NHL PLAYERS’ Association representatives continue drafi. NHL players are in 2 strike position now, and | to talk strike as contract negotiations appear to be ata they have said they would strike during playoffs. The | stalemate wiih the main disputed issues being free agen- professional hockey players haven’t had a collective cy and reducing the number of rounds in the amateur agreement since September. What is your reaction to a possibie NHL strike? Anna Niarie D’Angelo Five N. Shore residents Nigel Webb North Vancouver If there was a strike and if they were to call up juniors to play games, | think NHL administra- tion should award ihe cup to the first place team at that point. Ali Sadeghi North Vancouver It stinks because the playoffs are coming up, and [ think the Canucks finally have a chance. among lucky duck winners § in Great Capilano race | RUBBER DUCKY you’re the one — especiaily if your number is 18801. North Delta resident Heidi Mossman Icarned late Sunday that she and husband Bruce were the grand prize winners of this year’s Great Capilano River Duck Race. “‘] had just come home from shopping and got the call,’’ says the ecstatic mother of three. ‘‘it was what you might call a shock.”’ Mossman purchased her duck on March 6 thinking she’d win a computer or cellular telephone. Little did she know she'd walk away with a 17-day tour for two to Hong Kong and Australia. There were nine other lucky winners in Sunday’s race, spon- sored for the fifth year by the Rotary Club of Nerth Vancouver. Although there were no figures availabie to press time Tuesday on how much money this year’s race raised for charity, Rotarian Harold Stringer expects it will be the Rotary Club’s greatest finan- cial success to date. Just over 29,000 tickets were sold, making it a near sell-out. Last year the Great Capilano River Duck Race raised over $60,000 for B.C. charities. “It was beautiful,’’ Stringer said of the race. ‘‘We had various glitches along the river race course, but our people reacted well and everything was as perfect as we could get.’’ Stringer estimates that between 6,000 and 7,000 people turned out to watch the birds navigate the Capilano rapids Sunday **On a real sunny day we would have expected 10,000, but we’re not complaining. We’re heartened by the fact that we had a lot of interest from Vancouver and the surrounding Lower Mainland.”’ It cost close to $70,000 to stage the race, which includes $57,000 worth of prizes donated by businesses. Stringer said he is pleased that the public has em- braced the race as an annual tradition. With an even bigger promo- tional campaign the Rotary Club could have sold well over 30,000 ducks, he said, but added that the club wants to keep the duck race a small, community-oriented event. The biggest ticket-selier for this year’s race, sponsored by dozens of businesses and organizations including Save-On Foods, North Cheryl Demelker West Vancouver 1 don’t think they should go on strike. They make enough money. Katherine Wilson North Vancouver It stinks. 1 think they are getting enough money as it is. 1f they go on strike, they wili be doing it at a bad time, i.e. the playoffs. Don Wilso North Vancouver I'm not happy. But I disagree with my wife. I think NHL management is not paying attention to the real issue which is employment fairness, not money. And Ziegler is a tin-pot dictator. By Evelyn Jacob News Reporter Shore Credit Union and the North Shore News, was the Wildlife Rescue Association of B.C., which sold close to 2,500 ducks on behalf of the Rotary Club of North Vancouver. “Our project manager, Ralph Alderman, was delighted with the way it went,’ said Stringer. “‘He deserves a lot of credit because he had to pull an enormous amount of things together."' To date, the duck race has rais- ed over $200,000 for more than 90 community and charitable organizations. The other winners of this year’s race are: @ Second prize, ticket number 19889: Joe Foster of North Van- couver wins a nine-day European holiday for two; @ Third prize, ticket mumber 4947: Jim Dixon of Surrey wins a seven-day Caribbean cruise for two; @ Fourth prize, ticket number 17716: Sandy Cheung of Van- couver wins 2 seven-night trip to Disneyland for four; e Fifth prize, ticket number 28241: L. Rantz of North Van- couver wins a Motorola Microtak cellular phone; e@ Sixth prize, ticket number 29712: B. §. Freedman of Van- ccuver wins an IBM home com- puter; @ Seventh prize, ticket number 6589: C. 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