ITS ALWAYS ss great to
start the new year with an
exciting trip to another part
of our world. It’s also a
wonderful way to get rid of
the January blahs.

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JOY TELLS ALL

I was fortunate enough to be
-asked by CKNW and Michael
Drever’s CruiseShipCentres to

host 10 glorious days in the Car-°

ibbean on board the elegant Sky
Princess last week.

The Dean of PR, West Van's
genial Dean Miller, arranged a
seven-day research trip in October
which really whetted my appetite
for more!

We had a superlative time,
returning to sunny Vancouver late
last Friday night.

After luxuriating on the elegant
liner and touring such exotic
locales as Princess Quays, St.
Thomas and St.. Croix in the
Virgin’ Islands, Montego Bay,
Jamaica, Grand Cayman in the
Bahamas: and Cozumel, Mexico,
it’s tough to get back into stride!

Lots of friendly folk on board °

slike Grace and Hal Pearson,
North Van’s Winnie Wilkinson,

the Hospoods of Burnaby, Helen
and Gerhard Qesterle, Kay and
Hank Nowak of Stundard Build-
ing Supplies, Adria and Ed Hep-
ling, the Mayners of New
Westminster, the Draytons of
Burnaby, Mrs. Leech and Mrs.
Nowell and Mrs. Macleod, Vera,
Florence and) Betsy Girvan of
Vancouver and Mary McKinnon
and Thomas Todd of White Rock.

Besides the other 1,200 passen-
gers on board the Sky Princess,
Charlene and Peter Fassbender
were also vacationing with us.
Peter’s a vice-president with
Palmer Jarvis Advertising and
they had a great time wining, din-
ing and shopping.

One of the nice surprises during
our trip was the arrival of the

‘Canadian destroyer, the

Nipagaon, which followed us into
the bay at St. Croix. There were
300 navy personnel on board led
by Capt. Steve White of Van-
couver,

The Nipagon’s home port. is
Halifax and they’ve been cruising
the southern waters for some
weeks now. | was fortunate
enough to meet some of the crew
on St. Croix’s wind-swept beach a
week ago fast Friday.

There were four clean-cut,
wholesome young people who
happen to work in the commun-
ciations department as radio op-
erators, trying to soak up some
sun. Tatania, Natalie, George and
Scott had their one-day shore
leave to tour the small Caribbean
community of St. Croix before
sailing on to the Bahamas.

Tatania is following in her
dad’s footsteps as a naval radio
operator, even though it causes
her some distress. She gets seasick
every day! ,

The Nipagon will be in our
waters later this spring and the
young people are going to come
and visit me at my broadcasting
booth at the VTCC.

Photo submitted

NORTH VANCOUVER'S Winnie Wilkinson on a cruise vacation.

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SEEN AT the Lovers’ Ball were Hildegarde and Toni Cavelti.

The Caribbean is such a
delightful getaway — especially
for 10 long lazy days. It does take
a bit of time to get there, but it’s
definitely worth it!...

{ arrived back in town late Fri-
day night just in time to catch one
of the glitziest galas of the year!

The gracious Hotel Vancouver
was jam-packed full of lovers —
and most of them weren't even
staying the night! It had to be the
largest concentration of lovers
under one roof.

I had managed to change from
my summer whites into my black
silks in the plane’s teeny
washroom and as I dashed in
from the airport, literally right off
the plane, who was the first per-
son | met at this gala gala do?

Who else but the airport's
number one fly guy, President
David Emerson, who was heading
up the Vancouver Airport table.
David was joined by some of the
new Airport Authority’s board,
including author and Deep Cove
resident Peter Newman and a very
proud Lyall Knott, QC.

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proud because it was his mother-
in-law, Paula Startup, who co-
chaired this year’s ball, one of the
symphony’s most successful fund-
raisers!

Besides the airport VIPs like
Norman Stowe and his pretty wife
Brenda, | spotted Hildegarde and
Toni Cavelti, Arthur Erickson and
his date, the elegant Lois Milsom
and Deborah and Allan
Edgeworth, who won the draw for
the $30,000 necklace and earrings
generously donated by Shelton
DeSilva of Shelton Jewellers and
modelied by’ Baroness Stephanie
von Pfetton.

Organizers managed to raise
more than $60,000 on_ this

, delightful affair...

Two popular West Vanners are
the busy fundraisers for ‘Aria
For AIDS’’ with opera diva
Judith Forst at the Orpheum next
Sunday, the 28th. First Night co-
founder Fay MeMyn and _ profes-
sional fundraiser Jane Hennessy
are part of the new Pacific AIDS
Resource Centre or PARC
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