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NEWS photo Cindy Goodman

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Two WV men-honored

BY LAYNE CHRISTENSEN
Community Reporter

WHEN Gov. Gen. Romeo
LeBlanc announced 72
appointments to the Order of
Canada earlier this month,
North Shore residents were
proud to hear the names of
two of their own,

Among the nine B.C. appoint-
ments were veteran writer and
broadcaster Peter Stursberg and
artist and art educator Gordon
Smith,

One detail that may have
escaped the news announcements

-is that the two Caulfeild area res-

idents share more than a postal
code. They enjoy a friendship that
spans more than 50 years. a bond
which began overseas during the
Second World War.

Smith was an
intelligence officer
with Princess
Patricia's Canadian
infantry.
Stursberg was a war

“correspondent — for

Maclean's magazine
and the CBC.
“He was writing

columns - on.
_ Canadians in Sicily,”

recalls Smith, who

one J
Stursberg’s | reports
when he was injured

‘during the landing at

Sicily. A photograph
of Smith “lying
wounded on the bat-~
tleship” reappears in
Stursberg's account of
the war years, his 13th
book, The Sound of
War, published in”
1993.

Smith has" fol-
lowed — Stursberg’s

Daily Herald, \ater as CBC's
United Nations’ correspondent.
and as an Ottawa-based writer
and commentator.

Stursberg. in turn, has collect-

1 of Smith’ i

That the two m years
after their first meeting. should
find themselves neighbors and
recipients of the same high honor
is “such a coincidence.” says
Smith, now 77.

“It’s really very nice,
with simple grace.

As for Stursberg, the semi-
retired octogenarian says he’s
pleased he'll be in the company
of his great friend when the
Governor General makes the offi-
cial appointments at Rideau Hall
next.November.

“I'm delighted that there will
be someone { know at the i i
ture.”

,

* he says

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NEWS photo Miko Wakefield

PETER Stursberg... recognized for his .”
contributions to print and broadcast.
journatism. . a

career over the years,
as a foreign corte-
spondent for London's

GORDON Simith... retired UBC art professor and founding patron of the Artists for Kids Trust honored for
‘his contribution to the arts community and for his support and encouragement of young talent.

NEWS photo Paul McGrath

: EVA Lehoczky, amemoer of the West Vancouver Sketch Club, displays her

Dundarave Cafe Art Exhibition:
Is, Seascapes and Still Lifes.

14 paintings, mostly acrylic, by

West - Vancouver ist Eva

Lehoezky, until July 26. 926-

9872.

Ferry Building Gallery: Works

On Paper, mixed media works of

six N.S. artists. July 16-28, artist's
dialogue with a panel of artists, 11
a.m. July 16, evening reception
6-9 p.m. Gallery hours: Tues.-Sun,
12-8 p.m. Free. Info: 925-7290,

Silk Purse Arts Centre:
Kindrid Spirits, Watercolors, pol-
tery and oil paintings by artists
Judy Bagshaw, Margot Brawn,
Dawne Garrett, and Gloria
Michael. July 9-21.. Beginning
July 23, pastels and oil paintings
by Rita Monaco and Tony Bruno
to Aug. 4, Gallery hours: Tuesday
to Friday 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday

Four

Seymour Art Gallery: Sculptor
Burke Paterson, formerly of Deep
Cove, now residing and teaching
in New York, exhibits interactive
sound sculptures and drawings.
Hit This Sculpture, runs to July 21.
Mate Time, oil paintings on canvas
by artist Bruce Perry, shows soul-
ful portraits of men depicting the
journcy of life. Seymour Act
Gailery tobby, to Aug. | My
Ocean, My Coast , an exhibition
of watercolors by West Vancouver
artist and sailor Colin Hempsail
runs from July 24 ‘to Aug. 18.
Opening reception Wed. July 24
from 7 to 9 p.m. Info: 924-13
District of North Vancouver
Hail: Mind, Body and Spirit, exhi-
bition by Capilano College
Photographic © Media — Arts
Program, to Aug. 31. Glass and
metal works structure, created by
artist Robert Studer, to Aug. 31.
North Vancouver Civic Hall:
Paintings, drawings and prints,
from the Arts Council Art Rental

North Shore Aris Commission: »
Local Scenes, an exhibit by David -
Taylor runs to Aug. 4 at 148 E. 2nd
in North Vancouver.

North Vancouver Museum and
Archives: vols, Trades and
Technological Change, exhibition,
to Sept. 2. Norgate and North
Lonsdale —neiyhborhoods, to
September 2, Charles H. Cates &
Sons, to Oct. 1. North Lonsdale &
Norgate: Two NV. Conununities,
to Sept. 2. SS. Jeremiah O'Brien
Visit at Burfington Northern Pier,
call for details. Hours are
Wednesday to Sunday. noon .to 5

Presentation House Theatre:
NoShtic, North Shore Theatre .
Improv Competition, weekends, 8
p.m., to Aug, 24, tickets $10 and —

work at Dundarave Cate, 2427 Marine Dr., all this month. Restaurant owner

John Wiechoid is featuring the work of a different artist each month. Collection to July 18.

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and Sunday 12-5 p.m. 925-7292.