A grand send-off party for the Greenpeace crew leaving: this month to fight the annual slaughter of baby harp seals in. Newfoundland takes: place — Friday (March | 3) at the Commedore Ballroom, 870 Granville Street, Vancouver. Described as an evening of music, dancing and fun, the party’s featured entertainers : nf DisAd Pumpkin WaAA bw a etenans souiaeaes and the Jack Lavin Rand with | Doc Fingers and Ambleside. _ * The Greenpeace 1978 Save The Seais crew will be guests _ of honor. The party gets - underway at 9 pm. . nda Pea incl wuuw & Resiaents 1A al FRENCH. ACTRESS Brigitte Bardot, who visited last year’s Save the Seals expedition ‘on. the ice: floes, ‘chats with a a member of the 1977 ) Greenpeace Srew:. oo Advance tickets ($5). are ‘available . from the Green- "peace Foundation, 2108 West 4th Avenue, Vancouver (tele- phone 736-0321) and may also" be purchased at the door. . Proceeds will be used ‘to help | finance the 1978° Greenpeace Save. The Seals expedition. This: year ‘the Greenpeace : crew will snend about $60,000 © - to reach the i ice floes and carry out their’ ‘various. forms: of . protest. against: the slaughter: of. the: baby ‘seals by’ New-. foundiand © ‘and — Norwegian 7 seal hunters. 1 The sealskins a are . Hamilton Fell w was the main item of discussion on Monday night’s North Vancouver City - Council agenda as residents of the area packed the council chambers." Plan- Urban Programme | lan - mers were asked by council to . take Alternative five as a base. for development of the ‘area . and to look into the possi- bility of creating a buffer between commercial and resi- dential such as attached hous- — ing. Council was not ready to accept any of the five alterna- tives out right. . The majority of the. -resi- dents on the 800 and 900 blocks ‘of sixteenth would prefer the property ‘to go commercial. Iderman Gordon would. like to see an attached housing development as a buffer on Sixteenth and pointed to the properties at the corner of Sth and Chesterfield as an ex- ample. On the other hand Mayor Jack Loucks is in agreement with the residents and is ready to vote in favour _ of making both sides of 16th commercial under Alternative two. Aldernman Murray. Col- cleugh sees the second Al-. ternative supported by Mayor Loucks as the worst possible. He feels it would cause further down grading of the residen- tial property which exists, Jim Warne answered Cross’ suggestion to place a form of multi-family housing as a buffer on 16th by saying it was hypocritical to say it is good | enough to put. multi-family next to commercial but not - single. Yet another suggestion was fielded by Ald. Elko Kroon who felt the neighbourhood should be given incentive to upgrade the existing proper- lito Improvement Program... _ - Representing the résidents Hunter explained that des-. _ignation: is merely an expres- sion of intent. “It is flexible, just like the market.” . -He explained the: suggest- ion. that the south side of the ‘street might go commercial has devalued their property ‘and that the. “people: : are simply asking for relief froma :Situation . created : by. Urban _ - Program. Planners ‘and, ‘city, council. ”. TOCHER TO RECEIVE '. FUNDS. | Gordie Tocher’s dugout " canoe expedition to Hawaii. was put before council’ for their attention and they have voted to wish him the best of luck and match the grant that will be given to him by the West Vancouver District Council. _ Club | rezoning OKed The: North Shore Winter Club received approval from North Vancouver District council Monday night for rezoning of their land to allow. for building expansion. — The controversial by-law was adopted following months of wrangling between the club, the public and council over the proposed expansion which will involve a land swap between the Winter Club and Bridgman Park, Initially, council had con- sidered selling a piece of land to the club, but changed their mind, finally agreeing to the land exchange. ‘ - Another by-law approving the actual land exchange is largely exported to Japan for _ the luxury fur trade in that country. | spent. $32,000 to produce a - hunt. During the upcoming ' 1978 .seal hunt, the federal — authorities. have threatened ‘protesters against the annual _ and have banned all “unauth- -orized” ‘persons — including — -;the press — from approaching ‘within, half: a mille of the hunt. eon for the. hunt at 180 000. Fell | potions “ties under the Neighbourhood _ | could do for a couple of on the North side of 16th; Neil. odyville Business Association and submitted a ten point * “Historic Character.” member of the Winter Club, - A beautiful 5x7 color portrait n now ) for only. om 49! Have. portraits. ‘taken now for Easter!” | _ Choose your favorite from our colorful new | Ss backgrounds! - - ees Our traditional setting is also available. _ = Selection of poses from finished portraits. a - Limit of one special per person - 2 per family every 3 months. '- Additional persons in portrait 99¢ each. - Children, adults and families welcome. | Offer ends Saturday, Mar. 4th. Pacific Centre, Park Royal And Landsdowne. ‘Mon.,Tues., Wed and Sat. - 9:30 a.m.-5:06 p. m. Thurs. and Fri. -9:30 a.m. -8:30 p.m. Lansdowne also open Wed. nights ‘til 8:30 p.m. Ye hr. passport service. Last year the government _ » pamphlet defending the seal massacre with severe nenalties waw rv wawy ie a