Special
tour of
Europe
planned

TRAVEL in foreign
countries can be
very difficult for
deaf people who
communicate in
signing in ASL —
American Sign
Language.

Interpreters who. sign
ASL are hard to find in
many other countries.
Vancouver’s Hume Travel
is planning a very special
tour for the deaf and hard
of hearing people wha
communicate this way,
The tour is limited to 16
people.

“This fully escorted
‘trip-of-a-lifetime’ begins
in London, England on
Sept. 14 and for 22 days
winds its way through 10
countries ‘ending in
Athens,” says Ken Hume,
president of Hume Travel.

The tour throughout
Europe will be conducted
by Globus with a seven-
day optional Greek island
tour provided through
Meridian Holidays.

For more information
on the crip contact
Michael Newton-Kemp at
Hume Travel (1281 West
Georgia St.) at their toil
free number J -800-663-
9787.

Date:
Time:

Location:

Amanre

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only allows a pleasant outing
in the cool of the mountains,
but along the way there are
woaderfal sights of cattle
working in the rice paddies.

One field had a motor:
ized plough, known here as
a Japanese cow,

Ifyou go carly you might
see a flock of ducks following
aman with a flag. At sunset
they return to the flag and
wait te be Jed home; ir is one
of Bali’s small delights.

On the way back |
stopped at a village where a
procession was heading to a

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temple. Evervone was
dressed in their happy
colours of shite and yellow
and women carried on their
heads baskets of rice, flowers
and fruit with sticks of buri-
ing incense sticking out.
Most were smiling, particu:
larly a Grammer who had a
mischievous grin and a ciga-
rette sticking out of his
mouth; clearly this was
going to be a good night
with dancing, cock-fighting
and gambling.

At Tenganan village,
which dates from pre-Hindu
times, | saw a cock-fight in
progress and the loser go

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A Seniors Supportive Housing
deveiopment is being proposed
for the property at:

940 Lynn Valley Road,

(Mollie Nye property)

and you are invited to join
Hearthstone Communities Ltd.,
Brook evelopment Planning
Inc. and Graham F. Crockart,
Architects Inc. at a meeting to
discuss the project.

Thursday, Aprii 22, 1599
7:00 p.m.

Lynn Vailey Full Gospe! Church, (basement)
1160 East 29th St. North Vancouver

Formal Presentation to begin at 7:36 0.m.

The proposal at 940 Lynn Vatley Road includes 118

residential units with

amenity, recreational and dining facilities. The unit mix consists of 45 1-bedroom
units, 27 1-bedroom + den units, and 46 2-bedroom units. Underground parking
for 132 cars is provided for residents plus 24 visitors stalls. The proposal
includes the relocation and restoration of the Mollie Nye house and the donation
of a parce! of land for the house and a heritage garden.

The meeting is being held by the applicant in compiiance with District of North
Vancouver Council policy. The applicants will present details of the proposal and
discuss any concerns residents may have.

Information packages are being distributed to the residents within 350m of the
site. If you would like to receive a copy or if you would like more information,
contact the Planning Department at 990-2328 or Barbara Tully at 731-9053 or
bring your questions and comments to the meeting.

This is nat a Public Hearing. Council will receive a report from staff on issues
raised at the meeting and will formally consider the proposal at a later date.

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head-first ita a bag on his
way to the pot, and mar-
velled ar one man’s cock
dved a shecking pink.

When it was ume to
move on an Aman driver
appeared like magic, opening
the door to an air-condi-
tioned car where a cold
towel and chilled drink wait-
ed. Bali’s rovalty never had it
as good as this.

Back at Amandari, there
isa Herald-Tribune to read
as an exercise Machine is
given a modest warm-up.
There is another cold towel,

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and a warm one, plus a com-
plimentary botde of
Gatorade.

Alterwards, the private
pool awaits, then a rest on a
spacious bale, or pavilion,
trom where [ can see Balinese
in wide straw hats working in
a field, and from afar
Amandar’s gamelan players
are serenading guests arriving
for drinks betore dinner.

Cockerels and dogs
sound the coming of sunset.
while frem my pool a faint
croak is heard. Another frog,
has fallen in. He is quickly

E XPE RIE NC

i experience

yanked our with my wicker
fan. The tropical night with
all its wonderful sounds is
coming, and | don’t want to
miss 2 note,

Amanicsorts offers the
Bali Experience in which
guests stay seven nights or
more, with a minimum of
two nights at each resort. It
includes all transfers, day
trips and champagne.

Canadian Airlines flies
trom Vancouver to Hong
Kong and Bangkok from
where there are frequent
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