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FEEDING TIME for latest winner of B.C. Tourism'’s Good Show award at the
Vancouver Aquarium. North Vancouver resident Nicholas Holowolenko (left)
and his sister Vanessa nominated Hyak the whale for the award, which is given to
people who “steal the show” for tourists, because of the great show Hyak gave.
Helping Nicholas with Hyak’s award (a fish) is Tourism Minister Pat Jordan. Awards
were also given to Aquarium staff members. (Elisworth Dickson photo)

The marvellous
muffin woman

Lives on North Shore

By JANET ELSON

Gaye Hansen, a local
homemaker,

suc
cessfully prints and
distributes her own
best-seller, Just
Muffins. How did she
do itoon her own? I
decided to interview
her and find out

As fo stepped onto Mrs

Hansen s wide tile porch, my
eyes focused ona tiny paar of
yam beaots Atonce | knew
she was a mum hkhe myscelil
Her warm welcome put me

immedistaly al case lt was

casy to see why she has so
many Imends Gaye Hansen
isa warm pentle person and
a delightlul cook who loves
to entertain

Now

children

busy with three
Weaving hobbies
lovely home tn
Delbrook, Gaye enjoys
keeping up with her best
seller, Just Muffins

(Graye s

and hes

husband
friends challenged
inspired her to publish a
book on ber great: muffins
In the spring of 1978 Gaye
became a publisher “on a
whim, as she puta it She

aad
and

coatacted a local printer for
information on
the
undertaking

how to set
format for such an
Then she
compiled ' Ipe]es con
tributed m

tamualy

fricods,
ana oooh books an
addition to those
developed herself
‘Topust wanted a
book for friends
make coough profit to cover
my overhead

she

simple
and to

and some

donations to

our church

she said
Soon Gaye vs khatchen was a
muffin factory She tested
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OTTAWA (UPI) - Ruth
Rothfard did not care if she
won the first International
Marathon for Women
Sunday. At 80 years old, she
was the oldest competitor in
a field of 625 women and just
wanted to finish the 26-mile,
385-yard course.

The 24-year-old winner of
the marathon made it in 2
hours, 36 minutes and 45.9
seconds. Rothfard’s time was

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But she could not have
been more pleased with her
fourth-from-last finish in her
first international marathon
for women.

“IT had hoped right through
the race that I could do it,”
said Rothfard. who spends
winters in Miami and
summers in Cambridge, Ma.

“And now that I did, I
know I can do more. I

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80-year-old runner |

tripped once at the 25-
kilometre mark when my
shoe got caught, but I'm

- okay.”

Rothfard began running at
age 66 to ease her arthritis.
In the past five years, she has
won seven gold medals in
her age class and competed
at the U.S. senior Olympics
in June in Los Angeles and
has also ran in the Masters
World Games in New
Zealand. .