Appeared in the North Shore News – January 15, 2016 Amy Baird grew up going to the Hollyburn Sailing Club every summer. Her mother, Anne, was its first woman commodore. “As a young girl I was so proud of her. Still am,” Amy says. The club was “a great way to meet new kids and…
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There’s more sailing club speculation afloat
Appeared in the North Shore News – September 25, 2015 Yes, at some point the present Hollyburn Sailing Club will be evicted. Yes, relocated elsewhere. And favoured use of the site? A restaurant. Not likely a fast-food joint. Mayor Michael Smith made this clear in a statement that dispels – or confirms – rumours swirling…
Sailing club lease deserves a closer look
Appeared in the North Shore News – September 11, 2015 Long experience persuades me that the difference between rumours and official statements is that the former are usually more accurate than the latter. Case in point: The thick fog around nautically jaunty Hollyburn Sailing Club. It’s due south of West Vancouver’s supposed gateway to a…
Ambleside dog walkers are all ears for Raju
Appeared in the North Shore News – September 26, 2014 News rains on us incessantly. We must raise an umbrella over matters we choose to save and protect. Today I choose Raju. Raju is an elephant. Captured as a baby, cruelly abused and shackled in spike chains, Raju spent 50 years as a begging elephant…
Redevelopment to set sailing club adrift?
Appeared in the North Shore News – September 12, 2014 The Hollyburn Sailing Club: More Grosvenorization of West Vancouver? Fairness, my worst fault, makes me reflective. Agent Y6xE9j reports that the club may be sailing away into the sunset – next year put on a month-to-month lease, almost always the precursor to redevelopment. Club commodore…