Everyone has their ups

and downs in life — but no
more than 21-year-old
Richard Rodriguez.
‘Rodriguez is the. current
holder of the world record

Scranton, Pennsylvania.

He will climb aboard the
PNE Playland roller coaster
August 20 and attempt to

to 150 hours, set in July at

champion coin

Ken Glover, a 23-year old
Vancouver Island man, is
challenging the world
' snatcher,
Gerry Berg, of . North
Vancouver,

for riding a roller coaster-—

a record he hopes to break at

the 1979 Pacific National”

Exhibition in Vancouver?

rémain in his seat for more‘

than six straight days. He

will be allowed. one five-—

minute rest st period per hour.

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. A resident of Florida when

not pursuing his’ favorite

pastime in amusement parks —

throughout ‘North: America,

Rodriguez was first listed in
the Guinness Book of World
Records when he rode the

SETTING WORLD.
RECORDS

_Rodsiguez is just one of
dézeris of spirited individuals
Who will be trying to set new
world records _or break.

his. elbow. Berg's total iwas
97

A backgammon game so
large that automobiles will
be used for markers;. people

-who will try to catch grapes

thrown more than the record
251 feet — in their mouths; a
six-foot high chair carved

__from_a single piece of wood Rveryday—is—Guinness

- Cyclone “at “Coney Tsland, ~ ex
_ New York for 103 hours 55 ~
- Minutes in August, 1977. He
has since ‘stretched that time

Human beings, because
they know they are going to
die, often have a taboo about
death, Dr. Mary Brown, an
Ottawa clinical psychologist,
told a special workshop in
Victoria recently. Dr. Brown
teaches a course on dying
‘and bereavement at the
University of Ottawa and St.
Paul University, Ottawa.

The werkshop, sponsored
by the Community of the
Sisters of St. Ann, was at-
tended by members of the
clergy, medical and psych-
iatric counsellors, nurses,
social workers, funeral
directors, volunteer workers
and others who are called
upon to assist people faced
with the realities of dying,
death and bereavement.

Dr. Brown is a member of
the thanatology team of
Ottawa Civic Hospital and
has worked with the dying
and bereaved for more than
10 years. She has been
described as Canada's
leading thanatologist.

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This fall Capilano
College’s Communications
Department is offering more

evening courses than ever *

before. By investing one
night a week you can learn
how to develop an effective
business writing style,
compose a major report,
hunt for a job or write frec-
lance articles for newspapers
and magazines.

Last year’s students in
Communications 190 sold
articles to the Vancouver
Province, the
Colonist, Artswest,
Living, Quill and Quire, and

the Canadian Magazine.
This course, Magazine
Article Writing. will deal

with the basics of how (to
write material for
publication and how and
where to sell it. Students
should have strong writing

Victoria _
Western |

existing records now listed in
the Guinness Book during
the 17-day PNE-“79, ‘August
18 through September 3.

In speaking | ‘at the
workshop, she ” explained.
that death is as much a part
of life as birth. It is an uni-
versal phenomenon. with
historical, social, ~psycho-
logical, spiritual, personal
and interpersonal ramifica-
tions.

_ “We cannot get away | from.
‘it, but we certainly try,” she
said. However, because of
the ‘death taboo,’ people
who are put in the face of
death tend to have to deal
with all of it, all of a sudden
“and that comes from not
looking at dying all through
life.”

“If in a life span, we use
the opportunities for con-
frontation of death as they
come and not run from
them, facing death is much
easier. If we have realist-
ically and healthily looked at
death in life, then it does not
come down upon us all at the
last.

“Accepting death starts

with the child who has lost a .

skills and will be expected to
write, three articles for
submission to newspapers
"and magazines. The course...
will be held Tuesdays. “~”

Of interest to people in
business or government, as
well as students, is Com-
munications 152, Report
Writing. The course, held on
Thursday nig! ts. will
students in research
techniques data — ar-
ganization, writing style,
‘and report preparation. |

Communications

Basic Communications.
required for most college
career programs. It has a

Monday cvening section in

which students will be = in-
structed) in nonverbal
communication, English

basics, and fundamentals of
public speaking.

train ,

with a chain saw; and a 15-
foot ice cream float will all

be part of the Guinness
Challenges at PNE ‘79.

pet perhaps, or a grand-
mother or _ grandfather;
sometimes the loss of a
friend. In our civilization we
find a lot of people who have

refused to look at death, ”

she said.

“Those who confront the
inevitability of their dying
tend to live more fully,” she
said. She explained her
studies had shown that those
who tend to utterly disregard
or deny the fact of death do
not really yj deepen their lives.

Those who put death into
the pattern of a total life, not
morbidly but in a_ very
realistic and healthy way,
tend to deepen the living of

.their lives. It helps them

realize the shortness of life,
no matter how long it is, and
it helps them make the
decision to live as fully as
possible now.

The denial of death, she
explained is also evident in

the way people look for
scapegoats when confronted

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Students who have already
taken Communications 150
or an equivalent course will
. be, interested in its con-

tinuation offered = on
Thursdays —'° Com-
munications 151, Business

Writing. This course dtals
with business letters and
memorandums, effective
business writing style, and
job hunting strategies, with
special attention to resumes,
application letters and job
interviews.

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_by snatching
_more than 100 quarters from

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ASWIMMING POOL
OF JELLO

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‘Also™in the running “for
ess Book-—

listings in the Guinn
of World Records will be a .

prize tom turkey which may

top the world record weight:

of 75 pounds; a swimming
pool sized Jello; log birling;
axe throwing; and several
feats involving -skateboar-
ding, including skateboard
loading, which could see up

to 20 people crammed on a _

single skateboard.

Challenge Day at the Fair
with record-breaking ac-
tivities on each of the 17
days of PNE ‘79.

with death. They search for
someone to blame and all of
the disciplines become
targets. ,

People in general will
blame anyone. They will
scapegoat anyone who

makes them face something -

they don’t want to face.

“If there is a taboo about
death,” Dr. Brown said,
“anyone that’s going to have
anything to do with death is
going to come under that

condemnation — _ funeral
directors, nurses, doctors,
social workers, psychol-
ogists.”

Dr. Brown said there is a
necessity to not only accept
the reality of death but to
contemplate death, to bring
it into all of our consider-
ations as an integral part of
life. “The contemplation of

death has, by statistical
survey, by experience, by
logic, the effect of opening,
broadening, perhaps
lessening our anxietics

All of these Com-
munication classes meet onc
evening a weck from 7:00 to
10:00p.m.and will run from
September to December.
They are open to any in-

terested persons for a fee of
$24.

Anyone interested in
registering should call the

college at 986-1911, local
213 for further information.

for YOU!
985-9101

1981 Lonsdale Ave.,
North Vancouver

‘Accepting death can lead to a fuller life

before death, and certainly,

deepening our appreciation
of life.”

Dr. Brown will be holding

similar. workshops in Ab-.

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TAKING UP. her duties as the new manager of
National Trust at Park Royal; West Van, is Edna
Gilbert, who was previo
Trust's West End office. (ERsworth Dickson photo)

manager at National

botsford, September 24 and
25 and in Richmond, Sep-

tember 27 and 28. At Ab-

botsford Dr. Brown will give

_@ public lecture on grief and

bereavement, September 25.

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North Vancouver