14 — Friday, August 16, 1991 — North Shore News NORTH VANCOUVER District Mayor Murray Dykeman, members of the NVD council and Burrard Band Chief Len George blow out the candles at the cake-cutting ceremony during fast weekend’s Grouse Mountain celebration. Good turnout for centennial celebration on Grouse Mtn. THE DOWNPOUR that hit Grouse Mountain Saturday didn’t put a damper on North Van- couver District’s Centen- nial celebrations. By Evelyn Jacob Neves Reporter Organizers estimate that more than 3,000 people showed up for the birthday festivities despite the cool, wet weather. “We had gone up on Friday and it looked bad. You couldn’t see in front of your face,”’ said Marilyn Baker, centennial committee chairman. Sarurday’s showers, however, didn’t keep the crowds away. Over 1,000 turned out for North Shore residents participating in regatta for disabled JERICHO SAILING Centre is the site of the Mobility Cup, Canada’s first regatta for sailors with disabilities. The regatta, which ends Aug. 18, will feature more than 50 dis- abled participants, including some North Shore residents. Today through Sunday will feature intensive racing between 24 disabled racers culminating in the Mobility Cup race on Sunday at noon. Lorraine Hollier, Walter Hart- wick, Gary Goodwin, and Les Rensvold are some of the North Shore residents who will be com- peting for the Mobility Cup. The Mobility Cup regatta will be sailed in six specially designed sailboats owned by the Disabled Sailing Associaiton of B.C. the pancake breakfast, and the cake-cutling ceremony was packed with onlookers. Baker said the foul weather forced all performances inside, to Grouse’s main chalet and Theatre-in-the-Sky. Lynne Davis, centennial committee clerk, praised Grouse Mountain staff for ac- commodating the crowds and performers. “‘They bent over backwards for us. They were fabulous,”’ she said. Months of preparation went into planning the event, which included a full day of music, dance and children’s activities. Davis noted it was unfortu- nate people didn’t get to see all the work that went iato decor- ating the mountain. Baker said centennial orga- nizers couldn’t help but be a bit disappointed with the weather but that a good time was had by all. ‘‘It went really well. We'd given away 4,000 tickets to members of the public and most of the prople on the mountain were ours. Grouse said they would only get about 300 or 400 people on a day like that.’’ Meanwhile, about 4,000 people packed Cates Park Sunday night to hear the Van- couver Symphony Crchestra play a program of Strauss, Handel and Tchaikovsky in honor of the District’s 100th birthday. There will be ongoing cen- tennial festivities throughout the fall and winter. This Sun- day, a youth festival will be held in Cates Park. itty Youn KiosT LET OF SOME STERM Bring your kids on board a grand old steam train, surround them with musicians and Bunker C. Bear, throw in some awesome scenery and a quaint little town called Squamish, and you've got a Royal Hudson experience that will keep them captive for hours. You might even enjoy it yourself! CALL TICKETMASTER asa OR tt Rail b31-3500 Departs 10am from the BC Rail station in North Vancouver. CCC AH non Brunch with a View SAVOUR YOUR BRUNCH ON OUR SPACiOUS PATIO WHILE ENJOYING THE SWEEPING HARBOUR VIEW SATURDAYS 11:30AM - 2:30PM SUNDAYS 10:30AM - 4:00PM ZY INA) RUE S T A UR AN T ABOVE THE LONSDALE QUAY MARKET RESERVATIONS 986-VIEW AT UNIVERSITY TOYOTA The promise of something better. TUNE-UP SERVICE SPECIAL © TUNE-BP © LEZE, Ci AND FILTER © ADJUST VALY © 20-POINT INSPECTION © CHANCE TRANSMISSION AnD DIFFERENTIAL LUBRICANTS © LOANER CARS AVAILABLE @ VEHICLE WASH & VACEOM $7 2 q 95 REG. $160 PRICE INCLUDES 4 SPARK PLUGS AND UP TO 5 LITRES OF OIL. OTHER PARTS EXTRA. THIS OFFER BASED ON A 4 CYLINDER VEHICLE. SEE US FOR DETAILS. WALID: AT UNIVERSITY TOYOTA with this coupon DON’T SMOKE + 1 British Columbia Lung Asscciation .