JOY TELLS ALL THE BEGINNING of a brand new year bodes well already for North Van- couver’s super rocker, Bryan Adams. Bryan has just been judged the No. 1 star for 1991 by 500 Ameri- can deejays. The rest of the news is that he.has also been nominated for six Grammy Awards! _ Bryan has the second highest number of Grammy nominations. Performers Bonnie Rait and Dave Grusin have five nominations and Natatie Cole and Amy Grant have four each. Bryan’s quote on hearing about his nominations: ‘I’m very pleas- ed and very flattered.”” The winners will be announced during the glitzy Grammy Awards Show at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on Feb. 25. Fingers crossed, Bryan!... After a 242-month executive search for a new general manager for Capilano Golf and Country Club, the search has been con- cluded successfully. Greg Hartigan, the former GM who left about two months ago’ and is now boss at the Hollyburn Country Club in West Van, will be replaced by Kitchener, On- tario’s Terry Cowan of the West- mount Golf and Country Club. Terry was formerly with the Idtewild Golf Club in Sudbury and prior to that, owned and _ operated his own restaurant. Terry is married with three children. He starts his new assignment in our beautiful part of the world on March 2. And we wish him well... ese The Vancouver Symphony Or- chestra’s Sergio Commissiona . returns to Vancouver from Europe on Jan. 18 and remains here until! Feb. 14. The news is that he’ll conduct the orchestra for the se- cond annual Lovers’ Ball at the Hotel Vancouver on Feb. 13. And this past Thursday, the Properties’ European charmer and CBC broadcaster Otto Lowy hosted the VSO concert at the Orpheum with music from the yy . Ocveren’s ANN & ROBERT a Professional Team. We know how to get your home SUTTON GROUP SOLD WEST COAST REALTY Call $8G-9321 or 988-2186 Land of the Midnight Sun. it was very impressive... eee Recent business news centred around those two Royal Sealink express Flying Cat catamarans that are on their way to B.C. from Norway to begin the new fast ferry service. The service between downtown Vancouver and downtown Vic- toria is supposed to start on Feb. 1. The Royal Vancouver and the Royal Victoria are the latest in high-tech catamaran design and cost a reported $8 million each to build. The formal announcement, some marketing videos, two locally-produced commercials and the cutting of the Cat, a large cake in the shape of the Flying Cats took place Friday at a mea‘a briefing at the Robson Square Conference Centre. New Tourism Minister Darlene Marzari and Her Honor Mrs. David Lam, the wife of our lieutenant-governor, have been invited to christen the two new vessels in their home port on Feb. 1. The Sealink people also hope to have an open house — or open ships — for the public to view and inspect on Feb. 1 and 2. And — if that’s not enough, Royal Sealink Express and their flying cats have signed a couple of other ‘flying cats’’ to work on promotions with them. The B.C. Lions’ Jay Christian- son and Matt Clark are coming on board so watch for the flying cats on the flying cats!... een One of the gala events taking place this month at Michael Kaile’s Waterfront Centre Hotel is the annual Forget-Me-Knot Ball, which is an exciting fundraiser for the Alzheimer Foundation. CBC-TV weatherman, jovial Phil Reimer, will emcee the affair which takes place on Jan. 17. The talented Mark Hasselbach and his band, SassaBrass, will entertain the 300 guests. The honorary chairman of the ball once again is the lovely Juliette with organizational duties being handied by the North Shore’s Betty Burns, Bobbie Kadlec and Helen Stevenson. JULIETTE (top photo, \ with Earl Mitchell, centre, and Bruce Miltey) will once again be honorary chairman of the Forget-Me-Knot Ball; Bob Kadlec (in lower photo with Jim Kadlec on feft), will handle some of the ball’s organizational duties; Bryan Adams has been nominated for six Grammy awards. The champagne reception begins at 7 p.m., followed by the fan- tastic ballroom sales, silent art auction, live auction with the in- comparable Barry Scott, followed by a gourmet dinner and dancing. The rather eclectic dress code for the evening is tuxedoes, track suits and tiaras... eee Best Price. Best Location. Sales Office: 944-2343 Open Daily 12:00-5:00 Features: ts ort "y Full Ensuites with Relaxing Soaker Tubs Track Lighting ° Gas Fireplaces Secured Parking ¢ Large Storage Lockers YORKTON mannan MARKET IN G 937-0011 And I do want to thank everyone for their get-well cards and flowers during my recent hospital visits. 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