NEWS BRIEFS Arts contribution NORTH VANCOUVER MP Chuck Cook announced Fridey that the federal government has awarded the Deep Cove Culiural Society a $175,000 contribution towards the Deep Cove Cultural Centre. The centre, under construction since May, will be a focal point for the luca} artistic community. The facility will provide 2 new home for the Seymour Art Gallery, the Deep Cove Stage, the First Impression Theatre Society, the Deep Cove Chamber Soloists and the Deep Cove and Area Heritage Associa? 11. “I'm absolutely thrilled to be able to make this an- nouncement today,’’ said Cook. ‘‘The people of North Vancouver ave done a superb job in raising money for this facility, and I am only happy that the federal gov- ernment is able to make a contribution to such a wor- thwhile cause.”’ The grant was approved through the Cultural Initia- tives Program of the Department of Communications. Cultural! cash CAPILANO-HOWE Sound MP Mary Collins announc- ed Friday a federal contribution of $225,000 to the West Vancouver Visual Arts Gallery. The gallery is to be ac- commodated within the pianned $6 million West Van- couver Library. Said Collins, ‘‘The library services the entire region, and has been the cultural and educational centre of our community for over 40 years. I cannot express how pleased I am that the federal government can participate in the funding of this vital community project. The West Vancouver Library has 45,000 active members and services an area including Lions Bay, Squamish and Pemberton. . “Our growing community needs a strong cultural fa- cility and this contribution caps a successful grassroots fandraising campaign,’ Collins said. Bucks bid NORTH VANCOUVER City Ald. Rod Clark is backing a bid asking the federal governmeat to declare a state of ‘national fiscal emergency.’’ Clark’s motion, to be heard at Monday’s council meeting, calls fer the federsi government to make a balanced federal bedgei law by 1996, Clark also pro- poses that the Goods and Services Tax be used solely to reduce the federal debt, now $400 billion and climbing. Said Clark, ‘“The hour is late and drastic measures are required immediately if Canada is to be saved from fi- nancial collapse.”’ WV group lobbies for arts centre committee Local educator passes away WELL-KNOWN North Vancouver teacher Charles Mearns MclIntyre died last Sunday at Lions Gate Hos- pital. He was 85. A dedicated teacher and prin- cipal, Mr. MclIntyre’s lengthy teaching career spans 42 years in. North Vancouver, He began his career in 1927 at King George V high schoo! in Ladner where he met and married his wife, Norma. In 1929, he was appointed to North Vancouver high school where he is credited with educating a generation of young - people in appreciation of the arts. Charies Mcintyre In 1944, Mr. McIntyre was ap- pointed principal of Queen Mary school. Ten years later he became principal of Westview and later principal of Seymour Heights and the asscciated schools of Maplewood, Blucridge and Plymouth. His retirement in 197! gave him time to indulge in his keen interest The Portrait Bra * TOP BRANCH SALESPERSON FOR SEPTEMBER 199] FOR SALES RESULTS CALL: PHILIP PEPIN 985-9544 (24 nrs.) 1221 Lonsdale Ave, North Vancouver UP TO 60% OFF reg. dept. store prices ; Blinds as Fast as 3 Days % Yaletown Blinds & Drapery Inc. 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ACTION wants to convert the existing Odeon Theatre into a cul- tural centre that would combine a live theatre, art gallery and classic cinema under one roof. The group has stressed it wants it to be a community-supported project. “We're offering them (West Vancouver council) a project where we'll do all of the work, even try to get the funding. We want them to help get involved in the process rather than be our ad- versaries,”’ said spokesman James Hazell, a Marine Drive merchant who is heading the group. Contacted prior to receiving ACTION’S request, Sager said he would take the group’s proposal to council “without any hesita- tion.” ‘If there was some financially responsible way a cultural centre could be established on the Odeon site it would be a tremendous idea. But we’d have to make sure it was viable, and many arts groups would have to be weil- canvassed (about the need for a centre),’’ he said. Sager said he has asked the group for a business plan on how a cultural centre on the site could By Evelyn Jacob News Reporter be sustained, but has yet to receive anything. Hazell said his group hasn’t been able to come up with a plan without the municipality’s help, and is now counting on council to come to their aid. “‘It’s dangerous to make one (a plan) without (the guarantee of) a specific site that would make sense financially,’’ he said. The owner, represented by Vancouver Hi-Lite Construction Ltd., is asking $3.98 million for the site and building. Hazell says he has personally lost $80,000 in income trying to get the project off the ground, and hopes that the committee can come up with a plan before the site is sold to somieone else. “I know if they do try to tear it down there'll be a large group that will lobby for it and picket it. It will get really ugly.” But he said even if the land is sold or the theatre is torn down tomorrow, it would not diminish the community’s need for a cu!- tural centre. Hazell said he believes the Odeon property is the ‘‘best site in the city’ because of its prime location and the theatre’s capabil- ity of providing separate areas for various activities involving groups as small as 20 or as large as 420. Aad, he added, it’s the only workable site in the district. in 1906, Mr. McIntyre was a former chief of the North Shore branch of the Sons of Scotland. He remained an active member until last month, serving as cap- tain and organizer of their crib- bage club. He also kept up his membership in the North Shore Retired Teachers Association. Even after retirement, Mr. McIntyre retained his interest in the welfare of children. For some years he was the mentor of the young people in the Arbutus Club and later the Vancouver Lawn Tennis Club. 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