22 — Sunday, May 11, 1997 — North Shore News REMEMBER those stories you used to read to the kids, ‘about wishes -coming true for good little girls — - aad boys? Whether the kids believed them or not was moot, but perhaps fora little while, at - least. I don’t remember ever coming across one of those stories that _dealt.with old Ladies’ wishes, but here I am, a living, breathing ¢xam- ple of an old lady who got not just one but two wishes granted in the very same week. ~ Think of that. Some of those fairies must - . have matured consider- ». ably. First of all, I got ‘the news from the eye “people that my new one was on the way, a prop- er implant that will allow me to give up the care and protection and handling problems of that slippery little disk that i presently have to deal with morning and night. Mind you, I’m grate- ful for it, it allowed me to shed the several suc- cessive pairs of eye glass- es that I had had to wear, Start- ing when I was seven years old, but it is very small and fragile and requires infinite care. Now the dreary time of waiting is about to end. Hurrah. The other lovely prospect concerns my poor old foot, which has been hurting me for months and years. My left one has a contusion on it, just south of my great toe, where other unfortunate people have bunions. This thing isn’t a bunion, I don’t know what it is except that for Ready to Make _ Your Will... “Howse Gall CLARK, WILSON BARRISTERS & SOLICITORS SELECTACARE can help in hospital and home with nursing, driving and home management We visit for as ttle as an hour so our clients control the cost. We help companies too. Staif dre more ellective when amily problems are under control. 925-0080 AC omaha sampany waned cond eperraated hs Fegestored ours cone 1970 Forane Onaws Winnipey Vana CANDICE ESBIN 643-3147 Ie's not too early to starz think- | ing about protection from the } damaging effects of the sun and we cannot forger our eyes. Th can be damaged by sunlight so. j proper protection is necessary. } Look for sunglasses thar Protect j } against both UVA and UVB rays for maximum protection. Gray-brown and grey-green lenses appear ro work best. Here's a rule to fallow for stumuner sun rorection. If your | shadow is shorter than your i nee your sunburn risk is Sun is strongest at 1PM, but you must protect yourself with sunscreen and clothing | 3 hours hefore and after 1PM. Free Parkin Free Delivery for Pharmacy Prescriptions DAVIES PHARMACY 1401 St. Georges north shore news . SENIORS All things oozing aren't always per manent years, really, the darn thing has been giving me pain. Doctors have looked at, caressed it, squeezed it a bir, and said “Now that’s a funny thing.” Don’t I know it. Well, it hurts no longer, as of four days ago. It suddenly yielded to my daily survey of it and released a glob of disgusting looking mat- “ My left one has a contusion on it, just south of my great toe, where other unfortunate people have bunions. ” ter, to my amazed relief, and though the knob remains, it is now a frac- tion of its former self and is clean and harm- less. The credit for this longed-for break- through has to go to a young man named Alan Dion, who lives here in North Vancouver and who has at last yielded to what he now agrees is his destiny. He is, whether he likes it or not, capable of banish- ing, with his hands only, pain and suffering, whatever it be, either recent or chronic. All right, I know you probably feel just the same as I always did, people aren’t capable of doing that sort of thing. There must be a trick to it, or the sufferer is _ balmy, it’s against all odds. Still and all, it is a truism that people with this capacity for healing do show up every once in a while and there is no accounting for it. One must just accept. He came to me via my daughter, who had known him years ago, in another role. She knows T hurt in a number of my parts and suggested I might get some relief via Alan. He came to the house several times, the time between visits lengthen- ing a little. My foot was »'“Physietherapy: Announcement. - i ‘Tim Hunt is pleasedto 4 announce his return tothe # North Shore to join Village Village. Tim is experienced in 8 manual therapy of the spine and limbs, as well as active rehabilitation of work-related, i chronic, or soft tissue injuries. 985-2629 Tim Hunt TOYOTA 4 AUNNER GOOD SELECTION NOW AIR CONDITIONING “THE UNBEATABLES” DOWIA NTOW Ni CENTRE 1280 OTA TD 682-838 (since 1970) course, though mine is not his first success. Should you wish to try his powers, his num- ber is 988-3724, and he offers a first visit with an unconditional guarantee that if he doesn’t help you, you will not be billed. You’ve nothing to jose but some unneces- sary pain. the object each time, and his procedure most often involved bunching his fingers and making motions over the lump as though he would grasp it and throw it away. Well, you could say he finally did just that, threw it away. I hope it never comes back. it has given him heart, of optics ns for volunteers | THE following i is a selection of volunteer oppor- tunities available through North Shore ; Community Services (NSCS) HOST FAMILY is needed for 4 weeks in July or August to host a French teenager. The host family must speak Englis! home and have someone at home most of the time, to share our, : language and culture MALE AND FEMALE SINGERS are needed to forma with a small | group; sometimes two to three times a week at var- ious seniors’ residences or other facilities. : FLOWER DAY CANVASSERS are aceded to sell comflow-, : ers with other volunteers outside various locations throughout the city. Volunteers help raise public awareness and funds’ for ALS research. ve VOLUNTEER CRAFT INSTRUCTORS are needed tc. - teach family craft classes. Different classes are taught each. month on a Friday. A variety of crafts will be offered. : RECEPTION SUPPORT WORKER is needed to deal with: the public, answering the phone, taking messages, or, izing bulletin boards, publicity, promoting programs and earning about other community opportunities and resources, - If you are interested in volunteering, call 985-7138. NSCS is a member agency of the United Way. . 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