10 — Wednesday, July 29, 1998 - North Shore News

On 3 a personal note, we
thank Rosa Carrera for
saving a very dehydrated
reporter by giving her a
much needed, life-saving
soft drink. Temperatures
for the day soared to well
over 35° C

Volunteer Paul Deabreau
helped control the rush at
the beer gardens. There
was little shade, but this
didn’t seem to hamper
sales a bit.

Dana Sawyer a and Chris McKenzie
basked in the sunshine of the beer
gardens. The heat was relentless and
shady spots became hard to find as

the afternoon wore on.

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Caribbean Days had the heat and the beat

HOT, hot, hot says it all. Hot music trom the steel drums, hor
tood trom the ¥ Kiosks, and hot cemperatures thanks to moth

er nature's fatest heat wave. People from all over the cower main

land crowded North Van's Waterfront Park this past Sunday to
enjoy the annual Canbbean Days Festival. Comricte with kid!
displavs, dancing and beer gard there was suly something tor
everyone. The weekend-long event was a complete success.

Kelli Kramer (left) and Jason Baker accompanied
African dancer Maobong to the festival. Kelli helps teach
dance while Jason is Maobong's agent.

West Van man Bruce Pidduck (centre) is part owner of
a successful fandscaping company. But for today, he and
triends Karin Gelinas and Bob Rekunyk kicked back
to relax and enjoy the music.

Just a couple of beach boys: Ray Este
(left) and Aldo Trinetti always seem
to have fun. Trinetti’s concrete compa-
ny does good business here in North
Vancouver. Continued success Aldo.

were the order

ple the goods.

Helping out the mayor is part of a
normal day for West Van employ-
ees Judy McRae and Laura
Alonzi. Say hi to them next time
you visit municipal hall.

Join us by celebrating B.C. Day with

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It's the “harbour police,”
otherwise known as
André Roberge. The dis-
play was part of the exhib-
it put on ty the Barbados
Cultural Association.

Jamaican jerk chicken, pitas, and samosas
of the day at all! the different
Caribbean food kiosks. Eestasia Sanders
(left) and Jenée Boynton ivund time to sam-

Tony Knight stands beside North Van's
newest entrepreneur, Lynn Wigen. Wigen
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Easily the prettiest lady at
the festival, Maobong is
more than just a Caribbean
queen. Originally from
Nigeria, she now has her
own dance studio where
she teaches African dance.

NEWS photos Catherine Barr

Cooking up some good
food was (left to right)
Barbados Cultural Associ-
ation members Inez
Francis, Stella Welsh and
Marilyn Moseley.

They got the beat. Mike Fraser (left) and Jason O'Brien
drummed along with the bands while they caught some rays.

it's not unusual to find West Van's Dean orgenson
(centre) among such lovely ladies. But we think Stacey
Harris (left) and Melissa Ruffle stole a little of the spot-

Lonsdale Elementary kids will recognize vice-princi-
pal Jason Haywood (centre) from school. We con-
vinced him to pose with friends Nicola Friesen (left)
and flona Jackson.

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