4 - Wednesday, January 4, 1989 - Capilano Chronicle COMMUNITY NEWS Great Cap River Duck Race returns “THE QUACK is back!”’ shouts the headline on one North Vancouver Rotary Club promotional poster. It refers, of course, to the return of the Great Capilano River Duck Race, scheduled this year for Feb. 19. The duck race, a fund raiser for the Rotary Club, sees 30,000 rub- ber ducks, sponsored at $5 apiece, brave the rapids of Capilano River in a race to the finish line at Park Royal. The sponsors of the 10 winning ducks will this year receive over $40,000 in prizes. The grand prize is a deluxe 16- day trip for two to Europe, with first-class travel to London and a return on the Concorde included. The trip will include six days in London and 10 days in Europe, where the winners will also travel the Orient Express from Venice to London. The arrangements of this $22,000 package are being handled by British Airways. ; A 36,700. 10-day Holland- America Line Caribbean Cruise for Two, including a Vancouver to Miami return flight,is offered as the second prize. The third-prize winner will be able to take a guest on a $5,200 Holland-America Line cruise to Alaska, while the fourth prize con- sists of a seven day trip for four to . Disneyland, including air. , fare and hotels. The final travel prize is for the fifth-place duck’s sponsor, who will travel VIA Rail to Banff Spr- ings Hotel, where the winner and a guest will spend three days. The sixth prize is mountain bikes for two, a value of $1,500, from North Vancouver’s Cap’s Cycle. Seventh and eighth-prize winners will receive $500 food vouchers from sponsor Save-On-Foods. The ninth-prize winner and a friend will spend two days at the Whistler Delta Mountain Inn. The prize, worth $500, includes lift tickets and dinner at the Inn. The final prize goes to the spon- sor of the 10th-place duck, and consists of dinner for four up Grouse Mountain. Ducks can be sponsored at the School gets playground grant CLEVELAND SCHOOL will get some financial assistance from the District of North Vancouver towards the construction of a primary and intermediate student playground. The Cleveland School Associa- tion, a parents’ and _ teachers’ organization, has received a $4,000 grant from the North Vancouver School Board, and municipal council has agreed to match that amount. : Parks Superintendant Dirk Oostindie visited the school site and found a good supply of senior play equipment — two banks of senior swings, Big Toy’ climbing Structures, a log suspension bridge structure and three tire swings. OoStindie recommended the suspension bridge be removed Overhaul underway CHILDREN AND their families gathered recently to celebrate the com- pletion of the first phase of the renovations at Lionsview Special Needs Preschool. - Located in the North Star Annex since August, the preschool area re- quired work to bring it up to standards, Sinks were added, along with counters and storage space. © * According to ‘program director Sandy Rowe, further renovations are required, and are planned for 1989. Run by the North Shore: Association for, the Mentally Handicapped, the annex also accommodates the association’s Infant Developmemt Pro- gram, which focuses on families of children from birth to age three. This group meets in the room twice a week. - Enrolment: in the Lionsview Presci:20l has declined recently, Rowe said; because more ‘preschools are integrating children with special needs into ‘their remuler Programming. j Leas selection of frames... and mats, custom framing We're your spécialist in stain “removal for fireplace facings ‘exterior walls and walkways. . because it seemed unsafe. “The play area could accom- modate some more play equipment to round off some of the deficien- cies,’’ Oostindie said in his report to Engineering Director John Bremner. : Rotary Club display booths which will be set up every day at Capilano Mall, Lynn Valley Centre and at Park Royal. Mail-in forms are being distributed in the North Shore News along with informa- tion abeut the race and the prizes le offered. Rotary Club president Richard Sharpe says he is hoping to net as much as $65 — 70,000 for the club’s community projects. Last year, he says, they raised just under $62,000. Ais udividual sty br Goldsmith & Diamor #118-3711 Delbrook Avenue, North Vancouver | year-round use. us today.” TO HOMEOWNERS WITH © SWIMMING POOLS Blue Water Pools wishes to bring to the attention of the owners of swimming pools/spas with gas heaters the need for. reguiar maintenance. Without maintenance, combustible: ‘deposits! can. accumulate on. heaters] —- creating 'a hazard. These deposits,’ as well: as being] explosive, impede proper venting of the unit. Authorities] : recommend a minimum of 1. service: call per_ pool heating season and up to 2 service calls for r pots in To avoid costly repairs and 1 delays in the spring call 985-6524