MARK KRYS (left) shakes hands with North Vancouver chess club president towing:a match at the weekly Wednesday night chess club meetings at the Delbrook recreation ‘centre in North Vancouver. Find out if you have an eating disorder “IF YOU feel as if your life has been’ a constant. battle with food, - you may have an eating disorder. ‘By Gail Dai-Santo Contributing Writer But how can you tell the dif- ference between an eating disorder and an ordinary concern about your personal appearance and your weight? : If you notice the following behaviors .and attitudes in yourself, you. may be developing an eating disorder. . @® You start to weigh or measure yourself daily or more than once a day. : : @ Your mood swings. with the ‘scales. A good or bad day may depend on what you weigh in the morning. @ All your feelings about yourself become based on the size of your body. You often feel that if you were thin enough you would be a more successful, attractive or in- ai 4 ed about learning. 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Surrey 596-5451 North Shore 985-6811 “Coquitlam 941-9166 “Have you done your homework?” shouldn't be an essay question. ‘ NEWS photo Cindy Goodman Vince Skabeikis fol- Sunday, November 21, 1993 - North Shore News — 37 Perr aeaee IT’S A_ delight to watch eight-year-old Chris Krys matching wits and check- ing-mate with his 68-year- old opponent, North Van- couver chess club president Vince Skabeikis. By Julie Savage Contributing Writer Skabeikis loves playing chess almost as much as he enjoys sharing his skills with the youngsters who drop in at the Delbrook recreation centre for his regular Wednesday night chess club meetings. Chris plots his strategy, makes a move and then has second thoughts. ‘*Now I’m dead!’* he says. _'*No,”’ Skabeikis encourages, “don’t say that. There’s always a chance in chess.” Last year, Krys was the B.C. champion for his age group and went on to compete in the na- tional tournament in Montreal. Krys’ nine-year-old brother Mark took up chess two years ago. “There was a kid at school,’”’ Mark says, ‘‘and he was really good at chess and [ wanted to beat him.”’ So father Richard Krys began teaching his boys how to play. Now both are competing in monthly tournaments and honing their skills against the likes of Skabeikis, 69-year-old Franz Brunnhofer and any of the other 10 adult and senior members of the club. Breer Eight members are under the age of 14, and it’s not unusual for one of them to beat their older opponents. “The club was born on the principle that we teach the young ones,’’ say Skabeikis, who founded the club with Brunnhofer four years ago. “It builds confidence and discipline, and it teaches them how to lose with grace.” This fall, Tom Ollis began bringing his 14-year-old son Ryan to the club, Ryan, who is deaf and partially blind, first began playing chess with his grandfather. “He really, really enjoyed it,” says Ollis. “It’s a good game,’”’ Ryan says in sign language. ‘‘] have to think all the time, so I find it harder than checkers. | have to practise and fearn.’’ The older club members teach Ryan by showing him where he’s made a wrong move and correc- ting it. “Ryan plays quite well right now,’’ says Brunnhofer. ‘‘His de- velopment is good.”’ Skabeikis says he is amazed by his young students: ‘‘At that age, to concentrate is very difficult. That’s why I like to play with these kids, because they concen- trate so well, and it’s nice to see their development.’” Over four years, Brunnhofer says the club has had 53 members. For a $4 fee paid to the North Vancouver Recreation Commis- sion, children can play for three months. The adult fee is $6, and the club welcomes all newcomers. A TOUC OF ELEG i ad OFFER EXPIRES DEC. 6/93 Snowe EE .