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IF YOU'RE ‘willing to
‘rewards. of . fitness,
challenge for you.

By BARRETT FISHER

< May 29 has been declared

‘Participaction Day. across
Canada‘ ‘and .the City and
‘District. of North Vancouver
“have been challenged to a
fitness. duel by the City of
St: John’s Newfoundland. -

* ~The idea is to ‘see which
“gity can get- the highest per-

“eentage.‘of residents to par-
_ticipate’in |15/minutes of ac-
s tivity ‘that: day. And _When_

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~ winning total.
David Mayes, manager for
North Vancouver Recreation
. Commission, says Par-
ticipaction’s idea for the
fitness challenge is ‘‘to pro-
mote an_ active, healthy
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Saskatoon was the first
challenger in 1983, which
began the annual 2vent.

Fifty municipalities par-
ticipated in the challenge in
83 with 650,000 individuals
and in 1984, 150
municipalities ‘participated

with . 1,800,000 individuals, —

Mayes explains. ‘‘The in-
crease. shows the success of
Participaction.’’,. *

Mayes says-a_ lot’ of non-

active people ‘get. involved in:

the fun of the fitness duel
and end up sticking with
some’ sort of a fitness pro-

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“Once people try physical
exercise they find out how
good it feels,’’ Mayes says.
‘It encourages them to reg-
ister in activities and live a
more wholesome life. Some
people are practising ’ and
getting ready for the
challenge now.’’

A North Shore Participac-

tion committee. has orga-
nized local schools and
fitness groups to get involv-
ed in the fitness day, offer-

ing’ free fitness facilities to.

the public.

“We have volunteers who .

are giving out proclama-

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GETTING IN the
Spirit of the great
Participaction
challenge are Mayors
Marilyn Baker and
Jack Loucks of
North Vancouver
District and City,
respectively. May 29
is the day when
North Van City and
District residents
should get out and
do 15 minutes of ac-
tivity, from garden-
ing to jogging, to
beat St. John’s New-
foundland.

NEWS photo Terry Peters

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