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Wot the Dickens
THE stuffed lion and gift basket here with Cody and
Krystle Funston will be raffled: off Saturday at St.
Stephen's Church’s Wot the Dickens Bazaar. The
Christmas craft fair, which this year Includes a chil-

dren’s games room, takes place from 10:30 a.m. to
2:30 p.m. at 885 22nd St., West Vancouver:

AMBLESIDE

WEST Van Barber Shop owner Michel Ibrakime is in receipt of a
heartfelt letter of thanks from the Children’s Hospital Foundation.
{brahime recently donated $375.50 raised during a miserably wet
three-hour cut-a-thon held in Ambleside Park Oct. 27. :
His soccer team, West Van United, helped out with the event's
promotion and organization and also accounted for almost half
the haircuts Ibrahime and his partner completed.

Last year Ibrahime raised almost $700 with his cut-a-thon but
points out that the weather was much better.

However, he is not discouraged and plans to be back next year in
Ambleside Park during the Labor Day weekend when the soccer
tournaments are on and there are lots of young heads needing a
quick trim.

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Kiwanian hits 179 in quest
ta sell 200 Xmas cakes

Contributing Writer

LARRY Wickwire has never baked a cake in his
life, let alone a Christmas cake.

Burt this year he has sold 179 of them.

Thar’s four more than Murray Henry on the fundraising
committee of the Fiwanis of Capilano knows about.

But Wickwire has been buying up unsold cakes from other
Kiwanis cake-sellers in his bid to reach a self-imposed goal

“T wanted to reach 200 but Toran out of cakes,” Wik
laughs ruefully.

“T personally was trying to contribute a cheque tor $1,000.”

It’s all part of the Kiwanis seasonal fundraising drive for local
charities.

The Capilano Kiwanis, who dike Wickwire are all seniors, are
hoping to raise more then $2,500 this year through their cake
sale,

Westons Bakery in Ontario work with the Kiwanis across the
country every year at this time filling orders for their 1.25 kg
ring cake,

Henry describes it asa “very good, very popular, medium to
dark christmas cake” which the Kiwanis continue to sell for $15
“even though Westons raised the price on us this year to
$10.50.”

The lacal organizations have to predict their sales volume
with some accuracy because Westons ships to order across the
country and cuts off sales in November.

Wickwire is Henry's top seller this year, just as he was last
year and the year before that.

“We recognize him as being our best salesman and honor
him for it,” says Henry.

But Wickwire wants to retire from cake sales next year.

“It is fin,” he emphasizes, “but when you get to my age it
can get tiring.”

Wickwire will be 90 next year.

“I'm just a fellow who is fading away. | appreciate the pub-
licity but the Kiwanis are doing the fundraising and donating to
the charities. They are the ones who should get all the credit.”

Club president Roland Hunter says the cake-sale money goes
into the Kiwanis pot for distribution in the middle of the year.

Last year the Capilano Kiwanis raised $31,922 for a variety
of worthy causes inchiding:

WB Harvest House Foodbank:

B West Vancouver Youth Project;

@ North Shore Home Support;

@ the Kiwanis Foundation’s [OD Project.

Hunter says not many people are aware of the IDD Project,
which he deset‘bes as’ doing. wonderful work in con:bating
iodine deficiency disorder around the world through the diser-
bution of iodized salt.” ;

Hunter, like Henry, tips his hat to Wickwire’s efforts over
the last six or seven years,

“We are thinking of calling him Cakes Wickwire,” laughs
Hunter.

Wickwire has been involved with the Kiwanis since his 6%

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“I'VE got the sales but ! can't get the product.” Larry
Wickwire with the last of the.179 Christmas cakes

that he has sold for the Kiwanis of Capilano. He had:
hoped to meet his goal of selling 200 cakes this year.

years test-flying as an aeronautical engineer with. the air force
during the Second World War. ‘ ;

He joined the’ Kiwanis of Liverpool, Nova Scotia, in 1947,
becoming their president in the '50s.

When he moved to. Grand Falls, Newfoundland, to manage: ...:

its pulp mill he helped to found another Kiwanis-club.”.

Wickwire joined the United Nations in 1968 and “went'all .
round the world three times with them” advising the organiza~
tion on a number of Third World mill projects. : a

He acknowledges the cliche but says the experience. broad-
ened his mind unbelievably. oo

“The value of travelling outside of your country is that you
come to understand another man's. paint of view," says:
Wickwire; who at the age of 89 still networks tive days a week
with a drop-in happy hour at intis.apartment.. ee

His last contract through the United Nations brought him
and his wife Lois (they celebrated: their 60th: anniversary last:
summer) to West Vancouver in 1973; 0) ; :

“The contract returned you to your home and Fhadn‘t been”
home in five years: When they asked where I wanted to go J
almost said Dawson City, but picked Vancouver.” ne

“When we got here we thought it was wonderfully vibrant -
city, We took a trip to, Victoria but it was full of old people s0
we came back: and bought a place in West Vancouver'and we've;
been here ever since.” . ae

Hunter atid Henry both hope Wickwire will stay a. litle’
longer — and maybe sell some more cakes.

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