NORGATE CORRINE Wieting expresses her deepest appreci- ation to the owners and staff of Chellow Restaurant. Her mother June Campbell, who has Alzheimer's Disease, had wandered away from a care facility in West Vancouver Sept. 26. She was located outside the restaurant near Capilano Mall in North Vancouver. Kerry Constable, daugh- ter of the restaurant's owners, saw Campbell pacing back and forth in front of the restaurant. Campbell was obviously confused and upset. Said Wieting, “As it start- ed to become cold, she invit- ed her into the restaurant, gave her a hot meal and noti- fied authorities of mom's whereabouts. “Mom spent about three hours inside the restaurant and all the staff treated mom with dignity and respect. When I arrived to pick her up she was happily sipping hot chocolate and chatting with Kerry." Wieting and family say they will always remember the act of kindness shown at Chellow Restaurant. LONSDALE MARTIN Roberts was recently re-elected to another ‘one-year-term as president of Family Services of the North Shore. Roberts works as a char- tered accountant for Price Waterhouse. He's been on the Family Services board for eight years. The non- profit orga- nization : ee was formed eo in 1950 “to : enrich and strengthen family life.” Over the past year the wn _ group has MARTIN served more Roberts than 11,000 people. Other members of the 1996-97 board of directors are: Sue Bauman, past president; Kevin O'Neill, vice president; Joanne Houssian, secretary; Elise Rees, treasurer; Ruth Campling, director; Brent Eilers, director; Amir Eternadi, director: Susan Evans, director; Tom Haibeck, director; Bob Jenkins, director; Pam Goldsimith- jones, director; Heather Kelleher, director; Gutshan Mitha, director; Joy Phelps, director; Peter Speck, director; Dee — Sutherland, director: Tom Tapper, director. We'd like to share infor- mation about the folks who are making a difference in your neighborhood.” Forward all information, including your name, address and telephone num- ber, to Neighborhoods c/o Michael Becker, E-rail to trenshaw @direct.ca Fax to 985-2104. Mail to North Shore News, 1139 Lonsdale Avenue, North Wancouver, V7M 2H4. NORTH Shore Rescue Team members, friends and family were on hand Sept. 23 to dedicate a bronze memorial plaque in the name of two team members who have died. A memorial gathering of about 50 people, which included a tree planting ceremony, took piace near the team’s cabin, west of Mount Seymour. Bob McGregor, 29, died YOU have to slow down to see it. Speeding along Lynn Valley Road you will miss it, or at most it will appear as a blur of earthy greens and browns. But if you drive slower, and look, you will see that it is actually pristine forest, not a park, but a private residence. Peek behind the hemlock hedges and through the magnolia tree that hide it from the rushing traffte and you will see a historic red with white trim Victorian- style house in beautiful condition nestled against a backdrup of od trees. Better yet, go for a walk along Lynn Valley Road and turn, where the street bearing her name intersects it, at the nearly covered yard entrance of one Mollie Nye. She will show you not only her antiquated home, garden and forest, but glimpses of a community that has all but disappeared. Even I, after having grown up in a bordering neighborhood that was once a part of her father’s huge homestead (given to him for his service in the Boer War), sometimes forget that this regional mati- arch has been living in Lynn Valley since its inception as a conimunity. Ard yer every time [ have the pleasure of talking to Miss Nye —— she never married — Tam instantly reminded of how young this community is, Not because she recalls the past with such enthusiastic zeal, she does this too, but pecause Lynn Valley is measur- able in her lifetime. In an age when almost everyone you meet on the North Shore is from somewhere else, Mollie Nye isa Mountain gathering A friendship endures between Lynn Valiey pioneer and a neighbor genuine historical anoraaly, Born here in 1913, she turned 83 last month. Try the front door, bute don’t forget to knack, She once had a burglar who thought the old fouse was abandoned. [f there is no answer try looking in the garden across the unpaved driveway, Here Mollie spends countless hours, less in recent years, tending her vegetable plants. If you see a species of fora you like don’t be afraid tu ask for a specitnen, Over the years she has givers me countless cedar saplings. Or ask for a maple. She has plenty. Weeding amony the foxgloves and bachelor buttons she will tell you about the lives of students from her days as a teacher at nearby Sutherland, Ask her and she will explain how she became the first geography student to graduate from UBC. That will be the last question you have to ask. She likes to talk. Make sure vou have no engagements that: after- neon. You will be there for awhile. T have spent a lifetime reaping the benents of her acquaintance. As a young child my friends and_ i would wander her forest like soldiers and search for the great western passage which for us was Lynn Valley Road. As | grew older lightning and wind storms claimed ina training accident in 1989. Bert Batt, 42, died of a heart attack in 1995. Lett to right are Ken McGregor Jr. with daughter Alasia, Kevin McLeod, Ken McGregor, Henry Brewer (95 years young), Gerry Brewer, Philip Batt and Lynn Batt. Three mombors of the Fell Pipe Band played at the ceremony. their share of her trees, and the. forest grew thinner, The games stopped. But the great wall of greenery kept our street safe and secluded from the busy traffic beyond. She passed thar greenery on to us. My sister and [ started our awn garden with cuttings and transplants from Miss Nye’s. The garden grew and sa did my appreciation tor Mollie. When [ became a college man T reaequainted myself with Miss Nye when [used her as the subject of a histary report. 7 At the time school weighed heavily on my mind. She said college would pass quickly. [t did. And now that | coo am finished UBC, my life seems a bit with- our direction. [t may be time tor another visit myscif. If she’s not at the side garden try around back, Smeil the rhubarb she is harvesting and greet her friendly cat. She might be in the greenhouse tending her seedlings, or checking for eggs under her chicken, She still has lots to do. Follow the cat-up the steps. to the back door, Burt mind the fly tap. Miss Nye's nephew or one of his family members will tell you where she is. They live with Hee: now. She isn’t as young -as she used to be. Accept the tea yeu are offered while you wait for her and soak in the local his- tory that her museum-like house aftords, Watch the busy tratfiezip by cn Lynn Valley Road, which minutes before you were a part of. . Imagine the old trolley passing by, Have another cup of tea, Time passes slowly here. If her nepheaw says she’s in the forest you can venture out after ber. Or you can sit back and wait, There’s no hurry. She'll be around. Ct — Subsnitied by Craig Klepak North Shore musician remembered By Michael Becker News Editor A North Shore musical notable passed away Sept. 10. Norma Porter (nee Gallia), 82, was born, raised and educated on the North Shore. Porter taught music to many, helped found the North Shore branch of Registered Music Teachers (RMT) of B.C. and also initiated the North Vancouver Comnuunity Concert Association, She was vice president of — the local RMT branch at the time of her death. Said her husband Bud Porter, “Her life was a message to all. She was a kind, gen- crous wife and mother, a talented and well-loved music teacher and a great lady. “Her death is a blessing because unbe- known to all she suffered from the dread- ed cancer for nearly 20 years in.one form or another,” he said. While attending UBC before the Second World War, Porter wor a scholar- ship to attend the Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in London England. She returned home to North Vancouver in husband said. 1939 on holiday. The war was declared and she remained in Canada, While at the RAM she received the highest marks given for four years in a row. During her period in London she won the Blakeston Mesnorial Prize. It “placed her in the who’s who of world musicians,” her Back in Canada Porter helped her mother Clelia Gallia, who owned the St. Alice Hotei in North Vancouver. She married Bud Porter, a young RCMP constable, in 1952. NORMA Porter hrought music to many.