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North Shore News

he ‘joy’ of poverty

“To me, one of the most exciting
things in the world is being poor,”
Thomas Monaghan, founder of
Domino's Pizza, told Michigan
business executives recently. ‘Sur-
vival is such an exciting
challenge... There was a study
done about 20 years ago which
said that the average family of
four could live on $68 a year.
Now today that might be $250 or
$300, but when we see these peo-
ple in lines in supermarkets with
all these food stamps, buying
potato chips and snack foods and
ice cream, i mean, give me a
break! That’s poverty?’’
Monaghan, estimated to be worth
US3500 million, suggested that
the poor embrace a diet of
powdered milk and grains, pur-
chased in bulk at the nearest Farm
Bureau Co-op, plus a few home-
grown vegetables and supplemen-
tary vitamins. (Strangely, he made
no mention of pizza.) He also had
tips on housing: “Living in a
house trailer — my gosh, that was
the greatest living I ever did... Oh
gosh, I'd love to talk to all these
people who say they can't get
by.”” .

According to the bedding manu-
‘ facturer. Cocoon, there’s nothing
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NEWS OF THE
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regression than silk. ‘‘The
association between silk and the
formative years is so strong we see
customers stroking svarves and
then immediately sucking their
thumbs,” retailers report.

From Stats Canada’s 1991 Census,
the mother tongue of North Shore
residents as a percentage of the

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population: English (81%), Ger-
man (three percent), Chinese
(three percent), French (one per-
cent), Italian (.82%), Dutch
(.63%), Spanish (,63%),

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According to the Los Angeles
Times, the National Institute of
Health (N!H) is recruiting short
children to inject with genetically
engineered human growth hor-
mone to try to make them taller.
“If the disease is being short, then
half the people in. America have
it,’ says George Annas, of Boston
University’s School of Public
Health. The Physicians’ Commit-
tee for Responsible Medicine and
the Foundation of Economic
Trends are attempting to obtain
an injunction to halt the experi-
ment. NIH, meanwhile, maintains
that the research is necessary to
assess the safety of the hormone,
which 7,000 U.S. children are
currently receiving to make them
as tall as their peers.

The findings recently published in
the Journal of American Medical
Research show that non-smoking
restaurant workers have a 50%
greater risk of lung cancer from
environmental tobacco than the
general population.

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Tickets on sale for ‘Back to Berlin -
An Evening with Irving’ at the Deep
Cove Shaw Theatre, 4360 Gallant,
N.V., Aug. 19-21. Tickets $8. For
info. or tickets call 929-2155,

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Personal Assistant for Persons with
Disabdilities Program. {nfo meeting at 6
p.m. in ‘H’ building at Capilano Col-
lege, 2055 Purcell Way, N.V. Info:
986-1911

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Aug 17-29, Semi-Abstract water color
show by Gypsy Poulston. Tuesdays-
Fridays !1 a.m.- 5 p.m. and noon 5
p.m. at Silk Purse, 1570 Argyle Ave.,
W.Y. Info: 922-1110.

ONGOING EVENTS:

To Nov. Tues (10 a.m.-! p.m.) &
Thurs. (4:30-7:30 p.m.). Breast health
education clinic. Lions Gate Hospital
Medical Day Centre. Info: 925-1952.

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Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS)
mecting. 9-10:30 a.m. W.V. United
Church, 2062 Esquimalt Ave., W.V.
926-9177, 13 North Shore locations.
Info: 985-6538,

Ist fc 3rd Thurs. of each month. N.S.
Amateur Radio Club meets rm. 103,
Pacific Marine Training Institute, 265
W. Esplanade. 7:30 p.m. Non-hanis
welcome. Info: 985-2570,

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Bingo, 7 p.m. Eagles Hall, 170 W. 3rd
Stu, NV,

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W.V. Adult Community Pops Band
welcomes new members. Info: 984-
0352,

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Thrift’ Shop open 2-8 p.m,
Seymour United Church,
Parkgate Ave., N,V.

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Support group for women from a
physically or emotionally abusive rela-
tionship. Confidential. Info: Emily
Murphy House 987-3374,
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The Vancouver Welsh Men’s Choir
starts a new season in Sept. Men are
invited to meet the Musical Director
the weck of Aug. 23 for a personal
audition, For more info. or an ap-
pointment call Eric Hodge, 435-8881.

Cash & Carry Sale!

Office furniture: desks, tables, file cabinets, bookcases,

chairs, etc.

Payment is by cash of personalized cheques, company.
cheques or money orders. Goods must be removed by
purchase. Sale in on going until all items are sold.

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