6 — Wednesday, Aupust 31, 1988 - North Shore News wish-granting business? TWO CHARITIES DEDICATED TO A COMMON cuse for another popular feature of the Coho Festival — the annual GOAL — granting the often costly wishes of terminally ill ee children — SHOULD, you’d think, have a lot of other kite flying contest Sunday, Sept. 11, 3:30-5 p.m. in Ambleside Park. _ © wednesday world « things in common. Not so, however, in B.C. As noted on Sunday, the Make A Wish Foundation of B.C. (688- 7944) — which provided the lim- ousine trip for young North Van cancer patient Tommy Mould — shuns publicity, even to the extent of sometimes letting the child believe it’s the parents who are paying to take him or her to Disneyland, or whatever. The Foundation goes about raising the needed funds quietly and discreetly from service clubs, corporate and private donors. Established five years ago in B.C., it has an af- filiate in Kingston, Ont., and numerous others in the U.S., where the first Make A Wish Foundation was launched in Phoenix, Ariz. in 1982. By contrast, the Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada, founded in 1984, is solely Canadian and the 16-month-old B.C. Chapter (597- 2216) welcomes all the publicity it can get. It supplies the media with detailed case histories, including names and photos of the young victims and their families — some-~ thing Make A Wish isn’t too keen about. And Children's Wish also uses modern high-profile fund- raising techniques like the current whale poster campaign. The 22 x 32in. print of a killer whale family by San Francisco ar- tist George Sumner is dedicated to the Foundation and also marks the 100th birthday of Stanley Park. A donation of $25 or more (plus $4 postage and handling) brings you one of this limited edition. You can mail your cheque to the Foun- dation at: Ste, 104-13340-70B Avenue, Surrey, B.C. V3W 7Z1 or order by phone with VISA. “Help us grant wishes today for children with so few tomorrows’’ is the Children’s Wish slogan and it applies equally, of course, to Make A Wish. The two bodies, it seems, HAVE on the odd occasion been known to cooperate. But one wonders why on earth they don't simply join forces instead of com- peting for exactly the same charity dollar. SALMON DON'T FLY but kites do, and that’s a good enough ex- submitted LIMITED EDITION killer whale poster by noted U.S. artist...yours in return for a $25 donation to the Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada. Club timing HE NORTH Shore Winter Club needs all the help it can get if it is to survive. The club has been beleaguered by debt for years so it makes sense that it solve its problems by redeveloping the club site, ties. while retaining club facili- That is why the recentiy-proposed, 18-storey, 216- unit congregate-care facility for the North Vancouver site makes sense — the club would survive by pro- viding a much-needed service in the municipality. Yet, the care facility scheme is not a perfect one. Sponsored by the West Van Lions Club, it offers $25 prizes for the best homemade kite, the most unique kite, the largest kite, the most colorful kite, the best stunt kite and the smallest kite. None too soon to choose your entry and start getting in some practice with it — the judges take this sport very seriously on Coho Festival Sun- day! ant DATE BOOK: Congratulations today, August 31, to a Golden an- niversary couple whose name is part of North Van history — Hurold and Jean Fromme. They've lived for all 50 of their married years in Lynn Valley and Harold himself, son of Martin Julius Fromme, a founder of Lynn Valley, has lived there ever since he was born 83 years ago. They have two children, 10 grandchildren and four ‘‘greats’’. They’re still en- thusiastic curlers at the Winter Club and active in Lynn Valley United Church, and Harold's present hobby is restoring a ‘57 Chev. And where else, of course, is their home but on Fromme Road! ... Tomorrow, Sept. }, wish happy birthday to Horseshoe Bay's Wen- dy Hanaa ... Also tomorrow, an- niversary greetings to (wo more of those durable West Van couples -— Malcolm and Murgaret Robertson, celebrating their 54th; and Leslie and Mildred “Mid” Hughes, not- ching up their 52nd. tet WRIGHT OR WRONG: Funny how the average parent always ex- pects to have children who are a little above average. Photo submitted NAME FROM NORTH VAN HISTORY...Harold and Jean Fromme celebrate their half century. Vieni Te, Gee ie ~ \\ The tower, to start, will cause a 165 ft. shadow to ex- tend across neighboring Bridgman Park in the late afternoon. The development is also at one of the municipality’s busiest intersections and increased traf- fic without new road construction could cause traffic delays. : But the good of the development outweighs these $4: < SS SS cay Qs Sx. % SS potential problems. Roads can be widened and the site Publisher |. . Peter Speck ee ae aera Display Advertising 980-0511 4 is 2 good one for a tower because no views will be lost. Managing Editor . Barrett Fisher grea gbeupeecd Classified Advertising 986.6222 What is wrong with the scheme is its timing. The Associate Editor Noel Wright & @ ° vy a newsroom sae tas7 refease of the Lynnmour official community plan is Advertising Director Linda Stewart — Subscriptions 986-1337 North Shore News, founded in 1969 as an independent Day + FuIpay Fax 985-3227 slated for later this year. To spot rezone the site before the release of the community plaa would be jumping the gun, Redevelopment on the Winter Club property cannot wait long if the club is to survive, but it can wait until suburban newspaper and qualitied under Schedule 111. 1139 Lonsdale Avenue, Paragraph fl of the Excise Tax Act, ts published cach North Van ver, B.C Wednesday, €rtay and Sunday by North Shore Free couver, B.C. Press Lid and distrbuted {0 every door on the Horr V7M 2H4 Snore. Second Ctass Mail Regstrauan Number 3885 Subscriptians North Mailing rates daivali welcome bul we cannot acee unsgobeded matetial neleyng manus: MEMBER 59,170 (average, Wednesday Friday & Sunday) the community plan is released. Only > ph: Should be ac cOMPAN UY a SLAMPED, addr bd ne ¥ p d niy then can the plan banana DE UCCOBIDANIE DY u SLaMBEd, Adare ioprercnerrare North Shore owned and managed be labeled a win-win proposition. : - _- an Entire contents © 1988 North Shore Free Press Ltd. All rights reserved.