU SEPT.92 425 Quebec St. CALL TOLL FREE Victoria, B.C. 1-800-663-7515 vav 1W7 VV9"T Gd a MENTION THS AD FOR YOUR PREFERRED RATE _/' Wednesday, August 26, 1992 - North Shore News ~ 23 DASHING LAWYERS Doug Lahay (left) and Mike Thomson recently acquired a snazzy new bachelor pad. NANCY GALTS (left) and pa! 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