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VOLUNTEER Key Weston (left) and church office worker Héléne Desjardins wear
last year’s bargains while taking a sneak peak at the clothes for sale this year.

By Layne Christensen
Fashion Editer
WEST Vancouver
United Church's
Elegant Flea Market
takes place just one
day of the year but
organizers have been
working for months to
bring together the best
bargains.

“This is a major, major
flea market,” says coordin
tor Wilf Olson. Last year's
sale raised $43,000 for com-
munity outreach programs,

here’s everything from
sewing machines to lawn
mowers and all kinds of
clothing right up to very fine
dresses,” says Olson of the

Clothing a
highlight of
church sale

wares that are up for grabs at
this year’s sale, the 28th
annual, w takes place
next Saturday, Now 2. at the
church.

The clothing is what
attracts the most attention,
with bargain hounds fining
up before the doors open a9
am. to hunt down the best
buys on items like fur coats,
men’s suits and costume jew:
elry.

All items are donated by
parishioners and local resi-
dents. Volunteers spend the

Destino supports arts

DESTINO takes its unique concept of blending
arts and fashion one step further with a fundrais-
er for the arts next Wednesday, Oct. 30.

From 6 to 9 p.m. customers can shop the boutique while
enjoying the music of a string quartet of Vancouver Symphony
Orchestra (VSO) members. Destino’s gallery will feature works
by North Shore artists, most of whom are dropping their prices
for the evening. Models will showease fashions from Desti

and The Mensroom, Ten per cent of the evening’s sale
donated to the North Shore Arts Comn

and to the VSO.

will be
ANS project

Hors d*ocuvre will be provided by Capers. RSVP your atten-

dance to Destino at 926-8107.

— Layne Christensen

egant fashion finds

year sorting through the
donations. Only the “good
stuff” is kept for the sale, says
Olson.

Lesser quality items are
packed up and shipped down
to First Gnited Church on
Hastings Street, West Van
United's sister church.

Organizers want to
emphasize that clothing is
just one of 22 sections, There
will also be bargains on com-
puters, electronics, kitchen-
ware, toys, Christmas cratts,
drapes and finens, books and
records, and — furniture.
Antiques have been valued by
an antiques appraiser. A
country kitchen will serve
home-baked goods.

The church is located at
21st and Esquimalt. The sale
runs to 3 p.m,

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