NEWS photo Cindy Goodman FOUR NORTH Shore youths received cash prizes for their submissions in a recent contest for visually im- paired students sponsored by the B.C. Association of Optometrists. Pictured with their winning entries are (left to right) Sean Heaslip, David Ducklow, Jacquline Arnold and Jennifer Jesso. Boat trip offers glimpse of sea From page 32 counter on the voyage. After leaving behind Newcastle Island, now a provincial park but once a mining island that produced the sandstone to make the B.C. Penitentiary and the Rogers’ man- sion, among other Vancouver landmarks, you'll navigate past Gallows Point on Protection Island — site of B.C.’s first trial by jury and cross Nor- thumberland Channel to Gabriola Island. The easily manoeuvrable, 100- tonne Bastion City motors only 15 or so feet from the sheer sandstone walls of Gabriola, giving cruisers a good look at the sea-sculptured sandstone rock formations, eagles’ nests, and the island’s natural vegetation. After travelling the coast of Gabriola, you'll cross back to Vancouver Island’s Joan Point, named after the wife of miner Robert Dunsmuir. When _ their now-famous Craigdarroch Castle in Victoria was just a dream, they were hiking overland from the Columbia River, where their ship from Scotland had run aground. During this overland journey, Joan Dunsmuir gave birth to a child — surely a mark of achievement under the best of conditions, let alone while on an adventure like hers! As you travel back towards Nanaimo, this time along the coast of Vancouver Island, you near Harmac, the world’s largest high- quality paper producer, and, more importantly for your purposes, the favored hang-out for the famed - I can offer you results with experience and a proven sales record. Call me today at 984-9711 sea lions. Literally hundreds of lions bask in the sun on the mill’s log booms, seemingly quite content to pose for tourists, bark obligingly and hap- pily disregard the efforts of boom boat operators to get their job done. Binoculars are provided, but be sure to bring your camera, because you'll get within about 10 feet of these magnificent animals and their faces, postures and expres- sions are certainly worth record- ing. About 95 per cent of them are California Sea Lions, which weigh up to 700 to 800 Ibs., while the rest are Stellar Sea Lions, which are more golden in color and weigh up to 1,200 Ibs. One of the Stellars had a bad gash on his back — evidence of a run-in with some killer whales that had passed through the day before and had reportedly feasted on at least three of the sea lions. Something I didn’t know was that all these sea lions are bulls — they leave the cows behind at the rookeries in California and travel to feeding grounds en masse to catch up on their rest and all the weight that they lost (often hun- dreds of pounds) while doggedly defending their ‘‘harem’’ during the mating season. Unlike the California Sea Lions, the Stellars’ rookeries are in the Queen Charlotte Islands and far- ther north into Alaska. Unfortu- nately, the rookeries in Prince William Sound were heavily dam- aged as a result of the Alaskan oil spill, Bob reported. RALPH HUBER for all your personal real estate needs. The Sussex Group - S.R.C. Really Corporation The sea lions’ diet is composed mainly of herring (37 per cent) and about 10 per cent salmon. They manage to consume about 600 tonnes of B.C. salmon each year. After the ‘‘oohs’’ and ‘‘ahs’’ have died down, the Bastion City heads for home — but not, thank goodness, before one of the Little- john family members passes around hot chocolate, home-baked Nanaimo bars and other delicious treats, just what one needs to for- tify oneself for the journey back. Once the vessel docks, you’ve 33 - Sunday, Glascow discussed WEST VANCOUVER | resident David Macaree will be the featured speaker at an upcoming lecture at the Scottish Cultural Centre. Entitled No Mean City, his talk will highlight’ prose and verse about Glasgow and its citizens. Glasgow was named the cultural city of Europe for 1990, and is the focus for the Day of Scottish Culture scheduled for Saturday, March 24 from 9:45 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. at the Scottish Cultural Cen- tre, 8886 Hudson St. (at 73rd), Vancouver. The other lectures will cover a wide range of subjects such as the legacy of Adam Smith, the genius of architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh, and Glasgow's con- tribution to medicine. Cost of the lectures, a light lunch and tea and coffee throughout the day is $20, with half price for seniors and students. For more information or to Pre-register contact Ron Sutherland, 988-0479. lions’ lite plenty of time to wander back to catch the 5 p.m. Horseshoe Bay ferry- For $15 (adults), and ferry costs of $5 each way, you can indulge in quite an exotic adventure not too far from home. Cost for seniors (who travei free on B.C. Ferries Monday through Thursday) is $13, for kids five through 15, $10, and under-fours are free. Reservations are recommended, so call the Littlejohns at 753-2852 or Tourism Nanaimo at 754-8474 in advance. Have fun! PILLSBURY- DELUXE OR PEPPERONI Pizzapops PILLSBURY- CRESCENT OR BUTTER FLAKE Dinner Rolls 227 GRAM MIN. SIZE CONT. PILLSBURY - MICROWAVABLE - FUDGE li Zs Brownie Kit BURY: DELUXE, PEPPERON!, CHEESE, “228 260 G MIN. ase ANG. PILL BAC > OR HAWAIIAN 5” Pizzas 292 GR, PACKA' PRICES EFFECTIVE | SUN. TO D SAT. MARCH 18-24 . 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