42 - Worth Shore News - Wednesday, March 15, 2000

—___—— BRIGHT LIGHTS ————

Sisters Claire Hanssen (left) and Lauren Hanssen said they had lots of fun eating

gcodies and watching the ducks swim by.

Cheryl

al-Gordon stayed on the

riverbank to cheer on their Guck which they affection-
ately named “Sherman.” Sherman finished in the mid-

dle of the pack.

Six-year-old Taylor Troll
(ieft), big sister Alexandra
(centre) and seven-year-
old sister Grace were hop-
ing that their duck “Alfred”
would have a big finish.

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Nicole Best and Sigi
Wolff were really upset to
learn that the grand prize
Caribbean cruise was
won by some other lucky
duck. Still, they said their
little yeliow fellow was
going right back into train-
ing in preparation for next
year’s race.

JT GREAT SAVINGS ON LARGE SELECTION OF FLOOR MODELS READY FOR DELIVERY.

i we, Bermuda Sofa & Loveseat $1098 (N. Van location)

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Ptocothers thes are the ncket te fame and fornane,
Sand pasts the Great Capilano Duck Race wes held at the
Capdane River Elondreds of the seasoned swimnicrs took the
plunge to race for sbulous prizes. A dull, drizzty dav mav have
kept some away, bun albin all it was pertect conditions tor the
big swim A huge thanks fo all the Rotary club members and
the volunteers who made this event possible and te te spon-
sors. Tt wasa vreat tamily tun day.

A big thumbs up from emcee Gordan Dalglish. He did a
great job announcing all the winners.

Vancouver Kayak Club
member Pete McGregor
joined members of our
own North Shore Rescue
gang to help save drown-
ing duckies and get them
back into the race.

NEWS photos Catherine Barr

Five-year-old Alexis Morton is from North Vancouver.
She was there along with her mom Paulette to watch
all the fun.

St. John's volunteers were pleased to report that other than
a few frazzied feathers, there were no injuries. From left:
Ken Wright, Megan Sterling and Paul Edgett.

North Vancouver Rotary president Jeff Pearce (left) and
District 504 governor Chris Offer were pleased with the
turnout and the results. The event gets more and more
popular every year.

This gang was hopeful right down to the last minute. Still,
(from left) Sean Walker, Megan Walker, Kyle Marr and
Melissa Nichol had too much fun to mind.

The Lee family was all smiles despite the rain. Four-year-
old Alexander and big sister Michelle are from West
Vancouver along with mom Angela and dad Graham.

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