Pa^iSUT,VEL,BnA^ 811 Parliament Buildim* VICTORIA, BC 9 '-B.C. V8V1X4 's stands The Sunshine B w^'-T,"'"1 DUI"3mgs, I .^?.T0RIABC. ftereUlUUiyiyiUUIHsonfflc Cwttt 1 December 23, 191 Volume 34, Number 51 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer retires on the Sunshine Coast See Page Two for exclusive interview J Coast News, December 23, 1980 The mmitwmm *t. .Sunshtee __M1 Second Class Mail Registration No. 4702 ���GNA BLUE RIBBON AWARD 1978 A LOCALLY OWNED NEWSPAPER Published il Glbions, B.C. every Tuesday, by Glanlord Prett Lid. Bon 460, Glbloni, VON 1V0 Phone 886-2622 or 886-7817 Pender Harbour enquiries, and all others, II no answer Irom 886 numbers call 885-2770 Accounts Department' MM Joe Copysettlng: Wendy-Lynne Johns Lise Sheridan Advertising Department: Bradley Benson Fran Berger Editorial Department: John Burnside Ian Corrance John Moore Don Levan SUBSCRIPTION RATES: United States and Foreign $24.00 per year Canada $20.00 per year, $12.00 for six months Distributed free to all addresses on the Sunshine Coast. Production Department: Sonia Trudel Nancy Conway Pal Tripp Christmas thoughts The time of year that Christmas is and the beginning of the New Year is once again upon us. lt seems that on every television channel and on several wavebands of the radio there is for our sometimes jaded consumption that classic of Christmas time, diaries Dickens' A Christmas Carol. How jaded we are in these dark and troubled winter days. We have heard it all before and we know better than to allow ourselves the outpouring of positive feeling and hope that the season somehow demands of us. How much of the preparatory time do we spend feeling that we observe the season for the wrong reasons. Well, it's a lot of work but we must do it for the children. Well, it's a lot of work but we must do it for the cash register. Well, it's a lot of work but we must do it. Is it not true that a part of us approaches Christmas every year and we are Scrooge? Christmas! Bah, Humbug! But something creeps over us. Some memory or some hope, some inner warmth in a cold season. After all is said and done this solstice season as the declining sun. with all its warmth and hope starts back towards us is, for the people of the predominant culture, regarded as the time of Christ's birth. Jesus Christ, Son of God, son of man. Let the doctrinal guardians dance on the heads of their doctrinal pins. For anyone whose charge it is not .to interpret but to feel and whose background has given them awareness of the Old and the New Testaments what is to be felt is that some two thousand years ago something historical happened. The concept of the Creator and the Plan for whom we all hunger somewhere within us and towards which we all aspire was drastically modified. The concept of the Creator as vengeful and demanding guardian was altered by the historic presence of the man called Jesus. He taught that in the great swirl of man's days and ways the principle of A personal note If one may be allowed a tare and personal note in these editorial columns, it is time to acknowledge the departure from the staff of the Sunshine Coast News of one of the founders of this version of our historic newspaper. Ian Corrance leaves to pursue another rainbow of personal freshness. We have worked together through many long hard hours. We have not always agreed. Who could expect it of a couple of headstrong Scotsmen more prone to opinion than conciliation? The disagreements, however, are as surely behind us as the over two hundred manifestations of the Coast News and, whatever divided us, we bent our best energies together to make a newspaper worthy of a stretch of coastline that we both love. Hovering over us both always was the shadow ofthe lady who was our confidant and our comfort. Whatever the future holds, somewhere the spirit of Eileen Glassford is smiling proudly over her two headstrong boys. John Burnside ..from the files of the COAST NEWS Love was predominant over the principle of Fear. Let the doctrinaire decide whether he was man or God. It is enough in these frightened times that he spoke of and with Love. That he urged us to think of our neighbours no less than we thought of ourselves. The world we live in is seemingly an increasingly divided world. Those organs which exist to bring us news of the world tell us constantly of the conflicts and the failings of our troubled, energetic, and embattled species. At. this time of the year it is a man who became called Christ who taught that Love was the way, that forgiveness was the key, that hope was a possibility. So it is I think in the world of knowing beyond knowing we address ourselves at the darkest time of the year skeptically and Scrooge-like towards, the onerous business of caring and continuing to hope. Scrooge-like also after the bleakness has been undergone we find ourselves, because it is the noblest alternative, being inclined towards a warmer world of hospitality and hope than we had dared to believe was possible. And so it is, aspiring gratefully towards the essential hopefulness of the season that the staff of the Coast News through the. often frail medium of its editor joins forces with the forces of the season, welcomes with gratitude the knowledge of the returning sun, and the historic message of Jesus Christ and wishes upon our species a world of Love rather than a world of Fear, wishes for all mankind before the final night the opportunity to sun. ourselves together in a world in which our neighbour is as important as ourselves, in a world in which the dark night of Fear begins to recede as surely as the winter darkness. A Merry Christinas to all. Let the present be the darkest hours just before the dawn. May the message of Universal Love first spoken by Jesus Christ live in all our hearts. wwim i TEN YEARS AQO The Regional District board is considering a public relations move to make itself better understood. Secretary Charles Gooding said it has become obvious to him that that in recent weeks, after four years of operation and excellent coverage by the press, many people are still not aware of what the Regional District is, what the board can do, what it cannot do and what it has done. In an effort to put Christ back into Christmas a live nativity tableau will be presented in the centre of Gibsons on Christmas Eve. At 7 pm. Mary seated on a donkey will be led by Joseph from the wharf across to Pioneer Park next to the Bank of Montreal. Mary and Joseph will enter a stable in Pioneer Park and carol singing will follow. FIFTEEN YEARS AQO Three choirs announced plans to sing carols for the patients in St. Mary's Hospital over the Christmas season. The Gibsons United Church choir, and two children's choirs, one from the Reserve school and one from St. Hilda's Anglican Church in Sechelt will visit the hospital during the next week. The 15-car ferry Cy Peck will be brought into extra service on the Langdale Horseshoe Bay run over the Christmas season. The Jervis Inlet Blackball ferry Qulllayute was to have been used here, but Is currently in dry dock having struck a rock while fogbound last week. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AQO There will be special services at all Sunshine Coast churches on Christmas Day, with Christmas actually falling on a Sunday this year. Two performances of the Nativity tableaux at Port Mellon Community church were combined with special music performed by the junior and senior church choirs. THIRTY YEARS AQO Coast News Editor Bill Sutherland, in the course of an editorial on the meaning of Christmas, related that one of his readers who had written a scathing letter to tho editor this week, phoned him at home and told him to "tear it up, don't print it. This is Christmas and we should be magnanimous to our enemies." Alert Bay, about 1900. Far back into time, totem poles and mortuary posts lined the waterfront walkways of this Kwakiutl native village, located on Cormorant Island. Kach family had its links with a mystic mythological past. The figures on the pole did not actually "tell" a "story" in the sense of a developing narrative plot. Some represented cosmic forces that had created and thai continued to influence the world. Others symbolized in physical form the psychological checks and balances that make up the total personality. Carving of the type seen here is now acknowledged as an art form of high order. Hereditary carvers such as the late Mungo Martin finally attained recognition from beyond as well as from within their own aboriginal culture. Hudson's Bay Company photo courtcst Myrtle Collinson Collection. L.R. Peterson. An exclusive interview Coast welcomes Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer by John Burnside Coast News: Well, Mr. Reindeer... Rudolpht Call me Rudolph, son. Coast Newsi Oh, thank you. Well, Rudolph 1 understand that you have decided to retire on the Sunshine Coast. Now you must have been around the world many times. What made you decide to settle in this part ofthe world? Rndolphi Well, you know, of course, that I am a Canadian citizen? Coast News: No, I didn't know that. The famous Rudolph the, pardon me, Red- Nosed Reindeer a Canadian citizen. Wowl You may be the most famous Canadian citizen in the world. More famous than Pierre Eliot Trudeau and Rocket Richard and all those fellows. Rudolph: Steady, son. All of us fellows on the Christmas brigade are actually Canadian citizens. Even old Claus himself. We were all born near the North Pole on one of the Canadian islands. Coast News: Of course. It never occurred to me. The Christmas Brigade is Canadian. That's wonderful. Rudolph: Oh, yes, Canadians have been the masters of the give-away from time immemorial. In any case, when the time came to hang up my harness and take my pension what could be more natural than that I should choose to retire in Canada and since I've seen more than my share of ice and snow I decided to choose what we call in the north the Canadian Riviera. Coaat News: Well, if I may speak on behalf of all the citizens of the Sunshine Coast it certainly is an honour to have you living among us, er, Rudolph. Rudolph: Thank you, my boy. Coast News: It's rather surprising in one way, sir. I remember a few years ago there was a rather unfortunate incident here on the Sunshine Coast involving yourself and Santa Claus and the Bat- mobile. Our cartoonist drew it on the front page of the 1977 Christmas edition of our paper. I thought perhaps that might have soured you on the Sunshine Coast. Rudolph: Ah, yes, I remember the incident well. It was near the end of our 1977 run and old Claus had got into a little too much egg nog. It's always a bit of a problem with him near the end of the run. So many people leave him a little egg nog to drink as he goes and unfortunately sometimes there's more than egg nog in it. He's usually alright but sometimes the old fellow gets tired and the little extra in the egg nog goes to his head. That year instead of getting in the sleigh and letting us take him home he insisted on singing in the streets of Davis Bay and some sour old gaffer reported him. We've had trouble with the same fellow before. Made a big fuss about airplane noise when we went overhead. Understand he's busy elsewhere now. Coast News: Yes, well, but I understood that the officers insisted that you go down to the station for checking on that occasion. Had you been sharing the egg nog with Santa? Rudolph: All we ever got was cold water on the job. But the police officers were misled by the nose, you know. On that occasion it was the same colour as Claus's and naturally they thought it was from the same cause. But whea they checked me out I was clean. They were still going to hold us but we pointed out that the old fellow had done his bit and all we had to do was get him home safely and he'd be all right. Coast News: You mean you -can get by without him on the way home? Rudolph: Heavens, yes. You know the words of the song don't you? (Sings) "Rudolph, with your nose so bright, won't you guide my sleigh tonight?" We've been in charge of the transportation arrangements for years, actually I have, if I may risk appearing immodest. When we explained that Claus was only s passenger in the vehicle there was no further trouble and we got him home safely. Coaat News: About your nose, Rudolph. How did it happen? Rudolph: Just good fortune, I guess. I was bora with it and it was a drawback at first. Claus was anxious to have a matching set of reindeer on the team and I played in the minor leagues of reindeer transportation for a long time before I got my big chance. From then on I was always in command of the actual transportation. Coast News: That must have been quite a responsibility. Rudolph: It certainly was. I mean we were always travelling without night lights other than my nose in the worst of winter weather. It got. more and more nerve- wracking in recent years with the increase in the size and speed of airplanes. It was alright for Claus to sit back there being the life of the party Ho-ho-hoing at all and sundry but for the navigator it was pure hell. Coast News: Doesn't your retirement cause some problems then? Rudolph: Well, a deer can only take so much of that kind of pressure so a few years ago 1 talked him into getting hooked up with the satellite communication service and a set of computers so now he can ho-ho to his heart's content and he can never get off the track no matter how much fog there is or how much egg nog. Of course, these systems are only man made and I'm ready to help the old fellow out if anything should go wrong. Coaat Newa: You mean you're, sort of on reserve duty. Rudolph: That's right. I'm the head of the Reindeer Reserve and should the need ever arise I'll be ready. Coast News: Well thank you for your time, Rudolph, and I hope that you are happy here on the Sunshine Coast. Rudolph: Thank you, my boy, and a Merry Christmas to you and your readers and watch out for the egg nog. Slings & Arrows >* George Matthews $ Dear Santa, Since it's that time of year again, I thought I'd drop you a note just to see how things are going and to tell you that I've been a good boy. Rumour has It that things have not been going well for you this year and I thought it might cheer you up a little to hear that it hasn't been going too well down our way either. As you may have read, the economic picture here is terrible. Government monetary policy has been to maintain high interest rates and as a consequence, new investment has been limited and unemployment high, Further, the inflation rate is right out of hand and it seems that despite the raises our workers are getting, we are all about five per cent poorer than we were last year. I mention this because we've heard that your negotiations with your elves and helpers had to go to arbitration this year. While you're not alone in facing labour disputes, I would like to remind you that it was my advice to you last year that your old paternalistic labour practices were probably the best approach. I appreciate that administrative duties have not allowed you to get down to the workshop as often as you'd like but had you hired a good management consultant, invested in a computer and reverted to zero based budgeting, you would have been able to continue your human relations approach to personnel management. Now that you've allowed the elves to bargain for wages instead of working on the old piece rate system you're going to have to face the fact that a union is just around the corner. You didn't listen to my advice last year and while I know it's hard to teach an old dog like you new tricks I think before the elves and helpers apply to the Labour Relations Board for certification, you should try to introduce a profit sharing scheme. A couple of other hints before I drop the subject; you might try the old General Motors trick and promote the most militant elves and helpers to management positions. We found at G.M. that these guys often make your best supervisors.. Finally, don't let them talk you into indexing their pensions; that's the thih edge of the wedge. Once you've done that you'll be faced with the whole efficiency and accountability issue and you'll have time and motion experts coming out of your ears. Then of course we've all heard about you and Mrs. Claus. The story broke first in the National Enquirer but when People Magazine picked it up, we had to believe there was some truth to tliiS rumour. I must say that ,1 sympathize with you. Just because a guy stays out all night once a year seems like awfully thin grounds for divorce. I also thought she was just being spiteful when she sued for custody of the elves and getting that court order to ground the reindeer was just plain tacky. In any case, If things aren't going well, I know a nice lady who is a great cook and loves children who would just love to meet you. I'll leave her phone number on thc table by the fireplace, right next to your milk and cookies. I'd also like you to know that nobody down here believes a word about that storv linking you with Wendy King. I know that her new book has implicated a number of judges, prominent lawyers and important businessmen but we don't believe that her description of a particular old, portly gentleman who favoured strange clothing has anything to do with you. I think the thing that really saved your bacon was the fact that you didn't seek an injunction against the release of Ms. King's book like another prominent person has. The fact that she didn.'t reveal any of the names of the customers oLber bawdy house puts you in flM clear of course but we knew that with all those lawyers and judges involved, no decent, honest person was likely to be mixtd up in the whole affair. In a more serious vein, ;I guess I'd better get down to telling you what I want for Christmas. It's not that I don't like your taste in Christmas presents, but the Rolls Royce you left me last year proved a bit impractical. First of all the chauffeur ended up having an affair with the neighbour's1 wife and be hasn't spoken to me since (except to borrow my .lawn mower last June). Second, I couldn't afford the gas and I ended up selling the thing to pay for the rent and the groceries. This year I'd like you io keep it simple, maybe a pair of socks or slippers or a nice tie. I wouldn't mind a bottle of decent Scotch; that Japanese Scotch you left me last year was awful and I ended up using if for anti-freeze. Anyway, have a . Merry Christmas and I'll talk to you nex'.jrear. \: Yours truly, George P.S. You can find my house easy this year. It's the only one on the block with the lights on. Everybody on the street went to Hawaii for the holidays. The Magi Now as at all times I can see In the mind's eye, In their stiff, painted cbthes, the pale unsatisfied ones Appear and disappear in the bate depth of the shy With all their ancient faces like ram-beaten stones, And all their helms of silver hovering side by side, And all their eyes still fixed, hoping to find once more, Being by Calvary's turbulence unsatisfied, The uncontrollable mystery on the bestial floor. William B. Yeats -^-*��***mm*A-m-^mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm9mmmmmmmmmmmmm Letters to the Editor Helicopter "high-grading" protested Coast News, December 23, 1980 Editor's Note: A copy of the following letter addressed to the Honourable T.M. Water- land, Office of The Minister, Victoria was recently sent lo the Coast News. -Editor: -. This letter is written by Independent Loggers on the Sechelt Peninsula; to express our concerns and question your Ministry's administration of helicopter logging in our Forest District. 2 We all realize and appreciate the employment of helicopters to recover timber that is mechanically or economically inaccessible to high lead or skidder logging methods. We realize that your Ministry has made large local timber cut commitments to a few integrated logging companies to guarantee the "experiment" of helicopter logging. Moreover, to further guarantee the "experiment", only a nominal "token" stumpage rate is being charged for the timber logged by helicopters. Mr. Waterland, helicopter 3. logging is no longer an "experiment", and we suggest that you regard the helicopter as a conventional logging machine. We also suggest that your District's management and appraisal of helicopter logging be with the same intent as other logging methods. We have witnessed and 4. inspected recent helicopter logging in our Forest District and consider your present administration of helicopter logging to be mismanaged in the following ways: 1. To date, helicopter logging has not been confined to inaccessible areas. To the contrary, some companies employing helicopters are thriving on the opportunity of taking advantage of Forest Service inexperience and are thus acquiring large commitments of our timber resource that we have considered for our future logging - by high lead and skidder methods. 2. Our timber resource is being "high graded" by helicopter logging. Lesser quality fringe timber is being left standing, run away logs are abandoned and utilization is rough with little regard being paid to smaller dimension timber. Your Ministry does not allow we "conventional loggers" to log by those mentioned standards. We do not intend to log by those standards. It is also very convenient for those companies employing helicopters to conduct their own waste surveys. The majority of helicopter logged area is left in an untreatable post-logging state. Proper reforestation is unattainable due to the large amounts of residue waste left abandoned on the sites. Future stand treatment costs would probably exceed the benefit. We consider your Ministry's "token" stumpage rate being charged for helicopter logged timber not to be In Ihe besl interest ofthe people of the Province. The seventy one cents per cubic metre Teachers supported Editor's Note: The following is a copy of a letter sent to Mr. D. Lockstead, MLA. Dear Mr. Lockstead: ��� The Sunshine Coast Teachers Association wishes to express our full support for .the teachers demonstrating .tor return of full pension indexing on the fourth of this -month. Although it seemed inappropriate for us to send a delegation to this demonstration at Ihis time, we maintain a commitment to this Thanks for tribute Editor: .Thank you for publishing my verse and the memorial tribute for Cece Huggins. I wonder, did you ever meet him? Years ago, ten perhaps, he rescued a young glaucous Pre inventory Sa e starts Dec. 23rd 4 Children's Shoes Handbags for both Men & Women Dress Shoes SHPPOrST \ Men & Women Substantial Sauings Cam dde u s family shoes AND LEATHER GOODS "In the heart of Sechelt" mmlm Cowrie St. 885-9345 mlmm stumpage rate certainly does not even cover the related Forest Service administration costs. Your Ministry is giving away prime timber at an expense to the public. Through helicopter logging, some companies are gaining timber that is almost virtually stumpage free. It is no wonder that these same companies will not consider Contracting some of this timber to the local Loggers as they would then be required to pay "conventional stumpage". We wish to emphasize that helicopter logging costs are comparable to high-lead logging. In summary, we object to your Ministry presently short selling our timber resource that is essential to the viability of our Companies, the community and the Province. At this time, we ask you to justify your Ministry's administration of the helicopter method of logging. We ask that you competently assess the cost-benefit of helicopter logging. Who is paying the cost? Who is reaping the benefit? We suggest that your staff competently evaluate all helicopter logging proposals. We suggest that your stumpage appraisals be unbiased and based on the average efficient >t��MMMAI herring gull. The gull had been banded after being found up at Squamish. Somewhere, I have the certification of banding from the States. I also have a black and white snap of the bird as it landed on the bow of "Little Smokey". Whenever it heard Cece's diesei it would appear from the distance and alight on the bow where it would wait for Cece to dole out some provender, It recognized Cece for it would not take food from another, not. even for me. As far as I know the "Little Smokey" is at False Creek awaiting a buyer and I wonder if a new owner would ever know why a strange gull might alight on .the boat? Does the bird look snd listen, still? Sincerely, GabriellaFox Winnipeg, Manitoba P.S. I enjoy any mention of Barrett. Politics here are dull. method of logging any given area. A fair stumpage rate applicable to each area would cause the logging company to evaluate the economics of the logging chance and then employ the best method. Morever, the timber stumpage rightfully due our Province, would again be collected. Our combined years of practical logging experience, and knowledge, could be used to a tremendous advantage in your Forest Land Planning. We would welcome the opportunity to offer our input into your Forest Land Management schemes. Yours truly, T&TTrucking Company Ltd., Halfmoon Bay, B.C. Hunaechin Logging Co. Ltd., Sechelt, B.C. R.H. Doyle Logging Co. Ltd., Sechelt, B.C. Sladey Timber Company, Madeira Park, B.C. Egmont Contracting Ltd., Egmont, B.C. Stockwell and Sons Logging Ltd., Sechelt, B.C. McDermid Logging Ltd., Sechelt, B.C. McNutt Logging Limited, Sechelt, B.C. Woodland Tree Farming, Sechelt, B.C. Paranoia Logging and Salvage, Port Mellon, B.C. cause and will indicate this concern locally in upcoming weeks. We urge you, as member for our area, to make every effort to promote legislation restoring full indexing to teachers' pensions in this coming legislative session. Thank you for your continuing interest. Sincerely, David Smethurst, President, Sunshine Coast Teachers Association Gibsons Green & Flowering Plants, Cut Flowers & Arrangements. Dried Flowers, Gifts. ft Deliveries across Ihe Peninsula \gw and Around ihe World iwmpnogjn ^OJjCMUSh^ SiuuliiM Jlowcu & Gtrjfi 886-2316 MACHINERY Steam Cleaning ��� Painting COAST POWER CLEANING 885-9316 Hopkins Landing Store Closed Christmas Day I/8& bf Effective Jan. 2 V ysm.u (s*s Ncw Hours Open 7 Days Mon. - Sat. 9 am - 7 pm Sunday 12 noon - 7 pm Post Office & General Store 886-9524 Covering ihe Coverage bv Jim Ansell Autoplan & linpiiiml Driving Mosl people, due lo a substantial advertising campaign by the provincial government, are aware of the penalties involved wiih drinking and driving. Many people, however, are nol aware of what an accident, coupled with an impaired charge, can do to their Autoplan coverage. Let's assume Harry, who carries "full coverage" on his car, is at fault in an accident. He was also charged at the scene with impaired driving. The other car involved has sustained $3,000 in damage and his own will cost $2,500 to repair. Because of the impaired charge, his coverage is worthless. Autoplan will pay to have thc other car repaired but, under the Automobile Insurance Act. they have the right of subrogation againsl Harry. In other words. Harry must reimburse them for the $3,000 in damages plus expenses. As far as the damage to his own car is concerned. Harry will simply have to come up with the money to repair it himself. On top of the fine, penalty points, possible incarceration, and licence suspension, thc impaired charge has cosl Harry another $5,500 in damages. Consider ihe possibilities had someone in the other car been injured. Have a safe, and sane Holiday Season. SUNSHINE COAST INSURANCE AGENCIES LTD. Box 375, Cowrie Street Credit Union Building 885-2291 Sechelt, B.C. VON 3AO ADVT Coast News, December 23, 1980 My earliest Christmasses were quite marvellous occasions. Because of our father's untimely death, my brother Chris and myself, along with our widowed mother, spent the latter half of the 1930's living with her comfortably-off parents on their sprawling estate at Islip, near Oxford. The house was equally sprawling - an enormous, magical, impractical complex of rooms, staircases and long, echoing passageways that still haunts my dreams. Despite its size, the great house was a friendly and very comfortable place and never more so than at Christmastime. Then, the old manor literally glowed with festive ambience and goodwill. Much of the Yuletide activity revolved around Chris and myself. As children of iragedy, we were indulged by our doting grandparents lo a point of overkill. Each of us received a small Everest of Pages from a Life-Log Peter Trower presents. They were not put under the great, festooned tree in the dining-room Canadian-fashion but simply piled in a tantalizing heap at the foots of our beds. We woke to them ecstatically like a couple of spoiled little gods. Most of mine were books (for I was an omnivorous reader, even then) and there was a small library of them. My tastes were not exactly esoteric and they ran mostly to boy's adventure annuals such as Rover and Hotspur. 1 received enough of them to read myself ill. My grandmother, Bessie Gilman, was a firm believer in good, wholesome food and kept an excellent table all year round. But at Christmas, she truly outdid herself. My grandparents employed two Teredo Square, Sechelt V CLOSED Dec. 24 thru Dec. 28 Dinner Special Fri. Jan. 2nd r^ Chipped Beef strooanoff 885-9962 /������������ Gibsons Legion Branch \ *109 Presents il "RAINTREE" Fri. & Sat. Dec. 19th &XOth * New Year's Tickets tlaws" NOW ON SALE! "Sparkling Apple" & "Kootenay Ou Members & Guests Only = or three maids and could certainly have afforded a Mrs. Bridges-type to run the kitchen, had they so desired. Bessie however was an industrious woman and chose to handle her own culinary matters. Preparations for the Yuletide feast took days. Aided by my mother and the maids, she turned out a truly prodigious quanitity of mince pies, tarts, cakes and other festive goodies. Fragrant smells drifted tantalizingly through the halls. It all culminated in the sumptuous banquet itself where crackers were pulled, paper hats donned and my grandfather presided like a surgeon over the enormous turkey and the huge, succulent leg of ham. One year (I think it was our first in Islip) my grandfather, a bookish, amiable man, was cajoled into dressing up as Father Christmas for the specific delectation of my brother and myself. Unfortunately for the poor man's trouble, the sight of that great, red-clad, alien figure towering over us, threw me into a state of absolute terror. When he picked me up in a vain attempt to set me at ease, I burst into terrified tears. But tears were seldom a part of those warm and lavish Islip Christmasses. Our final Christmas in Islip was darkened by actual blackouts and the more abstract shadow of the War, growling alive and terrible across Europe. Lord Haw Haw's traitor voice minced from the wireless. Once to our amazement and horror, he actually mentioned Islip where a large oil-dump had recently been constructed in presumed secrecy. Our mother decided things were getting much too close for comfort. Certain strings were pulled and the wheels of inconceivable change went into motion. Suddenly we were in Canada, reeling from the awful strangeness of transition. Christmas (along with many other things) would never be the same again. That first Canadian Yuletide was an odd one indeed. We spent it in the gaunt and ghostly pulpmill town of Port Mellon, surrounded by a whole, gloomy universe of snow-caked Christmas trees. The place had been closed down for years but was now to reopen under the superin- tendantship of our mother's new husband, Trygg Iversen. Iversen was a roughhewn, free-spirited man, much in the mould of Gordon Gibson Senior. He had tried damn near everything from logging to fox-farming but unlike the old Bull of the Woods, he had never quite managed to strike it lucky. Christmas, in his eyes, was as much for the adults as the children. Chris and I were relegated to lookers-on as strangers arrived with bottles to give us our first glimpse of West Coast drinking habits. Our mother and her family were not exactly topers. Bessie Gilman was a lifelong teetotaller and our grandfather used little spirits beyond the odd tot of brandy. We did own one rather disreputable uncle called Mervin who had contracted a considerable gin habit while a planter in Malaya, but because of his unstable behaviour, he was seldom invited to the Gilman home. Thus, inebriated people were a novel experience to us. We watched them in awe and curiosity. This and several subsequent Christmasses took on a Norwegian tinge, due to our new step-relatives. Items such as goat cheese, pickled herring and ulakaaka (a type of cake) were added to the menu and we were instructed to open our presents on Christmas Eve in the Scandinavian manner. It all seemed very foreign and askew. We never really took to these different ways and, following the untimely death of Iverson in a timber-cruising accident, my mother resumed celebrating Christmas in the English fashion. I think often of my mother, particularly as this season approaches, for it was very much she who held Christmas together down the years. Often the circumstances were considerably less than ideal, particularly during our poverty-ridden stump-ranching days and the often-erratic period of her fourth marriage. A couple of these latter occasions, actually verged on the nightmarish but she always prevailed. We drifted far from our English roots but she somehow contrived to maintain the traditions she had learned from her own mother, so long ago. Our final Christmas to-' gether was overshadowed by the illness that would result in her death. She sensed that something was terribly wrong and so did we. But even in this exigency, my mother drew on her deep resources and somehow made this last celebration, as pleasant as possible under the circumstances. She was a brave and remarkable woman. But Christmas is not only a time for sombre reflections. As I approach my fiftieth, I find I have much to be thankful for: literary acceptance, exciting new creative directions and most of all, the love of a good woman. 1981 promises to be a fruitful year, despite the political situation across the Border. On this optimistic note, I would like to wish the Best of the Season to all my friends, particularly my fellow scribes and the hard-working staff of the Coast News. Z\n Cellar* 3nn proudly presents "SOFT ROCK" Wed. - Sat. Dec. 31st - Jan. 3rd The Management & Staff of the Cedars Inn wish Everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! HOLIDAY HOURS Dec. 24th 11 am -10 pm Dec. 26th 5 pm - midnight Jan. 1st New Year's Day noon - midnight Cedar Plaza, Gibsons byftMEUIngham seclude1d ** *__*}**_ t0- * * entertain unexpected callers Week commencing December later on Christmas Day. Looks. 22. General Notei There are like it's your turn to visit, mixed astrological conditions lonely relative confined to during the upcoming holiday home or hospital. Postpones, period. Mars squares Pluto start of speculative venture on the 23rd indicating ruthless till next month, power struggles, drastic decisions and activities. How- LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) Local communications bring. ever, on Christmas. Eve, contentment for the next few. Venus fsvoursbly aspects Ju- days. Leave your home and., piter and Saturn bringing the enjoy round of surprise peace, harmony and under- visits. You'll be welcome- standing associated with this everywhere. Say yes to tl\, (ioldie Hawn stars in the new year in "Private Benjamin" at the Twilight Theatre. At the Twilight time ofthe year. The Moon in Leo on Christ- invitations. Forgotten aef quaintance makes surprise' The Twilight Theatre reopens Friday, December 26, with ageless George Burns in Oh, God! Book II. This sequel to the highly successful Oh, God! will be shown at the local cinema Friday through Tuesday, December 26 - 30. The theatre will be closed on New Year's Eve. Thursday, January 1, through Tuesday, January 6, the feature film will be Private Benjamin, starring Goldie Hawn. Private Benjamin marks a return ofthe old reliable service comedy and all its stock characters���the spoiled rich kid, the street-wise Italian, the farmer, the obnoxious ROTC graduate and the tyrannical commanding officer. But this time the characters are all women. And the army is the "new Army", in which men and women share side-by-side the "glorious joys" of basic training. mas Day suggests that gold appearance Christmas night, adornments will be popular Refuse to discuss rental or gift choices. The Moon real-estate problems until squares Uranus later on this after the holidays, special day promising shocks, SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) .... surprises and last-minute re- Prepare to receive perfect, arrangements. gifts, including mystery pick* ARIES (March 21-April 19) age from a distant or secret Accent is on happy, long- admirer. You won't have tt distance messages, especially tetum or pretend to like syn trom loved one's side of the presents this year. Older,.; family. Looks like you'll have busybody relative may chal- to find an extra chair for lenge your decisions Uter op. someone miles away from Christmas Day. Highway .dn,. home. Anticipate sudden vmg will need extra coo*, change in social or romantic centrrton all week. Looks like activity later on Christmas you" '��* y��ur firs* ��** Day. Refuse to solve career "__!___._���,���_, ��� dispute until after the holi- SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23. Community Forum Channel Ten days TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Partner's generosity over. Dec. 21) Favourably-aspected Venus ��� in your sign promises one of 6:00 p.m. "Coastal Review" Will not be seen until the first week of the new year. For our column this week, the staff of "Coastal Review" would like to express our appreciation to the many people who participated in the production of our show. A special thanks and Merry Christmas to Brian Barnes, George Boyt, Tony Brooks, The Boy Scouts, The Elves Club, The Figure Skating Club, John Moore, Dr. Mark Mountain, Naomie Nygren, Vene Parnell, Bee Rankin, Bill Rayment, The Wackachoo-Rivyoo, Romane, Mike Smeaton, Paulette Sheldon, Pat Storey, Lyn Vernon and all the other . helpful people who worked with us this year. Seasons Greetings from Andy, Anne, Barb, Betty, Cheryl, Donard, Heather, Heidi, Linda, Leanna, Kenna, Marta Mary, Rhonda, Robyn and Sep- po - the Cast and Crew whelms you. Expect to receive the best Christmasses ever,- lots of cash, lottery tickets, Your increased charm and other people's treasures you popularity continue to attract, have always coveted.'Don't romance or special attention.; let minor domestic upset spoil Those born December 1 as* of "Coastal Review", one of your best Christmasses. stars of any social event! Big feast-of-the-year is subject Anticipate weird, long-di* to interruptions and false tance phone-call late Chrisg starts. Persuade co-worker to m��s Day. Be patient wir 7:00 p.m. "Community Perspectives" Will not be seen until the first week of the new year. We wish to thank all the people who contributed to our shows; Harry Almond, Elspeth Armstrong, Peter Bandi, Dave Barrett, Rev. Ted Boodle, Const. Chuck Clarke, Peggy Connor, Doug Dixon, Bill Edney, David Foxal, Jerry Giam- pa, George Gibb, Lorraine Goddard, Jim Gurney, Henry Hall, Kelly Henry, Carl Horner, David Hunter, Bud Koch, Al Lazerte, Ben LePage, Charles Lee, Don Lockstead, Cliff Mahlman, Robert Maxwell, Brett McGillvray, Shirley McLoughlin, Art McPhee, Rev. John Paetkau, Sy Peterson,- Ray Perrault, Gary Puckett, Ray Skelly, Peter Smitt, Diane Strom, Vic Walters and all the other people who worked with us. postpone philosophical discussion till next week. GEMINI (May 21-June 21) This holiday period will be remembered for pleasant partnership proposals and the bank-tellers, store clerks, pei _ sons fumbling with your cash��< CAPRICORN (Dec. 22- Jan. 19) Planetary positions recom mend a quiet Christmas in easing of tension amongst out-of-the-way place, far from close associates or competit- the bustle. Mars in your sign; ors. You'll be asked to make squaring Pluto finds you tired,; sudden, short-distance trip or tense and ready for more rest! visit towards the end of and relaxation. Anticipate! Christmas Day. There'll be emotional mix;up, over whoj gets which present at group get-together Christmas night..' an unusual phone call from lonely co-worker. Tell loved one to put aside details of Label gift-cards clearly. Janp shared expenses till next ary 15-16 birthdays shotf week. avoid arguments. ���.���_, CANCER (June 22-July 22) AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)] j! Where you perform daily Contentment is guarantor tasks is scene of memorable at large-group gatherings \ festivities and goodwill. Office old friends and acquain or staff party helps reunite ances. Plan to attend disgruntled colleagues. Out- local festivities, community; ing Christmas Day may be dinners and dances. lgnor�� cancelled owing to unexpected loved one's strange behavioop financial mix-up. Guard purse later on Christmas Day;i or wallet at favourite place Behind - the - scenes powerj of entertainment. Dispute struggle continues next week1,! with loved one is best settled Refuse to listen to any moffri Canadian film catalogue valuable before visitors arrive. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Focus is on happy get- togethers where children or gossip until then. PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20) jjj Accept gracefully generodi: gift from boss or superior wB$ by Michael J. Nozinski Great Depression. Other films focus on Feminism, forestry. If your club or organization retirement, nutrition, homo- occasionally shows films, then sexuality and vertebrate the Canadian Filmmakers 1981 paleontology though not yet Catalogue will surely pique Masculinism. your interest. A "must" for the 'film buff and a valuable "Established to promote and Canadian cinematic biblio- encourage the work of British graphy, the catalogue offers Columbia filmmakers," the nearly 2S0 16mm works Canadian Filmmakers Distri- including a wide range of button Centre is a registered documentaries, short story and non-profit society. Well over drama, arts and crafts, an half the films in the collection animated collection, etc. were made in B.C., many have The powerful "Rites of been variously graced with Spring", an hour long awards and honours, and some documentary dealing with the are suitable for the deaf and east coast seal hunt con- non-English speaking peoples, troversy, is available for rental For information about or purchase. Likewise a programmes, visiting film- potpourri of short works makers or a copy of the exploring B.C.'s history: Clyde catalogue: Canadian Film- Turner and his 75 year old makers Distribution Centre; peanut butter machine; the 525 West Pender St., gold rush boom town of Vancouver, B.C. V6B IV5; Tel. Barkerville; B.C. during the 684-3015. Repeat & fade. -5-V-tK musicians produce most appreciates your recent saW laughs and surprises. Moon in rffice and hard work. Keep # your sign Christmas Day touch with person willing brings out your loyal, gener- to promote your latest effort** ous, sunny disposition. Op- Looks like sudden health upsc. CS^CS^ C��^��sjC5?^CJ!si CPS&< CHILDREN'S CORNER Our Feature Section Timmy the Wsst Coast Tug Timmy and thc Whales Mazecraze 1, Z, _> & 4 Gnome* Colour & Story Album The Real Mother Goose Hag Head - Susan Mussrove & Carol Evans 'Bed Time1 Stories Omnibus The Complete Chronicles of Narnla ��� 7 Volume Gillpack - C.S. Lewis The Complete Works of Louis Carroll Gift Certificates Now Available THE BEST OF OUR COAST The Howe Sound Story 1886-1976 - Francis J. Van Den Wyngaert NOW YOU're Logging ��� Bus Griffiths Raincoast Chronicles First Five ��� Collectors Edition Raincoast Chronicles ��� Volumes 1, 6, 7 & 8 BUSh Poems - Peter Trower & Bus Griffiths Titles by Hubert Evans: w-mmm---- ^ ��� Son of the Salmon People ��� O Time In Your Flight ��� Endings ��� WhittUngs ��� Mist on the River From a Coastal Kitchen - Food & Flavours from Lull Bay A Free Bookmark ^^^^^^^^^ With all pUrChaSeS The Gibsons Landing Story ��� Lester R. Peterson HIGH QUALITY GIFT ITEMS MOUnt St. Helen's - A Changing landscape ��� Large format hardcover ��� Chuck Williams Bull ot the Woods - The Gordon Gibson Story Robert Davidson Haida Prlntmaker ��� Hilary Stewart /*t Woods and River Tales ��� Roderick Haig-Brown The Sunday Times Book of the Countryside ��� Including 1.000 Days Out f in Great Britain & Ireland The Clans of the Scottish Highlands - R.R. Mclan RDP Bookstore Gibsons Landing Remembering Roberts Creek 1889*1955 STOCKING STUFFERS , ��� 60 Cookbooks that would look good in any stocking! (Penguin Classics) ��� Human Life Styling - John C. McCamy MD, ��� James Priestley ��� A Guide for the Perplexed ���.i ��� E.F. Schumacher _����, 5$ ii YScz^zzo..g*><:?^sacftac*ac?:ac?s*cfocs?sacftacfocs^c^acjgs*sgfri ft The Hours Tues. Dec. 23 10-7U __ Wed. Dec. 24 10-6:30 CLOSED FOR THE HOLIDAY Sat. Dec. 27 10-5 Sun. Dec. 28 11-4 REGULAR HOURS FROM THIS POINT ON 886-7744 j I Personal goals course offered Capilano College, in cooperation with the Sunshine Coast Women's Program, is offering a course for community women who want to reassess their current life style and personal goals. Donnit Patterson, coordinator of the Sunshine Coast Women's Program, met to discuss the course plans with Andrea Kiss. Andrea has taught in the Career Alternatives Program since it began in North Vancouver in 1974 and was responsible for teaching this program in Squamish in the Fall of 1980. Judging from the response to the programs offered this Fall through the Sunshine Coast Women's Program, women in this community are keen to get involved and are looking for direction. The Career Alternatives Program has provided information and direction during the past six years for over 300 women who have used this opportunity to explore returning to work, continuing education and/or developing other related interests. The women taking the Career Alternatives Program range in age from early twenties to late fifties and include mothers of small children looking for outside interests; women whose children have grown and who want to return to work or school; and women whose lifestyle has changed for economic, personal or family reasons. This fifteen week course is designed to help women establish personal goals based upon individual skills and interests while taking into account their responsibilities and the resources available. Course content includes reading assignments, oral and. written communication skills, vocational testing, job research skills and seminar discussion of related subjects. Classes will be held at the Inlet Avenue Centre, Sechelt on Thursdays from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon beginning January 22. Registration is taking place now - luition $25.50. pmNKtt OFFICE ELECTRONICS ��� Photocopiers ��� Typewriters ��� Cash Registers ��� Calculator* ��� Office Supplies Furniture & Stationery Wlurf W. 5l��|U!t 1853735 M������l����i����V��5*������>SVAV*����>������WA��kM�� 'Mfc- lets m m.M. 4 Bfmw to those who have assisted us in the N.D.P. Bookstore and with the N.D.P. Party throughout 1980 Dot & Ken Barker Coast News, December 23, 1980 IVinlor Harbour news Wedding in Pender Harbour by Doris Edwardson 883-2308 Page-Marldn weddlog. On Saturday, December 6, 1980, Kellei Loralene Page, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Page was married to Peter Andrew Markin in Sechelt Baptist Church, Sechelt. B.C. Kellei's besl friend, Darlaine Snell, Sechelt vas bridesmaid, best man was loe Page, brother of the i;ride. Flower girl was the hride's niece, Julie Ann Page. Usher was Kellei's brother Sieve Page. Groom's parents, Peter and Marie Markin were Irom Port Coquitlam, B.C. Markle Myers of Madeira Park was Master of ceremonies at the reception. Those attending this gala event were: Peter's brothers and .isters, Ron, Lori and Cheryl. Bride's parents, Chic and Myrtle Page, her brothers and sisters, Mr. Larry Page, Dave and Dale Senft, Surrey, B.C., Sally Paul, Linda Paul, Gene Paul, Port Alice, B.C. and Lois and Carey Paul and Rick Paul. Aunt and Uncle, Art and Hilda Page, Surrey, B.C. Family, Merve and Trudy Schiodel, Gil and Kathy Yocklowitz, Langley, B.C. Donald and Brenda Scoular and daughter Gail, Madeira Park, B.C. Archie and Audrey Nichols, Surrey, B.C. Rhonda, Charles and Linda Nichols, Nieces Dalia, Bernardette Danielle Senft, Surrey, B.C. Dave and Muriel Stiglitz, Christine and Karen Stiglitz. Friends - Janis Forbes, Port Alberni, B.C. Merv and Sunni Charbonneau, Peggy Pockrant Doris Edwardson, Glen and Tanya, Yvonne Campbell, Mr. Frank Derkson, Roy Milner, and caterer was Marge Campbell with her helpers, Mrs. Tom McCann and Mrs. Beverly Divall. Maternal grandmother was given thc bride's bouquet, sister Sally caught the other bouquet and Rick got the garter, Madeira Park Elementary School Concert. The School Concert on December 17, 1980, at the Elementary School was a talent-filled night thanks to the perseverance of the teachers who must have had fun teaching the youngsters their parts in the plays. The plays were about the Manger, The Friendly Beasts, Santa's Toy Shop, Dancing Ducks, called Disco Christmas and a real comical one about Rudolph's Embarrassment because of his shining red nose, and Jingle Bell Rock. If you missed this year's plays, don't forget to go to the one next year, it's better than watching TV. Whole Harbour In sympathy. Residents in Pender Harbour have been all heart and soul when they awoke to the news that Viki Fenn's two children, Christopher and Leonard had died in a house fire last week. These youngsters were born in Pender Harbour and attended Madeira Park Elementary School, ironically they were scheduled to be in the School play and because of the tragedy their classmates had to go on without them although they felt their absence. A few minutes of silence in respect and sympathy was kept at the school. Service was held at the Madeira Park Community Hall and anyone wishing to help in any way there is a trust fund at the P.H. Credit Union, also drop off centre at the Pentacostal Church in Madeira Park. A Benefit Dance will be held on January 10, 1981. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Best wishes from Egmont by Jon Van Arsdell Please be advised of an error in last week's column from Egmont. In case of an emergency in Egmont, phone calls should go first to the ambulance service at 885-5191 NOT to the home of Ian Vaughan. One of the best babysitters in Egmont has now retired and has a new name. May dhiss Gunny's HAIR BOUTIQUE Shopping Centre, Madeira Park, B.C. Telephone 883-2715 // You've Been Searching High and Low for a Special Gift at a Special r^ Price, Come * ^ WHf%A ,^-�� iMTfth m%___\ ,-* ' ���7* * St. Hilda's Guides made up a ira> of surprises for the patients al St. Mary's Hospital. fl L 4a ^^H H *' * M\_ ..y *^ I *��� *'JH Mr * ��� ���* fl J, j L_a^W< i 7 * |g ���rs* mf^*' =*,..:, & 1 ^ -���* rift,. t # ^^ 1 by Jeanie Norton 886-9609 Happy Holidays! This will have to be short but there are a few notes for the holidays. The Christmas Eve service at St. Bartholomew's Anglican Church in Gibsons starts at 11:30 p.m. and on Christmas Day St. Aidan's will be holding a Parish Family Eucharist in Roberts Creek at 11:00a.m. On the Sunday after Christmas, December 28, a combined Parish Family Eucharist will be held at St. Bart's at 11:15 a.m. and St. Aidan's will hold a service on nine lessons and carols starting at 6:30 p.m. You'd better make your plans for New Year's Eve now if you haven't already. A gift for one's self or someone else should be an indulgence, extravagantly beautiful, delightful to wear. Have you put offsetting that special gift for your someone special? Come see us today, we're sure you71 be pleased with our selection. Gift Certificates are also available and we gift wrap at no extra charge at MARIBELS During the Holiday Season more than ever, my thoughts turn gratefully to those who have made my store's progress possible. And in ihis spiril / say simply but sincerely: Thank You and Best Wishes for the Holiday Season and a Happy New Year. Marilyn J|ariJ)els Teredo Square Sechelt Mon. - Thurs. & Sat. 9:30 - 5 Fri. 9:30 -8 885-2029 Ihe youngsters were busy al work lasl Friday decorating Ihe Fgmnnt Community Hall, assisted by Teacher Hon I turn and Pal Vaughan. Trustees support by-pass The School Board at their last meeting of the year acceded to a request from Chairman Hunter of the Regional Board to support their letter to the Ministry of Highways urging the commencement of construction of the Gibson's bypass from Langdale. And to a request from the B.C. Teachers' But il came out OK in the end and wc hope everyone enjoys the presents. Roberts Creek A few holiday notes There are parties at both the Roberts Creek Legion and Ihe Community Hall but tickets are limited so don't delay. The dance at the Legion costs $20 per couple and includes a free drink each, dinner and party favours. Music is by George Page. For information and tickets, call the Legion at 886-9813 or Ernie Fossett at 886-9655. "The Big Band" will be playing at the Community Hall. They're a six-piece, band and promise good rock and roll music for dancing. Tickets are $12.50 each and are available at Seaview Market. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you all and we'll see you in the New Year, God and Air Canada willing. Association for support for their opposition to the proposed Financial Act, expected to be introduced into the Legislature in the spring. Expansion is planned for West Sechelt Elementary, Chatelech, Roberts Creek Elementary and Elphinstone. As the expansion of the woodworking and metal shops would take over the present Band room, it was suggested that discussions be started with the Regional Board with regard to sharing costs of a new Band room which would include a theatre for Drama for school and community use. A delegation of parents of Grade I students at Roberts Creek concerned that the Grade 1 class is too large for one teacher, presently 28 children and two more expected in the New Year, brought their problem to the School Board. ( Chimney Cleaning & Maintenance Phone 886-8187 Pafclmorh.Pine and olher Pleasures Candies, Nu* and ahcrTra*. Both Stores F Well be CLOStlbpec. 25, 26,27, >,28,29&31. i/J iifii - i i y Season's Greetings! Gibsons Ready 886-8174 "Drainrock 'Washed Rock *Sand *R0ac| Mulch 'Fill 'Concrete Anchor: Mon.���Friday 8a.m.���5p.m. V.V.VAV.V.W hce - 707 7-slide equalizer booster with twin LED power level meters hes - 362 hi-pertormance 6" x 9" 3-way speaker system A Sound Sensation! ,��������� Audiovox Hi-Comp. *'<#��� *��� hes - 362 ..TOV 30% OFF %.<_*. Or!) PIONEER WESTWURLD SOUND CENTRES Next to Bank of Montreal, Sechelt 885-3313 Cap $ tho Sunshine Coast 1981 Spring Program Capilano College is oftring the following Academic and Careerlfpcational courses on the Sunshine Coast afjjte Sechelt-Learning Centre tlf* term: English 104 - fiction - 3 credits Fee: $25.J��, Tuesday Evenings 6-10 starting Jan. 13, *?���$;;?, Instructor: Bob Sherrln _W$�� A study of selected 20th century short sW��tfortd novels, each oi Intrinsic literary merit. The chief aim of the course, beyondjlltiadening and deepening the student's understanding and appreciation of literaf^M|��is to encourage original responses to literary expression, and to increase the sfo*i$��* ability to express those responses in well-developed oral and written criticism. |R;" Transferable to S.F.U., U.B.C. and U.Vic. 'f|| Geography 108 ��� Environmental OtugAt ProMftWend Prospects -3 credits Fee $25.50 Thursday Evenings 6:30 to 10:30 pm starfit)l��jift, 8, 1981 Instructor: McOilllvray/Wilson :*���", Environmental Geography: Problems and WjSpects Is designed to follow Geography 101 but Geography 101 is not a prerequisite In this course such important and interesting environmental issues as the foact yt#Mt. the use of land, water, and recycl-. ing are discussed. These issues are eKomMjfcll through a comparison of human attitudes and perception, and noturai/blologleiUyslems. This course employs lectures/ seminars field trips, guest speakers, filmy,-||W;��, etc. Transferable to S.F.U., U.B.C. and U.Vic. t*|ji determined. Business Management 163 - Principal* of >Wpervlslon and Leadership ��� 3 credits Fee: $25.50 if. ���''.; Wednesday Evenings 6 -10 pm. starting Jon. 7, 1981 Instructor: To Pe Announced -A" Study of human elements in organiration*,;:��H(�� emphasis on group behaviour. Concepts in persuasion, guidance and undersfjfipng of the Individual within the group. Applications ot human relations managemwf(p#, leadership, power, authority, group dynamics, formal ond informal organlia^hjl^communications, conflict and the introduction of change. REGISTER NOW! It: Tho College alto offers in B.T.S.D. ��� Bask Training for Skills DeveM^nent Day and evening classes are being offerejtflpboth full ond part time programs. The programs are designed to provide prevo��W^(��Bl upgrading In mathematics, science and English equivalent to grade eight, ten ��j| twelve. These programs also provide refresher untwltvany of the basic skill* - mathematics, English, science. Manpower sponsorship istwHiable, Learning Assistance ��� :,^, learning Assistance tutorials will be held ifWp Spring Term in Spelling, English a* a Second Language, Reading, learning and SfedjfSkills, Vocabulary Development, Essay Writing and Time Management. Persons wttfcbtg to moke appointments for tutorials can do so by calling 885-9310, the learningr^jenlre. Counselling . ��� ��� ; JS*�� The services ol trained counsellors are avattakte to ail students of the Sunshine Coast to assist their educational planning and OK_#��, development.' Tuesdays, Jan. 13, 27,. Feb. 10, 24, March 10, 24 and April 7. Phortif learning Centre for appointment. Library/Media Centre - ' jSf' A small collection is being developed for tWi^^rnlng Centre on Inlet Avenue. Access to the book and media collection at the lyhliBtour campus Is provided through use of the microfiche catalogue. This service is available to students and community members alike. The Sechelt Media Centre is open from 12:30 to 7:00 pm., Monday through Friday. A librarian will offer professional reference help between 11:00 am and 3:30 pm on the following dates: Jan. Hj��3|L Feb. 10,24, March 9,23, April 7 * 22. Credit-Free Education- Watch For Our Winter Term Time t��Me For InfgrijBKert en all of the above courses. .. progren^Rmd services call or drop by the CaDllanO Sechettjjj^lng Centre ��� 1360 Inlel Avenue lt:S0 to 7:00 pm., Monday through Friday ���85-9310 or MS 3$14 ������ 1 Thoughts for the New Year ;arypnneJs viewpoint by Maryanne West Most people who read a lot probably keep their own collections of quotations, the nicely turned phrase, a statement of philosophy, thoughts and ideas which are of personal value. Last Christmas Hubert Evans went through his collection, garnered during his long life and chose a selection as an appropriate gift for his friends and neighbours. It was a gift lo be treasured. In wondering what one could say at this time of year which hadn't already been said, and which wouldn't sound trite I thought of my own collection of quotations. It's modest in comparison, but with the hope that everyone may find something which, as the old Quakers put it, "speaks to their condition" this random sampling brings my good wishes for Christmas and the New Year to all. . "Blessed my mirthfulness; it is God's medicine - one of the renovators of the world - everybody ought to bathe in it. Grim care, moroseness, anxiety - all the rust of life, ought to be scoured off by the oil of mirth. Everyman ought to rub himself with it. A man without mirth is like a wagon without springs, in which one is caused disagreeably to jolt by every pebble over which it runs" Henry Ward Beecher. "Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen, as by little advantages that occur every day" Benjamin Franklin. "Learn how to have a life to enjoy, not merely an existence to support" Andrew Allan. "People are the common denominator of progress. So... no improvement is possible without improved people and advance is certain when people are liberated and educated. It would be wrong to dismiss the importance of roads, railroads, power plants and the other familiar furniture of economic development. But we are coming to realize that there is a certain sterility in economic monuments that stand alone in a sea of illiteracy". John Kenneth Galbraith. "A civilized society is exhibiting the five qualities of truth, beauty, adventure, art and peace" Alfred North Whitehead. "The ideal of independence requires resistance to the herd spirit now so widespread, to our worship of quantity and indifference to quality; in our unthinking devotion to organization, standardization, propaganda and advertising" Daniel Gregory Mason. "So long as all the increased wealth which modern progress brings goes but to build great fortunes, to increase luxury and make sharper the contrast between the House of Have and the House of Want, progress is not real and cannot be permanent" Henry George. "Land is not something you inherit from your parents. It is something you borrow from your children" Elmer Mackay. "A generation that .has formed itself linguistically around the primitivism of 'Like,' 'cool man' and above all 'you know' will not be difficult to enslave politically, socially and culturally. Weaken, corrupt, dissolve the authority of language in a society and the rest follows rather easily" Robert Nisbet. "Language builds the house of our consciousness" and "The limits of my language are the limits of my world." "The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts" Charles Darwin. "People are limited by what they believe to be possible". "The ultimate effect of shielding men from the results of their follies is to fill the world with fools" Herbert Spencer. "Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open" Lord Thomas Dewar. "The man who cannot wonder, who does not habitually wonder and worship is but a pair of spectacles behind which there is no eye" Thomas Carlyle. "When the Children of Israel reached the Red Sea Moses struck his staff on the shore the waters of the sea did not part to let them through. The Israelites stood there at the edge of the water and nothing happened. Until one of the men plunged in. Then the waters rolled back", Talmudic story. "People are like stained glass windows, they sparkle when the sun shines on them, but their real beauty, is only revealed when it's dark outside and the window is illuminated by a light from within." "There is no readier way for a man to bring his own worth into question, than by endeavouring to detract from the worth of the other man"Tillotson. "We are not all equal in competence but we can and should be equal in dignity." Coast News, December 23, 1980 Cap College says thanks Capilano College, at the.end of the Fall Term, would like to express the appreciation of the Staff and Faculty at the response and co-operation of local residents, in the use of the new facility (Sechelt Learning Centre) on Inlet Avenue. We hope to meet even more new enthusiastic students in our new term, and meanwhile wish everyone Seasons Greetings. The Learning Centre will be closed for the Christmas break from December 24th, to January 4th, inclusive. The centre will re-open on Monday, January 5th. Most classes will resume that week. For information and registration please call 885-9310. from WM JANE,S jto Tub & Top 4g�� 0 Shoppe We will be CLOSED iDec. 22nd until Jan. 6th For Pick-ups & Inquiries please call 886-7984 Where to find answers to wood stove questions: Our wood stoves can nuike heal bilK ;i lol easier lo live with. And our experience in installing and maintaining stoves eun be a big help to you. So eall or come by soon. We'll show you hem lo stay niee and loasly tor very little bread. JfiC ELECTRICS Trail Bay Centre, Sechell. 885-2568 CLASSIFIEDAZ7S First prize in the Sechelt Minor Hockey draw was a side of beef donated by Super Valu. It was won by the Killams of Sechelt. Second prize of S200 went to Rob Jardine of Gibsons. The Jolly Roger donated the third prize of dinner for two and a night at the Inn. It was won by Bill Warner of Keremeos. WEAREMOVINB No production will take place between Dec. 24th and Jan. 2nd inclusive Previously committed orders will be delivered (weather permitting) and new orders will be taken. Commencing Jan. 3rd, 1981 We will be located on Industrial Way One block directly behind our present location. |Merry Christmas & a Happy New Yearf SUNCOAST TRUSS LTD. (formerly) PEMIMTRUSS FABRICATORS (BIBSON) LTD. BIG SCOOP We are open during the Holidays Holiday Breakfast SPECIAL Good thru New Years Day 2 Eggs (any style), toast and jam, and coffee or tea $2*00 Breakfast served until 12 noon ^^____^^^__^^_ I Have. Merry Christinas .nd�� Happy New Year .[ ^ Cowrie St., Sechelt 885-3628 WED. DEC. 24 THUR. DEC. 25 FRI. DEC. 26 SAT. DEC. 27 SUN. DEC. 28 MON. DEC. 29 TUES. DEC. 30 WED. DEC. 31 7:00 am-3:00 pm - CLOSED - CLOSED 00 am-9:00 pm 00 am-7:00 pm 00 am -7:00 pm 00 am-7:00 pm 00 am-7:00 pm OPEN NEW YEAR'S DAY THURS. JAN. 1 9:00-2:00 pip LIQUIDATION SALE m VVe ore Plc�� atxC\ Parts ** ,e(Jl,e you, our 1 We hoi" *�� remain m b",i,ost��"mak ,���,�� ask We hau;.^. at comPcni r good su��" _ . andin " on Suncoa^ Chr^er iiittuttffi Plymouth CHRYSLER 0 ocl go Trucks SALES/SERVICE Buy/Lease 885-5111 SUnCDHST CHRYSLER LTD DL 2180 10 Coast News, December 23, 1980 LUCKY DOLLAR fCCDS OVERLOOKING BEAUTIFtJl CfflSONS HARBODR PCCDUCE �� Florida- Pink & White E /tfl A A GRAPEFRUIT, s 5/'1.00 Sunkist 5J1.00 Bunches Washington Canada #1 POTATOES Washington Medium 1 lb. bag $1.09 lb. mesh bag B4REEr National Bakeries' ^^, Fruit Bread ��,'1.25 #2_l_L VI National Bakeries' Floured scone Buns d. J1.25 S*?^*^ ET^S^l^ *>7^\ . s^isp "^^r.; "js> t��^ Post-Christmas Potpourri After ihe greal Christinas Day Feast is over, it always seems that Ihere are little bits of food left over too. No matter how much one picks al the bits it just doesn't all disappear and one can't live on Turkey a la king and fried up vegetables until the New Year begins. Here are a few ideas lhat you may find useful. Turkey Salad 2 cups diced cooked turkey 1 cup diced celery 1/4 cup slivered almonds 2 mandarin oranges, peeled and segmented 1/3 cup salad dressing 2 tablespoons chopped parsley 1/4 cup grapes lettuce Use the lettuce lo line a salad bowl. Toss all ingredients except grapes and place in bowl. Garnish with grapes and serve immediately. Sweet Potato Pudding 1/4 cup margarine 1/2 cup brown sugar 2 eggs 1 1/2 tablespoons flour 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg 1 cup mashed cooked sweet potato 1 cup milk rind and juice of half an orange 1/4 cup sultana raisins /. Cream Ihe margarine and sugar 2. Beat in the eggs .3. Add the flour, salt, nutmeg, milk and juice. Beat in. 1 Add the orange rind and raisins. Slir in. 5. Place in a greased pie dish and bake for 40 minutes at 400* F. Serve with whipped cream or ice cream. r^J Turkey Italiano 4 cups diced cooked turkey' 2 tablespoons oil 2 cloves garlic, crushed 1 medium onion, chopped coarsely I small can tomato paste 1 19 oz. can tomatoes 1/2 cup red wine 2 tablespoons parsley, chopped salt and pepper to taste 1/2 teaspoon oregano 1/2 teaspoon basil I bay leaf 1. Fry the turkey pieces in the oil until crisp, then add garlic and onion. Saute' till lender. 2. Stir in all olher ingredients. Simmer, covered for 30 minutes al medium temperature. 3. Serve wilh spaghetti and sprinkle with grated parmesan. Serves 4. Happy Christmas to all of you. Nest Lewis (former Home Economics teacher) Day by lay, item by item, we do more loi* you In providing uariety, Quality and friendly ? rulce. me reserue the right to limit Quantities' Gower Point Rd., Gilbsons Free Delivery to the Wharf 886*2257 NOTE: These specials are in effect NEXT WEEK, from Wed. Dec. 31st until Sun. Jan. 4th. luncheon meat .'1.39 Sunspun - Fancy Assorted A i_t_\____k peas m.rt.Z/oO5 Campbell's Chicken Noodle A im__t% j soup m* 2/59ql Dutch Oven - All Purpose A��� AA flour .k8ia.eo Sunspun - Long Grain ��� ��� Jt Jfe rice^'1.09 Brunswick A f-ph sardines ^1/W Aylmer ��� Choice n*^ tomatoes ������,i,99' Maxwell House *_ A_ ft instant coffee '5.95 i Quaker ����� __\\_m ft quick oats ^'1.19 i Catelli - Ready Cut Catelli-Long mi* �� macaroni/spaghetti.��,. 79�� | Lynn Valley-Standard Halves BAh & peaches m*�� w* % Diicy Imperial margarine Palm ice cream Asst'd. Flavours 1.36 kg . 2 litre paper " W wv^ " M v s* '1.99 '2.25 | Mrs. Smith lvirs. annul ��� - g____ mince pies ���s���,'1.99 Cool Whip dessert topping ..Jl.49 Season's Greetings | to All aBBBBBBBMBBBBBBBBl ALL SPORTS- MARINE Gibsons Fish Market 808-7168 t Chri.tmu Sp��clal ! 10% Off Everything la th. Stor.l iooooaaaaK ���MMMMIillttllllia Mil mmmmm mi , Coast News, December 23, 1980 11 HAPPY NEW VEAR PRICES EFFECTIVE I. Dec. 31SL Sun. Jan. m Open Fridays til 7 p.m. Open Sundays & Holidays 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. DOLLAR HI s 8 8 8 Sunrype-Pure .__h_m^ apple luice ,��,��91c Orange Flavour ^_ __ 19110 drink crystals 369gm * ������99 Wasa - Asst. Varieties A - _m_m crispbread ��m '1.00 ils lllre'i.ao Polskie, Garlic & No Garlic cookies c���'1.fl9 Lemon Chiffon & Chateau Macaroni & Cheese ^ f^^A hraft dinner ^^ 2/00�� Lay's mm A potato chips .,. 05' Better Buy A _ ^ refuse bags ..,'1.10 Oxydol & Cheer A _ pwd detergent ^'4.18 Downy A_^ _ ��� fabric softener '2.69 Delsey A_ ^^ bathroom tissue '1.69 Cala-Liquid ^_ ��*��* bleach *1.09 HCUSEHAEES ROAST ft TURKEY PLATTERS SERUING TRAVS by Northcrafl For New Year's entertaining these beautiful trays will enhance any table. Reg. ��7.9S special rurchase Price $4.95 R0ASTINQ PAN SET bv Leuco These 2 piece heavy duty aluminum sets with adjustable racks are ideal for 16 Ib. hams: 15 Ib. turkeys & 16 Ib. roasts. Reg. ��7.�� special Purchase Price '3.79 QLASS SETS bu Libby St. Glair Four amber 6 oz. glasses, perfect for juice or drinks. -HEAT- Gov't. Inspected Shoulder - Family Pak Aj m ft PORli STEAKS , *1.49 __5_��7 Pure Pork i i A Gov't. Inspected Canada Grade H Boneless Beef Outside Round ihtffc Jfctffc RUMP ROAST.....$2.69 Fresh Side Aj m ft SPARERIBS , ������l.M Lli Lacey - Manager, most of the lime Merry Christmas to all, mm and to all, A Happy New Year All of us at Ken's wish you a happy and memorable time during this festive season. We look back over the past 10 years with satisfaction at our accomplishments and the good life we enjoy In Gibsons. We look forward to 1981 with renewed trust In the future and faith in our ability to be of ever greater service to the hundreds of families and Individuals that we serve. We leave the old year with some parting advice In a poem by Mabel May Wilson. OLD YEAR, DON'T GO EMPTY-HANDED Manager Meats Department Julia McLell.it - Cashier & General duties Graham Edn.y - Manager Produce & Dairy Old year, don't go empty-handed, there's so much I wish you would take, Into the land of forgetting, ere the New Year shall break. Go to the couch of the sufferer, rob him of sickness and pain, Lift the load from the weary, bid them take courage again. Steal every sorrow and heartache, take every sigh, every tear, Into the land of forgetting, where you are going, old year. Old year, don't go empty-handed, take all the greed, all the hate, Into the land of forgetting, ere the New Year shall break. _._.,_. ...�� Mabel May Wilson ' *&* _M ^ 1. Cut out this Coupon d��j^ j ��_$*_# ** 2. Attach to your Sales Slip *% hComplete Electrical Service -^*^^ and Contracting Across from Casey's Gardens on Wharf Rd. Sechelt 885-2412 Mon. - Sat. 9 am. - 5 pm. will be taken up by the Thrift Shop for 6 months - will any volunteers with questions please contact Helen Weinhandl at 886-9819 - 886-7310. Joan Rigby expressed appreciation on behalf of all members to Marion McConnell for her excellent handling of the 'Aloha Luncheon'. Marion and her family prepared most ofthe dishes single-handed and we all know that was quite an undertaking. Many thanks to the McConnell family. Appreciation was also expressed to Mrs. A. Gant of Don's Shoes, Sunnycrest Mall, and to Mrs. Kay Butler of Butler's Realty Ltd., for their help in handling ticket sales for the 'Aloha Luncheon' and the Christmas Lunch meeting. The Lions Club dinner was convened this month on Tuesday, November 25, by member Isobel Leech, with 17 Lions Club members attending. Member Hilda Lee moved that coat-hangers be collected and donated to the Kiwanis Intermediate Care Home. The motion was seconded by member Marguerite Meyer. Please contact Betty Cochrane for collection, at 886-2565. Incidentally, Betty came up with a wonderful idea for cleaning 'oven racks' - combine 1 cup Ammonia with I cup of hot water in a large outdoor garbie. put racks inside overnight, and keep in sink. Grease will swish off. I'm going to try it! I'm sure that the executive will join me in wishing you all a 'Merry Christmas' - and a vote of thanks to all you members who have worked so hard'to keep our auxiliary intact. We will look forward to seeing you all at the January meeting. UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP SERVICES ST. JOHN'S - at Davis Bay 9:30 a.m. (ilBSONS - Glassford Rd, 11:15 a.m. SUNDAY SCHOOL. 9:30a.m Pastor Ihe Rev. George W. Inglis, B. Th. PHONE 886-2333 St. Bartholomew & SI. Aidan Anglican Churches (mnliitieil Services 2nd A 4ih Sumluys: 11:1 J .,m in Si Bartholomew's, Gibsons All uthiT Sundavs Roberts Creek 9:30 am. l-amilv Hoi) Eucharist Ciibsons 11:15 am. Imnih II,ik Eucharist Rector: Rev. .lolin _. Robinson Calvary Baptist Church Park Rd. Gibsons. Pastor Harold Andrews Res. 886-9163 Church Church 886-2611 Sunday School 9:30 am. Morning Service 11 am. Gospel Service 7 pm. Prayer & Bible Study Thursday 7 pm. SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH Sabbath School Sat.. 10 a.m. Hour of Worship Sal.. II a.m. St. John's United Church Davis U.iv Paslor C, Dricberg I vcryone Welcome 1 or information phone: 885-9750 or 883-2736 GLAD TIDINGS TABERNACLE Gower Poml Roa> Phone 886-2660 Sunday School -9:45 a.m. Worship Service - 11:00 a.m. Evening Fellowship 6 p.m. Hiblc Stud) - Wed. 7:30 p.m. Paslor Nancv Dykes GIBSONS PENTECOSTAL CHURCH Cedar Grove School Chaster Rd, Gibsons Senior Pastor Ted Boodle Youth Pastor Jack Moch Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship 11 a.m. Evening Fellowship 7 p.m. Home Bible Study Phone 886-7268 or 886-9482 Affiliated with the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada ROMAN CATHOLIC SERVICES Rev. Angelo De Potnpa, Parish Priest Times of Masses Saturday. 5:00 p.m. Si. Mary's, Gibsons Saturday 7:30 p.m. Pender Harbour June 28lh lo Sep! 7lh inclusive Regular Sundav Masses 9(H) a.m. Our I.ady ofLourdes Church. Sechell Indian Reserve 10:00 a.m. Holv Family Church. Sechell 12:00 noon St. Mary's Church. Ciibsons Confessions before Mass Phone: 885-9526 or 885-5201 (I Church Services leads to the crib and the cross, to the throne of grace and the kingdom of glory. The wise still follow that Star. At this joyous season of the year, may deep and abiding joy fill your hearts and bring you every happiness; and may the peace of God keep your hearts and minds, through Christ Jesus. PLACING & FINISHING 1 rrriiis ��� DitlVKWA) s - floods t'Ol'XII.VI'ltlXS ��� SHEW ALUS Ml Tin*'"."'' l���rl,���l.u,ii;,l,�� Call Any Time 885-2125 SERVING PENDER HARBOUR TO PORT MELLON The following people have donated to the Kiwanis Christmas Fund and wish their friends A Very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Used Furniture and What Have You AL'S USED FURNITURE 886-2812 *************** NDP Gibsons Harbi.ui Ahm Greal Canadian and Bril'Sh Paperbacks 886 7744 Frank & Daisy Bailey Ethel Bingley Lome & Amy Blain Ethel Bryant Mrs. A. Burns Jim & Helen Clark Clem Cruickshank Wynne & Ernie Davies Bill & Nancy Douglas & Family L.H. & Vera Farr Frank & Hilda Girard Reg & Ruth Godfrey Vi & Horry Harris Mr. & Mrs. Ozzie Hinks Hodgins Family Fred & Marybell Holland George & Gloria Hostland Lee MacKay Russell & Carol Macleod Lome & Dooley Mason John & Doreen Matthews Rod & Linda Moorcroft & Family Jean Moore James & Vera Munro Ron & Marney Qually & Girls George & Vera Ruggles Archie & Jean Russell Vern, Jo, Wendi & Jeff Rottluff Fred & Mary Stenner Roy & Gretha Stenner Roy & Gretha Taylor The Weinhandl's, W.W. Upholstery Mr. & Mrs. Bill Wright Eunice Young Sunshine Coast News u +Joyous Noel .t* Unchanging and ever cherished are the traditions of the Christmas season, uniting all men of good will in harmonious brotherhood. We wish you a Merry Christinas! From the Staff of Gibsons Building Supplies We will be CLOSED Dec. 25th, 26th, 27th and Jan. 1st ���M^i^l^MMMMMMII Christ's service by Rev. George W. Inglis ��� One ofthe institutions ofthe church which is slipping out of existence in some of the mainline churches is one which dates back much farther than written history records - tithing. Some churches continue to expect tithes of their members, but many of the large denominations no longer demand the pledges and tithes from their people, depending on the spirit of giving to be spontaneous, or at least voluntary. This simple act of moving from tithing is probably one of the single most difficult for churches to deal with, in a day when maintaining even the most humble of churches has become a business, with taxes, insurance, maintenance and repair eating up a large amount of money, even before the minister's salary and housing is considered. ' The spirit of tithing came into the Israelite race from Semitic and Indo-Germanic races, which had beentithingto their gods for centuries, and the underlying thought behind the tithe was that it was an act of propitiation to the gods. Originally, the tithe was offered to the Supreme Being, one-tenth of all that was produced from the land, since the deity was the owner of the land, and all that it gave forth, and all that fed upon it. In this belief was the superstition that failure to tithe More emphasis on counting our blessings would result in a failure of the following years' crops, and the removal of the blessing of the deity. When this institution was brought into the lsraelitic belief, at least as early as 1,000 B.C.the patriarchs had already inculcated it into their semi- nomadic existence, so that their tithes were largely focused on their flocks, fruits, possessions of all kinds, as well as the spoils of war. As the Israelite tribes settled down into an agrarian existence the superstition aspect had left the spirit of tithing, largely, but the establishment of the Levite tribe as the keepers of the ark of the covenant and the tabernacle of God, added a new dimension. The Levitical priesthood, as the keepers ofthe sanctuary of God, began to claim the tithes for their own, on behalf of God - or at least a generous portion of them. This practice was given validation by the Lord, who decreed that the Levites would have no inheritance in the land given to the other 11 tribes, but "To the Levites I have given every tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for the service which they serve, their service in the tent of meeting (the tabernacle, later the temple, and by extension, the synagogues)." This passage is found in Numbers 18:21. The spirit of tithing changed also, moving in the direction of thanksgiving, rather than pro- ���Best Vislies ^ Remember the true meaning of Christmas. Members & Staff of Gibsons RCMP to AM In lieu of Christmas Cards, * the Jamieson family s making a donation to St. Mary's Hospital pitiation, and the reckoning of the tithes became more nebulous as givers recognized the blessings they had received, rather than the material gain they had acquired through the year. This was the heritage which the Christian church received from Judaism, but it became insufficient to maintain the operation of the great plants and acreage which the church began to manage in the Middle Ages, and the church became somewhat oriented to business, and eventually, to levying taxes on the people. In the days of Christendom, and in the era of state churches, when church membership was a condition of citizenship, and citizenship was vital to existence, church taxes and levies were quite collectable. It wasn't until the Protestant Reformation, and Martin Luther's objections to church levies, such as the indulgences paid for absolution, that the voluntary tithes began to make their appearance once again. With their re-introduction, however, there was stilt some compulsion about them, since it was still a mark of status to be a recognized member of a church, and the elders of the churches used this fact to police the non-givers, withdrawing communion privileges, or suspending church membership privileges. Up until the first quarter of the 20th century, there was still some implicit compulsion in the matter of tithing, and the non-giver or the slack giver could incur the displeasure of thc neighbours who gave more conscientiously. The condition in the church today, however, has slipped into a much more relaxed attitude over the very matter of membership itself, and many people attend the church of their choice without committing themselves in any way, morally or financially. It does not always follow today, then, that the giver is either a member or a tither - he or she may j\ist attend when they feel like it, and give generously or moderately, according to their wishes. In some way, this voluntary giving appeals to today's church attenders, and is a return to the spirit of free and voluntary giving as an act of thanksgiving to the God from whom all blessings flow. But as harried church treasurers or stewardship committees will attest to ��� it is just no way to run a business which can run into a million-dollar operation in a very modest church these days. Maybe therein lies the rub! A church which has become a business may just have lost the spirit of the founder, who seemed to find his spiritual food more sustaining than material food. True, offering of your substance to God, in thanksgiving for blessings received is praiseworthy. But maybe what is needed is more emphasis on recognizing, and counting our blessings. Coast News, December 23, 1980 "A Gallery of Kitchen Gadgets & Accessories" WTCHEN GRRNIVflL Merry Christmas! and Happy New Year In recognition of her four years of service driving the school bus, the Sechelt Indian Band presented Marilyn August with a plaque of appreciation. After Christmas CLEARANCE SALE Begins Sat. Dec. 27th Up to 60% Off �� Early carol service Rev. George Inglis and members of St. John's United Church at Davis Bay invite any interested families to bring their children and join in a brief Christmas Eve Carol Service, starting at 7:30 in the church, located on Highway 101 at Davis Bay. Cardls will include The First Nowell, Silent Night, Away in a Manger, O Come AH Ye Faithful, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, and Go Tell it on the Mountain. The singing, planned to last an hour, will be accompanied by organ and accordian. The candles of Promise, Light, Love and Hope will be lighted by the pastor at the beginning of the service, and the fifth advent candle will be lighted at the conclusion of the carol singing. People of all denominations are welcome, the intention being to provide a pleasant and thoughtful interlude on Christmas Eve for one and all in the community, at an early hour so that the children can participate. Please save your cancelled stamps Many organizations ask that cancelled stamps be torn off all letters received during the year, leaving at least 1/4 inch of paper around the stamps so that the edges will not be damaged. The Order of the Eastern Star is one of these organizations and to let us know how worthwhile the project is, they report that $9,447.44 was realized by this project last year and this sum, together with interest earnings, enabled its Foster Secretary Association to donate S9.7I2.06 to the B.C. Cancer Institute for its cancer projects. The Dressing Station Fund provides materials to the various dressing stations throughout the province. These stations are manned by volunteer Eastern Star help and many types of dressings are made to be supplied to any cancer patient, at no charge, on a doctor's note. The local Chapter meets monthly and supplies dressings to non- cancer patients as well. Anyone collecting stamps may contact any member or Mrs. Bessie Shaw (886-9864) for Gibsons, Mrs. Bea Rankin (885-9787) for Sechelt, Mrs. Syliva Woodsworth (883-9298) for Halfmoon Bay and Mrs. Caryl Cameron (883-2650) for Pender Harbour. The members will arrange to have your stamps picked up. TOWING Hilltop Service 886-8414 886-8344 ������������74M Drummond Insurance will be CLOSED f&ym FOR HOLIDAYS ���$.: Jg���� Dec. 22nd - Jan. 5th Jjjjtfef For Service please call Mrs. Sylvia MacLean: 886-2597 For Claims please call Mr. John Parsons: 885-3519 Thank You Season's Greefmgs to All! Jim, Donna & Silvia worm, warmer, warmest ? daniadown Cliase Winter chills away wilh i Danudown continental quill, turn down the heal lo save energy and be Iree ol tedious bedmakmg forever Ask aboul out unique guar an lee ol warmth Wft hive i constantly eipandmg sefecbon ol designs in permapress percales ana muslins The Decoraimg possibilities are endless Matching dupe service available Please contact us lor out colour brochure and cross Canada dealer list - Buy Canadian C| daniadown quilts ltd R Vancouver BC Established 1967 ' r SUNSHINE INTERIMS N0��TH M>. < KIWANIS WAY t ��!������� 868-6187 } \nn % Merry Christmas i and rk Happy New Year from The Management & Staff 885-9455 Our Christmas Present To You Vi % Reduction off our prevailing Loan Rate fc Guaranteed on Loans for New Cars and Trucks for the Month of December That's My Credit Union! Sunshine Coast Credit Union j_ _% BOX 375, COWRIE STREET, SECHELT, B.C. VON 3A0 Smfmmm S*.*Hm m TELEPHONE 885-3255 885*3255 ���������mw^w-l-* ��� W *> *> 1 ��� Coast News, December 23, 1980 A young athlete's view What's a coach? Bud Mulcaster at (iibsons l.anes assures us these ladies are bowling. Whatever they're up to, they were certainly having fun asthe leagues wound up for Christmas last week. Strikes and Spares by Bud Mulcaster A short report to finish off >he year, as most leagues were having Christmas fun nights. In the Classic League Pat Prest rolled a 323 single and a 996 four game total, Bob McConnell a 345-954 and Frank Redshaw a 361-946 total. Other good totals were Dianne Fitchell 296-935; Bonnie McConnell 275-968 and Mike Clements 250-904. In a roll off for the Gibsons A' League. Pat Prest had a 380 single and 891 for three and in the Senior YBC League Michele Solinsky rolled a 302 single and Glen Hanchar a 297 single and a 705 triple. We would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas, a 191-513 197-526 1-586 1-704 250-708 197-5 238-5 280-7 Happy New Year and a safe holiday. Other Scores: Swingers: Belle Wilson Mary Lambert Alice Smith Len Hornett George Langsford Gibsons 'A': Sylvia Bingley Terry Cormons Lome Christie Wed. Coffee: Hazel Skytte Edna Bellerive Y.B.C. Peewees: Naomi Wolf Bryan Fitchell Gary Tetzlaff Bantams: Nicole Allen Dennis Frandsen George Williams Craig Kincaid {262-632 261-695 254-711 268-719 253-730 123-223 149-265 148-269 186-394 155-353 175-482 184-482 A coach is a person who takes a group of young individuals and tries to teach them to shoot a basketball, catch a pass, spike a volleyball, or run the hurdles. A coach also tries to teach a player self-discipline, co-ordination, sportsmanship and a self-respect for the team and himself. A coach must put up with a lot of problems - parents complaining about why their son or daughter isn't starting on the Senior team as a Junior, or questions from the school board why he needs longer practices, a few more new game balls, a couple of Saturday practices, or maybe new uniforms. A coach also may experience problems with the players about practice hours, a player who can shoot 100 per cent from the field but can't play defense at all, or having a running back who can run a 4.3 40-yard dash but cannot hold onto the football. Having to coach kids with low grades, or players who show up for practice whenever they feel like it are a few of the other daily obstacles faced by high school coaches. But coaching can't be all bad. Coaches must have some "highlights" for all the time, effort, and troubles that they go through. An undefeated season, having your team win a very close game, sending in the smallest player on the team and watching him score the winning touchdown, coaching a player from the first time that he ever saw a basketball, being asked by a sports magazine to explain in an article your team's full court press, and having a Provincial Championship victory would be the ultimate goals in any coach's career. Why would a person want to devote his or her life to helping young kids enjoy playing sports? It must take a special sort of person with a great love for sports and young people. Coaching, in addition, must take a lot of patience and a lot of knowledge about the sport. And what does a coach ask in return for his time, effort and devotion? Only co-operation, the athlete's full attention, 100 per cent effort and maybe a little thanks. Merry Christmas arid Happy New Year to Everyone! From Henry & the Staff at Henry'5 Bakery (D\ SUNSHINE Xjy KITCHENS FINE CABINETS 886-9411 Gibsons. Professional Repair & Service to your oil & electric heating equipment -AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR- viEssoj Gulf Jamie Brown draws the winning ticket in the Sunshine CoasI Credit Union's rep team hockey draw. The Texas Mickey goes to Pete Ray of Madeira Park. THOMAS HEATING SUNSHINE COAST DISTRIBUTOR: CALL NOW 886-7111 17 Years Experience Chargex ��� Mastercharge Serving the Coast Since 1967 Happ9 Holidays The peace ot Christmas touches even the most humble of His creatures. Season's Greetings from John, Eileen & Family COAST INDUSTRIES mmm The youngsters hone up their hockey skills at the Sechelt Arena. ARENA C^ CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE The Arena will Close trom Monday Dec. 22 - Jan. 1 Incl. with the exception of the following Public Skating Tuesday, Dec. 23 TEENSKATE 7 pm - 9 pm Sunday, Dec. 28 FAMILY SKATE 2 pm - 4 pm Tuesday Dec. 30 TEENSKATE 7 pm - 9 pm The Arena Stalf joins Management in Wishing One & All A Very Merry Holiday Season Motocross raffle winner On Saturday the winner of club raffle was drawn, the 80 cc. Yamaha in the . . Sunshine Coast Moto Cross 's Philip Joe of Sechelt. He PENINSULA MARKET 885-9721 Davis Bay, B.C. tide tables Reference: Point Atkinson Pacific Standard Time. Weil. II" 21 Kri. lire. > (l 0035 1.6 0205 3.5 lis 15 15.9 0930 15.7 1350 I0.K 1550 10.(1 ISIS 411 2005 11.7 Tlmrn. Dr , 25 Sui. Drr, 2 7 0I30 14 0250 4.X 0855 15') 102(1 15.5 I455 10.5 1700 9.3 I9I0 12.5 21115 11.11 033(1 1050 1X00 2240 Mini. 0420 1130 1X55 0045 0515 1210 1935 Sundries ��� Timex Watches Special Holiday Hours Dec. 24- Dec. 25- Dec. 26- Jan. 1- 9:00 11:00 11:00 9:00 pm Closed 4:30 pm 4:30 pm I I lllHIIIIIItllllllllllllMllllKlllllllilllllllHIIIIIiHIIIIIiHillIJI PRE INVENTORY SALE Starting sat., Dec. 27th thru wed.. Dec. 31 st fclnMiqi Note: The Sechell Store will be closed all day lo lake inventory on WED., DEC. 31 ST The Gibsons Store will be closed all day lo lake inventory on FRI., JAR. ZI1D UP TO 30% OFF FISHING 1 Frozen Herring By the case Dlwa Reels, im 2600 d & 1600 d DOWnrlggerS Scotty Depthmaster ZOO (Last chance for 10% Introductory Discount) Johnson Motor imm hp. Smokecraft, 198,12 (zoniy) MlrrOCraft W Deep Fisherman (1 only) -12' Topper (2 only) 2 CyCle Oil Case Lots OMC H6at6rS Kerosene HUNTINGl Acei2gauge Shotgun Shells $5.98 Remington 12 Gauge Shotguns, Model870 <*'"���'>) Remington 300, Model 74211 only) Remington 30/06, Model BDLdoniyi Remington 7MM, Model BDL(ioniy) Savage .22/410, Model 2411 only) KNIVES: duck $54.98 Old Timer *49.98, sports! HOCkey EQUIP. (10% off helmets, pads, pants) SKateS - Mens & Boys Moulded (Munari, l.ange. Bauer) Goal Equipment Sale not limited to the above items. Look for "IN-STORE SFECIMS Miscellaneous! Cosom Nylon Games Track suits Sh06S (Tobacco, Rom, Equipe) LaWin BOil (Assorted Models) HAPPY NEW VEAR TRAIL BAY SPORTS 5 Sunnycrest Mall Gibsons Corner of Trail & Cowrie Sechelt . . .��� - ��� _.... m_m___t_____m���--���--������ ��� .-���. ��� ��� ��� - - * ��� ��� - _^_^^__m mmmAi _m_m_^m_m_a_*_m_m_ The chase was on! Carl's corner In search of a career _ by Cul Chrltmu "The cougar had been so busy watching the dog he hadn't noticed me watching them. As I moved toward them he looked my way, crouched as though to jump, changed his mind and went up a limb oi two. I didn't take time to tie Ted up���I just grabbed him by the collar, locked my legs around him, then fired off a couple of quick shots without aiming. We were both right under that tree and if the cat had jumped our way I wouldn't have been telling this story. But one shot went right through his head and he was dead before he hit the ground. But sure as I'm sitting' here, if it hadn't been for the bell on Ted's collar he wouldn't be out there workin' for us now!" | Perse was a spell-binding itory teller. Our smokes had cooled and Ted's bell was lading in the distance before we continued on our way. A short time later we were in the cabin, frozen caulks thawing on the tides of the camp stove, a hot coffee being nursed out of tin mugs, and Perse was giving me directions to the deer meadow. ��� Half an hour later I was heading in the direction ofthe meadow, Perse was headed for 'Haslam Creek Canyon with Ted, and the ordeal of my first hunt was about to begin. ��� The meadow must have been ��� wintering ground for deer, judging by the abundance of Jracks in the snow. I had only ���rrived, was standing quietly looking the situation over when ji spike buck walked out from behind a nearby tree. He was looking for me and as I raised the rifle to my shoulder his eyes found mine. His big ears flicked forward and hid his spikes. I found myself wondering if I could convince Perse that ) hadn't killed the deer because I thought it was a doe. But then his ears moved back and the spikes were visible again. I had no excuse not to fire. I'm sure I ��� whispered "I'm sorry", as I squeezed the trigger. He died instantly. I shook my head in disbelief. This was the first living creature I had killed, outside of a mouse or some other pest, and even then I had felt some remorse at the act. But here was a beautiful, living animal, just nicely beginning life in its own environment, and I had killed it in cold blood. My new career as a bounty hunter almost ended right there. But the animal was dead, it had to be properly taken care of, must not be wasted. I had to steel myself for the chore ahead. An hour later I was in the cabin, the deer carcass strung up to a nearby tree for cooling out and retrieval tomorrow, all evidence of my preoccupations of the last hour washed away as best I could. Perse would not haul the deer in the car while Ted was with us and didn't want him to smell deer on me. I was ready for him with hot coffee and a warm cabin when he returned a while later. But during my wait, I had time to probe and analyze my inner feelings; to wonder at what kind of hunter I was going to make; what my reactions were going to be the next time I was faced with the necessity of killing. But hunger and the will to survive is very strong in men and he will go to great lengths to overcome his dire needs of the moment. The need was to put meat on the table and this became the balm which eased the remorse of killing. I was to learn more of this the following day when we returned for our deer. Next morning dawned cold and clear. That cold old bucket of bolts of Perse's car was like riding in a deep freeze���the heater fan was burned out, the floor boards and doors leaked cold air, and steam from the radiator kept fogging up the windshield. I was glad to get to the Haslam cabin trail. Perse had brought Ted along again this morning after having some second thoughts on the way home last night. His theory was that the freshly killed deer might attrack a cougar if there were any in the area. It turned out he had guessed right. When we arrived at the cabin we found that a cougar had been trying to steal our animal. He had climbed the tree, climbed out on the limb I had tossed 8 rope over the night before, and had tried to reach the deer from above. Apparently he had fallen but had raked the hidi on his way down. The ground below was torn up with his great leaps as he tried to reach the animal. He must have pulled out moments before we arrived. Ted was working along behind us when we reached the scene of action but he appeared a moment later. He was so startled and enraged at the audacity of the cougar for invading the sanctified territory of the cabin that he almost choked on his first howl. But when he finally settled down to that long drawnout, mournful bay, it raised the hair on the nape of my neck and made my scalp tingle! I was to thrill many times that winter to the clarion call of Ted's bugle as he signalled the suit of a thrilling, exciting, but man killing chase through the rough and timbered mountains ofthe Island's interior. But that burst of excitement on that first morning of my first cougar hunt will never be forgotten! Perse had made a grab for Ted to get his bell on the collar. He whistled and shouted but to no avail. We had been so cold when we arrived at the trail that we had decided to walk for awhile to warm up before getting down to business. Now it was too late Ted was on his red hot cat track and nothing was going to detract him from the job he had to do. The chase was on! To be continued. Coast News, December 23, 1980 ml/' Give Mom a Treat! Boxing Day Buffet from 5 pm. $15.00 per person *7,$o children under 12 The kindergarten children entertained their parents at the Langdale Elementary School Concert last Friday. B.C. Tel rates to be higher t^? f ��� J ill xw\ J#11j> ffc*j>*r 1mtf 885-5888 R.R. #1, Halfmoon Bay Van. Direct fcj ViViVtf*��iV*iV*��*VS Sprouting on Shelter Island Stand on your own feet by Dorothy Nahanee The ideal solution to satiate the urges of a compulsive gardener in the winter is to have a greenhouse. If your greenhouse is still in the planning stage like mine is then growing sprouts will have to be a substitute pastime. The most common sprouts available are the familiar mung beans that are included in Chinese dinners and alphalfa sprouts that are found on sandwiches. It is possible to sprout a variety of seeds including lentils, radish, fenugreek wheat and sunflowers. Place seeds in a jar and soak for several hours. Then drain enough, that the seeds wiU still be damp but not sit in a puddle. Cover the top with a piece of nylon or a plastic screen and place in a warm spot for several days depending on the variety of seed. Rinse twice a day. Use the rinsings in soups or gravies as it is full of vitamins. Your house plants will appreciate the excess. A good place to sprout is over the sink so that you will remember to rinse them unless you're like I am and occasionally leave the dishes until the supply runs out before washing them. My success in sprouting has been limited to alphalfa, wheat and sunflower seeds mainly because they can be sprouted in the light. Mung beans require darkness so I usually put them in a cupboard for several weeks and never think of them till the smell of rotting beans reminds of what I had been doing. If you have half a memory they won't be hard to grow. Wheat sprouts are grown to just the length of the seed and are sweet. I usually throw them in bread dough but a bread can not be made entirely of wheat sprout. The sprouts are ground and then shaped into small loaves and baked for two hours at 250 degrees. This bread sells in health food stores as Essene bread. Slices of the bread spread with cream cheese is delicious. Never use seeds that were meant for planting as they have usually been treated with chemicals. Sunflowers may be sprouted with the hulls on if you wish as they rinse off after without any trouble. I buy sunflower seeds hulled and in bulk as my attempts to grow them have been less than successful. Let the sunflower sprouts get about a quarter of an inch long���any longer and they begin to taste bitter. The taste is rather nutty and is great in salads or just eating out of hand. Sprouting seeds are more nutritious because vitamin C develops. Alphalfa sprouts are good in sandwiches or to replace lettuce when the cost of a head jumps to a dollar in the winter. Christmas is only a few short days away and at the time this column is written I have yet to hear the annual Gibsons Carol ship concert. We have box office seats next to the kitchen stove and enjoy the event. True they are not the Mormon Tabernacle choir but they all sound full of Christmas spirits. Merry Christinas to everyone from the Shelter Island Ledge Leapers. B.C. Tel has applied to the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Co- mission for permission to transfer the Gibsons exchange to a higher rate grouping. Ralph Russell, Service Centre Manager for the area, said the Company is required by federal regulation to report to the Commission in Ottawa when an exchange area, through growth and development, exceeds its current rate grouping in the number of telephones in service within its free-calling area. "The rate group for a particular exchange varies according to the number of main telephones a customer can call without a longdistance charge," Russell explained. "The greater number of main telephones, the higher rate and in turn the monthly rental." Gibsons' customers now have access to 6,287 main telephones within their toll free calling area, which includes Port Mellon and Sechelt. Russell pointed out that the area has experienced a growth of 536 in its number of main telephones since October ',979. He said that, in accordance with CRTC requirements, B.C. Tel reported to the Commission this month that the Gibsons exchange had outgrown its existing rate grouping. Tired of sky-high heat bills? Ask about the WEATHERTRON�� HEAT PUMP BY GENERAL ELECTRIC America's No. 1 selling heat pump Wr"�� Ml Roberts Ketrigeration. Box 271, Madeira Park, B.C. 883-9461 or call; Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year To All Our Customers Thanks for supporting us all year Walt's Automotive [J 886-9500 amron gteflpi QgEttOift Greetings ofthe Season Th�� mow tht merrier, so, "Many Christmas" twice! MACK'S NURSERY Mr. & Mrs. K. Baba The regrouping, from rate group five to six, if approved by the Commission, would mean rate increases effective January IS, 1981 for subscribers whose telephone number begins with the prefix 886. The monthly exchange rate for a private residential subscriber would rise by $.40 to $6.85 from the present $6.45, while a two-party residential subscriber would pay $5.20, up $.30 from the present $4.90. Multi-party rates would increase from $3.85 to $4.10, up $.25. For business subscribers, there would be an increase of $1.65 to $16.05 from the current $14.40, for a private line. Multi-party rates would increase from $8.15 to $8.95. Swanson's Swanson's Ready-Mix Ltd. toady-nun Concrete two Plants sechelt I Pender Harbour Box 172, Sechelt, B.C. VON 3A0 885-9666 885-5333 Chimney Cleaning & Maintenance Phone 886-8187 SB & 9K dndathti**_-*'' ��� ������������ ' ������' ^ COAST sum LT�� 885-9979 Vl BGaaaasaaaaaouaMMMfittaBSaBas 16 Coast News, December 23, 1980 RffTHRE'S NO NONSENSE OWR DIET The NO NONSENSE DIET loimuli it a toncentuted wurce ol nutnenli in a delicious bevense bi.t lotm All necesi j \ nutrition; elemerls nu supplied m quantities ahich unity bodily requiremenl. Ihe NO NONSENSE PlAN ii tormu(aied lo replace all meals m the diet ���*** �����*�� ���***��� ~Mm* -mm* ��Mm- *Mm* ���*** Son of the Salmon People by Hubert Evans "// you want some special young man on your Christmas list to enioy a good book about the coastal B.C. way of life then this is the book you have been looking for" ��� Vene Parnell - TTie Press ��j "Finally this year Canadian boys and girls have a chance to read what may be ��uans' best juvenile work," Edith Iglauer, Today Magazine For Openers: Conversations with jj 24 Canadian Writers by Alan Twigg ! ��� "7 >w book includes such great writers as Margaret Laurence, m Al Punk, Hugh MacLennan, Margaret Atwood and Robertson J Dam's Local writers Peter Trower and Hubert Evans jj also appear...excellent Christmas presenl." H Fran Bourassa, The Press JJ 'Our writers have seldom been so entertaining in their own work as they are in Mr. Twigg's.the book is a total delight." The Gfobe and Mail, Toronto Iffcoing for Coffee, An Anthology offl Contemporary North American Work Poetry by Tom Wayman "Poems by policemen, loggers, doctors, fishermen, nurses. teachers, it is more fhun just a collection of poetry on fhe job, it's one of the finest anthologies to appear in many years. A good gift foi Christmas." John Moore, The Coast News tr And don't forget the old favourites Raincoast Chronicles Now You're Logging Remembering Roberts Creek O Time in Your Flight Bush Poems Hiking (ana Cross-Country Ski) Trails of the Sunshine Coast and Whittlings All available at: The Bookstore Sechelt Books 'n Stuff Trail Bay Mall. Sechelt NDP Bookstore Gibsons Harbour Fawkes Books & Stationery Sunnycrest Centre, Gibsons it .t v*Vt��t��tutvtift.ttr4tr*vt hhhhhmhh I find it difficult, after so many years have slipped by, to describe with any degree of accuracy just exactly what the "Greenwood Inn" was. It was not a hotel inasmuch that it hadn't a bar nor for that matter was it a licensed establishment for the purveying of any alcoholic beverages. Certainly it had about eight or ten guest rooms and during the short periods when the salmon fishing was on and later when the hunting season for deer and moose commenced, these rooms were always fully occupied for the most part by "well-heeled" American males. In all probability a great many of them used it as a retreat not only from their nagging wives but from the cares and responsibilities of the various businesses they were engaged in. Also to be considered was the fact that Prohibition was still in effect in the States, so it is logical to assume that many of them crossed the Line not only to relax and enjoy a holiday in a beautiful Canadian province, but to escape the drought in their own land and, if only for a brief period, partake of some of the good whiskey that was obtainable this side ofthe border.. Some of it was legal while some of it definitely was not. Such brands as Johnny Walker's, Haig & Haig, Dcwars and many more were on display in the various liquor stores, but at the Greewood Inn the most popular brand was a fiery poteen commonly referred to as "Newfie Screech", which later I discovered had no connection with Newfoundland whatsoever, it being a distillate of grain and potatoes and it's place of origin was Prince Edward Island. Perhaps it would be fitting to describe the Inn as a hunting cum fishing lodge and, for many of it's guests, as an oasis or watering hole where even the most obdurate of thirsts could be assuaged. There was also another compelling reason why many of them returned year after year and that was "Ma" Saunders' cooking. There is only one word to describe that and the word is fantastic. I shall never, if I live to reach the century mark, forget my first breakfast at the Greenwood Inn. Long before I descended the stairs I could smell the delicious odours of frying bacon and sausages intermingled with that of brewing coffee. I had had a wonderful night's rest and now I was to tie into a compote of fruit, a hot cereal, followed by the piece de resistance���bacon and sausages with fried eggs, buckwheat cakes and maple syrup. Even after so many years the thought of that breakfast still tingles my tastebuds. It came out later on that Mrs. Saunders, or as everyone including the guests called her "Ma", was German and had been with "Big Jim" Rooney for many years, in fact ever since he became a widower, while the children were still very small. The sausages she made herself while the bacon was also smoked on the premises by this good lady and how she found time to prepare all these marvellous meals and still work outside on occasions in the vegetable garden I will never know, but we all loved her and treated her with the respect due to anyone with her amazing proficiency in the culinary arts. It was at that breakfast the deal was made. When "Big Jim" queried if I could milk a cow and drive a horse and the answer being in the affirmative I was hired, not only to perform those duties but to split the wood and assist as a general factotum in and around the place. I was to be paid $23 per month until the guests started to arrive and more later on besides, as he told me, I could keep all the tips I might receive from these same guests. I was later to learn that these freewheeling, hard-drinking Yanks could on occasions be remarkably generous, in fact almost to the point of absurdity, especially if they had partaken over-freely of what they persisted in calling "Screech"! Along with the Inn were about 60 acres of land. The lodge was on one side of the road with about five acres of bush as a background, while on the other side were the neatly fenced fields and pastures sloping gently down to the ' banks of the Peticodiac River. The farm, if it could be called that, supported two cows, one milking and one dry, the odd calf beyig raised for beef and about a half a dozen or more pigs. 1 have left Daisy the horse to the last as a more recalcitrant animal I have never encountered. Fat as a butterball with a glossy, white coat, she was beautiful to look at but I still hold the opinion that in her equinine past she was more mule that horse as she did exactly what she pleased at the particular time and all the coaxing, cursing and mild thrashings she received had absolutely no effect on her whatsoever. Having been a pet of the Rooney children for so long she had firm ideas as to just how much she intended to do right from the start and it didn't seem to matter to her whether she was hitched to a cultivator or between the shafts of a one- horse wagon, when she had done what she thought was enough she would simply lie down and refuse to budge an inch. At the start I used to get os exasperated and infuriated at her I called her by all the foul names not usually associated with a lady of her class and which I had acquired in my seafaring days. Eventually I came to realize I was simply wasting my energies so I simply sat on a convenient stump or squatted on the ground, lit my pipe and idled away the time until she was ready to get up and resume operations, while "Big Jim" concurred that it was the only sensible thing to do. One more thing I must not forget to mention is that all during that lovely summer I never saw any of our guests bring back a fish. Some of them I doubt ever saw the river, or it could be that the Peticodiac was not a salmon stream as it was and always has been noted for it's "Bore". At the time of thc spring tides and then again in late fall thc river can rise with astonishing rapidity to heights of over 20 feet and one can hear the rumble or roar of this rushing body of water miles away. Any fish caught in this boiling tide would have a rapid journey to it's destination. It is all caused, apparently, by the compression of waters in the Bay of Fundy and is an extremely rare phenomenon, occurring in few parts of the world. Had the guests been really interested in fishing, we were not too far distant from the world renowned Miramichi River, a wonderful salmon and trout stream. However not one of them ever returned to their homes in the States without a splendid salmon, provided by "Big Jim" and I presume the same was true when the deer and moose hunts ended, they had some choice cuts to take home to show their suspicious wives and associates. Whether these fish and trophies of the hunt were legal or not 1 never bothered to find out; it certainly was none of my business and I intended to keep it that way. What 1 do know however is that "Big Jim" for all his sizes, 6'2" and weighing 240 lbs. was the most genial giant of an employer 1 have ever worked for. When word came from my friend Mogens in the early fall that he had bought a farm in Glengarry County, Ontario and needed help, 1 had to do some deep soul searching before I could make up my mind to leave these kind, generous people and once again take up my packsack and head westward. I had had a beautiful summer, I had actually saved a little money and I had been as sober and celibate as a Trappist monk. Perhaps in this last statement lies the true reason why I decided to go. The restlessness and yearnings of impetuous youth had been suppressed long enough, lt was time to move on! Band members from Roberts Creek Klementary School, Sechelt Klementary, and Chatelech Secondary School combined, under the direction of Wcldon Kpp and played for visitors to the Chatelech Open House last Wednesday night. Carefree gardening JO/EIJX NOEL \\ is/iintj id/ ii /n i/ii/ili/ -.nisi in lull nl li/cs'hfsl from R.Harding & Son Ltd. Sunshine Girl" POTTERY A Price & Selection for Every Budge! Available at: . ��� 886-2818 ����� Ciibsons Landing 886-2818 . Open 7 Days by Sandy Loam HeyII Merry Christmas and high hopes for a splendid growing year in 1981. Don't forget the plant shops when it comes to last minute Christmas shopping. What nicer gift than a lovely plant or even better a shrub to be plopped into the garden as a continuing reminder ol your thoughtfulness? You can make a small ceremony of planting it yourself on Christmas Day if this salubrious weather continues. Do feel free to amble in your garden over the holidays as it is always so encouraging to find the first little clump of January Snowdrops, Winter Heather or an early Primrose blooming its little heart out through the mess. If it stays warm, get some fresh air cleaning up the mess. If you are going away for a couple of weeks go out and cut some branches of Forsythia and fill a large vase with them (lots of water). You will come home to a mass of yellow bloom and everything will seem very post-holiday springy. Start thinking about seeds and new shrubs and planning just how you will re-vamp your garden so that it will be lovelier than ever. Again, many thanks to all those who have assisted me throughout garage man who lost mine arid the year and to my friends and d'dn', even have the Pace ��P colleagues at the Coast apologize. Snooze. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Post-script: Thanks to Bill Foreman and Bill Van Weston for snow tire assistance and a pox on the careless captiano college PUBLIC NOTICE Holiday Garbage Pick-Ups There will be no regular garbage pick-up on Christmas Day or Boxing Day. There will be the scheduled pick-up on New Year's Day. Residents are advised that the dumps at Gibsons and Halfmoon Bay will be open from December 24, 1980 to January 15, 1981 for the deposit of burnable refuse. L Jardine, Secretary-Treasurer Oops! t In the bustle of thc season a couple of errors crept into our pages last week. In the outline which accompanied the front page picture of the Kiwanis presentation we identified the ladies involved as being Amy Blain and Marie Traynot when thev should have been identified as Amy Blilin and (irethe Taylor. In the list which appeared in the paper last week of those making a donation to the Pender Harbour Auxiliary to St, Mary's Hospital ill lieu of Christmas cards we unfortunately omitted the names of Hill and Wilmtl Ihotupsonaml family. Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day & New Year's Day fm/lfn/ WINTER SCHEDULE wLr-al/Lr-i Effective November 10,1980 FROM SECHELT: TO: VANCOUVER HARBOUR TO: VANCOUVER AIRPORT TO: NANAIMO HARBOUR TO: POWELL RIVER Flight # Departure Arrival Days 101 105 107 601 201 203 205 903 505 0730 1145 1515 1145 0100 1145 1515 0S45 1315 0810 1210 1545 1210 0815 1200 1530 Monday - Saturday Daily Daily Daily Monday - Saturday Daily Daily Monday - Saturday Daily Check-in time 20 minutes prior to scheduled departure.' ��� Reservations must be taken 2 Hours in advance. ��� Check our Charter rates. Normal Operations Resume on January 2nd vv#^lV"& Happy New Year - - -I ___________ !^_____*_:_^_._mmm___________, smmmm-i-__}______}____)^________M A Christmas Story Angel on Snowshoes lit Vim Winlt-r Kyiiiis 'There's Teacher!" called Rebecca to her friend. "Let's run and meet her." It was noon hour and the two little Indian girls were making a snowman in thc schoolyard when they spied Mrs. Walter coming out of thc mission house. They left the big snowballs they were rolling and ran up the hill with gay scarves Hying. They were quite out of breath when they reached her. "What's in the box. Teacher.'" Rebecca asked. "This hig box? Oh it has the costumes in it - for our Christmas play." "May I cany il. Teacher'.1" "Oh please let me. Teacher!" "I asked first. Susan." "Thank you hoth hut I think I had better take it myself. You .girls may carry these crooks lor the shepherds und the little box." "Christmas concert coming soon?" asked Rebecca as they made their way down the snowy path. ',. "Well it's past the middle of November now. We haven't loo much time." ��� "We sing 'Away in a Manner".'" . "Yes Rebecca, that's one ol the songs in the play. I'll take the crooks now. thanks. You girls get the broom and brush all lhal snow off your mocassins and leggings before you come in to school. Your hacks Sic covered with snow too." > Rebecca found it hurd to leep her mind on her lessons >hat afternoon. She kept hoping there would be a part for fcer in the play. Her cousin [KUtll was to he Mary, and Mommy Blackwater was Joseph. The Shepherds would he boys of course ... Hut the angels .were still to be chosen ... Suddenly Mrs. Walter was standing beside Rebecca's desk 5 "Why Rebecca you've only done two lines in all this time! You're usually such a good little worker!" Rebecca's hig brown eyes were startled and ashamed. She took her pencil in her plump little hand and got lo work. At two o'clock ihe sharp sound ol the desk hell made Rebecca look up. "Attention, boys and girls." she heard Mrs. Walter say. "I'ut away books and pencils. Tor ihe rest ofthe afternoon we are going to practise thc Christmas I'lay we started last week. I have brought some of Ihe costumes and we are going right through it today. Simon will you help me mine my desk to the side'.' Moses please put the manger in the centre." i:\crybody was excited by now. Rebecca could hardly sit still when Mrs. Waller began taking the costumes out ofthe box. "Ruth, you were chosen for Mary. Here's your blue robe. This is thc costume for Joseph. Ihe shepherds will take Iheir places at this side of the Manager. You Wise Men on the right... Now for the angels. We still have lo decide who will be Ihe angels. ������'. Mrs. Walter took two white costumes out of the box and Rebecca's hopes leaped high... but two big girls were chosen. There seemed no part lor her. Then, through her tears, Rebecca saw Mrst Walter take out a third angel costume. This one didn't look hig! "How about thc little angel? Whom shall wc choose?" Rebecca heard her namcan.l everybody looked her way. "Rebecca." several children shouted, "let's have Rebecca! She's ihe littlest." "Yes. Rebecca would he fine but she goes oul on Ihe trapline wilh hei family at this time of year." "Not go this year." Rebecca stood up. "School every day!" "She is going to stay with her aunt Emily." explained one of the older girls. "She doesn't want to miss school." "Good for you Rebecca! I'm very glad you won't be away from school. You'll make a fine angel I'm sure. Come und try on ihe costume." The angel costume was just right for Rebecca. Her eyes were shining as she came to lake her place. "Kneel here. Rebecca -close beside Ihe Baby Jesus. Now fold your hands - that's it. Everybody ready! Sing." Away in a manger. No crib lor a bed. No crib for a bed. The Little Lord Jesus I aid down His sweet head. Rebecca tried to do her best at every pia.lice. At first it was very hard not to move. Bul before long she was kneeling with hands folded, as still as un angel on a Christmas card. Then one day a sad-eyed Rebecca came to school with her mother. "Please excuse Rebecca. Wc go on trapline tomorrow." her mother said. "Hut I thought she was to stay with her aunt Emily!" "Emily away at Kitinak. Her sister very sick." Rebecca come wilh us." "Oh I'm so sorry! She was to he a little angel in Ihe play." "I want to be angel." sobbed Rebecca. "When will you be back. Mrs. Crosby?" "Oil we be only lew weeks. We he back for Christmas." "The concert is two days before Christmas. Will you be haek by then?" "Oh yes wc he back then, sine." "Don'l cry Rebecca. You know your part well. I'll keep Ihe costume for you." Next day Rebecca set out on her little snowshoes with thc family. There was Lather. Mother. Grandfather, and young brother Joshua. All of them had pucks according to their sue. Even the two big dogs carried loads - one on each side. Thc sun was shining und GREEIiKGS S.V. Our friendship with you will never melt! Sunt/m (UlltM Gk0*A. It there was a well-broken trail so they made ten miles thc first day. They camped that night in a jackpine flat beside a creek. Krom their lent Rebecca saw one bright star shining. "Like the Star of Bethlehem." she thought. "The star above the Manger." She must not forget her Manger Song. Snuggling in her blankets, she imagined she was with the children at school and sang softly. "Away in a Manger." Nexl day they went on and on over the snow. I hey saw many marten tracks and quite often a white rabbit hopped across the trail ahead of them. "Rabbits have snowshoes too." grandfather told the children. That night they camped by a lake and at night they heard wolves howling on the other side. In Ihe bright moonlight they could make oul their dark shapes on the ice. On the third day towards evening they reached their cabin. Rebecca and Joshua had been coming here ever since they could remember so it was 'ike coming home. They kept finding things they had left: - a rag ball grandfather had made, some marbles and a funny old doll of Rebecca's wilh only one arm. The children found plenty to do and the days passed quickly al first. Every afternoon Rebecca thought ofthe children practising and of the angel costume waiting for her. "We be back in time won't wc mother?" "Oh yes child we be back. Starling hack soon now Grandfather says." So Rebecca went out quite happily to make .ingels in Ihe snow. "I omorrow we start for 'tome." Father said one day when they came in wilh a good catch of fur. Good crust on ���now and we make good time." "Goody, goody." Rebecca danced with joy. "I must be in lime lor big practice." Bul that night il snowed. Rebecca looked oul on a world of white in Ihe morning. Every little cedar and spruce and hazel hush was bent to the ground with its weight of snow. It was still snowing. "Can we go. grandfather?" she asked fearfully. "We start out hut slow going. Heavy trail to break." I hey gol ready right alter breakfast. The dogs were loaded. Everyone put on their snowshoes and packs and they set out. Fatherand grandfather took turns breaking trail. Sometimes Mother took a .turn. The snow was soli and ��� Iheir snowshoes sank deep. Each time they lifted a fool they had to shake off thc snow. Rebecca and Joshua were lasl so the trail was a bit easier for them but little balls of snow kept forming under their Coast News, December 23, 1980 17 Merry Christmas to all our Friends & Customers / Holiday Hours Open Closed Dec. 23, 24 Dec. 25, 26, 27, 28 Dec. 29, 30, 31 Jan. 1 thru 12 Open Again Jan 13 _|��. The Good Food Store fcfcfi The Dock S��ch��ll Sechelt Klementary students were treated to a fascinating hour of songs, dances and traditional stories from Squamish Indian Band Chief Simon Baker last week, as a prelude to the Christmas pageant dress rehearsal. moccasins and they had to stop and scrape them off. The dogs had their troubles too. Often they stopped to gnaw the snow irom between their toes. By three in thc afternoon they had cone only five miles hut all were mi lired they stopped for the night in an empty cabin. Wilh ihe heavy snow clouds il would soon he dark and il would take lime to gather enough wood for ihe nighl. Rebecca curled up in her blanket righl after supper. She was too tired to sing and was soon lasl asleep dreaming of the concert. It was still snowing in the morning. "How long belore we gel home. Grandfather?" "Maybe three, maybe four days. Can't tell. Breaking trail very hard." "Hut ihe concert! Wc must get haek!" "We do besl we can. child." And seeing a tear on the little brow n lace he added. "Perhaps snow stop tomorrow and we go faster." "I hope so." signed Rebecca. But it snowed all that day and the nexl. On the morning of the concert they were still ten miles from the village. Rebecca knew now they would not be in time for the last practice and might he too late for the concert as well. Mother had said al breakfast: "Don't count on il loo much. Little Angel. Anyway wc buy you big walking doll in trading post." Even thai did not console Reheeea. They must get there somehow. As she trudged along she went over the concert in her mind. Firsl the Welcome Song by the whole school, then a recitation by one of the big'girls. then the Hag drill and alter that the Baby Jesus I'lay. She could see them all. Mary and thc shepherds, thc Wise Men and ihe two big angels but what if there was no Rebecca to kneel by the Manger! Al noon they stopped only long enough to eat some dried salmon, then on and on they went through the winter wilderness. The afternoon was wearing away and Rebecca had almost lost hope. It had stopped snowing but she knew they were still miles from the village. Suddenly they heard shouts ahead, and looking up saw four young men coming. "Look, Mother. Uncle Joe!" called Rebecca. "Anything wrong in the village, Joe?" Grandfather asked. "Everything fine in the village. We came to break trail lor you. Rebecca got to be at the Christmas concert." Rebecca hoped again. But would she really be in time? Down the hard-packed trail they went, behind Uncle Joe and his friends. At last through the snowy evergreens. Rebecca saw the lights ofthe village. The brightest lights shone from the hall. As they came near Rebecca heard the piano playing a March - that was for the flag drill. The play would be nexl. She was so excited she couldn't undo her snowshoes. Then she h.eui'd thc music of Away in a danger. "Oh that's the play. I'm too late." Rebecca was almost crying. "No you're not." said Father. And picking up his little girl he opened the door and carried her in - snowshoes and all Murray's Garden [ i Pet Supplies HARTZ�� Mountain Christmas & New Years i���������������������������������������i MjlHIMIHMHIIII^ 5% Sal. 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And so il came lo pass lhal when thc curtains opened ihe second time the littlest angel was kneeling with the others beside the Baby Jesus just as if she had never been away. *+* fck * * * * * * * * * 4 NDP Gibsons Harbour Akj.j Greal Canadian and British Paper backs 8H6 7/44 "Under New Management" TOVS ft HOBBIES FOR ALL ABES * Toys * Stocking Stutters Tk Sunnycrest Mall 886-8412 "An experience in fun Family Dining' Wc wish you a hi Merky Christmas :V>f & a H%>y New Year __i u* No. 101 Cedat Pl,iz 886-7454 MAXWELL'S PHARMACY YOUR COMPLETE HEALTH CARE CENTRE * Fast Prescription Service * Health Care Accessories * Almay Hypoallergenic Cosmetics * Patient Aids (Sales & Rentals) crutches, comodes, bed pans, canes, etc. 107 cedar Plaza, aiusons 886-8158 OPEN SUNDAYS Noon to 4 PM. Still Available Treat your friends & family to The 1981 Sunshine Coast Historical Calendar The early hislory of the Sunshine Coast has been tastefully captured in well reproduced photographs, complete wilh slory line by local historian Lester R. Peterson. The cover illustration is ,i reproduction of a pen & wash drawing by well known iirlist Rohett .lack. Nt* jug* 101 r<9/J &*\ Available at: Gibsons: Gibsons Lanes Fawkes Books Coast News NDP Bookstore \m Sechelt: The Bookstore Books & Stuff Western Drugs Only $3.95 Mailing Envelope Included Pender Harbour: Madeira Park Pharmacy 18 Coast News, December 23, 1980 Wildlife corner Killer whales in news again by Un Corrince Electric Christmas Here's something that Hydro should look into. The Vancouver Aquarium has set up a Christmas tree beside the electric eel tank and, you guessed it, it's powered by the beasties in the tank. I phoned Ray Lord at the aquarium to find out how it works. They have set up two electrodes against the glass. They pick up any discharges from the eels and pass it on toa capacitor which stores the electricity and from there it's passed on to the string of lights on the tree. Actually there were ulterior motives for trie calling him: the proposed Mac and Blo-boom- ing ground at Robson Bight and the present court hassles that are threatened against the purchase of a companion for Hyak. Killer Whales The Vancouver Aquarium has a representative over in Iceland at the moment looking into buying another killer whale to replace Skana who died recently. Patrick Moore from Greenpeace is launching legal action to try and stop the purchase. He hopes to do this by taking the Provincial Government into court for issuing permits to the aquarium. Ray Lord at the aquarium told me that barring any legal nasties, they are going ahead in their attempts to get another whale. I asked him about the ethics ofthe whole thing, here's the answer. There are four females and one male presently in captivity in Iceland, they are all in good health and feeding. The aquarium did not solicit the capture, this had already happened, they are seriously considering the purchase of a female about Ave years old and they feel that keeping the public informed by actually being able to see these mammals is very important if we want to keep public awareness alive. The Robson Bight thing came as a press release from Bryan Gates at the Ministry of Environment in Victoria. What's happening is that a group calling themselves the Top Island Econauts, com prised mostly of divers from Port MacNeil, have been putting pressure on the ministry to try and stop a proposed Mac and Bio booming ground, slated for Robson Bight at the mouth of the Tsitika River in Johnstone Straights. The Bight is the summer residence for about half the killer whale population in B.C. (ISO) and the group is worried that a logging operation could be detrimental. Ray Lord turned me over to John Ford who has been studying that area for the past three years as his thesis at U.B.C. He has noted that the mammals use the Bight during the summer as a focal point for foraging and as a place where they rub themselves against the rocks to get rid of parasites. After his three years of study, These two youngsters appear to be getting a charge out of the electric eel at the Vancouver Aquarium. So is the Christmas tree on the left. he says that it would be difficult to accurately predict the effect the booming would have on the whale population, but feels that as an alternative, it may be possible for Mac and Bio to use an existing ground a short distance away. One of the problems is that Mac and Bio owns the Bight area outright. Follow-up I'm writing this column early in the week to see if we can get the paper finished in time for Christmas holidays. There are two important meetings concerning the last couple of subjects. On Thursday afternoon, there is a meeting in Nanaimo to look into the fate of Robson Bight and, I phoned Greenpeace and they will be in court in Vancouver on Thursday morning on the Killer Whale business in Iceland. If any decisions come out of either of these meetings, I'll tack them on at the end of the column. Wildlife Executive Here's the new executive for the Gibsons Wildlife Club. President, George Ruggles; Vice President, Fred Holland; Treasurer, Stan Jones; Secretary, Myrtle Wood; Membership, Andy Anderson; Building and Grounds, Dave Mcintosh; Canteen, Mrs. Atlee and Valdene Michaud; Shooting Co-ordinator, K. Haer- the; Conservation, John Hind- Smith and Entertainment, Fred Holland. It looks like a lot of the old stalwarts are back in again. Here il is the Greenpeace case came up on Friday. It was decided that they did not have a valid interest in the transportation of the whales from Iceland and it was thrown out of court. I itad a talk with Ray Lord Saturday afternoon. Two female whales were in transit and were expected to land at the Vancouver Airport any minute. It doesn't look as if there will be any protests, but the aquarium are playing everything quiet, so that it will go smoothly. Re the meeting at Nanaimo; a committee comprising of different governmental departments, Mac and Bio and the public has been struck. They will be looking into alternatives to the Robson Bight site. No log dumping will be carried out until the committee's reports are complete. I talked with Greenpeace, they also want to have a voice in the outcome. Springtails John Hind-Smith just called in to say that the springtails are back. They are wee beasties that are found around puddles as the snow retreats. It looks like a purple mould. Don't worry, they're harmless and will take off after a while. It's OK. This is the last Wildlife Corner column. It's been four years of enjoyable writing for me. When I started the column, it was not because I knew a lot about the subject, it was because I was interested and"' felt that there were enough of you with a similar interest, for us to be able to put words into" print with our combined effort?' This happened. All I had to do' was make the space available ��� and it was you who filled it;" Thanks. ,,! I wish that 1 could say that' everything that has appeared'' here has been happy. It hasn't.' There have been oil spills;'; poisonous chemicals, stupidity;'1 the list can go on, but for everyone of the negative events;'' there have been people willing to stand up and give time and" effort to rectify them. 'to I feel there is a positive' something hovering over us.' that is ready to help us when theO crunch comes. I have my own; personal something and except' for a couple of short holidays, i(' has travelled with me for as.' long as I can remember. 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A Light in the Darkness by Jou T. Wain ".When they hw the star, tljey rejoiced with exceeding great joy" St. Matthew ,It was the year my mother djed. suddenly in November. Jack went down to town, Vancouver, two. days before Christmas to fetch my Dad to he would not rattle around in that, big Point Grey house. Jack wai to bring him back op the Eve to our farm at Long Bay to be .surrounded by his four grandkids who called hjm Oompah, except for John who couldn't call him anything yet because he was too young. ..My husband had hitched a:ride down to town, probably on the scaler's boat because oar own farm launch had gone to. Port Mellon with brother Bill on his holiday...and Jack planned to hire a water-taxi to return to Gambier from Horseshoe Bay with his important cargo. He was loaded with errands, for he had to buy groceries, find a special live present for our super-active four-year-old, and finally, pick up the monthly mail which was witting down the bay at a neighbour's. Surely we must have cut the Christmas tree already. I could never have left the children, then small, to hike up the frosted mountain, tumble the tree over the bluffs and drag it over the snow to the lodge. In my mind it is set in its stand already in the huge living room. I can see it by the stairs, very tall, wide and deep green as the wilderness. How would our frugal collection of ornaments make an impression on it?... for we used a Delco for electricity add possessed no tree lights. II remember the tenor of that cold white .Christmas Eve. It was to keep busy doing what I could to cheer the season and warm it for Dad and the children. We were isolated, there being only the caretakers at the church camp and ourselves at our end ofthe bay. Celebratioos were important and the activities must involve all of us. So the children must have helped cut the cookies and stick raisins on them and in hanging them with.the ornaments on the branches of the tree which they could reach. I do recall the. sparseness of the tree in comparison with the burgeoning fruit of the glittering firs of my childhood. In.the cold light of the reflected snow it hinted it was only half dressed for Christmas. Then we played outdoors in the snowy farmyard. We towed the home-made sled about, taking turns for the children to be riders. .The oldest, who was six, clutched the bundled bay while I pulled. We rolled and patted snowballs and built a snowman. In between, I fed the furnace, fed the baby, and fed the older children from the stockpot, soup extended with dumplings because the larder was always low before grocery boats. That day passed swiftly enough, for there is .nothing like a covey of small children to engage attention, and now and then in the afternoon I would .check .the horizon for a dark speck that might be the boat appearing in the mouth ofthe bay. Long Bay was ever a dark place in winter. Mount Ar- taban lifts high above it to the east and die sun rose late over that hillside. In December, when the light of day was short anyway, twilight felt early and this day had a snowy, overcast sky with a hint of loneliness in it fed by my longing for those absent still. The dark made the big house colder and I had tg bustle a bit to keep the wood-furnace pumping, heat through the big grid in the living-room floor. From time to.time the little boys would check for signs of a boat while I started supper preparations...something to comfort us within so that we didn't spend too much time just hoping for Dad and Grandpa. And gradually the evening dimness darkened. I could not easily overcome a feeling of discouragement about our travellers, for I'd been told that taxis would not travel at night around Howe Sound and Gambler's bays. Maybe a Squamish was blowing...maybe the jobs had taken longer than expected... if the men could not come there must be a good reason. Supper over, I cuddled the children around and promised them, "If Dad and Ooompah don't manage tonight, they'll surely come tomorrow and we'll still have, a lovely Christmas". Meanwhile we could make the evening cosier. In this bitter weather we had moved the two little boys into beds on the wide window-seats of the living-room with curly-topped Georgia in her crib nearby so that they could all play in the mornings without shivering. When dishes were done, the children dressed over the big warm register, climbing into nightshirts and sleepers to be ready for story-telling time. They hung their stockings on their mattresses with safety pins, using Dad's worksocks for capacity and we clustered, with the baby in my lap, on the sofa next the window that overlooked the bay, now fully dark. I began reading "The. Night Before Christmas" which the two boys now knew by heart as well as from the picture, book, and then 1 told the Christmas story from Luke and Matthew, adapting it for little children: "and lo, the star which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was..." Croft was standing on the couch. "Mother,. there's a light", he said,.pointing down through the blackness. There was. And it. grew larger in the dark, like the twinkling, glistering star of Bethlehem. And when we saw our approaching star, we too rejoiced with exceeding great joy. For it did bring my Dad and the children's Dad, and it really brought a blessed Christmas. After all the hugs which meant comfort and companionship, the children settled dawn. peacefully. to sleep. Jack and Grandad unpacked the gear they had brought with them from the wharf, though they had to go for a second trip. In addition to groceries,.there were three whole sacks of mail including late-arriving library books from Victoria for a month of reading. There was another monster-size box from friends who must have been nudged by an angel... a box full of light toys and ornaments and foil-wrapped candies that made the tall tree stand up and cheer. And later, fetched from where he.had been cached at the caretaker's home, there was a toffee coloured spaniel puppy, who spent the night in the kitchen and the next day tumbling about in the snow with the children, making everybody laugh. Mingled, in thoughts of nativity scenes with stellar beacons, of tinsel stars on tops of many family trees, of brilliant planets pulsating in clear December skies, that water-taxi light gleaming down the bay on a Christinas Eve is a special star in our memory. Vandalism ongoing Coast News, December 23, 1980 19 Holiday Hours: Closed Christmas Day Dec. 26, 27, 28 & 29 Open Dec. 30 & 31 Closed New Year's Day The Management & Staff Wish You and Yours a Very Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year s��Avi��u/ aAan��rts Guess Where mTt. ^r^&$*7!_i^_____^���*���r *��� *t* ���wraKiiv. - ����* ����� Rw^'i^lS &/&��?. ___WJ__W_\ ^F m-mim Wf'- W&'\_m arm mm ^m_^ ^^_j^_______stVT1r *^ __. j_wm&��?*-:, v K.l-'tt>;i ��� V>. "������ ijSjff .' " �� "'"-. \ _%\ r ]mmmmmn,mmmmmnB������'m'm'mm'J*'jn<: Turenne concrete Co. Ltd. A Very Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year w* Gibsons police are still receiving reports of minor vandalism. They request anyone witnessing any, to inform them with details. December 13tht A motor vehicle was stolen from the Chevron garage in Gibsons. It was recovered the next day in the Creekside area. December Mthi The Sechelt Indian Band reported that 5,000 young spr&ig salmon had been stolen from the rearing pond in Porpoise Bay. December ISthi An aluminum ramp was stolen from a cottage on Gambier Island. The ramp is three feet by 36 feet. A propane heater valued at $600 was stolen from the Canfor mill at Port Mellon. It was still in the packing crate. December 17th: A wallet was lost at Books and Stuff in Sechelt. It contained an undetermined amount of money and personal papers. December 1Mb: The Gibsons Medical Clinic was entered through a rear window. Nothing was reported missing. A vehicle parked, at Suncoast Chrysler in .Sechelt was vandalized. A rock was thrown through a window and the hood was dented. That's Life When you're looking for ways to protect your family, think of permanent life insurance. It's one of the most unselfish things you'll ever buy. You don't buy it just for yourself. You buy it because there are others who need you as much as you need them. That's life. So when you're looking for life insurance . . think of me. Geott HoctgKlnson, Box 9S7, Gibsons, B.C. 686-8018 Mutual Life of Canada we will be CLOSED noon Doc. 24th until Jan. 5th Merry Christmas! In Lieu of Christinas Cards Donations have been received by the Gibsons Hospital Auxiliary Chistmas Card Fund Margaret Jones, Waratah House Jo & John Knight Lome & Amy Blain Isabel Fraser Mr. & Mrs. Steinbrunner B. Van Oort Eunice Young Mel & Irene Carey Bob & Joy Maxwell Dorothy & Harry Purdy Marion Lineker Mae & Guy Winning I I. Lowther The Weinhandls, W.W. Upholstery Bill & Glady Davis Mrs. A. Burns Doreene & Carl Gust F. Craven Mrs. M. Hercus Clem Cruickshank Oney DeCamp Jean Calder The Sullivans Grove & Marion Proulx George & Vera Ruggles ��� Alex & Flo Robertson Margaret & Hugh Inglis Dorothy & Vince Bracewell Peter & Carolyn McCombie & Family Vi & Horry Harris The Vedoy Family Graham, Theresa & Blair Chapman Senja & Roy Boutilier Don & Ester Andow Mr. & Mrs. R. Muehlenkamp Ralph & Gail Roth Dorothy & Tom Fraser Kay & Ed Butler Evelyn Blain E. Graham Mr. & Mrs. H. Cochrane Tom & Elinor Penfold Mr. & Mrs. Obert Fosdal Roy & Gretha Taylor Jim & Verla Hobson & Family Margaret & Ken Barton Ray, Sue, Kathy, Dana & Michele Whiting Almeada Whiting Chum & Olive Metcalfe & Family Joe & Edna Bellerive David & Elizabeth Johnston Jean & Fred Lord Ron, Trudy Baba & Girls Rose-Mary Medley // II The usual prize of $5.00 will be swarded to the first name drawn from the barrel which correctly locates the above. Send your entries to the Coast News, Box 460, Gibsons. Last week's winner was Kirt Clarke of the Sunshine Coast Highway in Gibsons who correctly located the pictured tarantula spider in the Unicom Pet Shop on Cowrie Street in Sechelt. Sechelt council "Tourists welcome" d\ristn\as greetings to our Customers CARPET, TILE & SHEET VINYL Scott SEU& &(^l$\htiU We will be CLOSED Noon, Dec. 24th until Jan. 5th At its scheduled meeting, Sechelt Municipal Council agreed last week to increase its contribution toward the operation ofthe village tourist booth following a request made by Mr. Bandi of the tourist committee. The shortage of operating funds for next summer resulted when the provincial government withdrew its annual contribution. In approving the increased contribution by the municipality, Mayor Bud Koch said "It is out responsibility as elected officials to assist visitors to the area. We are a friendly people and want it known that we welcome tourists." Mr. Bandi told the council most visitors reported en joying themselves in the area, the only complaints centering on the lack of boat launching facilities and limited choice of restaurants. The increase brings the municipal contribution to $2,000, one third of the cost of operating the booth from mid May to mid September. Mayor Bud Koch reported to council that construction work on city hall is progressing normally and confirmed completion by February 14. 886-7888 Ann from the Gibsons FISH MARKET Wish all. a Very Happi Holiday Season Gibsons Flsh Mantel 1 /��� 1 ijjq L W m I - j [Hi "^_\___v i The staff of Eagle Security wish you a Merry Christmas from their location on the ,�� site at L. & K Lumber. Best wishes Howard Blondeau, Arne Schulherg. Jtmes ' Gray Jr. and Reg Robinson. We've received our new look Just in Time for Christmas "Security with Class" season's Greetings from Box 1586, Sechelt /! mm 20 Coast News, December 23, 1980 COAST NEWS CLASSIFIED ADS Births For Rent Wanted For Sale For Sale Automotlue motorcycles worh wanted John & Kathy Hall are pleased to announce the birth of their son Gavin Michael 7 lbs. 8 oz. on November 13 at 12:07 p.m. at St. Mary's Hospital in Sechelt. Grandparents are Mr. & Mrs. J.Z. Hall of Vancouver and Mr. & Mrs. H .F. Clarke of Victoria#51 Obituaries Hanney. Lcta Hanney pioneer and long-time resident of Halfmoon Bay, slept peacefully away in Surrey, B.C. on December 12th, 1980 in her 89th year. Pre-deceased by her daughter Valery in 1961 and her husband Alec in 1964. Survived by her loving sons Collin of Madeira Park, and Bryon of Surrey, B.C., grand-daughter Corlynn, grandsons Grant and Gary, seven great-grandchildren, many nieces and nephews. A private family service has been held. Fenn. Passed away suddenly on December 15th, Leonard Richard Fenn, age 9, and Christopher Wayne Fenn, age 8, late of Madeira Park, B.C. Survived by their loving mother, Victoria Ann Fenn and Step-father, Roger Northrup; one brother, Charles; Grandfather, Rei Gibson; grandmothers Olga Campbell, Mary Cameron and Agnes Fenn; step-grandparents Ken Northrup and Dorothy McKee; aunts, uncles and cousins; and their father, Ronald Fenn. Memorial service was held Friday, December 19, at the Pender Harbour Community Hall, Rev. Tim Shap- cotte officiated. Cremation. Devlin Funeral Home, directors. Announcements See what Mary Kay Cosmetics can do for youi Call: Margaret Froese 886-2743 GIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE! TFN DANCE students, teachers and others requiring information on lap. Ballet. Aero. Modern and Spanish Dunce. Please phone 886- 2989 I II \ If someone in your family has a drinking problem you can see what it's doing to them. Can you see what it is doing to you? Al Anon can help. Phone 6-9037 or 6-8228 TFN 3 bedroom or 6 bedroom ex- ecutive homes for rent in West Sechelt. Appliances incl. Call Bill 885-5111 for further info. #51 SPECIAL WEEKLY RATES Penlneula Hotel 886-9334 TFN 630 sq. ft. of Commercial or Office Space for lease. Will renovate to suit tenant. Phone 886-7112 TFN In lieu of Christmas cards a donation has been sent to the B.C. Save the Children Fund J. Hind-Smith #51 n [elL > JANE'S"/^ . VB ct- TOP / " v. saoj' w /_) 886-7621 {r\ /��� If ujbjeni _^W ^-. *A Full Line of _Q_\ Plumbing Supplies NEW WINTER HOURS Tues. - Sat. 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Hwy 101 8, Pratt Rd. For Rent 2 I.R house Gower Pt. waterfront Very private. Ph. 886-8589 #51 2 bdrm. furnished Cottage, Francis Peninsula Rd. $325/mo. Avail. Dec. 15 or Jan. 1, year round. Phone collect 941-3794 after 6 p.m. #51 OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE Highest quality 580 sq. ft. office space to be available in new professional building in Gibsons. Conveniently located but private. For inquiries call: 886-7020 or 886-7574 evenings #1 OFFICE OR RETAIL SPACE AVAILABLE 886-2417 886-2743 822-2017 Personal Thanks to the Gibsons Volunteer Fire Dept. B. Bennett and family #51 MEETINGS MONDAY: 8:30 pm Open Meeting Gibsons Athletic Hall Ph. 886-2596 Don 886-9208 Dudley TUESDAY: 8:30 pm Young People Rear of St. Mary's Catholic Church Gibsons Ph. 886-9783 Lorna WEDNESDAY: 8:00 pm Closed Discussion Meeting Rear of St. Mary's Catholic Church Gibsons Ph. 885-3436 Catherine 885-3394 Herb WEDNESDAY: 8:30 pm Open Meeting St. Andrew's Church Madeira Park Ph. 883-9978 John THURSDAY: 8:30 pm Open Meeting Wilson Creek Community Hall, Davis Bay Ph. 885-2464 Tony 885-2896 Ed SATURDAY: 8:00 pm Al-Anon - A.A. Meeting Rear of St. Mary's Church Gibsons Ph. 886-7358 Linda or Bob Delivered sawdust, shavings, for stable. 885-9969 TFN < Wicker Sofa or rocking chair. If you have one for sale please call 885-2928 #51 Day Care for three children (5'/i, 3'/i, 2 years)��� in the Hanbury Road or Roberts Creek area. 886-8036 #51 Wanted on the Sunshine Peninsula a used mobile home on a lot. One, two, or three bedrooms Phone Mrs. D. Bennett 112-929- 1319, North Vancouver, B.C. #2 Uuestock HAY $2.00 each bale Phone evenings 5-9357 TFN For Sale: Registered purebred young Jersey milk cow. Very quiet, hand-milked, 5 gal. daily. Also winter hay supply. 885-9294 after 6 p.m. #51 Weiner Pigs, 6 weeks. $40 each 886-9257 _#51 S.P.C.A. The Sunshine Coast S.P.C.A. will not be at Peninsula Kennels until further notice. In an emergency, please phone 886-7938 or 886- 7839. We would like to wish all members and all those that have given so much in 1980 a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Help wanted wanted CASH FOR LOGS top prices Free Estimates D & 0 LOG SORTING LTD. 886-7896 886-7700 HOTTUB? Do it yourself. Fiberglass, redwood and vinyl. Solar collectors, H&S Contracting. 885-3825 TFN Inglis multi-cycle auto washer, excellent condition. Guaranteed & delivered. $225. Phone 883- 2648 TFN Quality horse manure. You pick up. 885-9969 TFN PLYWOOD AND LUMBER WHOLESALE 5/8" Fir plywood T&G $12.75. 3/8" Fir plywood (std) $7.55. 1/2" Fir plywood (std) $10.95. 2x4 pre-cut studs, 2 & better $1.40 ea. or $245/M. Alt other lumber available. Evenings 885- 5356 #51 Full time bookkeeper-receptionist required for small office in Pender Harbour area. Send resume stating experience & salary expected to Box 1401, Sechelt. #51 Chimney Cleaning Person. Training provided. Part-time. Work on percentage basis. Send resume to: Harbour Chimney Cleaning, Box 242, Madeira Park. VON 2H0 TFN Rentals & Salesperson needed at A.C. Rentals Ltd. Must be mechanically inclined & able to deal with the public. 4 days on, 4 days off. Training provided. Send resume to: Personnel Dept., Box 59, Madeira Park, VON 2H0 TFN Required immediately full time desk clerk & full time dishwasher. Apply Jolly Roger Inn, RR#1 Halfmoon Bay #51 UNICORN PETS 'N PLANTS We board small animals and birds during your holidays. #51 Pets Wanted. 1-3 yr. old female German Shepherd. 883-2666 #51 Husky Cross Pups. Free to good homes. 886-8210 #1 PROFESSIONAL DOG GROOMING "ALL BREEDS" Call Sharon 886-2084 Kerry Blue Terriers sechelt 886-2505 SPCA SPAY Clinic and information 886-7938 Box 405 Gibsons, B.C. ooadboooooeeoeeeeow. Wanted to Buy: Logs or Timber. Fir, Hemlock, Cedar - Porpoise Bay Logging Ltd. 885-9408 or 885-2032 TFN 18" Cedar shake blocks. We pay the best prices for good wood. Also custom cut your blocks. 886-9856 TFN Older furniture, china etc. bought or sold on consignment. Harbour Antiques, 1585 Marine Dr., Gibsons. 886-7800 TFN HARBEL HOLDINGS LTD. Mobile homes located in parks on pads. Listings and sales. We welcome all enquiries concerning Wheel Estate. Listings wanted. Phone 585-3622 (collect). 13647- 100th Ave., Surrey, B.C. V3T 1H9. The Wheel Estate People TFN Magus Kennels ��� Dog Boarding & Training ��� Great Dane Pups available occasionally. 886-8568 Hwy 101, Roberts Creek MUSIC lender Rhodes Electric Piano. Suilcusc model w ;imp. SI2IMI. Ph. 8K6-8583. I FN Guitars, Amplifiers, Music Books, Accessories SHEET MUSIC 885-3117 HORIZON MUSIC Tnil lg Centre For sale Merry Christmas and Happy New Year To All Our Friends & Customers from MACLEODS Tappan built-in dishwasher $200 OBO. Phone 886-2084 #51 Used 25" colour TV $279. Phone Walter 886-9733 #51 Reloading Equip. RCBS rock chucker press, dies and shell holders for 7mm Rem. Mag. 30/06. RCBS 10/10 powder scale and trickier, all access, too numerous to mention. All new in boxes. $300 OBO. Also 25 lbs. black powder both 2F & 3F $7.00 alb. 885-5998 #2 Foozeball Table $500 OBO. 886-7877 #2 Need Railing wrought iron. 886-2708. The Olde Iron Shoppe. TFN 4 pee. brown plaid sofa set $899. Phone Walter 886-9733 #51 Clean firm single bed, good condition $50. 886-8509 mornings #51 23' Winnebago motor home Enterprise 30" electric range S.S. New top elements. TRS1180 micro computer level II radial arm saw Dewalt new 885-5624 #51 1979 Mercury Marquis eicellent j 1979 Honda 650 ,;ood cond.' condition, 25,000 km. All season I low mlg. backrest & luggage rack radial tires, good gas mileage | $1950 OBO. 885-2391 #51 plus other extras. Ph. 886-9564 I, #51 Recent Trade Ins on new Hitachi Eicavators Case 880 Deere 690 Bantam C266 American 35 Lorain L48H Washington TL5C. Call us for full details. Chapman Industries Ltd., Van. B.C. Phone 736-6761 #51 Wood windows and doors! B.C's lowest prices I Huge selection. Now stocking pine double glazed windows. Walker Door: Vancouver (266-1101), 1366 S.W. Marine Dr. V6P 5Z9 or N. Vancouver (985-9714) 1589 Garden Ave.V7P3A5 TFN UNICORN PETS "N PLANTS has a good selection of birds and small animals to please every age yes, we will hold 'til Christmas Eve #51 UNICORN PETS "N PLANTS has lots of Tropical House Plants to please the plant lover on your shopping list - we will hold 'til Christmas Eve #51 GREAT XMAS GIFT Bell & Howell Super 8 - low light movie camera. Takes movies in existing light - even candlelight. Still in box - never used. Camera plus six rolls movie film. Cost $214. Sell for $180. Start a family record this Xmas 885-5525 day or 886-8029 eve #51 Please her this Xmas with a ladies 5-speed bike. New, powder blue Norco bike for ladies or girls 5' and over. 885-5525, 886-8029 51 1967 Cougar GT 390 C.I. four barrel dual exhaust TA's, new paint, nice car $2500. 886-9826 #51 Macrame Gift items: Poodles, owls, teddy bears, plant hangers etc. $5 up. Custom orders also accepted. 886-2870 #51 HOT WATER TANKS are sold and installed by MACLEODS Sechelt Used 19" colour TV new picture tube $325. Phone Walter 886- 9733 #51 Homemade Quilt approx. 70x85. Afghan approx. 78x80. Baby Quilt & Pillow 37x52. Phone 885-3134 #51 Heavy duty front truck bumper. Will fit 3/4 ton Ford 4x4 has tire mount and lights. Winch could be mounted $350. 885-5764 or 885- 3336. #51 1 youth bed, boys & girls bicycle, G.E. washing machine for parts. Fireplace screen. Phone 886-7855 after 6 #1 MACS APPLIANCE CENTRE (Next to AC Rentals) tttaiia saies& m-rwmjwmm, Service Mac's Appliance Service Repairs to all makes and models of major appliances Madeira Park 883-9458 884-5240 CAM PRENTIS Prop. IDUNHAM RD., PORT MELLON J VON2SO LET'S TRADE APPLIANCES MACLEOD'S Sechelt We deliver Gibsons & Port Mellon westwurld Sound Centres Pioneer Audio von Hi comp Fender marshaii vamaha "GE Appliances By Order COSt PIUS 10%! Next to Ihe Hank of Montreal Building Sechelt 885-3:113 Automotlue mobile Homes 1975 Pacer X good condition excellent visability, super in snow. $2500.886-7961 #51 1973 Vega, no rust, new clutch, 66,000 mi., nice interior, new radial snow tires. Asking $1300. Phone 886-9826 TFN 1968 Ford LTD Brougham, V-8 auto., PS & PB, 1 owner, excellent car. $1150. DL#6606. Phone 886-8344 #51 '78 Honda CVCC 1500 cc, sunroof 5-speed, new winter radials, new diamond tuff interior, new paint job, new brakes, new exhaust, rebuilt motor & transmission. Must sell, phone 885-5034 after 3:00 #1 PINTO BOBCAT GRANADA ALL MAKE SERVICE Brakes, Tune-ups Major Repairs Reasonable Prices SOUTH CMIT FORI) SAI.KS I.TB Hours ol Service 7:30 am. - S pm. 885-3281 VANS BRONCO MUSTANG 1972 Ford F-100, 302 V-8 auto, radial tires, no rust, 70,000 mi. First $1500. DL#6606. Phone 886-8344 #51 1976 Plymouth Volare station wagon. 78,000 mi. $2650. 884- 5294 #1 '72 Ford Courier 79,000 mi. Good condition, new tires $1500 OBO. 886-2696 anytime. #1 1971 Renault excellent car, needs loving care $500.886-2922 TFN 1977 Olds Cutlass salon red with black interior V-6, PS/PB auto, stereo cassette deck $6500. 885-9882 #2 1980 Honda Oddesy Dune Buggy 3 months old. Rarely driven. Extras $1500. Ph. 885-5407 #51 1963 Valiant convertible, 6-cyl. auto., PS, radials, new top & paint. Pretty little car. $1500 DU6606. Phone 886-8344 #51 For Explosive Requirement!,' Dynamite, electric or regular caps B line E cord and safety fuse. Contact Gwen Nlmmo, Cemetejy Road, Gibsons. Phone 886-7778. Howe Sound Farmer Institute. TI*N 1976 Berkshire 12x68 mobile home 2 bdrm with 11x22 addition and porch. 4 appliances on pad at SCTP. $26,500.886-7668 #52 coast Mobile Homes Ltd. GOOD SELECTION OF DOUBLE WIDES We take trades or Consign your Mobile Home to us for quick sale WHARF ST. SECHELT 885-9979 mol 6393 J. LEPORE TILE Quality Installations Ceramic, Mosaic or Quarry - All work guaranteed Free estimates Phone Anytime 886-8097 j Marine wanted to Rent I am a student and a single mother with 3 children in desperate need of a 2 or 3 bedr. house of apt. References avail. Please phone Nicole at 886-8285 #2 Self-employed portable Sawmiller requires small house or cottage in rural atmosphere and may consider providing labour and lumber for maintenance or construction in the right situation, for allowances on cost. #2 IM wanted 1975 MGB, good condition. $4,200 OBO. 886-8064 #51 '73 Datsun PU, 65,000 mi. New alternator, 6 tires, tuned-up. $1000.885-5304 #2 1979 Ford Van, four captains chairs, deluxe interior with carpet throughout, exc. cond. & low mileage. $9500.885-3923 #51 Deluxe '78 Mercury Zephyr, eic. cond. all options, mag wheels, 4 new tires. $5600. Must sell., 885-3417or885-3310 #51 RENT-A-CAR RENT-A-TRUCK 1980 1-TON TRUCK c/w 12' VAN 1980 F-250 3/4 TON PICK-UP 1980 FAIRMONTS 1980 MUSTANGS New S ton truck. 22' Box. Hydraulic tail- 9 DAILY WEEKLY MONTHLY COMPETITIVE RATES ���ABBA��� \LEASE RENTALS\ at SOUTH COAST FORD 665-3281 Campers ft RU's Used Campers (for import pickups) excellent condition. Priced for quick sale. La Csravanna, 7 days a week. 885-962.. TFN 23 ft. self contained Sth wheel Trailer, air conditioner, auto, awnings w/or w/o Ford 250 auto truck. Can be seen at Bob St. Denis', Park, Ave., Roberts Creek. Phone 885-3350 #1 14' Travel Trailer, toilet, stove, furnace, 3-way fridge, sleeps 6.885-3325 #1 Hardwood Floors resanded and finished, work guaranteed. Free est. Phone 885-5072 TFN Timberjack Skidder with operator. Wire splicer available. 886- 2459. TKN Experienced Bookkeeper looking for work to do at home. 886-7819 #51 Taping and Texturing. Repairs. Renovations. Basements. Houses Free estimates 886-9291 #51 Free lance carpenter for hire, renovations, additions, repairs or yard work & tree removal. Phone 886-9659 #51 Harbour Chimney Cleaning. Serving the Sunshine Coast. Fireplaces, furnaces, oil stoves. 883- 9171. Customers from the 886 exchange call Collect. TFN Most trees, like pets, need care and attention and trees are our specialty. ��� Topping 'Limbing ��� Danger tree removal An insured guaranteed service Peerieu Tree Service Ltd 885-2109 TFN Electrical Contractor wants work anywhere on the coast, own boat for is!��nd work. 886-9316 TFN OMC LEG Rebuilt bottom end leg tilt motor new clutch assembly, prop. $800 OBO. 886-7652 #52 20' Skagit fibreglass Cruiser with 115 h.p. Evinrude outboard, sink, head, V-berths hatch $3,800 Phone 886-2401 j#l IAN MORROW 4 CO. LTD Marine Surveyors, condition and detail surveys for Evaluation. Surveys for insurance claims. Phone 886-2433,886-9458. ; TFN HIGGS MARINE SURVEYSLTD Insurance claims, condition and valuation surveys. Serving the Sunshine Coast and B.C. Coastal Waters. Phone: 885-9425, 885- 9747,885-3643,886-9546 Tt^ 32' "C" lie. Gillnetter, 23 ch^n. CB. Flasher sounder, 170.HP Ford drum, chain steering, head, skiff. Gibsons. $13,000. 886-2631 :#1 HALFMOON j WINDOW CLEANING j Professional Service ( covering Ihe Sunshine Coasl I . Rood, gultert cleaned. ^Construction ������,��� j Inside denning 9 am ��� 6 pm j K B.C. Vuhon Dean's Chimney Sweep - or you want it done? We'll do it. 886- 7540 TFN Farmer experienced in tow truck services station, hardware store. Bondable. Phone 886-7075. Ask for John #1 Renovations and Repairs, Framing and Foundation!. Call Jim or Brent at 885-3185 TFN Chimney Cleaning and maintenance. Ph. 886-7411 or 886-8023 TFN Dirt Bike, 1979 Yamaha MX100 $850 OBO. Phone 883-2622 after 5:00 p.m. #51 Just in time for Christmas 1 1976 Honda Gold Wing GL1000. The ultimate touring bike. 10.000 mi., very nice. $2900. DL#6606. Phone 886-8344 #51 PENINSULA ROOFINB ft INSULATION LTD. All Types of Roofing & Re-Roofing Henry Rodriguez Sechelt EXPERIENCED WORKING FOREMAN REQUIRED for lumber re-man. Cut up, pallet and manufacturing plant. Able to operate planner mill, hand re-saw and sticker. Lumber grading ticket and mill wbrk knowledge an asset. Supervised shop. Receiving and shipping.:To start January 1981, state salary required and apply in writing in confidence with resume and previous employment, references. Our employees aware of this position. Reply Box 517, Onowav. Alberta. TOE IVO #51 UNIQUE BUSINESS. BE YOUR OWN BOSS in the most exciting and profitable business today - be a food broker. Customers phone you, low overhead, yearly earnings of $80,000 - $120,000, are only three of the many advantages in this booming business. Only $14,200 for a protected territory gets you started. We pay you during training. For more detailed information write to: Vice President of Franchising. Westland Food Packers of Caha- da Ltd., 385 Boundary Road South, Vancouver, B.C. VSK 4S lor phone 294-9667 #51 College courses at home. Speed- writing, shorthand, bookkeeping, business math. Full time courses also available. Contact Duffus College, 543 Seymour Street. Vancouver, B.C. V6B 3H6. Phone 681-7567 TFN TIRED OF THE SAME OLD ROUTINE? Try the good life in the beautiful Cariboo. Expanding Ford dealer requires Parts Sales Persons. Experience with truck parts preferred but not essential. Excellent wages and benefits. Contact Terry McPhail, Lake City Ford, 715 Oliver Street, Williams Uke, B.C. V2G 1M9. Phone 392-4455 #51 SAVE TAX DOLLARS INCORPORATE LOW COST, FAST for further info, phone THE LAW SHOPPE TOLL FREE 112-800- 663-3035 (in Vancouver areai call 687-2442) Chargei and Master- charge welcome. "Legal flelp You Can Afford". '_'m DIVORCE LOW COST, FAST for further info, phone THE LAW SHOPPE TOLL FREE 112-800- 663-3035 (in Vancouver area call 687-2442) Chargei and Master- charge welcome. "Legal Help You Can Afford" -^ LOG HOMES AND CABINS. Daybreak Construction Ltd. For brochure or further information contact George Donovan, Box 777 100 Mile House, B.C. VOK 2E0. Phone 395-2867 (days) 397-2735 (evenings) TFN Legal Legal Legal Legal Legal Property Coast News, December 23, 1980 Property 21 Property Province of British Columbia Ministry ol Lands, Parks & Homing NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR A DISPOSITION OF CROWN LAND In Land Recording District of Pender Harbour and situated Lot 43 - Plan 7238 beside Pender Harbour Hotel. Take notice lhat Norman Turner Smith of 5960 Coluillo Dr., Richmond, B.C., occupation Bus. Agent intends to apply for a Fore- ,'shore Lot of the fol- Iowing described lands: Lot 43 - Plan 7238-District 1023 Lot 37 New West Group 1 Land District. Commencing at a post planted Lot as above at iron post situated at N.W. corner ot above lot; thence 150 It. N.W. 340 �� (M); thence 80 tt. N.E. 75�� (M); thence 150 It. S.E. 170�� (M); thence 80 tt. S.W. 250�� (M). The purpose for which the disposition is required is to facilitate float for private use. Norman Turner Smith Dated: December 17,1980 f�� fe | Province ol K��{) British Columbia V$kj��/ Ministry of Lands Parks & Housing NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR A DISPOSITION OF : CROWN LAND , In... Land Recording . District of New West- i minster and situated ��� Pender Harbour Group 1. Take notice . Group 1. Take notice that Julius G. Bekei of #10- 6600 Lucas Rd., Richmond, B.C., occupa- . tion Businessman intends to apply for a i licence of Occupa- ��� tion of the following : described lands: All : that foreshore land ��� covered by water sl- ��� tuated within Pender ' Harbour, group 1, New Westminster district commencing at a I post planted on the North West comer of Lot 8 of Lot 2226, . Group 1, New Westminster District Plan 7889 thence; S.W. corner of said lot; thence; 60 feet along an extension ol property line in S.W. direction from N.W. corner ot said lot; thence 60 feet along an extension of; property line In S.W. direction from S.W. corner of said lot. The purpose of which the disposition is required is Moorage and Boathouse. Julius G. Bekel Dated: ��� December 17th, 1980 B.C. Vuhon "TRY CHESS a new and distinctive game of chess for either 2 or 3 players. Excellent for ��� both novice and expert chess . player. For complete rules and board design send $10.00 to THY CHESS, Box 66, Winlaw, ,B.C, VOG 2J0 __#1 . EXCELLENT BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY. Deluxe three bedroom ���Suite, grocery and two bay nservice station. Great potential, .corner lot. Sales 1980 near one, .million - $350,000.00. Includes -extensive equipment. List stock ���extra, some terms available. ���8845 Young Road, South Chilliwack, B.C. V2P 4P6.795-5551 INVITATION TO TENDER ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL SECHELT, B.C. Sealed tenders are invited for the provision of fixed, exterior mounted, metal framed storm windows at the St. Mary's Hospital, Sechelt, B.C. Bids shall be on a lump-sum basis. The Administrator, St. Mary's Hospital, Sechelt, B.C. will receive Tenders until 11:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time, Tuesday, January 6.1981. Tenders received alter this time will nol be accepted. General and Trade Contractors may obtain documents after 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 9, 1980 from the Administrator, St. Mary's Hospital, Sechelt, B.C. on deposit of $50.00 certified cheque per set payable to St. Mary's Hospital. The deposit will be refunded upon return of the Documents in good condition within ten (10) days after the date of Tender opening. Documents may be viewed at St. Mary's Hospital, by prior arrangement with the Administrator. A Bid Bond in the amount of Ten Percent (10%) of the Tender must accompany each Tender as defined on the Tender Form. The successful contractor shall provide a fifty percent (50%) Performance Bond and a fifty percent (50%) Labour and Materials Bond. The lowest or any Tender will not necessarily be accepted. Mr. N. Vucurevich Administrator St. Mary's Hospital P.O. Box 7777 Sechelt, B.C. VON 3AO Province ot British Columbia *!**_! Ministry ot Lands, Parks & Housing NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR A DISPOSITION OF CROWN LAND In Land Recording District of Vancouver, and situated within Thornbrough Channel. Take notice that Mark Edwin Jewitt of Box 1008, Gibsons, B.C. VON 1V0, occupation Boat Operator intends to apply for a Lease of the following described lands: Commencing at a post planted at the S.W. Corner ol Block (B) Lot 6 ot D.L. 847, Group 1 New Westminster District out thence out Irom beach 160 metres North West; thence along beach 60.96 metres South-West; thence following shoreline to point of commencement and containing .9 ha more or less. The purpose for which the disposition is required is Log Booming & Log Storage & Berthing of Scows. Mark Edwin Jewitt Dated: December 16th, 1980 INVITATION TO TENDER C0NTRUCTI0N OF ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL SOCIETY THRIFT SHOP, SECHELT, B.C. Sealed tenders are invited for construction of the St. Mary's Hospital Society Thrift Shop, Sechelt, B.C. The project comprises demolition and removal of the existing Thrift Shop and construction of a new Thrift Shop with adjoining Retail Spaceon the same site. The Administrator, St. Mary's Hospital, Sechelt. B.C. will receive tenders until 1200 hours Monday. 12 January 1981. Tenders received after this time will not be accepted. General, Mechanical and Electrical contractors may obtain documents after 1300 hours Monday, 15 December 1980 from the Administrator, St. Mary's Hospital, Sechelt, B.C. on deposit of $25.00 certified cheque per set payable to the Administrator, St. Mary's Hospital. The deposit will be refunded upon return of the Documents in good condition within ten (10) days after date of Tender opening. Documents may also be viewed at St. Mary's Hospital, by prior arrangement with the Administrator. A deposit in the amount of Ten (10%) Percent of the Tender must accompany each Tender as defined on the Tender form. The lowest or any Tender will not necessarily be accepted. N. Vucurevich Administrator St. Mary's Hospital P.O. Box 7777 Sechelt, B.C. VON 3A0 885-9305 CAMpbell's HARDWARE & GIFTS PENDER HARBOUR CENTER MADEIRA PARK 883-9914 FAMILY SHOES and LEATHER GOODS "IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN SECHELT" Deadline X Deadline 12:00 Noon Fridays 12:00 Noon Saturday ./classified* should be prepaid and pre-written Your friendly neighbourhood drop-off points for (LjliJj B.C. Vuhon LABORATORY CHIEF TECHNOLOGIST Grade Dl responsible to the administrator for all activities of the laboratory In this 56 bed acute-care hospital in west central B.C. Applicants must be registered with the C.S.L.T. and have a minimum of 3 years post r.t. experience. Interested persons apply to T. Smith, Administrator, Burns Lake and District Hospital, Boi 479, Burns Lake, B.C. VOJ 1E0. Phone 692-3181 #51 OFFICE MANAGER/ACCOUN- TANT required for a 41-bed acute and extended care hospital in Ashcroft B.C. Must be familiar with all phases of BCHA accounting and reporting requirements. Board reports, equipment claims etc. Preferences will be given to someone presently at the intermediate level or higher. Experience in B.C.H.A., H.P.. M.S. and other B.C.H.A. Computer Systems an asset. Apply to: Administrator, Ashcroft and District General Hospital, Boi 488, Ashcroft B.C. VOK 1A0 #51 CLASSIF Copyright and Advertising Regulations The Sunshine Coast News reserves the right to classify advertisements under appropriate headings and determine page location. The Sunshine Coast News also reserves the right to revise or reject any advertising which in the opinion of the Publisher is in questionable taste. In the event that any advertisement is rejected, the sum paid for the advertisement will be refunded. ED ADVERTISING Minimum $2.50 per 4 line Insertion. Each additional line 50C, or use our economical 3 weeks for the price of 2 rate. This offer is made available for private individuals. THE FOLLOWING CLASSIFICATIONS ARE FREE Birth Announcements, Lost and Found No billing or telephone orders are accepted except from customers who have accounts with us or who live outside the Sunshine Coast. Cash, cheques or money orders must accompany all classified advertising. CLASSIFIED DEADLINE NOON SATURDAY ALL FEES PAYABLE PRIOR TO INSERTION. Please mail to Coast News, Classifieds, Box 460, Gibsons, B.C. VON 1V0. | Or bring in person to I the Coast News Office in Gibsons. I I I I I I I I CLASSIFICATION: Eg. For Sale, For Rent, etc nun ... JL x::::::::::::::::::::::: zzzi YOUR AUTOPLAN CENTRE Taking care of all your Real Estate Needs Seaside Plaza Evenings Call 886-2000 Norm Peterson Dennis Suveges 886-9121 886-2607(Res.)or 886-7264 (Res ) For Sale: Older style stucco house with a grand old stone fireplace, fruit trees, carport and garage, on two magnificent view lots right in the centre of Gibsons. 886-7961 #51 RfHHStBf nM �� capilano COM* BONNIEBROOK HEIGHTS View Lots at Gower Point From $28,000 Selection of choice lots All services underground Brynelsen Benzon Realty Vancouver 689-7556 Id FAIRWAY ESTATES Residential Acreages at Roberts Creek adjacent to the Golf Course. 2Va Acres $50,000 5 Acres $65,000 2 LEFT Water and Electric Power Brynelsen Benzon Realty Vancouver 689-7556 22 Coast News, December 23, 1980 1981, named Year of Disabled Persons by Don Ixickneail As the Christmas *|#son approaches we are continually reminded by appeals for donations to charitable organizations and empty stocking funds of those who need some special thought and consideration from the rest of society. Thought and consideration is also part of the message behind the United Nations proclamation of 1981 as the International Year of Disabled Persons. This year-long designation is aimed at giving us an opportunity lo belter understand the problems facing disabled persons and to lake sii'ps to solve some of them. More than 2.2 million Canadians have some kind of disability. In B.C. Ihere are 12, 9.15 recipients of handicapped benefits. Disabled persons need much better access to education, public transit, shopping and entertainment, health and social services, employment, community facilities and housing. In its preparation for this year of disabled persons, the A new course needed federal government established in May 1980, an all-party committee "to evaluate the scope and effectiveness of existing government programs for the disabled and handicapped". This task force has held hearings in 18 Canadian cities and is to complete its report by December, 1980. An organizing committee made up of representatives of disabled persons, service organizations, labour, business and government has also been established. The government of Saskatchewan has established a committee of representatives from government, from disabled and handicapped organizations, and from agencies serving the disabled and handicapped to promote positive public awareness of the needs and aspirations of disabled persons. Disabled persons will play a full role in this committee throughout the year. By contrast, the Ministry of Human Resources in the Social Credit government has rejected funding for the Social Planning and Research Council's project for the International Year of Disabled Persons. This project was to co-ordinate the volunteer sector by conducting seminars and workshops to examine services for the handicapped and disabled, and to strengthen and educate the voluntary sector so they can better serve the disabled. And then came the announcement by Grace McCarthy that Brian Smith, Minister of Education, would head the planning for B.C.'s participation in the year. We sincerely hope that the 1980; It was the year of cynicism by Ray Skelly MP Comoi-Powell River It has been a busy year. When 1 wrote my last year-end message we were facing yet another federal election the outcome of which was not easy to predict as we finished our Christmas shopping and, at the same time, prepared for the campaign. On February 18 what seemed impossible had happened: Pierre Trudeau was once again the prime minister and the government of Joe Clark had destroyed itself in only seven months. This was also the year the people of Quebec decided to give the Canadian confederation another, chance. Within a few weeks of the May 22 referendum, constitutional conferences were back in swing and bound for failure. As a result, in September the Federal Liberals set in motion a game plan to patriate the constitution on their terms - pitting themselves against the ire of the premiers and drawing an angry response from Westerners who have for too long been neglected by the power brokers of Central Canada. There are other important events in 1980 that cannot be marked by exact dates. Their effects have been serious for the people of Canada and particularly for my constituents on the coast of British Columbia. Sometime this year, people in high places - people who draw up government budgets and have first- 5o*sr0/* Our 2ioMaij(Wish "If Christmas means anything, it should mean that, like the Shepherds of old, we catch a vision of the world as it ought to be and not as it is. In our finer moments all of us feel the thing we ought to be, beating A beneath the thing we are." Tommy Douglas Christmas, 1975 The N.D.P. Bookstore wishes its ^many friends a very happy Holiday^ Season, and a New Year filled with Hope and Prosperity for all. Socred government takes the International Year of Disabled Persons more seriously than it did the International Year of the Child. Scrolls, songbooks, posters and a public relations campaign are not needed; what is needed is a genuine commitment to assist in the realization of full participation and equality for disabled people in this province. -e WORKWEN? WORLD'S ^ AFTER CHRISTMAS SALE DAYS! name relationships with the bank owners - decided it is good for the economy for unemployment to rise. We had to accept it, we were told. At the same time, someone up there also decided the high interest rate policy, that was already hurting, should be accelerated. As a result, the aspirations of a generation of young families who want to own their own homes were threatened. Like the decision to accept a high level of unemployment, the interest rate policy was pursued with little or no consideration of its effect on the quality of human life. Figures alone seemed to be important. Thus, in many ways it was the year of cynicism. Against that approach to public responsibility, I believe we must set another course. Our new year's resolutions - to be made by constituents and politicians alike - must be to return to policies and practises which make families strong and to reject policies and practises that tear families apart through financial hardship and the social ills that accompany it. With confidence such a resolution can succeed, I wish you and your family a happy holiday. ' >��(: * t- :���:��� * * * *: NDP CLASSIFIED NOTE Drop off your CoasI News Classified at Campbell s Family Shoes. Sechelt, or Cenlre Hardw ate. Madeira Park RENT ME is ft. Van *39.����/day No mileage charge 886-8414 886-7469 after 6 pm. Local Only Wmm tt: ���^u- jf==t> v.. fOHMERLY RAINBOWS END BOUTHJUQ ��� j ,, *)\ ) Still Original - Still Individual Where All Items are Handmade on The Sunshine Coast Open 5 Da s a Week During Novembe and December Featuring Women's Western Hats ^Cowrie St. Sechelt 885-5075 LE CUL0TTIER $9.99 Jeans ft Cords Clearance on CORDS & JEANS WRANGLER JEANS $18.99 Just arrived - Various Prices Holiday Hours: Thurs. Dec. 25 - Closed Fri. Dec. 26 - Closed Sat. Dec. 27 thru Wed. Dec. 31 - OPEN Thurs. Jan. 1 - Closed Than Bark la Bagular Mouw Exchanges - II Santa brought you the wrong sizes, bring it in for exchange while we still have stocks to choose from. QUANTITIES LIMITED - HURRY IN. FLOATER JACKETS e WORKWEN? I /IK WORLD %��_?���Seche" WF Rl WORKING (OR *i J. Brad Hunt/June '80 Beaver - Salmon Whorl Best Wishes for the Holiday Season from the Sechelt indian Band (hmtmas Greetings jftom all tk %altM Sta^ ^VANCOUVER ISLAND Sunshine Coast Realtor. December 19, 1980 Box 100 Madeira Park, B.C. 883-2233 | Olli Sladey W REALTY ITD. Toll Free From| Vancouver: 689-7623 Mwnber ol Multiple lilting Service j WATERFRONT HOMES | \ WATERFRONT LOTS & ACREAGE | FRANCIS PENINSULA - approx 103 \\\ choice low bank waterfront with excellent vie and deep, sheltered moorage. Contains ani approx. 960 sq. ft. 2 BR home plus an old 3 BR] home. $140.000. EGMONT ��� 7 acres with 540 (t. low bank >aterfront. Site has been prepared for possible jse as a large WF trailer-camper park and lishing resort. This is an excellent property idjoining the Egmont Marina. $180,000 Dwner will finance at bank interest rate. " 1 EGMONT -Approx. 3.8acres wilh approx. 550 II. low bank waterfronl. Float, launching ramp & log dump. Drilled well & pump. Considerable land development done by owner. $165,000. I ACREAGE J \ LOTS ~\ LAKEFRONT PROPERTIES IRVINE'S LANDING - Seclusion is what you will find in this approx. 17.5 acres with a comfortable 3 BR home and several outbuildings. $110,000. \ 2. RUBY LAKE - nice 2 acre recreational property, driveway in from Hallowell Road, view. $24,000. MIXAL LAKE - near Garden Bay ��� approx. 113 acres with 1,200 ft. (more or less) lakefront. Merchantable timber. GARDEN BAY LAKE 46.9 acres with approx. 2,200 ft. lakefront, situaied on Garden Bay Road and Claydon Road. Merchantable timber. HOTEL LAKE - Approx. 2,200 ft. lakefront ��� 87 acres (more or less), merchantable timber. 3.1tllDl)LETOlNT - approx. 19 acres on Hwy 101. Nicely treed property with roads and trails throughout. Furnished cabin. $89,000. 4. KLEINDALE: - approx. 2.2 acres with building site cleared, good driveway, septic permit approved $28,000. 5. MOUNTAIN VIEW ESTATES - Several two acre parcels available. Priced from $24,500 to $28,000 1. Corner of SINCLAIR BAY ROAD and HOTEL LAKE ROAD - approx. .4 acre lot. Nicely treed and with some view of Hotel Lake. $20,000. 2. EARL COVE - Lol 22 on Cedar Ridge Place. 91' x 199' Ireed, fairly level lot with view. One of the best lots in Ihis area. $21,000. 3. SINCLAIR BAY ROAD - approx. .4 acre lot, nicely treed, serviced with water & hydro. $15,000. 4. GARDEN BAY ESTATES - Lot 58 has some view and the lowest price in the area at $9,000. 5. SINCLAIR BAY ROAD - approx. 1.14 acres, treed and serviced with hydro and water. $20,000. 6. GARDEN BAY AREA - Lols 6 and 7 on Sinclair Bay Road, each are 80' x 188'. Front is level, sloping up at the back. Southerly exposure with view of Pender Harbour. Bolh lots are easy to build on, serviced with water & hydro, and only one block from marina. $16,500 each (firm). ST. VINCENT BAY - Approx. 400 It, walerfront, 5.97 acres, access by boat or float plane only. $29,500. PENDER HARBOUR - 1.03 acres with 127 walerfront, southeasterly exposure. Access by 4 wheel drive road - a short distance from the end of Claydon Road, Garden Bay. The road could easily be improved. $75,000. 1 COMMERCIAL j INDUSTRIAL LAND AND GRAVEL PIT Approx. 16 acres wilh gr.ivel pit. One acre leased lo Ready-Mix Company. 32' x 80' metal clad building, divided into 3 units. 24' x 48' Modulinc home, ensuile. $175,000. PENDER LAKES PROPERTIES A few lots still available in this desirable location. Most have view and sunny southerly exposure. Paved road, water and hydro. M.L.S. Priced from $16,500 to $22,000. LA.'C.Li.PAGK Coast to Coast Real Estate Service rf] mW:\m'r^^^r^ i^jjlU.,; I PSWDFf Hflftftouff DAN WILEY, Res. 883-9149 OLLI or JEAN SLADEY, 883-2233 Sunshine Coast Realtor, December 19, 1980 BBLOCKI NATIONAL REAL ESTi the bestsellers TUWANEK Large view lot located on Carmel PI. within easy walking distance to sandy beaches with hydro & water at property. Affordably priced at $16,000. TUWANEK View lot with creek running through front. Close to beach & mooring facilities. Lot size approx. 80 x 145. Priced at only $12,000. INVESTMENT HOLDING OPPORTUNITY Building lot with potential view across the road from and overlooking the prestigious new Gibsons future Marina complex. You can purchase this lot for only $25,000 Call for mon details and opportunity lo view. NELSON ISLAND (WATERFRONTAGE) ESTATE SALE This .83 acre waterfront gov't lease lot is located in Telescope Passage. It has a domestic water lease & is close to wharfage. This property was assessed at $12,800 for 1979. Sale Price $12,500. Call me and we will look at this one ���together. RECREATIONAL PROPERTY 100 ft. of lakefrontage on North Lake with southern exposure. Lot is 145" in wooded depth for privacy & seclusion. This is a long term renewable lease' lot and purchaser may enjoy this rare possession with a modest cabin for only $35,000. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY Newly established floor covering business. Located in a modem plaza with excellent lease. Premises are well appointed and include some amenities. Vendor will sell for cost of leasehold improvements, fixtures and inventory. $6,500 is assumable. INVESTMENT Would you like a yield in excess of 30% on your investment? This business (a coin laundry) showed a yield of 26% on gross income last year for present owner after allowance for major capital replacement expenditures. The business is located in a steadily expanding, area on the main highway near ihe community business intersection. This well run coin; laundromat is a self-employment opportunity requiring minimum time and effort to operate. The equipment is in top condition and paved' parking is available for a minimum of 20 vehicles. Expansion was contemplated by present owner, and tentative approval has been given to accommodate this and a long-term' tenant. The vendor (an equipment technician)' will provide regular preventive maintenance inspection for a minimal retainer, if purchaser so desires. For a minimal cost the vendor will make! available to thc purchaser a highly profitable ice making and sales business (located on the property). Financial statements available to bona fide purchaser. Price $38,000.* How much is your home worth TODAY? ���v����. To find out, call your nearest Block Bros, office. We'll do a market evaluation at no charge or obligation to you. ED BLOCK BROS. NATIONAL REAL ESTATE SERVICE Harold Jacques Res. 885-9023 Bruce McKinnon rnyfm^imf^rfi *3u!, Vjy_ Notice to our Readers and Advertisers: The REALTOR will not be published on Christmas Day and New Year's Day. Therefore, the last publication date this year will be December 19 and we will resume on Friday, January 9. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all the Realtor Staff fc^f AELBERS REAL ESTATE Peter Aelbers 886-9238 Don Logan 922-6269 886-9238 Van. Toll Free 922-7814 Located at the Old Granthams Landing Store Marine Drive, Box 1189, Gibsons CAPA APPRAISALS INC. SANDY HOOK Lot 115-60'x 150' $16,000 Lot 113 - 64' x 208' ��� $16,500 Both of these properties are level and excellent for building. These lots represent tremendous value for your money in today's market. TUWANEK ��� CARMEL PLACE Lots 24 and 25 - $27,000 Owner wants to sell these two lots, totalling over one acre in size and with a view, quickly so he is offering them together as a package. MARTIN ROAD, GIBSONS $49,500 Older home that has been well maintained and recently renovated. Level lot ��� size 50' x 131'. An excellent view and an excellent price. RUBY LAKE $39,500 5 acres with 130 feet of frontage on Hallowell Road. Within walking distance of an excellent lake access. Privacy with a view that is second to none. TUWANEK - CARMEL PLACE Lot 36 $16,500 Lot 37 $16,500 These lots are within walking distance of a good beach and boat launching and are larger than your average sized city lot - approximately one-half acre in size each. GRANTHAMS LANDING LEASE PROPERTY We have two properties for sale located on the Chekwelp Indian Reserve and both are waterfront. One has two cabins located on it.both of which are rented out at present, and has an asking price of $45,000. The lease is payable yearly and is renegotiated every 5 years. At present there are ten years remaining. The other property available would be great for recreational use and features 120 feet of waterfront. There is only one improvement on this property and the lease is on the same terms as above. Listing price of $45,000. MEMBER SUNSHINE COAST REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATION Sunshine Coast Realtor, December 19, 1980 SUNNYCREST SHOPPING CENTRE 886-2277 IBSQNS AND LAND DEVELOPMENT LTD. VANCOUVER TOLL FREE 682-15131 HOMES LANGDALE RIDGE: Quality built executive home on private Davidson Road cul-de-sac has just commenced construction. Excellenl view in area of new homes. This three bedroom home will have 1736 square feet of finished living area plus an unfinished basement. Extra features include 2 full bathrooms, fireplace and wet bar in living room, large study or 4th bedroom. Master bedroom is 13 x 16 plus walk-in closet. Shake roof, sundeck with southern exposure. Kitchen eating area plus dining room. Post and beam structure with vaulted wood ceilings. Come in and view the plans for this exciting home. $127,500. R.R. #2, Gibsons, B.C. VON 1V0 HOMES HOMES FIRCREST RDVIflfcWdrj^^Ut.l.. hom< Master bed^Sftj.fcithjJrce ensuite. Concrete sidewalk amPKw(f Twin seal windows throughout: flWinsulation in walls and ceiling and Airtight heater in basement contribute to makinc this a warm and economical home. $68,500. LAWSON RD: West Sechelt, View with access to the water across the street. A little TLC and this four bedroom home could be a winner. Sitting room with fireplace. Large 60 x 180 cleared lot. $83,900. NORTH RD: Four bedrooms in this cedar clad home. Keep cozy with a parlor stove fireplace. Location offers schools and shopping close by. This won't last long at the asking price of $69,500. "CHRISTMAS- SPECIAL" MASON ROAD Newly listed 1200sq. ft., full basement home by Westsands Homes Ltd. Construction is underway and will be finished soon. Two piece ensuite, fireplace, sundeck, carport. Close to elementary school in desirable West Sechelt area. View from sundeck overlooking Georgia Strait. $79,900. MARINE DR: Two bedroom starter or retirement home on Chekwelp Reserve Triangular shaped lot, Expansive view of harbour area, could be greatly improved with just a feu modifications. $22,500. DUNHAM ROAD: Ideal starter home (or the family who can do some fix-up work. Large landscaped 70 x 173 lot. Extra large living room with fireplace and 2 generous sized bedrooms. 1250 square feet total. Appliances included in the unusual price of $44,900, MISSION RD: Semi-waterfront, Wilson Creek. Cozy, warm little home in the beautiful Wilson Creek, Davis Bay area. Just a few steps from the ocean and adjacent to Chapman Creek and probably the nicest beach on the coast in Davis Bay. The cabin is in excellent shape with fireplace, oil stove, electric heat, good insulation. Outside large trees for privacy, most landscaping done and good outbuilding. This is your perfect hideaway with the paid lease to 1994. Vendor will consider terms. $35,900. INVESMENT-COMMERCIAL-REVENUE MARINE DR.: Bals Block. Commercial building in Lower Gibsons. S rental units generating a very good return. Building has potential for further development. For details contact us now. $190,000. INVESTMENT COMMERCIAL REVENUE ELSON GLASS: Excellent business in growing community. Year end statistics available to qualified purchaser. Exciting business opportunity in expanding area. Excellent location $180,000. LOTS CREEKSIDE PARK: Lot 120 Panhandle lot on Creekside Crescent. Paved street and all services underground. Close to schools, shopping centre and recreation. $23,000. MAHON RD: Cleared and ready to build on. SCHOOL RD: View lot close to every Some water view with more later when lot in front convenience of Gibsons Village. Partially cleared. Great area with attractive homes, landscaped. Some very nice ornamental trees. $29,900. $35,500. GLASSFORD & DOGWOOD: Centrally located three bedroom home with lots of room for lurtliL'r development. Features include targe master bedroom wilh ensuite, skyliyhls in living room and kitchen, large over carporl deck with southerly exposure, brick fireplace, .ind 2 years remain at IO1;..! This home is priced well at $75,000, MAPLEWOOD: Nicely kept three bedroom home in convenient village location. Lush green lawn surrounds expansive deck in backyard with a keyhole view of the strait. An expanded deck could easily be built to capture southern view of Georgia Strait. Fully fenced rear yard and quiet neighbourhood and with lane entry make this an ideal location for the young family or retired. Sunken living room off of dining area with additional eating area in large kitchen. Phone to view this quality built home. $82,900. CREEKSIDE PK: Nearing completion in Creekside. 1386 square feet cedar home featuring large sunken living room with fireplace. Three bedrooms, master ensuite with shower. Large kitchen with built-in range and space for wood burner in brick feature wall. Attached carporl wilh paved driveway. This energy efficient home has been built with love and care. Lots of extras. Still time to pick your own floor coverings. Priced in the low $90's. FRONTAGE RD - LANGDALE: Spacious name in excellent condition on Frontage Road in beautiful uptown Langdale. Situated on large view lot with a fantastic view of Howe Sound and the mountains. Massive fireplace in large living room. Dining room. Compact kitchen with built in range' and self-cleaning wall oven. Four bedrooms upstairs plus two full bathrooms. Developed basement with recreation room, kitchen, two bedrooms and a deluxe sauna and bathroom. Double carport plus workshop. A great home for a large family. Transferred owners are reluctantly placing this fine home on the market. Call now for an appointment to view. $117,000. BONNIEBROOKE HEIGHTS: Take advan tage of today's prices for spring completion. This designer built home will be nestled among the trees lo complement the cedar siding and shake roof. Energy efficient with R28 roof insulation and thermal windows. 15 foot master bedroom with full ensuite and oversize tub; create a private garden atmosphere onto patb. Excellent 3 bedroom floor plan, family room with fireplace, 1516 square feet of comfortable living for $102,500. NORTH RD: Over % acre of nicely landscapec privacy, yet close to schools and shopping. Use it as a hobby farm or just a place wit h room to move. This gold medallion home uses cedar feature walls and ceilings to give it that warm comfortable feeling. The main house has 2 bedrooms while the adjacent guest house provides the third bedroom Large carport could easily be converted into a family room. Excellent value. $79,900. CHERYL ANNEPAJ* R&RAerts Creek Gorgeous ajji^le��%xa3��f1ve home in prestigious QgJ^AnjP Rrk in Roberts Creek. Features fulti^laJdscaped grounds on private no through road, 2 car carport, concrete drive and lots of trees for more privacy. This custom built quality built home also features double windows with screens, heatilator fireplace, earth stove, heated crawl space, 2 ensuite bathrooms plus large 4 piece. Teak panelling, (op quality wall to wall carpets throughout, 3 large bedrooms, den, large kitchen, rec room, sundeck, patio, outside workshop and much much more. Phone for appointment to view anytime. $104,500. SCHOOL RD: Executive home nearing completion in excellent Gibsons location. Features include sunken living room, 2% bathrooms, double attached garage, paved driveway, 2x6 construction, shake roof, master bedroom with fireplace and ensuite. HOMES ON ACREAGE md J*N REED RD: At'ractive in all seasons. 4.78 acret most!, cleared. Stalls for 3 horses, chicken house ind run. Shake roof home has three bedrooms arge antique brick fireplace. Extra large dinin. ���oom and a custom kitchen. $129,900. GAMBIER ISLAND: Island Retreat or Year Round. 1 acre on Gambier Harbour Road. 500 yards from the Isle Cultural Centre (Legion). This work of love features cedar vaulted ceiling, gourmet kitchen, centre fireplace, two bedrooms, ll/s baths, wall to wall carpets and many other features. Carport or boatport with workshop, 2 water systems, 220 volt power. 800square feet of decks. You have to see this. $75,000. ACREAGE PRATT RD: 10 acres flat land. Some clearing has been done. Size 330 x 1230. House on land is an old timer but sound. $125,000. SAKINAW LAKE: Here is35acreswith WOfeel on the lakefront, accessible from Garden Bay Road or by water. Timber on, good moorage and adjacent lots have cabins on. South-west exposure. $125,000. MEMBER SUNSHINE COAST REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATION STEVE ANNE JOHN TERRI GREG GARY DAVE JON LORRIE ARNE SAWYER GURNEY HANSON HANSON GRANT PUCKETT ROBERTS MCRAE GIRARD PETTERSEN 886-7678 886-2164 886-8295 886-8295 886-7204 886-9508 886-8040 885-3670886-7760 886-9793 _ Sunshine Coast Realtor, December 19, 1980 [exander Realty Ltd. IMMACULATE 24 x 60 3BR MODULAR HOME ON CORNER GARDEN BAY RD. AND CLAYDON RD: Close to oil amenities, carpets, drapes, appliances, 2 full size bathrooms, -ill large rooms. Lot has subdivision potential TAYLORS GARDEN BAY STORE & MARINA: is a well known and long established business located in Garden Bay. Store, Marina Gas pumps, boat facilities and other extras. EGMONT: over 10 acres of choice property adjoining Skookumchuk trail just seconds away from Gov't dock and other services, property has legal access from trail. Asking $56,000. MAGNIFICENT WATERFRONT LOT ON GILDEN RD. IN MADEIRA PARK. OVER 180' WATERFRONTAGE: Fully treed and in natural state. Has exceptionally targe L shaped float with piles. All ready to build on. The best there is! Firm at $160,000. 180 FOOT DEEP WATER MOORAGE AND TWO BR HOME IN MADEIRA PARK: This valuable property includes foreshore lease, 1.5 acres, guest cottage and 35' x 35' storage shed. Room for an additional house. Located next to Coho Marina and known as "W1DMAN PROPERTY." 213 ACRES WATERFRONT PROPERTY AT GREEN BAY ��� NELSON ISLAND: This prime property has 213 acres, several buildings, private lagoon with unlimited potential. SUNN YS HAIR BOUTIQUE IN MADEIRA PARK: conveniently located in the shopping centre, a thriving business that has been rapidly growing over the years, owner raising family and would still work part time. 38.8 ACRES AT LANGDALE. PCL-1 OF D.L 1398: With gentle slope and small stream on property. Access off main highway. CENTRE HARDWARE IN MADEIRA PARK: This modern store in fast growing community located in main shopping centre in Madeira Park... unlimited potential. 15 UNIT MOTEL IN GARDEN BAY: with attractive Caretaker's house. Short walking distance to Marinas. A thriving business with lucrative revenue potential. Call for further information. A LARGE LOVELY 3 BR VIEW HOME OVERLOOKING BARGAIN HARBOUR LOCATED OFF CHRIS WAY: One of the nicest homes in the area with panoramic view, all appliances, carpets, drapes, fireplaces up & down, full basement with rec. room. LOT 27 LOCATED JUST ABOVE MA- DEIRA PARK TURNOFF ON HWY 101: Goes right through to Madeira Park Rd. Choice view, possibly 2 separate lots $26,500, $83-2491- P.O. Box 10, Madeira Park, B.C. VON 2H0 ���MOBILE 24' x 56' (1248 sq. ft.) IN STOCK HOW! MANY MODELS AND FLOOR PLANS TO CHOOSE EROM ��� COAST MOBILE HOMES LTD. Across iron Umwr's Furniture in seclwn 885-9979 musm 885-9979 W -Waterfront H -Homes A - Acreage R -Recreational F - Farms Bus. 885-5171 Box 1188, Sechelt, B.C. VON 3A0 "Vour Real Estate Hosts on the Sunshine Coast" Never a Christmas morning Never a New Years end but someone thinks of someone old days, old times old friends. WHY PAY RENT? Especially when you can buy this 3 bdrm mobile. You have nothing to furnish it with, no problem; it comes fully furnished with fridge & slove. Now this would be ideal (or you bachelor types. You can't afford to buy? Buy with a friend and you can't alford not to. Situated in West Sechelt. Call 885 5171. Firm at $13,500. SILENT NIGHT L 239 You'll enjoy many a silent night gazing over the calm waterfront. Here is a 1120sq. ft. 2bedroom rancher. Situated on a quiet residential Redrooffs Rd. (Eureka Place). Stairwell brings you to Ihe beach. Westerly exposure. Call Pal for more informalion. F P. $137,500. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY L Id - 5 Well established small marina with high cash flow and unlimited growth potential. Long term lease provides loi" expansion. Year round moorage. Fully houked with waiting list. Excellent gas, oil, engine sales & repairs and coffee shop sales all very profitable. Some long term, low interest financing assumable. The business currently supports a staff of 8 persons (4 full lime) and earns a substantial net profit. Offered at the low low price of $150,000 including inventory and fixed assets because the owner has other urgent interests. In my opinion this is the best buy of the year. Call now for further information ��� call P.T. Dahle 8855692. ��.����������� \:fk%_. ��� ����^\M . > Em ���yffi'-vzr ��^W -$^^"' Merry Christmas To Yon and Yours from Wharf Realty Ltd. \u MEMBER SUNSHINE COAST REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATION "P.T." Dahle 883-9285 Deirdre 885-5971 Pat 885-5171 Sunshine Coast Realtor, December 19, 1980' M BOX 1490, WHARF ROAD SECHELT, B.C. VON-3A0 rrrZI, CENTURY WEST REAL ESTATE HOMES PHONE .885-2235 ^VANCOUVER 689-5838 (Toll Free) TAKE A HIKE No. 457 To Selma Park and see this cozy 3 bedroom, 1200 sq. ft. home. The view is priceless and the lease is only $1,160 a year from Jan. 1, 1981. This extremely well maintained older home is a bargain by anyone's measure. Take the title for $35,000. Call Bill Walkey at 885-5327. "MAKE NATURE YOUR NEIGHBOUR THE CITY A CLOSE FRIEND" No. 485 9.43 acres in Roberts Creek. 1520 sq. ft., 3 bedroom home with ocean view, a few extras to mention are duck pond, barn, corral, drilled well and wrap around sundeck. Asking price $ 159,000. Call George Longman for more details at 886-8548. ROSE COVERED COTTAGE No. 511 Almost Iwo acres of prime garden soil and fruit trees surround this pioneer home that features 3 large bedrooms on the main floor with a fireplace. Large family kitchen with oil stove. Part basement has cool storage and the house is heated with oil hot water only. $57,500. Lynn Wilson 885 5755. CONVENIENCE OF LOCATION AND POCKET BOOK! No. 629 Rare find in local market 3 bedroom home for $49,500. These Strata Title units are located within walking distance of schools, shopping and other amenities. Only 4 left, Call for appointment. Lynda or Eva at 886-8194. IN THE HEART OF SECHELT No. 631 2 bedroom ��� 750 sq. ft. home with attached carport. Neat and tidy inside and nicely landscaped outside. Don't miss the chance to invest in uptown Sechelt. Asking price $79,500. For details call George Longman 8868548. ROBERTS CREEK - BEACH AVENUE No. 610 This 1263 sq, ft. home offers complete privacy on nicely landscaped lot with ocean view. Acorn fireplace and stone patk) add to the warmth of this home. Completely remodelled and priced to sel] , at $69,000. Call George Longman 886-8548 for more details. SPECTACULAR VIEW! No. 615 Of lush green snowcapped mountains mirrored in blue waters of Porpoise Bay! Enjoy this stunning view from cozy living room or from expansive sundeck. This 3 bedroom well kept home has heatilator fireplace, spectacular view from living room, dining room and kitchen, landscaping, roomy modern kitchen and large basement. $89,000. For more details call Rita Percheson 885-5706. GIBSONS EXECUTIVE HOME No. 634 Four bedrooms -1375 sq. ft. post and beam home plus fully finished basement with a fantaufic view of the Gibsons harbour. Features are too numerous to list. Asking $139,000. For persona! showing call George Longman at 886-8548. SECHELT TOWNHOUSE PANORAMIC VIEW Luxurious 2 level townhouses on the upper level are large living ��� dining room with vaulted ceiling and heatilator fireplace, also den and powder room. Kitchen has stove, fridge, dishwasher & garburator. The lower level has 3 bedrooms, bathroom & laundry room with washer & dryer. Balconies on both levels where you can relax and enjoy the spectacular view. Many other features. Priced at $83,500. Inspect this unit to-day with Lynn Wilson at 885-5755. UNIQUE HOME WEST SECHELT No. 503 If you want a unique home with quality throughout this is it. Lots of room, cozy atmosphere, gourmet kitchen, 4 bedrooms, 2V_ baths are just a few features. To view call Leslie Fitch 885-9057. WATERFRONT SAKINAW RETREAT No. 595 You can be as quiet as you wish at this attractive and comfortable lakeside home just 5 minutes by boat from the launching area. Big 6 acre parcel in it's natural state, ample sleeping room (up to 9) furnished home with boathouse under, dock and big sundeck. For more information on this rare property going at just $74,900 call Chuck at 885-9374 or Bert 885-3746. HOMES QUALITY, QUALITY, QUALITY No. 502 Unless you're prepared lor the high standard of quality this builder offers save yourself the trip to Sandy Hook. This is a high quality home throughout, with no skimping anywhere. The three bedroom, 1450 sq. ft. home with vaulted ceilings brings back memories of the way houses used to be built when craftsmen took time and care. The final touch is the spectacular view up Sechelt Inlet. Give yourself a treat, see it for yourself - better still buy it for $119,000. Call Bill Walkey at 885-5327. QUALITY & QUANTITY No. 539 All the joys of rural living can be yours here in this executive split level home of over 2800 sq. ft. of finished area. Formal dining area, 12' floor to ceiling fireplace, spiral staircase, spacious 23 x 14 kitchen, and 4 bedrooms add up to everything you're looking (or in a quality home (or your family. The pets are taken care of too with over 9 acres of selectively cleared romping room. What -more could you want for the listed price of $230,000. Lynda Hickman 8867352. THIS WILL REALLY FROST YOU... This is a real Gingerbread type home. Brand new house on a well known local baker's subdivision. See for yourself this special fondant icing siding and leak-proof simulated snow roof. The name over the door speaks for itself. The tenant will vacate once Christmas is over and take his smarties and Reindeer with him. Very tastefully decorated to make your mouth water. For viewing and early possession call Bill Walkey 885-5327 or Pat Parket 885-5615, all offers to $20.00 considered until noon on December 23, 1980. - INTERVAL OWNERSHIP - ��� Ownership lo lee simple ��� Freeze your vacation com ��� Exchange your vacation location ��� Ownership In lee simple ��� Registered title - WHISTLER RESORT & CLUB - ��� A year round destination resort. Coif, tennis, hiking, canoeing, skiing, skating, Ice fishing. ��� A dream vacation home. - Luxurious Accommodation ��� Heated Pool, Sauna, Jacuisl Own tomorrow's vacation at today's prices. Call Pat Parker at 885-5615 DYNAMIC VIEW OF HOWE SOUND No. 578 Exclusive 1.5 acres ol waterfront with year round deep water moorage is the ideal setting (or this quality built rancher, swimming pool and guest cottage for your country estate. Asking $275,000. For more deiails call Lynda Hickman al 8867352. ANOTHER QUALITY HOME BY KRAMAC CONSTRUCTION No. 621 This rancher features a heatilator brick fireplace. Brick and siding exterior. Extra large living room window and sliding door off dining room. Very good quality throughout on a partially treed lot in quiet area, great for outdoor living and children. $76,900. C. Dowman 8859374. NEW ON MARKET HARD TO FIND No. 635 Acreage plus large older home, 5 bedrooms, is nicely situated on 5 acres of near level land. Mostly cleared, all fenced and a nice creek. Complete with carport and two storage buildings. For your personal viewing call Larry or Ruth Moore 885-9213. CHEAPER THAN RENT DUNHAM RD. PORT MELLON No. 628 This large older 3 bedroom home is a good buy on today's market. Large kilchen, dining room, utilities. Heatilator lireplace in living room, 2 piece ensuite, den. Next week may be loo late! For appointment call Eva Carsky at 886 8194 or 886 7126 F.P $52,900 FIRM Hurry! MEMBER SUNSHINE COAST "TWO OFFICES TO SERVE YOU" LYNDA HICKMAN RUTH MOORE RITA PERCHESON PETER SMITH PAT PARKER LESLIE FITCH GEORGE LONGMAN LARRY REARDON Sunshine Coast Realtor, December 19, 1980 PHONE 886-8194 VANCOUVER 689-5838 (Toll Free) We Im fin 21 ���CENTURY WEST REAL ESTATE DENTAL CENTRE 1*%> GIBSONS 02: % BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES LOTS PENDER HARBOUR $98,900 No. 3S0 This 8 acres zoned light industrial and/or othei uses, has great potential. It lies almost opposite Francis Peninsula turnoff on both sides ol Highway 101 next to the building supply and lailndromat. It has good water access and is a (airly flat piece easily developed. Larry Reardon, 8859320 GOLD MINE! No. 616 A GOLDMINE! Established business with 1st rate reputation and terrific income stream. New owner would assume lucrative accounts, Only business of its kind on the Sunshine Coast! $85,000. For more details call Leslie Fitch 885- 9057 or Rita Percheson 885-5706. GET YOURSELF UP... No. 575 In the antique business in the heart of Gibsons. A thriving business in old world memorabilia. An added feature of this business is the fabric retail outlet. The buyer of this business would have a distinct advantage over other fabric stores in the area through exclusive trade connections. Cash in on this unique, antique opportunity for $15,000. Call Bill Walkey 885-5327. LETS GET A BUSINESS! No. 501 You're off to a good start with this growing fabric store at an affordable price. For further details call Lynda 886-7352. RETAIL IN SECHELT No. 633 Positive cash flow retail business in Sechelt commercial core. Sale price includes exclusive distributorships (best in the trade) for product line. For more information call Rita Percheson 885 5706 $20,000. MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL -- Who has the finest of them all? Around the harbour, on the coast, Who has the business with the most, Colonel Flounders is the name, Cooking hot food is the game, Add to this a store that's good, With different types of grocery food, Aco2y home, 1200 feet, Two bedrooms down, kind of neat, Give me a call, and I'll tell you more; About the Penderosa store. Bill Walkey 885-5327. ROBERTS CREEK BUILDING SITE No. 597 .80 of an acre on lovely Roberts Creek, driveway installed, beautiful evergreen trees provide privacy between road and cleared building site offered for sale at $39,000. For details phone George Longman 886 8548 or 886-8194. No. 495 ACREAGE WEST SECHELT ACREAGE No. 583 12'/_ acres of southern exposure in West Sechelt. Hobby farm or market garden a possibility. Just $60,000. Call Larry Moore at 885-9213. CEHTURY WEST REAL ESTATE AGENTS FOR MO. MACKENZIE LIMITED lSJSE Plans and Brochures available FREE ESTIMATES Calf tarry Moore 88S-223S MAIN PENDER HARBOUR CORNER No. 250 Here's your chance to purchase the most high- profile, commercial/light industrial, highway location with over 8/10th acre site 1 know to be on the market today. Some terms considered on full price of $39,000. Bob Kent 885-9461. BE A WEST ENDER! No. 596 The Nob Hill of West Sechelt. The see forever heights where you get the most of the sun and the better views while close to easy ocean access. Priced this week at $35,000 F.P. One of the last available lot 87' x 148'. Tiny Bob 885-9461. MOSTLY LEVEL No. 572 Another corner site. Recreational area of Tuwanek. 75' x 110'. Close to sandy beach access for public. Best of all just $12,000. Details "Tiny Bob" 885-9461. ENDANGERED SPECIES No. 591 Panoramic view of Howe Sound. Selectively *HHHHMHMWHHHHHHHH****# located in scenic Hopkins Landing $25,900. Call Lynda 886-7352 or 886-8194. J EXCELLENT VALUE No. 632 >' At low price! This Sechelt Village lot has water ��� ' and hydro available at lot line and is situated in ' area of new homes. Creek on adjoining property ��� , provides additional privacy. Contractors and I. home builders take note - excellent building site. ]+CALL BILL WALKEY 885-5327 4 $21,900. Rita Percheson at 885-5706. ���*������**������������������������������*������*��� W9.000 MIX AT MADEIRA No. 636 Ught Industrial/Commercial and Residential WANTED 2 OR 3 ACRES NEAR SEAVIEW CEMETERY PURCHASER WAITING WEST SECHELT ACREAGE No. 617,618 & 619 3 prime pieces ol small acreage, all well Ireed, oenlle southern slope. Services at road and only ten minutes Irom Sechelt Village. For more information call Ed Baker at 8852641 or Larry Moore al 885-9213. 5 ACRES - RUBY LAKE No: 241 Be a land baron on this nicely treed 5 acre parcel near Ruby Lake. Excellent boating and fishing nearby. To view call Leslie Fitch 885-9057 or Eva Carsky 886-7126. SUBDIVIDE? No. 604 Over 1 acre of beautifully treed property in Redrooffs, Excellent investment potential. For more details call Rita Percheson 885-5706. KLEINDALE ACREAGE No. 3884 This residential subdivision offers a number of fine 2 acre parcels, each in its own natural setting, virtually undisturbed save lor paved road access. Located at Kleindale and good fishing/boating areas and attractively priced from $24,500. You should see these acreages, available with terms too. Berl Walker 885-3746. ROBERTS CREEK ACREAGE No. 620 5.65 acres, hydro pole into building site on property. Zoned A3D. Hydro easement through property could make excellent grazing area. Excellent holding property. Asking $52,000. For details call George Longman 886-8548. Zone mixture ol R3L. Roughly 199 ft. on Hwy 101 and 198 ft. on Madeira Park or 8/10 acre more or less. Available services included 'City' water, hydro and phone. If you want a HARD TO MISS commercial site on Hwy 101 at Madeira Park 'THIS IS IT!!'. Couple ol blocks to easy public launching access to famous Pender Harbour sports fishing. Close to stores, banks, public school, auto courts, thriving community. Terms on lull price. Tiny Bob 885-9561. MERRY CHRISTMAS from oar doors to yourt! AU th* staff at Century West Real Estate would like to with you and yourt a Very Merry Christmas REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATION GIBSONS 886-8194 SECHELT 885-2235 BILL WALKEY LYNN WILSON R.B. "TINY BOB" KENT ED BAKER LARRY MOORE SANDY HOOK c>a i�� 5Ce sanbv Viook eo*a Lol 46 Sandy Hook Road (.1 6-4 -tviVy Hot-i. fco-iO Lot 50 Sandy Hook Road Lot 76 Sandy Hook Road This is your opportunity to own property in popular Sandy Hook. These line properties are only four miles from Sechell and offer the purchaser sloping building sites, large evergreen Irees and beautiful Inlet views. For more information on these properties call Pal Parker at 885-5615 or Bill Walkey at 885-5327. Vendor is FIRM with price of $23,000 each. SANDY HOOK EVA CARSKY BERT WALKER Sunshine Coast Realtor, December 19, 1980 w home must be sold! Over 3100 square feet of living area includes two and one half baths, Jennaire Range, Garborator, dishwasher and all appliances in dream kitchen plus formal dining area and entry. Outside ihere is a 20' x 40' pool, double carport, gazebo and interesting landscaping. Property abuls creek and has a sensational view. Call Terry Bracket! 885 9865 or Don Lock 8853730. ��440 GIBSONS $45,000 A small one bedroom starter home. This could be added onto and improved by the handy person. Close to all amenities. Call Suzanne Dunkerton at 886-8317. #4% PENDER HARBOUR $134,000 Beautiful, panoramic view, privacy and close to the best fishing on the coast, plus three levels ol gracious living. Three bedrooms with master having ensuite. Large kitchen is spacious and well planned, plenty o( storage and work area. Sunken living room with a fireplace, large bathroom wilh a sunken tub. Original murals, vaulted ceilings. Loads of room (or a growing family. To top all this oil ihere is a circular patio lo take advantage of thc view. Phone Suzanne or Terry for viewing. a389 SPRUCE ROAD Sparkling clean, surrounded drive, R Sutherland $69,500 'vel home Concrete Sfl Don or Rene #475 ROBERTS CREEK $79,500 Beautiful l. of an acre of country property with a creek and fruit trees. 1200 sq. ft. 2 b/r home. Living room is large and cozy with an airtight for those winter nights. Spacious bright kitchen with lots of storage here. Extra room ready for your imagination. Close to beach and schools and 10 min. to Gibsons. Phone Suzanne for viewing at 886-8317. #437 REDROOFFS $90,000 Cozy three bedroom home on very steep waterfront. The view is superb. Property has nice Japanese garden. Ihe home inside features extensive cedar and daylight lighting in kitchen, Franklin stove and large sundeck. Call Terry Brackett 8859865 or Emilie Henderson 885. 5225. #498 WEST SECHELT 4 b.r. two level executive home, sunken living room. 2 feature heatilator fireplaces, plus much more, By appointment only through Frances or Syd Heal at 886-7875. ��349 ROBERTS CREEK $69,500 New 3 bedroom family home on a large private lot in popular Roberts Creek. Large cozy living room with a fireplace. Two bathrooms, wrap around sundeck, close to the beach and school. Call Suzanne Dunkerton for more information at 886-8317. #477 PENDER HARBOUR Gracious rancher; with carport, guest home. Many extras including fisher insert, concealed lighting in living room and sunlight ceiling in | kitchen. F.P. includes 18' boat and trailer. Phone Gayle Adams at 883 9364 for appointment to view. Pack your bags and move right in. ��459| HARBOUR VIEW $65,000 I Attractively remodelled 2 b r older home | centrally located 5 minules Irom Langdale. Good holding properly. Please call Corry Ross I 885-9250 for appointment to view. ��479 I SANDY HOOK $110,0001 Architecturally designed home on private lot in [ Sandy Hook. Three levels afford privacy as well I as openness with vaulted ceilings and heavy beam construction. Extensive cedar. Large 1 workshop A must to view. Call Terry Brackett 885-9865 MEMBER SUNSHINE COAST REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATION POWELL RIVER WEST VANCOUVER .NORTH VANCOUVER RAY DAL GAYLE TERRY CORRY SYD & FRANCES HENRY BERNIER GRAUER ADAMS BRACKETT ROSS HEAL HALL SALES MGR. 885-3808 883-9364 885-9865 885-9250 886-7875 885-2520 Sunshine Coast Realtor, December 19, 1980 Mitten Realty Ltd? Vancouver Toll Free 885-3295 681-7931 MEMBER OF "RELOCATION SERVICES CANADA" REFERRAL SYSTEM. WE HAVE A TRADE PLAN FOR HOMES. PLEASE CALL FOR DETAILS. ���*bJkQbr. S&P **%�� Conveniently located in Sechelt'sTrail Bay Shopping Centre SUNRISE RIDGE INDUSTRIAL PARK Partial & Fully Serviced Industrial & Commercial View Lots & Acreage. Next door to Sechelt- Gibsons Airport. Amalgamation, the proposed marina and proposed new highway make these excellent holding properties. Invest in Sechelt's future. Call Henry Hall at 885-2520, Toll Free 685- 9828. PARTIALLY SERVICED INDUSTRIAL ACREAGE fob limine luioimion IKtUMT H01HM FOTERTUl MAKE AN OFFER OVER $295,000 UTI1 'pmtimu iimiciD / VllDUIIMM. tCDEHE \ f OR FUTUHE x \ SUIDIWSIOB \ - '- ���' \10I11 ( s ," Ml ic.' $199,000r'' I I $232,000 FUL0 MM) TO IECHEIT ��� CltSOKS AIHP0HT MNIMLV IEMMCED IMMTMM MMME Eon EUTIIK MIIMVIII0X UlM. TO SECHELT ��� GIBSONS AIRPORT LOTS FRANCIS PENINSULA Side by side view lots. crosses Lot Building siti 8855225 for $21,000 tm Lot T package. \e Henderson at ���471 & 472 TUWANEK This level, corner lot on Uplands Rd. makes a perfect building site. Hydro and water at roadside. MLS $12,900. Dal Grauer 885 3808. ���489 SKYLINE DRIVE $45,000 Fabulous view of the water and the mountains from this beautifully treed lot. Close to all amenities. Call Suzanne for more information at 886-8317. ��473 ROBERTS CREEK $29,500 Large lot in this popular area. Septic field has been installed as well as fcwdaltfuna house. Owner has a se|^>fdRfflh��>mnt^e house. Close to sto��vilLrhlb^jt#'1ot is three quarters of a^J^rall Terry Brackett for details at 885 9865.' ��454 SECHELT VILLAGE $20,000 100 x 248 well treed lot, an ideal investment for the future. Call Don or Rene Sutherland for details 8859362. ��267 HALFMOON BAV $24,500 1.5 acres at an affordable price. Corner of Trout Lake Road and Hwy 101. Call Don or Rene Sutherland at 885-9362. SKYLINE DRIVE $55,000 Beautiful expansive view of the mountains and the gap from this large lot on the Bluff. Covered with Arbutus and Christmas trees. Call Suzanne for more information 886-8317. M74 SANDY HOOK Two lots off Skana Crescent must be sold as one. Together these lots make up 2.11 acres of view and woods. Your own little estate? Only $32,500 for both. Dal Grauer 885-3808. #487 WEST PORPOISE BAY rf"^ $12,900 Nice level lot I^OI^S IhwilA' This lol is selectivel^^iKd. in aadylMCiid on. Water and hydrcjW*B��efl?Br.ic.kell ai 885 9865. *"' ��287 ROBERTS CREEK $60,000 4.3 acres in upper Roberts Creek with a southern exposure. Driveway and building site are in. There is a well on Ihe property and two hydro poles are in. Some very large trees on the property. Call Suzanne for viewing at 886 8317. ��470 PENDER HARBOUR- O $14,500 Treed and kvel^fflWA Inl%nw5 minutes walking di^ScIp':i��ifcj��l,Bconia at 885 9033 or GaPjdlli^W9364. K469 SECHELT VILLAGE $18,500 Only a few lots left in this nicely treed subdivision, close to beach and arena. Call Don or Ren�� Sutherland at 8859362. K299 EMILIE HENDERSON 885-5225 KLAUS ROEPKE 885-3295 BRONIA ROBINS 885-9033 RENE SUTHERLAND 885-9362 SUZANNE DUNKERTON 886-8317 DONALD SUTHERLAND 885-9362 DON LOCK 885-3730 ERIC RUDLAND 885-9857 KINGSWAY SURREY LANGLEY _. 10 Sunshine Coast Realtor, December 19, FREE CATALOGUE iuhhmi HHim ii l|| Coast to Coast Real Estate Service anderson REALTY LTD Post Office Box 1219, Sechelt 885-3211 Vancouver Toll Free: 684-8016 HOMES SELMA PARK; Look at these features. 52" heatilator fireplace, with lowly rock finish and outside wood loading. 4x4 skylight over kitchen, 4x10 eating bar dividing kitchen and family room. Two large bathrooms. 1976 sq. ft. of lovely home on a large level lot of about 6/10 of an acre, beautifully landscaped with shrubs and fruit trees. Good garden area. For the opportunity to view this fine home and properly call Gordie at 885-9966. REDROOFFS - LOHN ROAD: New 2 bedroom home in area of quality hoLises. Large '_ acre lot selectively cleared. Ideal vacation or relirement home. Offered at $68,500. For details call Vadim at 885 3211 or 885 3156. WEST SECHELT - $110,000: Tliis home is new and completely landscaped. You will be pleasantly surprised when you see the fine finishing and extra features of ihis immaculale home. SilLiatcdona large lol with room for pool, exlra garage, boat or molor home storage. Neighborhood is all new homes wnh schogjcjoy by. Call Bob for tour al 885-2503. GIBSONS ��� HILLCREST ROAD: Older secluded two- bedroom bungalow with carport. Excellent revenue potential in today's marketplace. Combination living room, semi modern bathroom, fruil trees and garden area. Walk lo schools, shopping and transportation. Name your price - I'll take any reasonable offer. Give Frank a call at 885-5336 or 885-3211. SELMA PARK: Starter or retirement home. Two bedrooms, fireplace, excellent ocean view, with easy beach access across the road. Good investmenl (or someone that can offer this cute little home some TLC. Only $35,000 For appointment to view iall Vadim at 885-3211 or 8853156. WILSON CREEK-HOME WITH ACREAGE: Looking fi quiel setting yel < lose to all amenities? You won't find many ol ihesu Howabouiasolid4bedroomhomewithapo8siblefi(thor Hen''' Add a laundry room, workshop, carport and potential sauna. Perhaps a healilatoi fireplace & an airtight? And a huge wrap around deck? Now that's only the home! ..On thi properly you'll find 21 hicken coops and a storage shed, somi fenced pasture and landscaping thai .��!! combine to form 2.6 acres of cleared and level, southern exposure properly. Zoned R2L. Call Frank Ingham at H85 5336 oi 885 3211 for complete information DAVIS BAY - VIEW, VIEW, VIEW: Do you want a new house? Do you want a house with a unobstructed, panoramic view of Davis Bay, Georgia Straight and Vancouver Island? Do you want a large 1862 sq. ft. house with all the extra rooms and features? Do you wanl a home in a new area wilh better class homes lhat will increase the value of your investment? If you call Bob at 8852503 for a tour ol this new house while under construction you can still pick carpels and colours.... or. ..drivt by lop ol Laurel Road off Chapman Road, Davis Bay. REDROOFFS AREA - ALDERWOOD ROAD: New home under construction. 1344 sq. fl. on one level. Carport,'_ acre of flat level land. F.P. $82,900. Call Stan to view 885 2385. COMMERCIAL . ACRE COMMERCIAL: Home on the site, 3 bay garage wilh hydr;.'.:lic hoist phs professional spray booih. Small slore, excellent access. Lotaled on the Pender Harbour Road. F.P. $129,000. Call Stan 885 2385 (or deiails. LOTS LARGE VILLAGE LOT: Vuy a"->d location, top ol Salmon Drive cul-de-sac, Fully serviced, some "lew. all new homes in this area. F.P. $28,900. Call Slan 885 :|J11 ot 885 2.185. ROBERTS CREEK ��� RICHARDS ROAD: Grab ihis one quick. 75' x 140' on quiet residential area. The property is level, cleared and ready lo build on. Now is Ihe I'me lo buy lor your residence or investment, Call Frank 885 5336 or 885 3211 DAVIS BAY: View lot in area ol prestige homes. All services. A must lo see. For further information call Don 885 9504 oi 885 3211. WATERFRONT NARROWS INLET SECLUDED WATERFRONT ACREAGE: Do you want a quiet walerfront retreat with no roads or cars? Wc have a few parcels of evergreen forest, 5 lo 10 acres each. Minimum of 250 feet of waterfront and stream thru most lots. Locaied 22 miles (rom Sechell by water or air only. Fly in with Tyee Airways Ltd from Vancouver or Sechell, or use your own boat. Call Don. WATERFRONT ACREAGE ��� REDROOFFS ROAD: Where else can you find 100' of prime beach waterfronl? Deluxe view properly wilh soiilhern exposure? Lush vegelalion and tall trees? Hydro, water and telephone to ihe property? ... all combined in 1.4 acres? Contact Frank Ingham at 885 5336 and check il out! OCEAN BEACH ESPLANADE - GOWER POINT: 1/2 acre semi waterfront bt. Excellent ocean view with westerly exposure. Easy beach access. Asking $55,000. For more information call Vadim at 885-3156. SUPERB WATERFRONT ��� SOUTH FACE OF HALFMOON BAY: This is it. There is no finer waterfront on the market today. Hydro, water and sewer are all in place. The view is second to none. Launch and beach a boat practically on your front door step. What else can I say? Have a good look at this one. Arrange a viewing with Frank at 885-5336. FRANCIS PENINSULA - WATERFRONT: 70' x 170' elevated waterfront lot. Treed with good soil. Paved street and water. This lot is a south exposure and looks directly to Welcome Pass and the islands. F.P. $85,900 Call Stan. ACREAGE WOOD BAY (SECRET COVE): 159+ acres of mostly view properly with nice valley in the cenlre Easy to subdivide into 5 acre parcels when highway alignment services property. This property is a potential gold mine lor an investor looking to the future. Large sand and gravel deposits and good hotlom land on Ihe property. The bonus is '.. million feet ol timber. Call Bob lor a tour al 885-2505. $275,000. Gordon Hall The limited edition leisure home /\,~���. A rare opportunity on B.C.'s Sunshine Luxury townhome: breathtaking views and guaranteed moorage z^m& w The Estates are set on a naturally wooded. 5 acre hillside overlooking Secret Cove, un the beautiful Sunshine Coast (40 miles from'Vancouver) Kach ���and everv home has an ocean panorama spread oui before it. It's naturally beautiful, Tiie Il1��klc i\S well as \\\V uUtSide is spci ;ai ular. Tht\ teaiure .1 bedrooms, spacious large sundecks. natural cedar siding and they're free standing for privacy. Kach owner is assured of a reserved berth up to 40 feet, in the marina in the envc hcluw The Kstates have al! the ranh and value of a limited edition Koi complete detail-, and opening dates call: Vadim 885 3156. Anderson RcaHy (604)H85*3211 Sechell. H.C. ii;>: r. nms with fireplace 6appliances. Vancouver direct 684-HIU6 mz. Tk Kttluum An.-ni.v VOTES itStxiftCotf Vadim Kobasew Bob Bull 885-9986 885-3156 885-2503 Jack Anderson 885-2053 Doug Joyce 885-2761 Frank Ingham 885-5336 Stan Anderson 885-2385 Don Hadden 885-9504 RqyalTrust Sunshine Coast Realtor, December 19,'l'9&0 11 ELIZABETH RAINES Sales Representative MUST SELL Excellent opportunity to build a successful and profitable business for a person with know how and time to invest. Business located in the heart of Gibsons in modern building. L.S. has P & L Statements. Excellent lease. Call Elizabeth Raines 324-4621 (24 hours). FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY For person who wishes to be independent. Well established Taxi Business in prime location of Pender Harbour. Good potential for territorial expansion and current services. Priced to sell at $39,500. For complete information call Elizabeth Raines 324-4621 (24 hours). BEAUTY SALON FOR SALE Opportunity to be creative and be your own boss at the same time. Well established business with 4 fully equipped stations, 3 sinks with extra hook-up for fourth, 4 dryers, bin washer & dryer, full bathroom plus storage. Located in modern plaza close to shopping centre. Lots of parking available. Vendor is motivated. All reasonable offers will be considered. Call Elizabeth Raines 324-4621 (24 hours). PENDER HARBOUR REALTY LTD. Highway 101 at Francis Peninsula Rd. 883-2794 \ru I nu K, lllslir.im c EGMONT LOTS .05 acre! with water, power & paved road. Possible view. F.P. $35,000. .05 acret with small livable cabin. Water & power etc. F.P. $35,000. .75 acre�� has small house which needs repairs. Could be livable. Water & power to house. F.P. $40,000. WATERFRONT: Approximately 4 acres with protected, deep moorage and 850 sq. ft. house. Some outbuildings. F.P. $92,000. (Can be bought with two adjacent waterfront parcels giving 12 acres in all. Excellent investment.) HIGHWAY ACREAGE: Here's a good investment property - 6.7 acres on Highway 101 close to Madeira Park. $45,000 (try offers). SMALL ACREAGES: Several excellent parcels with good soil and privacy. Priced at $24,500 with good terms. John Breen 883-9978 Jock Hermon 883-2745 Box 566 Gibsons, B.C. VON 1V0 HOMES -% .���> ___ ____% FIRCREST ROAD ��� GIBSONS: New 3 bedioom basemenl home. Skylight In front entry. Sundeck off of dining room. No steel chimney, bul brick in this home for that wood slove to help cut heating costs. 2' x 6'walls. R20 insulation. Finished basement will be ideal rec. room area for the children. In good family area. $73,000 POPLAR LANE: Three bedroom home in area ol all new houses, on large level lol, close to schools and shopping. This house has 1500* sq. II. ol living area and was lully rebuill 6 months ago in mostly cedar T & G and all new floor coverings. Thi? homey house should be seen al $75,900 THINKING OF SELUN6 PRICES NEVER HIGHER If yon are thinking of tailing any type of Real Estate, prices have never been higher. We will gladly give our evaluation of It's value. Give us a call anytime. Serving the Lower Sunshine Coast Phone 886-2000 or 886-9121 Located in the Seaside Plaza, Gower Point Road, Gibsons REAL ESTATE GENERAL INSURANCE AUTOPLAN COMMERCIAL JANES TUB AND TOP SHOP If you are looking for your own business, you should have a look at this one. This store sells a full line of bathroom items and business has increased substantially since moving to this new location at corner of the Highway and Pratt Road in April of 1980. With over 1200 sq. ft. of floor area there is lots of room to grow. Good lease available. For full details give us a call. COMMERCIAL INVEST IN THE FUTURE OF THE PENINSULA ELSON GLASS LTD. Located on Hwy 101 and Pratt Rd. Stock and Trade only. Lease available with 5 year terms. Business is well established and growing. Listing Sales person has financial details for qualified purchasers. GREEN THUMB PARADISE rNUHSEftrHWViaiRBB Ideal investment for the future. Great potential for a growing area. Business is well established on 2 acres plus. Home on property is a 3 bedroom basement home for a ideal live-in business. List of stock and equipment available through agents. ACREAGE il ____ NORM PETERSON 886-2607 1.6 ACRES OF I Subdivision poten%fhAw��' "Road off of Reed Road. Vendor say's sell tMMj|**Kt�� acreage just outside ol Village of Gibsons. Home s a comfortable 1 bedroom with large kitchen. Asking $79,000. DENNIS SUVEGES 886-7264 Sunshine Coast Realtor, December 19, 1980 BONNIEBROOK HEIGHTS View Lots at Gower Point From $28,000 Selection of choice lots All services underground Brynelsen Benzon Realty Vancouver 689-7556 FAIRWAY ESTATES Residential Acreages at Roberts Creek adjacent to the Golf Course. 2Va Acres $$0,000 5 Acres $65,000 2 LEFT Water and Electric Power Brynelsen Benzon Realty Vancouver 689-7556