How to keep your cool

Barbara answers her | readers

Cara Kitchens at Van-
couver International Aijir-
port, were interested in my

recent column about the
poor food and high prices.
They replied.

So did I.

I gave them a long report
on what I felt needed a
revamping. They promised
to look into it.

I thought that three mon-
ths would be adequate to im-
plement whatever changes
they were prepared to make.
They agreed. I explained
that I'd take a cruise around
the facilities about that time
and report to you, the
readers, my old home
economics teacher's view of
the whole thing. You'll get
both my original assessment
of the whole operation and
my report to the manage-
ment towards the end of
March.

I've been told that it will
be impossible for me to
make an unbiased study of
the airport kitchens. If any
employee doesn't recognize
me on first sight, they get
FIRED. Poor souls, they
haven't yet seen me in a
biond wig. I suspect my pic-
ture is superimposed on the:
dart board in the employee
lounge!

DEAR BARBARA: Fm not
sure how to phrase this but
here goes. My wife and I are
going to Mexico in January.
We are looking forward to it
very much. As we are both

BOSTON (UPI) - Parents
tend to become complacent
about their children using
seatbelts and car safety
devices as the kids get older,
resulting in thousands of
preventable deaths and in-
junes each year, a report
realeased recently shows.

A survey of 2.474 children
observed by volunteers at
shopping centers around
Massachusetts showed that
by the tme they are fourfewer
than 4% of the children are
put into restraining devices
in the family car.

The figure represents a
sharp reduction from the
parents of infants, 50% of
which use safety seats or

other safety restraints for
their babies, said the report
in a letter to the New
England Journal of
Medicine.

Sharon J) Spaight, of the
Massachusetts Department

of Public Health. = said

WAIKIKI

Att Only

WAIKIKI *489

r Days 7 Nights, Aw & Hotel

WAIKIKI 989

10 Daya. 14 Nignta, Aw & Hote!

+199

*349

LAS VEGAS

6 Days, 4 Nights. Aw & stote:

RENO 169

5 Daya, 4 Nighte, Al & Horer

1086 Robeon Street’
10507 K. Geo. Hwy. Surrey
689-7117

Reg. Travel Agent No. 182-2

in our 60s and enjoy an ac-
tive sex.life with the help of
some marital aids, we want
to bring a few favorites with
us on vacation. It would

mortify my wife if our bag-

gage were searched publicly

and anyone saw these. Any
_ suggestions?

travel-
wise

by Barbara
McCreadie

ANSWER: Wow!
day I think I've heard
everything and next day
something comes along to
surprise me. My best sugges-
tion is to pack anything em-
barrassing (but not illegal) in
a box.

Armive at the airport early

Every

Parents complacent
about kids seatbelts

federal statistics show about
800 children under 10 are
killed each year 19 traffic ac-
cidents and thousands more
suffer disfiguring and disa bt
ing injuries

“The data indicate that
parents are particularly con-
cerned about safety when
their children = are very
young, she said) “As the
children grow older, paren
tal concern seems to
dissipate”

and go directly to the
Customs’ Office. You should
probably go by yourself and
request an interview with a
male dagy officer. He will
check out the stuff, get his
laugh of the day, seal the box
and give you a “green card”.
Better do this at both ends of
your trip or else leave the
stuff behind on your return.

Canada Customs. will
never search a purse or
handbag in public so if your
toys will fit into you wife's
purse you'll be OK coming
home. Who knows what
Mexican officials will do?

If it looks like you may be
publicly searched, request
an interview with the officer
in charge — in his office!

DEAR BARBARA: I saw
your recent interview on
Cable 10 with “Our Mary”
and enjoyed it very much.
What truly amazed me is
that you are much younger
than that dreadful picture of
you in the News led me to

believe. Why, oh why don't:

you get the photographer to
take another? I'd never have
recognized you.

ANSWER: That picture is
the fifth in a semes and the
joke is that I owe the paper
for four broken cameras.
Guess I'm just not
photogenic. However, many
people stop me on the street
and tell me they recognized
me immediately from my
photo. My family hates the
picture but certain people
who have been criticized in

\for those who

in sweat

“Travel-Wise” consider it
very flattering — my horns
and pitchfork don’t show.

DEAR BARBARA: This
letter will probably be quite
boring since ft doesn’t deal
with exotic travel but [ve
recently changed jobs. My
new one will involve travel
to all parts of Canada and
periodic visits to several
American cities. although I
didn’t tell my new employers
— naturally! — I've never
travelled anywhere in my
life. How can I present the
appearance of “Joe Cool”
when I make my first ap-
pearance with the President
of the company?

ANSWER: I appreciate your
concern but you'll be fine! It
would be a good idea to trot
out to the airport and have a
look at your airline check-in
counter and the departure
gates for your flight before
you have to brave it out with
the president.

Pack a change of

underwear and a clean shirt
in your briefcase just in case
something awful should hap-
pen to your luggage. Wear
an outfit that can be worn to

can tell the difference...

our specialty
- SOLID TEAK

dana interiors ltd.
530 Brentwood Mall 291-2012

"WEIGHT TRAINING FOR WOMEN

VANCOUVER’S

DOWNTOWN NAUTILUS CENTRE

‘FOUR 1981 SESSIONS. 6 WEEK COURSE - 4 TIMES PER WEEK
20. MARCHA 0 JANLTB

BEGINNER’S LEVEL COURSE
® Qualified Instructors
® Lectures on Fitness
© Free Weights

© Showers

© 12 Nautilus Stations
© Supervised Workouts
© Steam Rooms

MARCH 2

VANCOUVER’S DOWNTOWN

NAUTILUS CENTRE

971 RICHARDS ST.

URichardis at NWetson

669-2002

REGISTER
NOW!.

2 Sessions
start

Jan. 12 & 13

CS - Wednesday, December 31, 1980 - North Shore News

any conference — suit, tie,
etc.

Pack lightly. The guy with
the huge suitcase stands out
for exactly what he is — in-
experienced!

Don't talk too much. We
all tend to babble when
we're nervous and it shows.
Listen to the stewardesses

when they make their an-
nouncements so you won't

be caught with your seat in
the wrong. position for lan-
ding.

If you drink, do it lightly.
A skinful of booze at 35,000
feet makes you behave quite
strangely. Don't take tranks
and don't fall asleep — you
might snore.

Get the old “Pres.” talking
about himself by fielding him
questions - such as: “Our
company is so successful.

e2 WEEK
> PACKAGES

‘WAIKIKI $599

(based on double occupancy)
14 NIGHTS, AIR & HOTEL

situations

How did YOU do _ it?”
Everyone loves a _ con-
structive listener!

Let the president lead the
way. He’s done this a thou-
sand times. Watch how he
handles things, — after all,
he didn’t get to the top by

falling on his face.
' Don’t carry a bunch of
metal objects in’ your

pockets. As you go through
the scanning devices at the
departure gate, the mete!
detector will scream and
you'll be nonplussed.

passport

ph

ofoes

while you wait
North Shore Darkroom
_ 1527 Lonsdale. 988-9813
1560 Marine Dr. 926-0421

PALM SPRINGS $559

(based.on double occupancy)
14 NIGHTS, AIR & HOTEL

MEXICO $759

(based on double-occupancy)
7 NIGHTS MAZATLAN, AiR & HOTEL
7 NIGHTS PLERTO VALLARTA

CUBA $909
(based on double occupancy)

Pre 14 NIGHTS, AIR & HOTEL & MEALS

NO TIPPING

1139 Lonsdale, N. Van. .
10507 K. Geo. Hwy., Surrey

Winter Driving Notice

980-0321

by law

“CounterAttack”

Snow Area
Spot Checks

At this time of year and in areas subject to
heavy snow conditions, you will often see
special signs requiring that your vehicle
have good winter-tread tires or carry
chains or, in some case, that chains be
mounted, For your safety and that of other
motorists, these signs are authonzed

During the next few weeks, random checks
willbe carned out by the RCMP in problem
drwing areas, more particularly the Hope-
Princeton, the Squamish Highway to
Whistler, the Fraser Canyon, but including
other sections of road on Vancouver Island
and the rest of the province subject to
snow conditions The operation will be In
conjunction with the Attorney General's
programme Drivers of
vehicles not properly equipped may be
turned back or charged.

The Ministry of Transportation and High-
ways 18 doing tts best to clear snow and
maintain our roads tn winter to make them
sate Before driving into snow areas, make
sure you have good winter tires and are
carrying chains to make your vehicte safe

Be on the lookout for snow clearing and
sanding equipment, sometimes operating
in conditions of limited visibility Their
flashing amber lights are warning you to
use extreme caution and slow down. Make
sure also that you observe special signing
and directions of flagpersons tf you should “
encounter them, and please drive carefully.

Province of British Columbia
MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAYS

Hon. Alon V Fraser Ministor