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Wednesday. April 19, 2000 ~ North Shore News - 15

NORTH SHORE NEWS COMMUNITY LIFE

Dollar Shopping Centre, 400-block North Dollarton Hi

Bob Mackin

News Reporter
bmackin@nsnews.com

WHEN Sarah is not
in, her store is in good
hands.

The store is Sarah's Gifts
in North Vancouver’s Dollar
Shopping Centre. Sarah is
Sarah Charleton. The hands
belong to sisters Stephanie
and Anika Harrer who mind
the shop.

And what a shop it is.

Especially if dried flowers,
pottery, candles, greeting
cards and glassware are up
your alley.

Anika Harrer said the
store got its start seven years
ago in the dried flower end of
the business.

It expanded to carry a
wide array of other products,
both imported and domestic.

“We have things from

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NEWS photos Paul McGrath

around the world and around) = ANIKA (‘eft) and Stephanie Harrer show off items at Sarah’s

the block,” she said.

Around the block includes
work by Deep Cove painters and craftspeople.
Around the world includes hard-to-find items like
a rainstick from Chile. Shift it up and down and
you'll hear the sound ofa tropical shower.

Then there’s what Anika Harrer calls the
Visitor, an cerie-looking bust of a head which, she
said, belongs on a doorstep.

Speaking of the Visitor, vou might just find
that title over at Dial-A-Movie, where Karen
Graves is one of the clerks.

The store, which has been there 15 years, has
sister locations in Parkgate and Maplewood.

“It’s very local, we know all our customers,
everybody knows us,” Graves said.

And it’s very loyal. Customers, she said, are

Gifts, including a bust calied the Visitor.

often forgiven if they return movies late or if they
don’t rewind.

Working at a video store affords her the chance
to screen some of the latest and greatest flicks.
Two a shift, sometimes.

“Right now I'm watching Circle of Friends, and
Adam Sandler movies, Billy Madison and Big
Daddy, and a lot of recommendations. 1 just
watched Best Seller yesterday and it was awesome.
The Insider is a huge one, it didn’t do well at the
Oscars or theatres, but in rental it’s only just
launched and it’s so good. And Star Wars. Sexth
Sense was amazing, it’s sold out every weekend

hway, North Vancouver

Value for a buck on Doll

DIAL-A-MOVIE clerk Karen Graves offers

close to
home

Carrying
all
blessings

IS there any human
condition that evokes
more wonder and joy
than pregnancy?

Ir never ceases to amaze
me that in a scant nine
months we can build an
entire human being, finger-
nails, eyelashes and aff. It reat-
ly is a miracle.

Despite the magnitude of
the production, some women
actually go through the nine-
month construction period
without a hitch. A hitch, of
course, being some minor
irritation like narcolepsy or
stretch marks or gaining forty

unds more than the text-
ks say you should.

{spent some time with a
gal like this the other day.
She's nine months pregnant,
has gained a mere 20 pounds,
still goes to fitness class, still
has people over for dinner,
and even brags about an
active sex life. Not the slight-
est bit put out by her special
condition, this gal. She’s posi-
tively radiant.

“I'm surprised you've
never written about pregnan-
cy, Shannon”, she cooed, sip-
ping her no- -fat decaf latte and
rubbing her taut tummy. “It’s
simply the best time of a
woman's life.”

Best time of a woman's
life... Hah! My recollection
of pregnancy isn’t nearly as
rosy as hers. While I loved the
idea of having babies, I didn’ t
like being “up a stump,”
my Dad called the condition,

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Go the distance.
Test your limits.

new balance 3B °

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