THE SPIRIT of Spain is
coming to Vancouver on
Feb. | thanks, in large part,
to a North Vancouver
woman.

By Surj Rattan
News Reporter

A salute to Spain

Best Ball 1992 creates a theme evening for diabetes research

The Canadian Diabetes
Association (CDA) will once again
hold its annual Best Ball fundrais-
er at the Hotel Vancouver’s
Pacific Ballroom on Feb. 1.

North Vancouver resident Patty
Hearn has again been appointed
the chairman; this time for Best
Ball 1992: A Salute to Spain. She
also chaired the event last year.

‘Best Ball is a fundraising ball
for diabetes research. It’s eight
years old, and we choose a coun-
try each year, and we work with
the consulates of those countries,"”
said Hearn. ‘‘We create a theme
evening. There are so many fund-
raising events that we wanted to
do something different and some-
thing special.’'

WEWS photo Terry Peters

NORTH VANCOUVER resident Patty Hearn is promoting the Canadian Diabet2s
Association's upcoming diabetes research fundraising nighit.

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SINGLE LANE TRAFFIC

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will be single lane, alternating traffic on the Lions Gate Bridge from
Sunday January 5 until Friday February 13. Single lane, alternating
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bridge and will be in effect as follows:

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Last year the Best Ball raised
about $50,000 for diabetes
research. Hearn is expecting to
raise at least that amount this
year. And while most people have
been generous in supporting the
event, Hearn admits the current
economic times have made some
people reluctant to donate as they
would in past years.

“You can feel people's pockets
tightening up. It’s tough to fun-
draise,’’ said Hearn. ‘1 think it
has been tougher this year. You
have to be the kind of person who
can accept no as an answer as well
as yes. Some people just cannot
afford to give.”

Hearn has been a volunteer with
the CDA for the past five years.
She also works part-time as a
nurse in Lions Gate Hospital’s
nec-natal intensive care unit
which allows her to help the
mothers of many diabetic infants.

She said she first became in-
volved with the CDA after she
Jearned that diabetes had been
diagnosed in the nine-year-old
child of her best friend. The
disease has also been diagnosed in
her father.

“*Research is an important
area,’’ said Hearn. ‘‘But research
is research. Diabetes is an awful
thing to be saddled with, but it is
curable.”’

The CDA is the single largest,
non-goveramental funding body

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44 Last year
the Best Ball
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- Best Bali 1992 Chairman
Patty Hearn

of diabetes research in Canada.
Statistics show that today one in
20 Canadians has diabetes. The
disease causes blindness, kidney
failure and heart disease.

Last year, diabetes was the third
leading cause of death in Canada.

As part of its Best Ball 1992: A
Salute to Spain, the CDA this
year will be raffling off a trip for
two to Spain denated by Ameri-
can Airlines.

For ticket reservations and in-
formation, call 732-1331.

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