52 - Wednesday. May 22. 19 SEALING ALL the gaps and cracks ina home’s exterior walls and root can reduce the fuel heating bill by 20 to 30%. A dripping tap can waste up to 15.000 fitres of water por year, Over 25% of all electricity in B.C. is used by residential cus- tomers, Most vehidles use about 10% less gasoline when travelling at 90 km/h than at 100 km/h. Temperatures in cities are an average of .5 degrees to 1.5 degrees F higher then the sur- rounding countryside on an an- nual basis. oe The first 30 metres of earth beneath a typical urbaa lot in Canada contain enough stored solar energy to heat, cool and supply all the hot water necds of 10 single-family homes year- round. eee Heat lost through windows in Canada amounts to the equivalent of 60 million barrels of oil per year. eee Fluorescent lights deliver three to four times more tight than in- candescent bulbs of the same wat- tage and last 10 times longer. 91 - Morth Shore News aN NEWS photo Mike Viaketield Pitch-in playtime CHILDREN FROM the Deep Cove Parent Participa- tion Preschool took to the fields and trails of Myr- tle Park with garbage bags in hand during the re- cent Canada-wide Pitch-In Week. This is the fourth year the preschool has cleaned up local parks. Furnace filters fabricated OVER HALE ot all bouseholds in Canada are heated by same type ot forced air turnace system. Approximately 31,548,000 disposable furnace titers are discarded each year — but a manutacturer is hoping to cut dowr, on this unnecessary waste. Dundas jaiine has introduced a washable, bio-degradable furnace filter that is made trom coconut fibres and bas a 10-year life span. The filters come in a variety of sizes and need only be rinsed clean before reinserting. For more information, cali Dun- das jafine toll-free at 1-800-387- 2578. Phone book depots TELEPHONE BOOK drop-off depots that accept yellow, pink, white and blue pages have been set up in the parking lots of North Shore Safeway stores. They can also be taken to Inter- national Paper Industries at 132 Riverside Dr., off the Dollarton Highway. The depots will be in place until fuly 31, Art exhibition will benefit the handicapped Artists plan to donate 50% of the sale price of paintings ARTISTS, ART afficionados and the North Shore mentally handi- capped will benefit from an art exhibition and auction to be held May 31 and June [ at Kice Wyck Arts Centre in West Vancouver, Called The Art of a Mutual AC fair, this is the third annual exhib- ition put on by the North Shore Association for the Mentally Handicapped (NSAMH). According ta Pamela Mac- Donald, NSAMH coordinator of resource development, this year’s exhibition will be slightly different from past years with the addition of the auction, More than 37 artists, including winners from the American Watercolor Society annual inter: national exhibition in New York, will be showing their works at the exhibition and then donating 50% of the sale price ta NSAMAEH. Those proceeds will be used for mentally handicapped services and programs on the North Shore. “Everybody is a winner in this thing: nobody loses,"* MacDonald says. . The artworks include a wide range of mediums including watercolor, acrvlic, oil, miulti- media, pencil drawings, sculpture, pottery, paper mache, glass and handerafted gold and silver jewel- ty. The opening evening starts May 3 at 7 pom. and will feature NOTICE TO MOTORISTS SQUAMISH HIGHWAY BRUNSWICK POINT ROCK SCALING PROJECT (21 km. north of Horseshoe Bay) As part of its five-year slope stabilization program. the Ministry of Transportation and Highways announces that motorists snould expect 20 minute delays at Brunswick Point as follows: 9:30 A.M. - 9:30 A.M. - 12:30 PM. (Fri.) 4:00 P.M. (Mon. to Thurs.) There will be no delays on Friday afternoons or on weekends. These 26 contractor, Cougar Rock Contracting 11988 nd rock bolting wore For further couver}, ¢ SOQ f Lid, -pour Road Renor ay In ail other minute delays are required to allow the Ministry's Brunswick Point project to undertaxe blaseng. rock Scaling tal 660-9775 (Greater areas, cali F800 €63-4 Province of British Columbia Bi ot Transportation and Highways rien. Lyall Hanson, Minister ¥ music by the Galiano Trio, a National Fim Board feature film, performance art by Kathryn Schlemmer, Ellie Harvie and Shawn MacDonald and open- chamber ing ceremonies with the three North Shore mayors. . On June t, the gallery will be R 5 ONICS INE NE MAY 38,19 open 1-4 p.m. free of charge for people to view the art and place absentee bids. Acémission for both nights (pr just one) costs $19. For more information or to RSVP, call MacDonald between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. at 984-9321. LECTRONICGS More and more industries are depen iding on electronics tecarry them 21st century And more and -ople are depending on the Elec- B tronic- program at BCIT to prepa ire B them tur carvers in telecommu acturing, busine avionics, robotics and many other challenging rewarding fields. ORDERTATION NIGHT MAY 29TH, 1994 7-10 pon., SWS 1085. 'Twod: tal multimeters wil] be given “ pine obdiscur Sit cn with tructurs and tour the tachi t | infor! BRUIT tes © on “inst: Tater, vd repait leben at the ARM, oe