A6 - Sunday, January 27, 1985 - North Shore News

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News Viewpoint

he news that Expo ‘86 is now budgeting

for a cash foss of $311 million will give

fresh ammuniition to those who claim the Socred government has got its priorities all wrong.

The shortfall is apparently to be covered by lottery revenues and by $126 million in provincial taxes ‘‘directly attributable to Expo’’. Critics may be tempted to argue that such taxes could have been used to restore cutbacks in education, health and welfare

- spending if earlier projections that Expo would break even or -make a _ modest operating profit had proved accurate. But without the fair, of course, they wouldn’t be coliected in the first place.

The main aim now, therefore, must be to ensure that Expo---a ‘‘high risk business’’, as chairman Jimmy Pattison freely admits--- doesn’t sink still further into the red and become a charge on taxes it does NOT generate, In that case, the werst fears of its political opponents would be confirmed.

Meanwhile, regardless of the wisdom of the original decision, there is no turning back at this stage. Moreover, the history of other successful world fairs, of which Seattle is a shining example, shows they can bring a city major and lasting long term benefits that add up in the end to far more than the value of the gate money during the fair period itself. This is the positive spirit in which everyone should now view and encourage Expo: =

With good luck wishes io Mr. Pattison and with determination that we’re going to

- MAKE it succeed---even with fingers cross-

"ed.

Try a non-image!

ohn Turner kasn’t much time for

‘image’. Describing himself at fast

weekend’s Capilano (Liberal meeting, he declared: ‘‘What you see is what you get’’-- -and what the 250 faithful saw brought him a standing ovation. Honest John could be on to something big here after all the careful political image-building of recent years. Maybe the image of a non-image leader will eventually become the winning image!

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Expo MUST work

S B.C. REALLY I READY yet to replace

permanent Socred-NDP mayhem with a new middle- of-road political sanity? There was no clue to the answer at Thursday's 1985 opening meeting of the North Van Chamber of Commerce.

Guest speaker was Graham Lea, Independent MLA for Prince Rupert, who aims to restore that po- litical sanity to the province by forming a. Third Party as early as April or May. He paid for his lunch with the best speech the assembled Chamber has listened to since Walter Block of the Fraser Institute regaled it with the trials and tribula- tions of an economist.

The former Barrett cabi- net minister, who quit the NDP after losing out to Bob Skelly in last year’s leader- ship race, talked of ‘‘Old Fears, New Hopes'’. He stressed that the boom years are gone for ever and we're now in the post-industrial world spawned by technology, a time of ‘‘fun- damental change’’ which neither of the old parties has any idea how to cope with.

The problems are global but the solutions have to be local and non-ideological, he said. The answer lies in a massive decentralization of power from Victoria to local government---municipalities, schoo! boards and regional districts. This, he declared, will spark the native creativi- ty of British Columbians to finally solve the problems for themselves.

The hundred-plus business audience responded with dutiful applause, though hardly: wild enthusiasm. From the floor came only a single mild question (on a taxation point). Then the statutory thanks, and that was that. .

If Mr. Lea’s new party does catch fire this spring, there seems little danger of arson charges being laid against the North Van Chamber of Commerce.

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GRAHAM LEA ... is it too soon for sanity?

- ft © AT IT AGAIN is North Van's indestructible, inde-

fatigable Gertie Todd, in- ventor (back in 1950) of the Miss North Shore Pageant and still its presiding guard- ian angel. This Friday she’s off on a flying visit with Sharka Chobot, Miss North Shore 1984 sponsored by the North Shore Optimists Club, to join B.C.’s other ‘queens’? at the Vernon Winter Festival’s Snowflake Ball---then back early Satur- day (Feb.2) for the Miss Teen Vancouver and Lower Mainland Pageant in North Van Centennial Theatre. Starting at 7 p.m., with coverage by BCTV, it prom- ises to be a glittering evening of talent and family fun with North Van's Alison Phelan, Debra Kellner and Sharon Biro, plus West Van's Sara Orr, among the 15 contes- tants for the local title. The winner goes on to the Miss Teen Canada Pageant March 4 in Toronto, after which

Gertie, with hardly a pause for breath, will be heading fast into preparations for yet another Miss North Shore Pageant. This year marks her 34th in a row. ww of *

GRANDMA MOSES had about only one thing in common as an artist with West Van’ Winnifred Finck, who took up the brush seriously 40 years ago after raising a large family. She studied at the Nova Scotia College of Art, under well known teachers from coast to coast and is currently still learning from Chinatown’s Eddie Ching. Her paintings have appeared in many shows and grace private col- lections in Canada and abroad. The link with Grandma Moses comes next Saturday (Feb.2) when her daughter Gwen Mortimer, holds an exhibition of her mother’s works from 6 to 9 p.m. at 1073 Keith, West Van, in celebration of Win- nifred’s 80th birthday. That,

“WELCOME TO THE CLUB” ... Kiwanis Lieutenant Governor Ernie Belogus (left) gieets new members of the West Van Kiwanis at a recent ceremony. Those installed, but not all shown in the picture, included Rodney Vosper, Desmond Vosper, Mayor Derrick Humphreys, Larry Coles, Don Waddell, Ron Ingraham, Len Roth and Peter Donaghy.

SHERMAN jackpot playwright.

incidentally, will be after Winnifred's daily three to four-mile walk (she also ac- companies ‘three younger generations of the family on the annual Peace Marches). If you've ever wondered how full and enjoyable tife can be at 80, come and meet her. You'll go away vastly reas- sured! ‘ * &

SCRATCHPAD: Installed last weekend as 1985 Poten- tate of the Gizeh Temple and leader of 4,000 Shriners in 40 B.C. and Yukon Shrine Clubs was West. Van businessman Ken Smith ... Also inducted at the same ceremony as Gizeh Temple Recorder was North Van’s Cecil Rees ... Neighborly greetings to Marcel and Julie Salley on opening their latest ice cream parlour, The Big Scoop, in North Van at 1461

’ Marine, near Burger King ...

Talking about his life and experiences as a dramatist this Tuesday (Jan.29). ‘at Lynn Valley Library is Sherman Snukai, author of “Talking Dirty’, one of the most successful plays in re- | cent Canadian theatre histo-' ry ... Congratulations to West Van’s Ted Reynolds, awarded the 1984. Sport- scaster of the Year Medal by the.Canadian Sports Federa- tion ... And don’t bother to fly to Las Vegas next weekend---the North and West Van Ringette Assn., reports president Betsy Holt, is sponsoring fundraising Casino Nights Friday and Saturday (Feb.1i-2) in the In- ternational Plaza ballroom, complete with black. jack, roulette, money wheels and dancing. Admission a modest $4, after which the Kets are on you. ;

a ke WRIGHT OR —“ WRONG: Maybe you can't make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear, but you can still make a very nice pigskin purse.

WINNIFRED FINCK ... th art of living. :

KEN SMITH ... leader of the 4,600. :

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SNUKAL ...