“fe B12-Sunday News, March 2, 1980 46 On The Town With The Boys From Hall Three By Les Wiseman On the eve of Vancouver Fire Chief Armand Konig’s retire- ment, he can look toa department that is, by most measures, the best in the nation. Forget the stereotype. fighting fires is the most hazardous way to make a living. Men-Of-War/One Down By Tony Strachan After four days of active service in World War Two, the author was Up Front. captured, without firing a shot, by the first enemy soldier he saw. Five years of prison camp life followed. This is his story. 56 Men-Of-War/One To Go By Mati Laansoo The U.S. Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean is 40 ships, 200 aircraft and 25,000 men, its objec- tive in case of war to repel a Soviet assault and press a conventional and nuclear attack in return. At the heart of it, though, is a single Tomcat pilot, being flung off the deck so fast that his eyeballs flatten, gunning his deadman’s way headfirst into the hurricane. __ COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS 8 A review of our city and those who make it do what it does Vancouver Today, by Kerry McPhedran 14 What's new in town, plus what's going on, and when Ditations, by Ben Metcalfe 16 A poet you may not know, but probably should Victoria, by Walter Young 114 Why we have who we have in Ottawa today Getting There, by Malcolm Parry 116 It's been a long time, but the British are coming again lere’s what’s in it you this FEATURES 68 71 § Called Him Malus Spring Style By Paul Joslin By Gabriel Levy The Iran-Afghanistan border is | Geometric designs, bright colors today’s powder keg. Malus,| (especially tomato red) and shor- beautiful but dangerous, was born | ter skirts are where spring starts. there, and became the author's} These and many other trends and close, but never trusting com-}| tips in our semi-annual fashion panion in Tehran. roundup 86 Fish Of The Gironde By Jackie Byrn France is still a top destination for visitors who love to eat. Here, we not only find out where to go, but how to bring the best home to your kitchen. in One Ear, by Les Wiseman XTC and Pied Pear, and all those swell reviews Over There, by Mati Laansco Landlord fillAhe flowing bowl, the way you used to do Faraway Places, by Carry Marchant From Scott to Pepys by way of The Marches Top Dollar, by Valerie Cibson Those many women whose lives become their careers Twelfth & Cambie, by Sean Rossiter The man behind the squabble at the Vancouver Art Callery The City Magazine...and More.