20 — Sunday, April 18, 1999 — North Shore News

Refugees
helped

From page 19

Refugee Committee which
sponsored some 60 people —
couples, single men, and fami-
lies, helping them to get sct-
tled and obtaining EST. train-
ing. The government provid-
ed the refugees with living
costs and rent, Mirv smiles as
he opens his filing cabinet
brimming with files: “We
became friends with many of
them, and they still keep in
touch.”

His “refugee room” at
home is filled with pho-
tographs, letters, gilts and
memorabilia of all sorts,
received through the years
from refugees he has helped.
Also there are his certificates
of appreciation for work with
both the Inland Refugee
Society and the Vancouver
Refugee Council.

He has many interesting
stories of his tips to Vietnam
and the people there.

Through his church in
1972, the FM Club was start-
ed, FM standing for formerly
married, ic. divorced, widow-
ers and widows. Miry was the
first president of the club
which is still going strong,
especially on weekends.

_ __ Life dealt Mirv another
blow, when cancer claimed
another loved one — Ginny,
in March 1998. Virginia Jones
Harper was an accomplished
North Shore author, her first
novel, Time Steals Softly and
her last, Wing of the Raven,
are highly recommended read-
ing.

Mirv belongs to the
Capiiano Garden Club and
specializes in growing bego-
nias. He enjoys gardening,
woodworking, travelling, and
cruising. For 30 years has
been on the property commit-
tee of the Highlands United
Church, does volunteer work
with the Seniors’ Hub and
Kiwanis Evergreen, and still
has time to play bridge and
lunch with friends at both the
West Van Seniors Centre and
at Silver Harbour.

Mirv, you are still covering
a lot of ground in an interest-
ing and rewarding life.

Vikki Finkbeiner is a North
Vanconver writer. If you know
of ‘someone who might make an
interesting profile, contact
Vikki c/o North Shore News.

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Vancouver RCMP warn
seniors to be wary of
strangers following an
attempted fraud in
Lower Lonsdale.

On April 7 at about + p.n.
aresident of Kiwanis Towers in
the 100-block of West Second
Street. was contacted on. the
building’s iront-door phone by

warning
aman in his late 20s, carly 30s.

An 87-vear-cld woman
allowed the man into her apart-
ment. He claimed he was her
grandson, according to North
Van RCMP Const. Heidi
Hoffman, Once inside the
apartment, the man asked for
money to fix his car,

The suspect left when the
resident became suspicious and
phoned her san.

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