Lifestyles

NEWS photo Cindy Bellamy

CHILDREN MO©8 Paddington Bear at North Vancouver Public Library during a recent storytime. Author
Dennis Lee was on hand to read his own works and Paddington collected money for UNICEF. Paddington
will be at Lynn Valley Shopping Mall Gct. 30 at 6:30 p.m.; Capilano Mall Océ. 31 at 10 a.m.; West Van-
couver McDonald’s Oct. 31 at 11:30 a.m.; and at the Hollyburn Country Club Oct. 31 at 4 p.m.

SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS BENEFIT

Recycled paper creates cash

THERE’S GOLD in them there
binst With the price of waste
newsprint hovering between $35
and $50 per ton, old newspapers
have become an important source
of funds for the Variety Club. In
the seven years ‘since its creation,
the Variety Club Newspaper
Recycling Program has raised over
$500,000 for the benefit of
children with special needs.

It all started in 1979 when Mor-
ris Belkin of Belkin Paper Stock
Inc. approached Variety Club with
an idea for a new fundraiser.

“Morris felt. that newspaper
recycling could raise a substantial
amount of money for the club,’’
remembers past Variety Chief
Barker Irv Levenson. Levenson,
with his colleagues Jack Aceman
and Jack Barnett, mulled over the
idea, then presented it to the
Variety Club Crew. ‘‘It didn’t take
long to convince them,’’ says
Levenson. ‘‘They thought it was a
great project!’’

Morris Belkin, originator of the
idea, had his company construct

the newspaper bins which form the
foundation of the project. With
the cooperation of Canada
Safeway, Woodward’s and a
number of Jack Aceman’s shopp-
ing centres, Variety Club was able
to establish a newspaper bin net-
work at key locations around the
Lower Mainland. Today, Variety’s
Newspaper Recycling Program
operates 23 bins in locations rang-
ing from Vancouver to Maple
Ridge. The program currently
handles over 250 tons of newsprint
a year.

Unlike some other recycling pro-
jects around the city, all the money
raised through the Variety News-
paper Recycling Program benefits
the disadvantaged and disabled
youngsters of the province. Funds
raised through this program have
made significant contributions to
projects such as the Variety Elec-
tro-Limb Program, the Children’s
Variety Research Centre and many
other worthy undertakings.

The concept of recycling was in-
itially developed in the late sixties

Pumpkins judged

FREE PUMPKINS are available
for children at the information
desk at Lonsdale Quay Market.

Pumpkins are to be carved at
home and returned to the market
information desk, together with a
contest entry form, in time for
judging. Pumpkins are available

Sushi cooking
made simpie

SUSHI COOKING Made Simple is
a course being offered by Eagle
Harbour Community Centre.

The workshop, offered Thurs-
day, Oct. 29 from 7 to 9:30 p.m.,
focuses on creating several types of
sushi, the use of Japanese utensils
and the history and proper pres-
entation of sushi.

Eagle Harbour Community
Centre is located at 5575 Marine
Dr. in West Vancouver. For fur-
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on a one-per-child, first-come,
first-served basis.

Judging will take place Friday,
Oct. 30 at 7 p.m. All entries will
then be displayed around the mar-
ket rotunda.

There are three prize categories:
six years and under, seven to 10
years, and 11 to 13 years. Prizes

and early seventies, paralleling the
rise of the conservation movement.
Though more and more people are
becoming in tune with the merits
of recycling, only a small fraction
of what can be reused is actually
being handled. In the case of
newsprint, it’s estimated that only
30 per cent of the available waste
paper is being recycled.

The Variety Club has established
a monitoring system to ensure that
the bins do not constitute any pro-
blem to the surrounding area, The
bins are checked and emptied regu-
larly to avoid any overflow. There
have been problems in the past
with mischief in and around the
bins which prompted Newspaper
Recycling Program chairman Jano
Fraadsen to encourage the public
to advise Variety Club of any pro-
blems.

Remember, the next time you
get ready to bura those old news-
papers in your fireplace or toss
them into the garbage, think about
recycling.

at Quay

range from Gund monkeys and
foam pumpkins for young children
to $50 gift certificates for older
children.

Members of the public, the
carvers and their families are all
invited to watch the judging on
Oct. 30.

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Cookbook

RECIPES BY local cooks have
been collected in Fast and Fan-
tastic, a cookbook being sold by
the North Shore Family Services
Society.

Proceeds from cookbook sales
will aid the society’s support
groups for sexuatly-abused
children and teens.

The cookbook, which sells for
$9.95, is available at the following
oudets: Clamshell, Vancouver
Aquarium, Stanley Park; Pioneer

THE HEAD SHED

130 W. 16th, N. Van
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aids kids

Arts and Crafts Ltd., Westview
Shopping Centre; Queensdale
Shop, 3010 Lonsdale, North Van-
couver; McNews, Lonsdale and
15th, North Vancouver: Tools and
Techniques, 250-16th St., West
Vancouver; Basic Stock
Cookware, 2294 West 4th Ave.,
Vancouver; Saltbox, 267 Oakridge,
Vancouver; Readers’ Retreat,
Lynn Valley Mall.

For further information call the
socicty at 988-528).

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