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JACK Shadbolt (centre) works with chiidren who visited his Bugs, Birds and
Beasts exhibition. The show ciesed yesterday at the Artists For Kids Gallery after

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By Deana Lancaster
Contributing Writer deana@nsnews.com

“Single Prince Charming wants to meet Cinderella.
Iwill treat you like a Princess! Fun times & friend-
ship. Let’s bang out — have coffee tagether, Pil even
bring a candle — how romantic! Send photo and
romantic letter to...”

jony Wocds Jr. had placed this ad

in the “Meeting Place” section

of the North Shore News. Now he
was ready to wait for a response.

Woods, who's been married before. says he has-
n’t been dating much Jately, because “I’m a bit of a
workaholic.” He’s a mechanic and he owns his
own very busy North Vancouver repair shop,
Grand Touring Cars.

Besides, the kind of wo:. an he wants to share
his life with isn’t all that common,

“It’s easy to meet lots of people — but I want
to meet somebody who’s happy, and a Jot of fun,”
says Woods, who is originally from Coventry,
England, and still has the accent to prove it. “I’m
not too serious, [ like to be silly.”

He hoped that with the quirky ad, he would
attract an equally quirky lady.

In fact, personality and a sense of humor are so
important to him thar he won't reveal his age.

“Id rather not, really. 1f she’s older than me I
don’t want her not to respond. We put such an
emphasis on cosmetics, but personality is far more
important.” ;

He got a few responses. But one of
them caught his attention immediately.

A panoramic photograph of a lonely
shoreline; pitted, rocky outcrops rising
from the waves.

On the back, a message from ...
Cinderella! In it, she mentions her lonely
life, cruel stepsisters and fireside suppers
with the mice.

She also tells him she hopes he will
find her. The only clue — the photo-
graph. Woods is baffled, intrigued, and
hoping either she or some cagle-eyed
News reader will help him find her.

“It’s a bit of a riot isn’t i? Because
where is she?”

He’s convinced thar Cinderella is the
woman for him.

“] know she’s a lovely person because
of how daft she is,” he says with an easy
Jaugh.

He wants her to know that his Uncle
Patrick (a hero), was an instructor with
the elite British SAS. For many years, he
taught Woods unarmed combat and sur-
vival skills.

“Consequently, fam able to defend Cinderella’s
honor, and protect her from dragons.”

As well as warding off the four-legged firs-
breathers, he spends time bike-riding, playing golf
and the odd game of eight-ball at the pool hall. He
inherited a tondness for music from his father, who
was a jazz musician, and he loves to dance.

And he’s busy as a full-time dad to the next

is

NEWS photo Brad Ledwidge

TONY Woods Jr., a.k.a. Prince Charming, is
ready to save Cinderella from her dreary life.

Tony Woods Jr., 15.

But he’s hoping, despite the hectic pace of his
life, he and Cinderella will find some common
ground and shared interests. That is, if he can find
her.

Ifyou think you know Cinderella’s location,
write: Cinderella Seeker, c/o The North Shore
News, 1139 Lonsdale, North Vancouver, B.C.,
V7M 2H4. Or send a fax to 985-2104,

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Watercolour, an exhibition
of paintings by Lucy
Collings. To May 3.

Ferry Building Gallery:
Colour in Photography, a
two person exhibit by Rob
atkins and Harald Ma.
Artist’s dialogue, Aprit 28 ar
7 p.m. To May 4. Hours: 11
am, to 5 p.m., closed
Mondays. Info: 925-7290.
North Vancouver Ci s
Hall: Photo Mache. xn
photo exhibic by first year
students of the Media
Resources program at
Capilano Colicge to May 1.
Presented by the North
Vancouver Community Arts
Council. Business hours.
North Vancouver Museum
and Archives: — Fire!

Firefighting through the
ages. A major exhibit orga-
nized in conjunction with
the West Vancouver
Museum and Archives and
the three North Shore Fire
Departments. To Oct. 12.
Flumes. Historic — pho-
tographs look at the role
flumes played in the trans-
portation of shingle bolts to
the mills of Burrard Inlet.
To April 30. Wednesday zo
Sunday, noon to 3 p.m.
Free. Information: 987-
5618.

Presentation House
Gallery: Reader By The
Window, an installation by
Jan Peacock and Uta Barth
~ Recent Photographs, Both
exhibitions to May 11.
Gallery hours: Wednesday
to Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.,
Thursday to 9 p.m.
Information: 986-1351.
Seymour Art Gallery:
Realistic Imagery. West Van

painter Sruart Slind’s and
Quebec painter = Mary
Harman’s recent acrylics.
To May 4. Gallery hours:
Tuesday to Sunday, 12-4
p.m. Information: 924-
1378.

Silk Purse Arts Centre:
Bruce Boyd. Texture paint-
ings and oil pastels. To May
4. Exhibits presented by rhe
West Vancouver Com-
munity Arts Council.
Tuesday to Friday 11 a.m.
to 5 p.m., Sat. and Sun.
noon to 5 p.m.

West Vancouver Memoriat
Library Gallery: The Best
Dressed Cow Contest (main
floor), Mother Nature (Or
Shauld I Say Father) Series
(lower level). Acrylic paint-
ings by Sharon Christian.
To May 4. Information:
925-7410.

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