2 - Sunday, May 21, 1989 - Lynn Valley Echo Festivities planned for Lynn Valley Day LYNN VALLEY Day will take place‘on Saturday, May 27, following a tradition that began 77 years ago. This year, the annual parade will stast off from 19th and Grand Boulevard at 10 a.m.,: featuring Freddy Fuddpuckerand His Rolling Clones band, Ronald McDonald, the A&W Root Bear and many perticipants from the community. It will culminate at Lynn Valley Park, where the day will officially be opened by North Vancouver District dignitaries. Spectators will then be treated to Maypole danc- ing performed by Iccal Brownies. Lynn Valley Day has been spon- sored by the Lynn Valley Lions since 1971, According to one or- ganizer, Terry Nichols, the event is not a fund raiser but a way for the Lions to give something back to the community. Athletes of all ages will have the chance to join in friendly competi- tion, starting with the Fun Run which takes off from [9th and Grand Boulevard at 9:50 a.m At noon, a variety of children’s and adults’ races will take place, with winners in each~ receiving silver dollar prizes. Consolation prizes, notes Nichols, will also be handed out... Highland dancing, cowboy dan- cing demonstrations and a ride sponsored by Lynn Valley Centre will all add to the fun.., . Lynn Valley Day festivities will also be taking place at Lynn Valley - Cenire starting on Wednesday, May 24. On thai day Old Time Photos will set up their bocth in the mall for shoppers who'd like. their photograph taken in old-fashioned apparel. | DOLORES BATE ... West Van- couver psychologist is offering a one-dsy workshop to help teenage girls overcome problems with fow self-esteem. LADIES’ HEELS - | MEN'S TOPY SOLES . ] geo FULL DRYCLEANING | [SERIES AT LYNN VALLEY : ” On Thursday and Friday, May 25 and 26, at 7:30 p.m., The Weavers, a local square dancing group, will perform. On Lynn Valley Day itself enter- tainment will be offered in the mal! parking lot all day long, featuring the Wickheim Timber Show at noon and 3 p.m. During the show, spectators will see axe throwing, log rolling, and a high-riggers’ race up 60-foot trees. A bluegrass band will perform at 14:30 a.m., 1 p.m. and 2:15 p.m.. At 12:30 p.m. Indian Dancers will take the stage, followed by an In- dian Pow Wow at 4:15. On the culinary side, everyone will be well provided for at Lynn Valley Park. The Lions will once. again be serving hamburgers and hot dogs at their cookhouse, Lynn Valley United Church will be holding a bake sale, and cotton candy, Belgian waffles and yogurt, and ice crezm vendors will all be selling their wares. For thirsty adults, the beer garden will be welcome, especially if the day is as sunny as the orga- nizers hope. Nichols provnises that one of the day’s biggest highlights will be the Ronald McDonald Magic Show. — While the dancing and races ere to wind up at apprexi- mately 3 p.m., the rest of the festivities will continue unti! about 5 p.m. For more information . about : Lynn Valley Day events, cali Terry Nichols at 980-0654, ‘2ome, or 683-2181, office. photo Nell Lucente THE FREDDY Fuddpucker band is making a return visit to this year’s Lynn Valley Day parade, along with a host ef other acts that will keep crowds entertained. The Saturday, May 27 celebrations will include a number of festivities at Lynu Valiey Park and in the parking lot at Lyon Valley Centre. Echo to provide entertainment THE LYNN Valley Echo's repre- sentative at Lynn Valley. Day will be an unusual sculptor/performer, Nenh Vancouver’s Marke Mazep- a highlight of last year’s PNE Parade, Mazeppa effortlessly creates amazing creatures out of newsprint, old film and other recycled materials. “J like to use ‘found’ materials that are easily available,"’ says MANY PEOPLE occasionally suffer from low self-esteem, but it’s a problem to which teenage girls are especially vul- nerable. Left unexamined, the ‘poor St..+ image generated during this period in a girl’s life will continue to af- fect her and color the decisions she makes as she enters adulthood. West Vancouver’s Dolores Bate, however, is offering a one-day workshop on Sunday, June 4, which she hopes will help girls put an end to this negative cycle. -A humanistic psychologist, Bate has been offering a self-esteem course ’ for women through UBC’s Women’s Resources Centre. ‘That course is popular for women from their 20s to their 50s, but Bate has observed that many of the self-esteem problems that the participants are dealing with stem from their teenage years. .“The earlier we get to them, the better,’ she noted recently. ‘“‘It’s ap- parent that lack of esteem starts very young — when teenagers begin to force themselves into forms that they don’t fit.”” Mazeppa. ° He is currently a student. at Capilano College where he specializes in bronze casting and clay ceramics and is working fowards a masters degree in Fine At the same time he often teaches children’s art classes and will be giving a session on dinosaurs (fer. ages six-12) in July at the North Vancouver Recreation Centre... Fer Lyan Valley Day, Mazeppa and his cousin and assistant Mar- jorie Carlsen will be visible at 10 am. in the parade along Lynn Valley Road and later entertai at Lynn Valley Park until about 3 p.m. ' He'll be doing 12 ‘sculptures for the PNE this year, where he'll bz working for 17 days with puppet makers Lois and Herb Walker. Girls helped with self-esteem problems Teenagers tend to subscribe to the values held by their peer group, which in turn are inherent in our Western culture, says Bate. These values hold that a girl should be pretty, then athletic, and, if all else fails, bright. When girls fai!.o measure up to the standards they see as important, the “‘devastation”’ they experience can manifest itself in eating disorders, promiscuity, alcohol or drug use, or poor marks. On the flip side, Bate says that even ‘‘superachievers” may be suffering from the same lack of self-esteem. The reason for their success is that they are striving to please someone else — probably a parent or teacher — rather than doing things for their own satisfaction. She’s not worried that her age —- Bate is in her 50s — will be any bar- rier between herself and the teens: ‘‘There’s a thread of common experi- ence that all women and girls have,’’ she firmly believes. The June 4 workshop runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Suite 1 of the UBC Women’s Resources Centre at 1144 Robson Street. The cost is $40. For more information, call 681-2910. © KIRBY FILTER QUEEN HOOVER RAINBOW, 42684 LYVeL VALLEY mt, _ WITH VALLEY VACUUMS | SPECIALIZING IN. © COMPACT. e ELECTROLUX * EUREKA _¢ TRISTAR