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CITY EDITOR GARY MASON 732-2166 SUBURBAN NEWS: BARBARA YAFFE 732-2445 Thursday, Jan. 21, 1993 SECTION SD SKYTRAIN COLUMN Coquitlam feels left in the lurch SCOTT SIMPSON Vancouver Sun A SkyTrain extension is good news for Surrey, but it's just another slap in the face for cities in the northeast, Coquitlam Mayor Lou Sekora said Wednesday. Sekora, who saw a promised Sky-Train link to his community vanish with the former Socred government, said he's disappointed that the prov rey shopping mall over who will pay the cost of a SkyTrain station in Whalley. BC Transit chair Eric Denhoff hotly denied that the northeast is being left behind, saying a committee led by Port Coquitlam Mayor Len Traboulay is working on the problem right now. "What's the mayor suggesting, that we extend the SkyTrain line to Whalley and then refuse to put in ince seems to be pushing ahead with transit in Surrey while ignoring the northeast "We have the worst traffic mess in B.C.," Sekora said.

"The whole northeast sector has been shuffled to the backburner as far as transit is concerned." Sekora's comments followed comments by Finance Minister Glen Clark that the province has reached an agreement with owners of a Sur A GOOD RUB DOWN WA ...1 7 rttn-mnwiTiif bjr i i iw.er''" -us" i i ai (DM MIGRANT, chocolate fac tory secretary, First World I War ambulance driver and a bride for the first time at 80 an abbreviation of a century-plus of living. Lilian (Smith) Clements celebrates her 104th birthday today at Summerland Lodge in the Okana-gan town. Born in Wiltshire, England, in 1889, she emigrated in 1910 at the age of 21. Fifty years in Saskatch- ewan were interrupted with a stint as a British army ambulance driver and a short stay in Edmonton because she thought "the winters would be milder." Lilian decided they weren't and moved back to Saskatchewan. In 1970, Lilian moved to B.C., married 84-year-old Montagu Clements and was widowed after "the best two years of my life." Happy birthday Lilian and many of them.

TRITE TRUE Trite, perhaps, but the old cli-. che, you can't help someone else without helping yourself (Shakespeare said it), is still philosophically sound. Volunteer Vancouver's recognition awards are a tribute to those who have demonstrated exemplary leadership in volunteerism. Any individual or organization may be nominated by anyone. To mark W's half-century of support, 50 individuals and organizations will be recognized at a ceremony April 22 at the Waterfront Hotel.

Nomination forms are available from Volunteer Vancouver, 301-. 3102 Main Vancouver, B.C. V5T 3G7. Closing date for nominations is Feb. 28.

WORDS MUSIC The 100-member Vancouver Welsh Men's Choir and pianist Jamie Parker will be the guests at a benefit concert for the new Burnaby Arts Centre at 8 p.m. Jan. 30 in the new Willingdon Church, 4812 Willingdon, Burnaby. Tickets for the Concert for a New Century are $12 and $40 (you get a better seat and a $30 tax receipt) are available from Ticket-master, 280-4444. MISSING GEORDIE This is a long shot, but if there is a Colin Wilson out there who served his apprenticehip with Vickers-Armstrong in Newcastle, England, and is married to Michelle, give me a call at 732-2146.

UNDER WATER UBC engineering students are deep on ideas to build a racing sub, but shallow on sponsors to allow a 12-member team to enter the Third International Submarine Races in Fort Lauderdale, June 16-27. The team, with the aid of the Celtic Trade School, will be competing against more than 50 universities, corporations, government agencies and research labs from Canada, the U.S. and Europe. The event was created in 1986 to inspire the development of undersea technology. UBC won the Challenge Award in 1991.

For information about sponsorship, contact Jon Mikkelsen at 822-2709 or fax 822-2403. By ARCHIBALD ROLLO re YOU CAN RUN, BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE from a quarterly statue in Stanley Park cast by his father Jack Har-cleaning. Stephen Harman gives the Harry Jerome man a good rub down four times a year. THE MEDIA Ex-Hong Kong anchor tests the air the last few months," Denhoff said. But Sekora said he's fed up with studies and says it's time politicians and residents in the northeast banded together to push for action.

"We've built the rights-of-way for SkyTrain, the Park and Ride, anything that the little heart of gov ernment would desire," Sekora said. He said he's supporting a bid by-Please see SKYTRAIN, B7 CITY LOTS Downtown shoppers get break on parking fees Many downtown shoppers are going to get a break on their parking fees when they park in city-owned lots. In a report to council, the city's engineering department says the economy downtown has softened, and use of most of its nine lots has decreased or remains static. As a result, it wants to cut the evening rate on its lot at Richards and Robson streets by 50 cents to $2, and keep all but one other lot at the existing rates. (The city's lots are operated by the Downtown Parking Corp.) Only the lot at Pender and Realty streets, which is consistently full, would have its monthly rate increased by $5 to $80.

Parking engineer Bob Mcdonald said the city can't justify raising rates with so many businesses having trouble staying open. "There's a flatness in the economy downtown. Our decision not to raise rates reflects the market condi tions," he said. The most frequent patrons of the lots are shoppers, as rates are kept high enough to discourage commuter parking, he added. Crooks foiled in home invasion by sharp son Quick thinking by the son of a householder ended a home invasion early Wednesday in the 1000-block West 15th Avenue.

Vancouver police liaison officer Const. Reg Harris said a 59-year-old man was tied up after being overpowered by two men who broke into his house at 2:30 a.m. Harris said the man's 30-year-old son, who was in an upstairs bedroom, heard the commotion and quietly called 911. He said police arrived within a minute of the call, but that the suspects had fled. Police believe the pair had monitored the call with a police scanner.

Harris said scanners, which are sold at electronics stores, are occasionally used by criminals to monitor the police. "(Scanners) pose a problem for the police, but there is no legislation preventing people from owning them," he said. However, he said it is illegal to use a scanner in committing a crime. Harris said the home invasion victim was not hurt and no money was taken. Hillary will be pilloried, pundits say, if she and Bill revert to their -I early plans for a presidential partnership (remember Bill's "buy one, get one She wasn't elected, so she should back off, the thinking goes.

But is the difference so clear between Hillary and any appointed adviser or cabinet member? If anything, she could be better. Being married to the guy lets her tell it like it is, without having to worry: about losing favor with the boss. Okay, Clintons, you've made it to the White House. All that shape-shifting worked. You finessed Gen-nifer Flowers, draft dodging and the too-smart, too-successful wife 1 thing.

Hillary, the uppity woman, i softened up enough to pass. Now, will the real Hillary Clinton stand up? And if she does, who's going td try to cut her off at the knees? stations?" Denhoff asked. Denhoff was referring to the fact that a SkyTrain line has already been built into Whalley but that a Whalley station which would be Surrey's third was never built because of a dispute over cost-sharing with developers who would benefit from the station. "Probably nobody in the last 20 years has paid as much attention to the northeast as BC Transit has in IAN SMITH BRIAN KENT air this weekend on CJVB enough to be conscious of the resentment of Chinese growing in some parts of greater Vancouver. "You cannot deny it is there," he said.

Improving relations between cultural groups begins with better understanding, Ng said. His station will be telling the Chinese about Canada. than other people. I don't know about you, but a bunch of women sitting on floors and stretched out on couches and carpets doesn't look very powerful and glorious to me. It looks like we're getting ready for cookies and milk and naptime.

Heck, when was the last time you saw Bill Clinton or Brian Mulroney lying on their stomachs with a bunch of balloons? It just wouldn't happen. In a business where image is everything, what powerful man would be caught dead in a soft sweater, lounging on the floor? Hillary Clinton: dominatrix or cuddly cookie-baker? How about just a woman, whatever she may reveal herself to be? Bill Clinton has never made any bones about her being the smartest person he knows. Let's let her be smart, why don't we? ON THE MIKE: Michael Ng's daily, at the same times, 8 p.m. to 9 a.m. His emphasis will be on news, but not just news from China and other Asian countries.

Vancouver's Chinese are interested in information about Asia, but they also want more news about Canada, he said. He plans to run a daily open line program, exploring such subjects as DOUGLAS SAGI Vancouver Sun Michael Ng's face and voice were once as familiar to Hong Kong television viewers as those of Kevin Evans or Tony Parsons are in Vancouver. Now the 45-year-old former news anchor for Radio-TV Hopg Kong is going to be behind a microphone in Vancouver. He is executive producer, o.f Chinese broadcasting on CJVBl470 on the AM dial, 103.3 on FM Cable.) His first broadcast will begin midnight Saturday (Sunday morning), when new owners of the station mark the beginning of the Chinese New Year. "I am a broadcaster My hobby is news and broadcasting," he said.

CJVB, the multicultural radio station that was sold last year to Canadian Chinese Radio (Vancouver) had been owned by the Jan van Bruchem family since its establishment in 1972., When it was sold, there were fears among some cultural organizations that their programs would be replaced. But Ng said all multicultural programming will continue and there will be no increase in the amount of Chinese broadcasting, 13 hours ELIZABETH AIRD these days without seeing a dozen faces of Hillary staring back, all smiling, all warm and friendly. The satirical New York monthly, Spy, has taken Hillary's smiling face and stuck it on top of a model's body. The body has huge breasts practically falling out of a shiny black vinyl bikini top. It's wearing a dog's collar, vinyl bikini pants that are studded and buckled, and black fishnet stockings.

IMAGES Will the real Hillary 7 Clinton please stand up arid stay therel first show in Vancouver will education, law, health, investments and small business operations on entire programs. Late-night listeners will hear a mix of music, including Chinese traditional, classical and some modern. One song in every 14 will be Canadian, he said, because CJVB, like all radio stations, must include Canadian content. Ng has been in Canada long new Washington power crowd the magazine dubbed women of the year. The photo spread inside was called, mightily, "Power and the Glory." Hillary sits on the floor, leaning against a couch.

Activist Marian Wright Edelman isn't just on the floor, she's lying on her stomach surrounded by kids with balloons. Washington Sen. Patty Murray is sitting on the floor with her kids. Tipper Gore is standing up, at least, looking into a very fancy gold mirror that's surrounded by family pictures. Another woman is stretched out on her couch, another perched precariously on a fence.

The only woman who gets to just stand there, no family or kids around her, is Sandra Day O'Connor, the Supreme Court justice. Guess judges get a little more respect There's a riding crop in the hand. It's Hillary as dominatrix, standing in the Oval Office. The caption on the cover says: "What Hillary Problem?" Presumably, the oh-so-sophisti-cated Spy isn't itself saying that Hillary is too powerful, but poking fun at the endless speculation about her role in the White House. Odd, though.

Last time Spy put Bill Clinton on the cover, they stuck his head on top of Superman's body. I haven't managed to find one fake nudie shot of him yet. Every picture tells a story, right? The glossy, manipulated images of Hillary Clinton tell us just how far we are from accepting strong, smart women just as they are. Newsweek marked the end of International Women's Year by putting Hillary on its Dec. 28 cover.

She was the leader of the CW 'LL DO ANYTHING you I want, but I won't dye my JL hair, change my wardrobe or lose weight." Yup, Barbara Bush sure fixed her husband's campaign people when they suggested she'snazz herself up a little. Hillary Clinton, on the other hand, changed her hair and changed her wardrobe. That was the easy part, alter changing her name a few years ago. Barbara Bush, wife and mother, was just fine with the American public exactly as she was. Clinton, the career woman, politico and serious intellect, didn't quite cut it.

So she talked less on the campaign trail, and made sure people knew her recipe for chocolate chip cook- s. The image change was a hit. You can't look at a magazine stand.