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SCHOOL is over, it’s ages before
you go on vacation and all your
friends seem to be away in
Disneyland or Parksville — what
to do this summer?

For children who dove to read it ise ta
And with nearly 2,000 children
rgistered and participating in the

Wild About Books reading cla at North
Vancouver District Library, it appears that
this will be another record year of summer
reading in the district.

Young readers

they read ina speci

k of the days thar
reading fog, and ree
stamps and : tor cach week complet

Those who complete 56 days of reading
over the summer will receive certificates and
book prizes donated by the Friends of the
Library.

Each branch will also feature special
theme programs for school-aged children.

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Highlights are a vist from the Vancouver
Mantime Muscum, where museum staft will
talk about and show some of the treasures
that have been recovered trom underwater
shipwrecks by divers, and a fascinating look
atthe weird and wonderful world of ogean
lite with staff trom the Vancouver Aquarium.

Wild About Dising will be at Parkgate
Library at 10:30 asm. on Thursday, July 9
and at Lynn Valley's main branch at 2 pom.

ut Oceans is on Wednesday,
0 aim. at Lenn Valley and 2

ilano, and again at) Parkgate

branch on Thursday
Children aged six and up are as

pre-register for these programs at the oni!
dren’s desk in cach branch, of by phone. Full
details on summer programs tor children are
available at cach branch: Evan Valley, 990-
ASTI, Capilano, 987-4471, Parkgate, 92
3727.

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deaths could have been pre
ed othrough heathy
htestvle chanites.

CPConnor is president of
the Heart and) Stroke
Foundation, BoC and Yukon
rea, and medical officer tor
the North Shore

Hes ale a Wesr Van resi
dent, which makes the foun
dadianm’s newest: projet dose
to his heart.

The toundation has
chosen the West) Vancouver
seawalk and Capilano
River Regional Park,
from Dundarave to the
Cleveland Dam, as che site
tor oa series of walking
stuns that mark a Piearty in
Monon “pathway co health.”
the first of its Kind in North
America,

Hearts in Motion is mod
Hed after a successful inter:
sational program that origi
nated two years ago in Ireland
caHed Shona Slainte (pro-
nounced Slee Nav Slon Cha),
or “pathway to health.”

Colorful signs mark kilo-
metre intervals along the
route.

The idea is that walkers
can set goals by measuring
the distance and charting
their progress.

information — brochures

Wednesday, July 1, 1998 — North Shore News — 23

et your health goals

ath detachable progress
cards ere available from per
mument displays located at the
beginning and end of the
route as well as porits in
between.

More than 100 Qountrigs
have adopted the program to
date, qachidins  Decamuark,
Finland and Germany Alison
Heath, manager ot health
promoton tor the Heart
Stroke Foundarion. sacs pias
are tor anarher site hauneh an
Canada, thy one in PR, the
second week in Juis.

The key message the toun-

dation wishes to promote,
says Heath, is that vou can
walk as hte or as much as
vou want,

“This wnt about running
marathons,” she says.

O'Connor agrees that
“vou really don’t have to be
running 1O miles a day” to

health benefits of

ONETE

Moderate walking for as
little as 30 minutes three days
a week can make a difference
to vour health.

Consider it
orders.

doctor's

The large majority of
Canadians are unfit

SOME facts on physical

@ Heart disease and stroke are Canada’s leading cause
. (Heart and Stroke Foundation)
anadians are aut active enough to benefit

ard disabili
a ¥ per cent of

their cardiovascular health and 10% of these
sidered completely sedentary. (Canadian
Monitor, 1995)

Institutes — Physical Activ

M Experts agree for better health, phy
ularly. (Pavsical Activity

performed \
General’s Report, 1996)
@ Walking tops ¢

list, of

activity:
f death

anadians are con-
ess and Lifestyle

al activity should be
d Health - Surgeon

popular physical activities for

Canadians; 84% of Canadians report walking for phsical activity
within the past 12 months. (Canadian Fitness and Litestvle
Institutes — Physical Activity Monitor, 1995)

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