As 20 -~ Friday, February 12, 1993 - North Shora Nows NEWS photo Mike Wakeliald ARCHBISHOP Adam Exner blessed the new wing of St. Thomas Aquinas high school in North Vancouver in an official ceremony recently. The school’s addition includes a state-of-the-art library anc two classrooms. OPTI THE FOLLOWING is a selection of volunteer opportunities | avail- able through North Shore Com- munity Services (NSCS). IF YOU speak Serbo-Croatian, : Slovanian, Macedonian or Zagor- ski, ‘volunteer to help with over 100 immigrants from the former Yugoslavia who are expected to arrive in Vancouver in January. : The hours are limited and some ’ benefits are available, ASSIST IN a swimming pro- * gram for seniors. Volunteers will help seniors in the changing room and also help them into the water. Volunteers do not need to know . how. to swim as this is an exercise program. The hours are 9 to 11:30 ‘a.m. on Thursdays. Orientation will be provided. IF YOU play the piano, volun- teer to accompany a seniors’ choir during: rehearsals ‘and recitals. Practices are held every Tuesday from 11:30 a.m, to f p.m. VOLUNTEERS are needed to work with a group of quilters This quilt-making program is an on- going fundraiser for a seniors’ recreation centre. . The group has no teacher, but many. experienced quilters are available to give volunteers a hand. ‘ DAY PROGRAM activity © ONS FOI workers need ‘volunteers to assist. them in the Social Access Pro- gram. Duties transfers of mentally and physi- cally challenged individuals, and assisting in community outings and recreation, Volunteers are needed on Wed- nesdays and Fridays, from 1 to 5 p.m. Orientation and training will be provided; some benefits are available. A GROUP of seniors would include manual . appreciate a volunteer “who will read out loud to them. The volun- teer must have a clear and loud voice and have experience reading in front of an audience. Other duties include. inviting and escorting residents to the pro- gram and preparing ‘tea and cof- fee. The meetings are held on alternate Tuesdays from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. If you are interested in volun- teering call 985-7138. . Terra cotta workshop offered WHAT DO the’ Hudson’s Bay . building, the Marine building, the Sun Tower and Sam, The Record Man's Vancouver home have in common? They are just a sampling of terra cotta buildings, the icing on the city’s architectural heritage. Terra ‘cotta — literally, ‘baked . earth’? -- has been used since the late 1700s for vases, statues and architectural purposes, In North America terra cotta was used both glazed and in its unglazed, brownish orange state to manufacture the ornamentation applied to some of the most inter- esting heritage buildings. Martin Weaver, an_ interna- tionally known architectural con- servator, .will be in Vancouver on Saturday, Feb. 13 for a one-day technical workshop on conserving architectural terra cotta, at Simon Fraser University at Harbour Cen- tre (515 West Hastings St.). The session is sponsored by SFU’s City Program. _ If you would like to attend the workshop, participate in the one-hour walking . tour (leaves 12:15 p.m. from S15 West Hastings St.) or arrange an inter- view please call Judy Oberlander, 291-5100 or Susan Jamieson- McLarnon, 291-5151. invites you to their Open House and Cruise Sale featuring NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE _on the fabulous new “Dreamward” Book your czuise on Saturday, Feb, 13/93 and receive an additional S100 credit per cabin doin us for light refreshments on Sat., Feb. 13 from 10am to 5:30pm “ Marrena, Gaeees Vicatvon Sours February, 1993 Sat. Feb. THE 8RSP CHOICES CAN BE BAFFLING. THE RIGHT CHOICE CAN BE CRITICAL. RICHARDSON GREETESHIODS 409-1086 Wot Hastings Street Vancouver, Grleh Cotumola VOC 3x! é, pi . “ ne 13 & Sun: Feb..14 Enjoy a gourmet heart-shaped pizza in our restaurant or take one home to your valentine (reg. prices apply) tere wee ALORS STANDARD ‘OPTIONS: 944 TURBO SEDAN $90,585" “AUTOMATIC |