PAGE 8, THE HERALD, Friday, March 3, 1978

Vancouver Mayor less colourful

Than predecessor Art Phillips

There's a story cir- ae ty Mayor Jack why Mayor Ja Valrich hasn’t been hit during the cream-pie- throwlng craze that *. toade Vancouver a messy * place for’ politicians, sive Con- servative Leader Joe Clark, Justice Minister Ron Basford and provin- cial Human Resources Minister Bill Vander

Zalm have been hit with variations on the basic

nana-cream.

Halfway through his first term as mayor, Volrich remains un- sullled. That's, because, . thestory goes, on waiting to cream him fell asleep. . Not everyone would agree that Volrich is as boring a politician as that 8 implies. But even the 49-year-old mayor nd mits that the ability to work hard, rather than personality, is his most valuable political asset and the main reason he is also president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, | (PCM) and the Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UCBM).

Yet critics say hard

-council’s

work doesn’t compensate for the leadership and direction Voltrich has failed to provide in Can- ada's third largeat city. LACKS FOCUS i

“In terms of supplying a vision for the city, he’s not that clearly focused at all,” says Ald. Mike Harcourt whom Volrich defeated for a mayoralty nomination in 1976. He's’ not the strong,

owerful mayor that Vancouver needs.’’

Many of the 10-person ac- complishments during Volrich's first year—for example, the establish- ment A a fishermen's mar _ the - completed 1 conjunction with other levels of government,

His more raonal achievements include the appointment of an in- dustrial development of- ficer, estab: a free dewntown bus service and his success in ob- taining funds from: senior governments.

He also led a highly- visible campaign against shops selling sex making permanent a four-day work week that

Thief cornered

EDMONTON (CP) — Jm- Kiezik was annoyed. The Journal had been stolen from cutaide his apartment door several times in the last two weeks. : .

So with the cooperation of his newspaper delivery boy, a trap was set. The boy was asked to rip off a corner of a certain page of his newspaper and slip the corner-piece under the door.

_Klezik returned _ Wed-

When Burton folded The Guess Who. 1975, it had become is per- sonal. band. and the name ap -to be dead and gone for all time.

Bass 0 . Kurt Winter and Don McDougall are two of the four guitarists who

ed with the group after

dy Bachman left. Gary Peterson, the original drummer, opted out of the reunion and was replaced by Vance Masters, who spent alx months of the last year

uring Cummings.

Kale explained how it all came about:

Haat November a friend got Danny, , Gary an me togesher for a one-shot studio session for a CBC radio show. Even though it wasn't yery it’. was better than the music any of us were making separately roa we decided to go ahead

er.

é@ is the anchor for the new enterprise and his in- terest in running the

ess is an invaluable

asset, SELF-ASSURANCE GONE “We've approached a couple of record companies who are keen on hear what we can come up andthe best booking agent in Canada assures us that there's lot of work.” He lai as though he could ha believe it himself. “I'd ilke to have some records on the radio again.” The contrast was in- credible from the times when these veterans were flying high. They are ap-

nesday evening to find his paper missing ‘again. With a

of. subscribers in the Baine apartment building and ihe corner plece in hand, he knocked on doors, . At one apartment he found amanholding a paper with a page corner missing.

Police said William An-—

Biernaski, 21, has been charged with possession of

stolen property under $200. .

the

game had'brought them...

Worn with the tension of ‘three long days-in the recording studio,. they listened to the music on the playback speakers at a volume few living rooms could stand.

The sound is reminiscent of the various periods of The Guess Who, captured on a dozen albums.

Four pop-rock sengs pick musical flavors from here and there, just the way the old band did. Quaintly phrased verses and pinin choruses about lost love an foutid fun with high, choir- boy-gone-bad harmonies, They don’t sound dike instant hits but might catch on with repeated exposure. - SOME SONGS REVIVED

Four guys over 80 are trying to push their way back into a scene notorious for offering only one chance. said tee we?” Kale

. “Even Cummings has said that with us at least it’s

real former members of the .

instead of one gu yin to cash in. y “We're together because

we want to play together. We'll do some old Guess Who

mo longer a good step up the ladder to fame and fortune. But this Guess Who are an experienced lot and the chances are they will

be heard on the radio again. '

R . a ecreation Chatter eo fT

by SHARON LOUGH

Aa apr

ing is quickly approaching, the district of Terrace

Parka and Recreation Department is planning a new seasion

of Spring programs. To date we are planning

to offer the

following fomams: Archery, Introductory Social Dance,

Black an

te Photography, Body Bullding, Feminine

Beauty and Health Care, Dog Obedience and Guitar. Weare looking for enthuslasts to help us in the organisation and-or instruction of each: Cycling, Tennis, Arts and Crafts, Nature Study, Leader lp Training, Cartooning, and val

Wilderness Safety and S for additonal §

1, Your ideas and suggestions

@ Recreation Programmes are greatly

appreciated, Please call Recreation Programme C Ordination Sharon Lough, at 638-1174 or 6381177, ° Upcoming Events include a film Night, and a Teen Disco

Dance.

“THE MOONSPINNERS" is a suspenseful drama of on- trique in the Romantic isle of Crete, based on one of Mary

Stewart's hair-rising

thrillers. This Walt Disney film,

starring Hayley Mills and Eli Wallach and Peter McEnery is

partic!

rly suitable for families with older children and

teens, We will be showing the Moonspinners on Friday,

March 8rd, at the Terrace

Banquet Room, from 6:30 -

9:30 p.m. Fresh popcorn and refreahments will be available,

The Teen Diaco Dance will be sponsored by the Parke and Recreation Department, on Friday March 10th from 8:00 to 12;00p.m. at the Terrace Arena Banquet Room, Admission is

$2.00 per person,

self-deprecat- ©

is on trial at city hall and established himself as the most fiscally con- servative member of council. ; ' Some critics say these actions don’t add up to any definitive policy.

‘The man 8s ply doesn't seem to stand for an .”’ says one city

reporter. “He works

hard, gh sometimes to no effect.”

His style as mayor is

much more formal than -

that of his predecessor, Art Phillips. Volrich leans toward pomp and ceremony—he is led into council by a white- gloved, mace-bearing policeman, and he makes equent use of the chain of office that Phillips wore only on formal fie far 7 al speech and

orm an slicked-down _ hairstyle are easily caricatured.

shore mountains beyond. “I'm not going to change my hairstyle or my manner of speaking for anyone,”

Volrich, a lawyer, says emphasis of such unimportant _charac-

teristics is one reason why ‘unfair. criticisr from the media’”’ is what he has found worst about

being mayer.

While might - not have it made with the media in Vancouver, Volrich is a hit with other municipal representa-

ives, He acceded to the presidency of the UBCM November, after president Jim Fraser was defeated in the Williams

‘Lake, B.C., mayoralty

race. Volrich had already been elected president of the FCM last May. °

‘1 looked upon it as a challenge and 1 was partl interested

year use of

discussion of national un- ity,’” he said. _ SPEAKS OUT

Volrich has spoken out on national unity, lobbied

for increased financing.

for municipalities anc

. tried to improve. the

ty of the FCM. Volrich admits that the FCM, as a national voice of municipal govern- ment, has not been as

loud as it might have been, Some mayors—for

example, former mayors Stephen Juba of Winnipeg

and Rod Sykes of Cal- gary—have t a low profile within ‘the FCM, and Montreal has never

oined,

Volrich therefore sees any concession from the eoeral government as

shentions he tbe

nouncement OY ran spo ster Lang and Urban Affairs

. would contribute $230 million to urban tran » an area which Volrich sees ag a priority for Vancouver..

“True, it’s not as much as we had hoped for,” Volrich

t saya. | . “But it's the first time the

federal government has recognized a respon- sibility in the field of

- urban transport. —

“it’s encouraging that’. he (Quellet) has aren us into discussion. It strengthens the cred- ibilityofour organization.” .

Such accomplishments, however, score few

political points in Van- couver where voters are waiting to see just what Volrich has to offer the city in 1978. .

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