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F e b r u a r y 20 - 26 The NORTH SHORE HERITAGE COMMITTEE has been busy p r e p a r i n g f o r s e v e r a l events t a k i n g place t o c e l e b r a t e HERITAGE DAY on F e b r u a r y 20th and the week t h a t f o l l o w s . They a r e i n v o l v e d i n the opening o f "THE STORY OF A COMMUNITY", the N o r t h Vancouver S c h o o l D i s t r i c t #44's e x c i t i n g e x h i b i t which opens a t Park R o y a l on F e b r u a r y 20th and moves t o C a p i l a n o M a l l on March 2nd. T h i s e x h i b i t i o n i s i n c o - o p e r a t i o n w i t h NS Museum and Archives. A walk-through d i s p l a y w i l l p o r t r a y the h i s t o r y o f e d u c a t i o n i n N o r t h Vancouver over the c o u r s e o f t h e 20th C e n t u r y . Moving t h r o u g h t e n f r e e - s t a n d i n g modules, p a r t i c i p a n t s w i l l become t i m e - t r a v e l l e r s and e x p e r i e n c e t h e s i g h t s and sounds o f t h e t u r n - o f t h e - c e n t u r y c l a s s r o o m and on t o t h e p r e s e n t w i t h the l a s t module showing a g l i m p s e o f t h e c l a s s r o o m of the f u t u r e . THIS IS A "NOT-TO-BEMISSED" SHOW. West Vancouver w i l l be r e d e d i c a t i n g the r e s t o r e d F e r r y B u i l d i n g d u r i n g H e r i t a g e Week. N o r t h Vancouver C i t y H a l l w i l l have HERITAGE p h o t o s on d i s p l a y i n the g a l l e r y . O T H E R H E R I T A G E N E W S We remind you t h a t the H e r i t a g e S o c i e t y o f B.C. C o n f e r e n c e w i l l be h e l d i n Kelowna from May 25 t o 29. The theme i s " H e r i t a g e and T o u r i s m A D e l i c a t e B a l a n c e " . More d e t a i l s i n next n e w s l e t t e r . And down the l i n e , t h e H e r i t a g e Canada C o n f e r e n c e meets Oct. 26 t h r o u g h 29 i n the H o t e l Vancouver, as p a r t of t h e H o t e l ' s 50th Anniversary. "Mr. H e r i t a g e " , Jack Watts, i s chairman o f the L o c a l S t e e r i n g Committee r e s p o n s i b l e f o r tours. P o s s i b l e tour choices a r e the N o r t h Shore ( i n c l u d i n g Heritage-designated Britannia Mines) and Vancouver I s l a n d . We w i l l have more on t h i s i n f u t u r e newsletters. I t l o o k s a s i f t h e b a t t l e s t o save the S t . A l i c e and t h e H o l l y b u r n Manor have been l o s t , b u t t h e r e i s a l s o good news. The D i s t r i c t s o f N o r t h and West Vancouver have b r o u g h t f o r t h second I n v e n t o r i e s , and the C i t y o f N o r t h Vancouver i s i n the p r o c e s s o f assembling t h e i r s while looking a t options i n the Lower L o n s d a l e a r e a t o p r e v e n t f u t u r e v i e w and b u i l d i n g h e i g h t problems. We thank Jack McCormack o f t h e N o r t h Shore H e r i t a g e Committee f o r this report. BACK TO HERITAGE WEEK There a r e a c o u p l e of HERITAGE e v e n t s i n VANCOUVER worth a l o o k s e e . On Feb. 26, you c a n j o i n a w a l k i n g t o u r o f the West End w i t h knowledgeable h e r i t a g e b u f f s as leaders. The t o u r s c o n c l u d e w i t h TEA i n Roedde House, at the B a r c l a y Square H e r i t a g e S i t e . C a l l Vane. A r t s C o u n c i l a t 688-3244 f o r t i c k e t s and f u r t h e r i n f o r m a t i o n . A l s o between Feb. 21 and Mar. 11, a t the Vancouver A r t s C o u n c i l G a l l e r y , t h e HERITAGE AND MULTICULTURAL STUDENTS' ART SHOW w i l l d e p i c t Vancouver's b u i l d i n g s , e t h n i c n e i g h b o u r h o o d s and r o o t s . Opening r e c e p t i o n Feb. 21 from 7-9pm. I n f o r m a t i o n I n g r i d 683-4358.