_.____Wyeckham (922-6792) right .

have bee: ‘little longer.. to convalesce after. the: ‘double’ ‘dose of acute. -electionitis. we .suf- fered: during April and. May. Sixty | days. of... “Messrs. Bennett,: Barrett, Clark, Trudeau and ‘Broadbent ' ‘in combination were jan:

. exhausting experience and,

° politically speaking, sonte of.

us are still feeling a. little weak. But the West Van- .

enough - for a complete _ recovery’ ‘before we face our next bout of election fever.

“Only - 128 days _ until Municipal Elections.” reads their press handout last week. “Now is the time to start considering whether

_ you or someone ‘you know, °

should run in the’ November 17 municipal elections. Once ‘the summer is- over, - there are just too few days left to decide to run, organize a campaign ‘committee

Start thinking. about it now... it’s.not. too soon.” Would-be

candidates : ‘— or their im- presarios — are invited to contact WVEA directors Pat . Steeves (922-7667) .or Bob:

away.

Tve been wondering why this Particular summer

North Vancouver District zoning is the most liberal North Shore municipality in the matter of permitting group homes in_ the residential areas, according to Lenna Jones, the District’s social planner.

Jones was reacting in a report, to a letter from the North Shore United Way, which voices support for

ALL-BE-F. ‘BEHIND DEPT.: It: would ice to. have hada

and - ron. “a, Vigorous: “campaign. -

‘seems: to be ¢ melting away so fast...

ay se Lions Gate’ ‘Hospital . - administrator .John Bor--

thwick’ was scheduled to .. meet. Saturday morning with the North Shore’s three : Socred MLA’s -- Jack Davis, Angus Ree and Allan _ Wiliams .-- to give them a ‘concentrated “orientation”

course‘on the hospital and its. . couver Electors’ Associatiom fundin 8.

_thinks six weeks is quite long _ presentation was not eattirely _

meeds. The unconnected with: the: fact that LGH is still in the hole to the tune of about $600,000 for the year. ending last -March 31 — and the only

man who can bail it-out is —

Socred: Health Minister Bob McClelland, who's waiting for last year’s bills to come in from all the other hospitals

in the province before he |

‘hands out any more largesse. John --remains optimistic, however, and. dismisses 2 Tadio news story last week suggesting a “confrontation”

~between EGH and the-health.- . minister: ~ exaggerated.” council” -and school .board .

as “grossly

'- Meanwhile, the entirely. separate do-it-ourselves fund

drive for the new. children’s .

floor ' at LGH is rapidly ‘approaching 90 per cent of its $300,000 target. Donating to it, incidentally, is a great way to beat inflation. Every dollar you give is. im-

BECAUSE OF ; ZONING BYLAWS = North Van District i is tops for group homes

be urged to allow group homes in all residentially- zoned areas.

It further urges that since opposition to the establishment of group homes is based on a concern that such homes. would concentrate in one area, municipalities adopt density standards to prevent such concentrations.

en BASE Ng TIENT NOE

LC eens te eee

British ‘Properties - under

their dollar-to-dollar pledge. . see . 7 Welcome . back West

Van's two dedicated lady

aldermen (dedicated alderwomen -- take. your choice): Ann Arnott, who

* rates a special ‘greeting after _. her’ recent. bout with the ‘and = Doreen.

surgeon; Blackburn, back. from -at-

tending | her mother’s funeral _ in England; Wish them:both. much happier times ahead |

ans e

Entrants in the 1979 Miss North Shore beauty pageant numbered eight at the latest count: Gretchen Strom (Miss Capilano’ Mall), Leanae. Nicole Gibson (Miss

Chandelle Fashions), Sandra —

Jones (Miss Hunt's An- tiques), Linda Stigter (Miss Mt. Seymour Lions Club), ‘Karen Firas (Miss Olympic Hotel), Dina Wehren (Miss Seven Seas Restaurant), -“Sandra Joseph (Miss Tomahawk Barbecue) and Carmen Dzuba (Miss Travel Network). This coming Saturday they appear in a fashion show at the Coach House Inn pool from 2 to 4

p.m. The crowning of Miss. North Shore: 1979 takes place the following Thursday

~~

awareness programme, to counter the serious lack of public - confidence coh- cerning group homes in residential areas.

The District social planner’s report was tabled at the council mecting, last Tuesday.

Jones noted that in a large

m trict b group homes on the North At the provincial level, the laws a aa wane nes SNOT ese renatnn me ommnemnennncncomane Ns seabed aara-t:} ner Sony iy with suggestions wb Th otter dated = Mayet6;:- things, that, a _ wrorrad three: Brot

of group homes and by-laws.

The United Way report recommends municipalitics

municipaiites. along with a” ” ‘report outlining the mobi using-zoning-to prevent or

regulate group homes.

Also needed, the report says, is a group to investigate the necessity for a public

This - waz—becuuse_'th had been input from the North Shore United Way into amendments to by- laws dealing with the issuc of

~Olympic— ‘on East 2nd.

_ while,

e-Holted.Way.< are ¢ exp ea ne month

West -

. - uly 19) at 7. pt mm. - and for -

the. first time in Capilano

; _ Mall, thereby guaranteeing a_

‘July 16 when‘ its latest user se Frontier. Airlines of Denver, |

_Colorado- ies out

. minimum, built-in. audience . --of. hundreds of evening shoppers. That's. what I call mae turned into two: dollars. by. Park Royal and. -

beauty-ful planning ..

‘ DINNER.. GONG: popular Guppy’s (fine art” and seafood) restaurant in|

bigger.. and better things... Forced to vacate present” space in the Olympic ‘Hotel .

by August, Guppy’s owner

Jack Ellison hopes to. be .

' back in businéss by early fall - in a brand-new. building. -

which | will be- erected next.

door . to the refurbished . .

The

inaugural

. flights, “which —

‘ promise. to, allow passengers ;

to- fly: ‘to. U.S.. points: “for: “pennies”, “inaugural: offer West: Van's - « doyen of the local PR corps, . “Dean releases: last” ‘week with four. ‘real one-cent coins stuck to’

er sent: out: ‘press:

-To- underline’ this -

* them;: but didn't Say, how. far

--Wancouver- manager for”

Frontier. ‘which serves 94°

‘airports and carries five million passengers a year on

Freniere.-

Betty Masterman,

“country’s: ‘highest, honor; RB

Governor-General: Ed. Schreyer. Wife: “Katherine.

Newman is a West Van

-school trustee. . Marilyn * Sutherland, “elected * - president of the North Shore. “Molunteer Action Centre ' Society. at its -first: annual . meeting after independent, incorporation last April :

James Irvine, installed as president of the West. Van

-North Van is moving on to. these: would~get* me. New Branch No.-60 of the Royal -

‘Canadian Legion _in suc-. cession to Bob Spray; and

president of Branch 60's

‘its 36 jets -- is Debbie La Ladies Auniliary.

addition to the eatery itself, with a harbor view, my- Spies

tell me the new ‘Guppy’s...

Seafood Centre’ will have a lounge, a gallery for North Shore artists, a framing shop, a fresh seafood store

‘and (possibly). a gourmet .

cooking school ... .Mean- McDonald's on Lonsdale gets 4 slap on the wrist-from one-of its regular patrons. Charles Ness — in a

‘letter with copies to local

papers and Health &

Welfare Canada —_berates. . his favorite hamburger joint

for allowing smokers to poison the air for small children, “the majority: of your customers”. How about that, Ronald? |

aoe

There'll “be some un- familiar Boeing 737s loading - for the first time at Van-

couver International Airport -

group homes made in 1978, Jones said.

Since the relevant 1978 amendments community groups have not expressed problems with its provisions or administration, Jones said.

North Vancouver City and West Vancouver are also considering the United Way report.

wes mene ave |

rred the

at, the § end of

Community Services Ad- visory Commission, which Jones said, will be reporting to council i in early August.

| Fund raising refused | Sportsbeat cabaret fire

Permission to conduct a door-to-door fund raising campaign by Agape Force (Canada) Inc. during the entire month of September was refused by North Vancouver District Council Monday.

clerk Helen Egleston advised Council that since 1963 only the Canadian Cancer Society has been permitted to hold a canvass for a_ period in excess of one week.

Municipal

Agape Force is an organization which desires funds to support their men’s rehabilitation centre and build a national and training school for Christian councellors.

The work of this group

involves street evangelism, church © services

distribution literature.

of

; and children’s crusades, and the

Christian

A fire in the office area of the Sportsbeat Cabaret in

North Vancouver last weckend, caused an estimated $1,000 damage.

A spokesman for the

North Vancouver District Fire Department says tho fire was reported just after 1,30a.m. on Sunday, July 1.

By the time fire fighters got to the scene, everything

was under control, spokesman said.

the

The fire department has not yet established the canse of the blaze.

1979

Internationgil Year of the Child

In”:

Ko ponies eae

; Vancouver. ae — ere referred the —tetter—to- its”

West Van's. “Dr. Murray . Newman (Mr. Vancouver

“PICK OF enipeery

Aquarium), mamed* to the -

Order of Canada, the

Se eal .

wo, . . Lae

Red Robinson's “brilliant. analysis: of what is wrong © with the economy -- we're earning money five days’a

week while the goverenment '

is spending it seven.

Times Grouse Mountain tops them all!

Peak chairlift ndes Mountain Coaster rides ew ice cream J pariour

CALE UA

“Canadiana Gift Shop.

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| ing: Picnicking

Ask about our 96

Skyride Summer Pass good ’til Oct. 6th 1979.

For detalis, call the Good Times Summer information Line: 986-6262

GROUSE MOUNTAIN

Top of Capilano Road in North Vancouver. Open 10 a.m. - 10 p.m. Lots of free parking.

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