‘ eangilarors tha nm "Philip!

“THE Spanish: ‘ARMADA sailed | again Sunday, but i in very,

different circumstances ~~ exactly 400 years later ~—- from
those of Philip. I¥’s ill-fated attempt to conquer England j in

‘June 1588,/, ye 8 of

ne ‘naa de around Eniglish ©
Bay celebrated the ongoing con-.
quest of/B.C
thanks/large ly to Vancouver's’
two-yéar-qld Spanish Wine Society ©:
Civ va Espana'’) and its high: >.’

‘ U- enefgy president, lawyer. Michael _

_ Ross. Since its launching in 1986

“the club has held 10 monthly 9 4

-yne-tanting sessions a year at

Le

{leading downtown hotels and col-, :

ected some 200 enthusiastic | ;
members, a good proportion from
the North Shore.-In the liquor}
Stores the collective influence of .
them. and their guests has Ied toa
“marked increase inthe listings of
Spanish wines —~ little known’'only
few years ago in this neck nble the. :

by Spanish wines, /,

u

: scribe's opinion the change was ~

long overduc. Most Spanish reds
are good, many very good and

~more than'a few superb: There are ,
" some distinctive whites andthe
. “cavas’' (including the popular

“’ Cordorniu) rate among the best

| Sparkling wines in the.world out-

side’ Champagne. Spanish sherry, -
of course, needs no introduction.
Last weckend’s cruise aboard
the Malibi Princess was the
wind-up Of Viva Espana's suc-

veessful 1987- 88 season and even ©. °

‘the weatherman smiled omit: f
Under/warm sun and gentic:
breezes 125 members and guests

drank in the breathtaking scenery.
to Howe Sound as they tasted nine |.
“new wines, took uboard baslast -

Hee , esin t :

from a magnificent buffet and
danced to a throbbing flamenco
band.

Philip [I] would have wept with

envy. The Spanish conquistadores -

who sailed these waters four cen-
turies ago would have loved every
-minute of it. If YOU enjoy wine
_and would like to know more, call
“Michael Ross at, 291- 9508. |

ee#e
“WHITE AUSTRALIA" may be
Officially dead but immigration
‘policies Down Under remain way
tougher than ours, ‘As a sovereign
state we put the interests of .~
Australia first i in ) deciding who’ may
settle there,”* Australian i immigra-
tion officer Johann Jackson told ”
the West Van, Kiwanis Club Mon-
day. “That's the only way:
Australia main a good place:
‘to live.’* Visag z :
airlines landing people without
proper documents suffer stiff °
“fines Asa result, most refugec |
~ applications come from visitors |

alreagy in the country legally. And,
dubious of patently bogus refugee oa

© claimants can be turned back «it

4 sister ‘reals: strangers at her wager
won rousing applaiise — and’ex: ,
‘Pressions of eny — from his aur

JP: it you admire West
Van's many, parks, large aud
you’ lone. ‘Fe B,Ch
‘Recreation, and Parks Asspciatict

cr at, ‘West Van ras ;

th programs and tr my for

_ sing prograin, ‘at Douglas College i -

t ” 5

elderly shutins is Theresa (Terry)
Johnstone, Cap College musical
therapy student who was recently |
awarded a $400 bursary: by Lions

‘Gate Chapters of the ODE ... /

Congrats to North Van's Lisa
Marak, recipient, of the Governor |,
General's Madal for: academic '
achicvementiin the psychiatric nur:

. The same again to Dianna /
Mikkelson,’ daughter of West:

Van's Me,. ‘and Mrs, John Cox; son

_ being granted her B.A. degree w
dy

CONQUERING ‘B.C.

: ihe Malibu Princess celebrate anotbe

top honots ir in psychology at ‘Nor: :
thwestern College, St. Paul, Min: Le
«.. And best wishes for many hap-

i py returns of the day, to well .
known lawyer Pearley Brissenden
and Noreen of West Van who
yesterday, June 7, ‘celebrated their.
65th anniversary.

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