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ANNUAL general meetings

used to come in one of two
colors: nasty (when irate
participants demand their
directors’ hides) or outright —
boring.

But no longer, thanks to West
Vancouver Chamber of Commerce,
which several years ago patented a
third model — the fun AGM. Their
annual $40-a-plate President's Dinner
last Tuesday was well up to standard.

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, quotes of the

“My concern is I'd like to get
my money back.” .

Charles Haynes, who has filed a
smali claims action against West: °

“ Vancouver District 45 and one of

its teachers over what he says was
“the inability of the teacher to

:- instruct his son properly, on mak-

__ing the teacher accountable. (From
a June. al News story.)
oo OOO

“This is a place where people

“ean go to gather, get up and sing

“ gnd dance our beautiful Indian.

. 800g. They go home they feel. .

. good. They don’t gc home and - _
start clubbing people on the head

‘to try and get a few cents, They

- realize we've got to live the way

we used to.”

. ‘Squamish Chief Simon Baker,

on the Vancouver Aboriginal

Friendship Centre Society centre...
. (Froma June 21 News story):

“mailbox

,

pocrisy demonstrated by

| Noel Waght in his Sunday, June

..16, column is, truly breathtaking
when he says, “Self-respecting

OMRICE 765

week

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“The assumpticn of this whole
program is that speed ceases
accidents and accidents kill, but
speed really does not kill. It is the
bad driving habits of drivers that
kill. You don’t solve sp:cesling vie-
lation by ramming down this
photo radar program to make’
people pay.”

Simon Fraser University geog-
raphy professor Shue Tuck Wong,

_ after being falsely fingered by a

photo radar camera, on the photo
radar systern. (From a June 19

News story. ) :
ooa

“You're never too old for
Sax. ” H

‘Murray Uncyk of the West
Vancouver-based Sax Energy
Corp., with a catchy corporate say-
ing. (From a Juvie 16 News busi-
ness story. )

i.
dy

= | Wright's trypoattoal oaths

. electing — or defeating — a given
_ party was essential for the com-
ton’ good, ‘and to hell with strict
_inedia ethics?”

Looking back at the election we

western journalists bend backward, / have just gone through makes me

to: pray at the’ shrine of factual |
* objectivity — which the variety
and. independence of individual
media also protect. But what if one
aay they unanimously decided that

wonder what this “self-respecting”

" journalist is smoking these days.
Give me a break!

W.D. Leggatt

North Vancouver

news viewpoint

T’S time for some real meaningful

For the first hour, ir the elegant ambience of the Capilano Golf &
Country Club, some 150 members and their significant others social-
ized at an ever-rising decibel level over pre-dinner cheer. Eventually »
came the call to table and the first of the door-prize draws.

An odd start to dinner, you might think. But some 40 prizes donated :

by member businesses were going to need a whole series of draws.
The initial handouts, over, we were finally allowed to attack the suc

culent buffet.

The wines were poured and the feast proceeded, with the decibel
level of merry table chatter even higher than the earlier cocktail-hou!
din — quictening only briefly for each draw until, card one hundred and.
something won its owner the last merchant's trinket... :

Grand finale of the evening was an hour-long show by Pando: 's.
Vox, Gillian Hunt's talented, fun-loving West Van divas,-who ent
tained us — often hilariously — with everything from Broadway |

spirituals.

What about the business session, you ‘ask? Oh yes, j
minutes, divided between outgoing’ president Bryan Ledingham-and’ hi
successor, John Clark. The new slaiz had been inducted earlier by |’
Mayor Mark Sager, who was unable to stay for the banquet. in the
event, maybe it was just as well His Worship didn’t linger... ;

the 1995-96 target by reaching 320, the zetiring president also had
harsh words to.say about West Van council's refusal of'a grant that

_ would have enabled the chamber‘office.to operate on_a full-time basis.

‘As a result, Mr. Ledingham, wyecommended that the chamber a
its traditional non-partisan ‘stand on political issues and openly

, friends of the chamber — citing Coun. Andy, Danyliu, who was. ai ong

those present, as on example. President Clark, delivering his.cwa,

line.

‘upbeat forecast for 1996- a7, echoed his predecessor’ 8 toug political

With a base of only 41% of all Novth ‘Shore; business licences,
membership is now more. than half that-of the North Van Chambet, <
whose area contains the other 69% of businesses. |. a

New services are ‘constantly being introduced -— latest on e.
ing board being a, business “hall of. fame” and a 0 id. Wide Website
on the Internet. And then there was that comment by-a veteran’ member
from the early ‘80s: “I only know about.10% of.

— the others ute so young .. :

Which, I guess, says it better than anything ‘about the obviously,;,

robust health of the fun- -loving Wes one Chamber! :

BEST-SELLING crime author-Aan Rule reveals her secrets tomorrow:

June 24, at 8 p.m. at West Van Seconda:

School — tickets ($20) from»

West Van Library ... “Around The World. With Daniel Izzard”, an.
exhibit by West Vai’s internationally renowned impressionist painter,
opens Tuesday, June 25, from 6 to 9 p.m..in the Ferry Building Galle
1414 Argyle, West Van ... Happy birthday. today, June 23, to North
Van's Bob Griffin ... And ditto Tuesday, June 25, to West Van,’

Kiwanian Ron Sidaway.

g0G
WRIGHT OR WRONG: Nobody ever got dizzy doing a few rood

turns daily.

national embarrassment.

Jeti from the National. Action.

Commitiee on the Status of Women.

Hew about disbanding? —_

That would be the one action from
the group that would be beneficial for all
Canadians and maybe even for the few
women the organization actually ;epre-

: sents.

To call the NAC ingrates at the pablic
trough would be polite. |
-It claims to represent. Canadian

‘women everywhere; it claims to pro- -
“mote ‘an agenda: cf betterment for:

Canadian -women, ‘downtredden and

‘otherwise; but the NAC has become a

in a recent four-day convention, the
NAC managed to offend Canadians
everywhere, regardiess of race or gen-

er.

it opened with outgoing president
Sunera Thebani stating that enly a
“woman of coler” would be suitable to
take over the NAC’s presidential reins.

After roundiy ridiculing the political
right, the bloodsuckers at the national
taxpayers teat trained their graceless
attention on Finance Minister Paul
Martin, showering him with catcalls and
boos for refusing te hand the NAC $50
million.

‘Let us all train our own, boss on’ an.
organization whose real agenda Is: ts
own survival. From 1993-96, for exam-
ple, the NAC .soaked Canada and”
Canadians for $987,550.

If indeed it represented millions: of.
women in Canada, surely it could! sur-
vive without government handouts.

The NAC instead represents | radical |
feminists and other fringe. elements and |
makes its living ridiculing and demean-
ing Canadians who pay the freight. in.
this country.

Let them represent ‘who they want, :

but let them do it on their own time, cand
at their own expense. Los

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