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News Reporter dangelo@nsnews.com OHN Leith likes Horseshoe Bay because it is a far-out place for far out people. In case you haven't guessed, Leith moved there in 1969.

Leith is a butcher who has been mar- ried to Muriel for 39 years, They have no children, but have one “wonderful” dog Samantha the couple got from the SPCA.

Samantha, “a Border Collie and back alley cross,” is a senior citizen too, points out Leith, The dog is 12 years old.

Leith moved from Ontario to B.C. in 1965. He first set eyes on the western edge of West Vancouver a short time later while a part-time student at a brand new university called SFU.

The first people Leith met in Horseshoe Bay were the late Joe Troll and Tommy Sewell.

They sold him on the place.

Leith rented a cabin on Argyle Street from George and June Spooner. The Spooners owned several summer cabins.

“Eventually [ bought all those cabins and we were the landlords of many many people in Horseshoe Bay,” said Leith.

The Argyle cottages are gone now and duplexes have taken their places.

On the work front, Leith enjoys being a

butcher at the Caulfeild Safeway store. He likes to call himself the “Dean of the Michelangelo College of Meat Cutters.”

“We are a slice above the rest, every- bedy gets their cut and we make no bones about. it,” he said.

“That's one of my originals believe it or not.”

Leith said you can tell if someone is from Horseshee Bay because he or she will be extremely friendly and “not care

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Leith said he couldn't come up with anything negative that, has happened to Horseshoe Bay over the years as it would go against his motto, “Never look back- wards unless you want to go that way.”

Leith said he is happy about new fami- lies again starting to put down roots in Horseshoe Bay in recent years,

He plans to make them as welcome as he was in the community.

“Our main secret in life is our friends,” said Leith.

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