volunteers SHARE YOUR skills and energy this year by becoming a volunteer. Listed below are a few of the many volunteer opportunities available through North Shore Community Services. A GROUP facilitator is needed for a self-help support group for parents whose goal is the prevention of child abuse. You don’t need to be a parent, just have good communication skills. Training will be provided. TUTORS are needed to work one-on-one with individuals wanting to learn. Build relationships with very motivated students who may need to learn English, basic reading, writing, or other skills. Working hours and days are flexible. A BUSY baby clinic needs an assistant to help out as a recep- tionist, weighing and measuring new babies and booking appoint- ments. The assistant will be required to work the first Thursday of each month from 1 to 4 p.m. SINGERS, especially male voices, are needed for trios and quartets for a local opera company that performs at North Vancouver schools. Applicants need to have a good singing voice and be avail- able on Mondays. ART gallery helpers are needed for a variety of activities including newsletters, exhibit hangings, typing, sales, posters, general office duties, photography, calligraphy and more. If you have an interest in the arts this is a great opportunity to help out at a local art gallery. VOLUNTEERING with boys and girls is a way for high school and college students to try out new careers in counselling, early childhood education and social services. Volunteer opportunities may lead to summer employment. If you are interested in these or any other volunteer opportunities call Dru at 985-7138 at North Shore Community Services, a par- ticipating member agency of the United Way. Learn to draw in Lynn Valley of artists or anyone interested in developing artistic talents and interests. North Van _ resident Susan Stokvis will be conducting the LYNN VALLEY recCentre_ is conducting art classes that include drawing and painting courses for adults and children. ’ Adult courses include a figure drawing course each Thursday evening at 7 p.m. until March 7 and intermediate painting will te offered each Monday evening at 7:30 p.m from Jan. 21 to March 11. There will be 2 children’s workshop from noon to 2 p.m. on Feb. 2 and Feb. 9. . The programs are for all levels classes at Lynn Valley recCentre, 3590 Mountain Highway, N.V. Stokvis studied art at the Uni- versity of B.C., VCC Langara and the Emily Carr College of Art and Design. For more information and to register cali 984-9341 or 987- PUBLIC AUCTION H To satisfy severely defaulted payments to government agencies and # major Canadian bank creditors. {n accordance with Revenue 5 Canada Customs and Excise Import Legislation Section 84(1)(2) of the Customs Tariff Act — gach piece labelled country of origin and fibre content. 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Qne of the eco-tips suggested for January is to repiace your home and office incandescent lightbulbs with compact fluores- cent lighting. **Some stores are having a hard time keeping them in stock,’’ says B.C. Hydro’s lan Rankine. “They're a hot item.”’ Although compact fluorescents are initially more expensive to purchase than incandescents, you will recoup that extra investment with the energy efficiency and tong life of fluorescents. And B.C. Hydro is making the deal even sweeter by offering cus- tomer rebates on compact fluores- cent tubes, adaptors and fixtures. Fluorescents come with a $5 rebate — leavirig customers with a final price as low as $19.99 — adaptors are rebated $7.50, and $25 is rebated from the purchase of a compact fluorescent light fix- ture, which range in price from $40 to $400. If the thought of replacing your burned-out incandescent with something that costs $19.99 still makes you shudder, consider what Bob Favelle of B.C. Hydro has to say on the matter: ‘“*The economics are very straightforward. Compact fluores- cent bulbs are extremely cost-ef- fective on energy and life expec- tancy. They use approximately a quarter of the power of incandes- cents for the same amount of light, but Jast up to 10 times longer.’’ The average compact fluores- Friday, January 18, 1991 - North Shore News - 19 Options for | Compact fluorescents one bright energy idea Peggy Trendell-Whittaker ECOINFO cent will last 10,000 hours as compared with the 1,000-hour life expectancy of an incandescent bulb, so you also might wish to factor into the equation the value of your time that’s saved by the decreased number of trips to the hardware store and climbing up ladders to change burned-out bulbs. There’s a myriad of ways to become more energy-efficient and the cost savings can be quite substantial when seen on a large scale. B.C. Place stadium, for exam- ple, will be saving $115,000 every year thanks to a new computeriz- ed lighting control system that operates every light in the stadium. And even at the residential level, the use of compact fluores- cents can cut home lighting costs by 70 per cent. . B.C. Hydro’s Power Smart program is an excellent resource for everything you ever needed to know about energy use around the home and office. You can call them at 293-7777 with your questions on energy ef- ficiency or information on how to obtain any of their several ex- planatory pamphlets. One, entitled Electric Costs for Major Appliances, provides an in- teresting sociological study in its preseniation on the energy usage of an average family of four. Clearly, the average family of four is much more domestically inclined that my own family of one. I certainly don’t use my washer and dryer every day, as does our typical family, nor have I ever been known to iron for two hours each week. Ever. Just like them, I will vacuum four times a month — when I’m on a roll, that is —- but never for the hour-long sessions that the B.C. Hydro neatfreaks put in. I content myself by noting that their borderline-excessive televi-_ sion viewing habits, at six hours per day, point to a lack of quality inter-family communication and that Mr. and Ms. Average should perhaps be keeping a close eye on their caffeine consumption if they’re really using their coffee maker 50 times each month. Thus reassured that no one’s perfect, I think Pll leave my vacuuming till next week.