THE INFORMER PAGE 2 MARCH 12, 1990 PEOPLE Lee Anne Tough (Daycare assistant) had a baby girl (Hannah Marlee) February 10. Congratulations to Linda and Craig Falls/Markle who are the proud new parents of Christina Danielle born January 12, 1990. Linda is an instructor in the Music program. Congratulations to Nancy McMaster (Music Therapy) who gave a “wonderful performance” at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre in January. The concert was well attended by Cap people, reports Liz Moffitt and was like “an old time salon” said Mike Reveley, who especially enjoyed the goodies offered afterward. Robert Campbell (History) has been invited to speak on government liquor control at the 5th Biennial Conference of the Association for Canadian Studies in Australia and New Zealand. The July 1990 conference will be held at the University of New England, New South Wales. Diane Blaney (Office Administration) could now teach a course called "from secretary to published author". “You don't have to have a degree to do it," says Diane holding her first copy of In Basket: Office Simulation in her hand. Based on her experiences going back into the secretarial world during restraint, the book is designed to ease the strain of adjusting to a new environment. "Basically, I'm telling people it's okay to feel confused on the first day anywhere. It doesn't matter how many years of experience you have. In a new place you're going to have questions." In Basket teaches the basics of office practices, and was originally written for Diane's class. It is available in the library or from Nelson Canada, publishers. Will Goede (English) was invited by libraries in Saskatoon and Regina and by the University of Regina to give a series of readings from his collection of short stories, Love in Beijing. Student News: Doreen Habkirk graduated from Cap's Legal Studies program six years ago and is now a justice of the peace with the North Vancouver Provincial Court. Congratulations to ABE student Ron Mott who won the Adult Basic Education Association of B.C. Achievement Award. Ron is upgrading his education in order to pursue a career in meteorology. Adele Clark, a graduate of our Bachelor of Music Transfer Program, was singled out in a review of UBC’s production of Sweeny Todd, as “By far the evening’s brightest light” by Sun reviewer Michael Scott. Scott described Adele as "a marvel...she brings such a comic sauciness to her role as the pie-baking Mrs. Lovett that she stands comparison to another Mrs. Lovett—the original one, American actress Angela Lansbury." Adele won first and second year scholarships in our program two years ago and went to UBC on another scholarship. She was a student of Arlene McIntyre, a voice facilitator for the program. Congratulations Capilano College’s Labour Studies Program is being recognized for its innovative approach to partnership in education with a partnership award from the Association of Canadian Community Colleges. Betty Merrall will receive the award on behalf of the program on the final day of the ACCC conference in PEI May 30. An earlier ceremony will be held at Cap (May 17) at the Spring Tea where plaques will be presented to the College, program instructors, and the program users’ advisory committee. Watch for more on this in the next Informer. High Notes Congratulations to our Swing Choir, Nite Cap, and its director Rejean Marois. They were presented with the official International Association of Jazz Educators Award in New Orleans in January for “outstanding service to jazz education”. They performed at the 17th annual IAJE conference in New Orleans January 11. Snow Thanks It’s far too nice out to publish pictures of our recent burial by snow. But with the banks of dirty white stuff still blocking some parking spaces, it’s not too late to say thank you to the people who helped pull us through: Maintenance who stayed all night to shovel and salt our roads and suffered many a snowball for their trouble. Switchboard who managed to give weather reports, road safety analysis and college information over and over again with patience and forbearance under a good deal of stress. Payroll who made sure we got paid! Snowed Under The switchboard had a record day Wednesday, January 31. With the threat of a blizzard, there were 1,864 calls asking if the College was going to be closed. Great work Pauline, Bonnie, Jane, and Gloria, who managed to be patient and kept smiling through the ordeal. Farewell to Bonnie Josephison who has moved east ... to Penticton and Hello to Gloria Poole who has taken over the night shift on switchboard. — Bev Greene The Fates are Against Us For the second time, our plans for the most fabulous social event of the season, The Employee Recognition Party, have been foiled. Judi Fletcher (Party Queen) did try to arrange a dog sled to transport all the party fixings, but she got stuck at home sipping champagne instead. Poor Judi. Please accept our apologies if you were one of those to be honoured. You will still receive your gifts, but because we’ve run out of time—and steam—the next Employee Recognition Party won’t be until next November.