Volunteer lifeguards ‘fantastic BY THE 23rd hour Michael Henderson’s legs and arms stopped doing what his brain asked them to do. By Michael Becker News Reporter He was cold and disoriented. He had ‘thit the wall’? more than once in his bold swimathon quest to raise cash to support the search for missing Victoria youngster Michael Dunahec. He says that he managed to complete 24 hours in the pool at West Vancouver Aquatic Centre solely due to the support given him by a young team of volunteer lifeguards. “Without the lifeguards I definitely would never have got there. I have never met a nicer bunch of teenagers. They were absolutely fantastic. “Basically every couple of hours | would get out for 10 or 15 minutes and they would give me oxygen and food. “With alt the criticism you hear nowadays about teenagers, this group is a model example to any community. They swam out with me the Jast hour — my arms wouldn’t work and my knees had given up. I was listening to them and sort of just kept going — they were brilliant. “They are the heroes of the thing as far as I’m concerned. They are just a fabulous bunch of teenagers and their parents ought to be proud of them,’’ Henderson said. The West Vancouver Aquatic Centre lifeguards who volunteered to help Michael Henderson pull off the 24-hour swimathon fund- raising feat were Tammy Bennett, Sarah Titcomb, Susan Petura, Peter Williams, Jennifer Maurice, Debra Price, Rob Menning, Colin Sutherland and Stephanie Blick. MICHAEL HENDERSON swims another length Saturday during a solo 24-hour swimathon held to raise funds to support the search for missing Victoria youngster Michael Dunahee. The West Vancouver swimmer raised more than $5,000 with the help of a group of West Vancouver Aquatic Centre lifeguards. All money raised during the swimathon heid Saturday and Sunday will go directly to the Michael Dunahee search fund. The money will be used to pay for the creation and distribution of posters depicting an age- enhanced image of Dunahee. The boy went missing from a Vic- toria-area playground in 1991. Henderson is a father of three young children. He committed himself to the swimathon after learning of the Dunahee case while on vacation in Vancouver. “To have a child for a period of time and then to have it taken away — it’s worse than having a child dying at birth. It just goes on and on and on,”’ he said. Henderson's children, sons aged seven and four and a two-year- old daughter, were at the poolside to cheer him on. Individuals who wish to donate to the swimathon for the Michael Dunahee search fund can do so at the West Vancouver Aquatic Cen- tre. ‘Anything at all, no matter how small it is, it all goes directly to the search fund,’’ Henderson said. The swimathon has so far raised at least $5,000 for the cause. Society receives $27,000 grant CAPILANO COMMUNITY Ser- vices Society (CCSS) recently received a $27,000 grant from the Corporation of the District of North Vancouver. The grant will help fund the Seniors’ Hub, the Capilano Youth Centre, and six non-profit agen- cies operated through recCentze Detbrook. The Seniors’ Hub provides preventative, supportive and socio-therapeutic services to seniors who are isolated, lonely or partially impaired. The hub aims to bridge gaps in community pro- grams and encourages self-care, independence and mutual aid. The youth centre provides ser- vices to youth at risk through rec- reation, life skills, educational and counselling programs. The aim of the program is to redirect and ac- celerate positive social develop- ment in youth. RecCentre Delbrook’s non- Profit agencies, which offer a variety of volunteer opportunities, are located in the community wing of the centre. Money from the grant will provide managerial Support to its six non-profit agen- cies. “Capilano Community Services Society appreciates the support of the District of North Vancouver and their ongoing commitment to a healthy community,”’ said Tricia Andrew, executive director of CCSS. UBC library offers new service THE UNIVERSITY of British Columbia Librery is offering a telecommunications device, refer- red to as TTY/TDD, through its deaf service. University faculty, staff and students, as well as members of the public, may call the service with their questions about the UBC Library collection. A 24-hour answering machine will record the message and a staff member will reply between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. during weekdays. Callers may request information about resources in the UBC Library collection, library hours, and how to dial up the library catalog, which requires a UBC library card and a modem. The number for the service is 822-6053. LL Wednesday, August 79, 1992 - North Shore News 4 NEWS photo Neil Luconte 72 XN a aa VERTIC Sale Ends September 18,1992 i SHADE BETTER 4 VR 2 BRR y Specializing in Blinds and Draperies for over 7 years 4877 Marine Drive, N.Van,. 084-44 04 #4-38948 Progress Way, Squamish &92-5857 Whistler 932-6617