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The ° nice grariciaon’
who may be neither!

LOCK YOUR DOORS, even if away only a few minutes Wis
_ the advice to retirement home residents. by, the administrator
of a big Lower: Mainland retirement complex.

Together. with two similar

“ seniors’ homes in: Coquitlam and

Burnaby, i it has: been hit this
“month bya thief! who made off *

-., With a haridsome haul of cash,

* credit cards and sundry other;
valuables from empty, unlocked».
“ rooms of the elderly... vo
The thief’s technique is to knock
: on doors and, if Occtipants are in, .
to apologize by saying; she ‘must
have been given’ the wrong room
number". Otherwise, if ihedoor is
2 Unlocked, in he goes. "An uniden- ;
' tified suspect is reported to be a, .
faithaired, good-looking, neatly
dressed young man who’s breezed «
jlast the reception desk with case
~- because “he looked like’ someane’ s.
‘nice grandson." “~
With’ Burnaby and Coquitlam so
can North Shore -

“retirement homes.— with poten--

tially bigger pickings — b¢ far
behind? Turn the key whenever

. you leave, Grandma and Grandpa,
"and watch out for well? ‘ergomed

visiting Strangers who’ are; neither
epson nor nice./

“THE 19308", hich saw B.C.'s

_ first child immunization schetne,

are the theme of what promises to
be. a spectacular costume cabaret
party al the Four Seasons tomor-
row, Saturday. Staged by the B.C.
Medical Association Auxiliary, it’s

- in support of the UNICEF goal of

providing i immunization for every

child in the world by 1990 and two -

North Shore neighbors, BCMAA

a president Karen Harrison and the

NEWS photo tom Buriey

re. The chotr’.
23 ‘at 7:30 ‘day, April.27, brings the WVYB's
Se spring concert at, West Van Senior”

janicipality” $ commercial. |
; and residents,for its tax base. .

S,are vital to! ‘maintaining
new. businesses are equally ©

provind UNICEF chairman
Claudie. Desmarais of West Van,
have been heavily involved in
organizing the fund-raising fun,
Entertainers include Leon Bibb,
Jeff Hystop, Ruth Nicholl, Anna
Wyman Dancers and Lance Har-
rison's band -— and just in case
any tickets still remain ($80 cach,
partly tax: deductible), the number
1, call FAST is 687-9096,

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HITHER AND YON: .Nine-year-
old Andrea Woo of West Van isa
quick learner, A Grade 4 French
immersion student at Pauline
: Johnson, she’s been pldying the
piano for just three years and
' started badminton only six months
ago. Last Friday cainc the news
that she'd topped the Royal Con-
servatory Grade 8 piano exam for
the North Shore. The same day she
won the under-10s title in the Van-
couver and District Girls’ Badmin-
ton Tournament at the Vancouver
Lawn Tennis Club. And also on
Friday sheiplaced second in the
“school’s public speaking contest —
“en francais,. naturellement! ..
Joyful surprise Monday for West’
‘Van's Martha Brucckel when hus: ” "
band, WOM New in, unexpectedly’
“from Edmonton, The ‘Ambleside :
Inn's host has been recovering 50
well there from his: Feb.28 heart

. transplant that the medics granted,

“him five days ““Darole’’.. He

_ returns to Alberta University Has-
“pital Monday and hopes to be
“home permanently by the end of
‘May ves Back last week from a spt

* ing break tour of California were

»’ Steve Toren, musical director of
Ahe West Yan Youth Baad, and:
“members of the senior, band whose.

Secondary -~ featuring a raffle
with some tempting prizes ....And
rernember, all you English ethnics,
that tomorrow, April 23, is the day
to put those rowdy haggis-caters
and shamrock farmers in their ~
place. Wear a red rose and tell folk

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“itinerary covered concerts in San oe °
encouver: Seniors | Francisco and San Diejo plus a-

trip to Disneyland, Next Wednes-

Publisher .::
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