BRIGHT LIGHTS

FOR THE seventh year run-
ning, the Rotary Club of North
Vancouver sponsored the
Great Capilano River Duck
Race last Sunday, March 6.
More than 30,000 of the little
yellow plastic mallards nego-
tiated the river and, at $5 a
duck or $20 for five, raised
money for a variety of Lower
Mainland charities. The Big
Duck (centre) is joined by the
. Big Bucks at the finish line.

Centre
lends helping hand

THE EMILY Murphy House, a North Shore transition house for
abused women and children, and the Park Royal Cinemas are
presenting children's matinees each Sunday in March at 2 p.m.
with proceeds going to the EMH. The series kicked off last
Sunday, March 6, with a $5,000 cheque presentation to North
Shore Crisis Services Society president Maureen Jones, Park
Royal Shopping Centre director Rick Amantea pres ?nted the
cheque on behaif of the mail, the theatre and mail owners, the
Larco Group. On hand were North Shore News publisher Peter
Speck (centre), his wife Mary and the Sun’s Malcoim Parry.

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THE DUCK Race attracted its
hosts from the Rotary Club of
North Vancouver, including
(photo left, L-R) Pau! Hussey,
Murray Feist and Richard
Sharp (that’s Richard sport-
ing the stylish duck bill).
Other Rotary members hud-
died in the VIP tent awaiting
the final onslaught were
(photo right, L-R) Linda
Vajen, Bodo Vajen and Rotary
president Elko Kroon.

THE WINNERS of the Seventh
Annual Great Capilano River
Duck Race are: Betiy Stewart
of North Van, who took the
first prize of a trip for two
from Vancouver to London
and Singapore on British
Airways Club World Ciass,
followed by a ride on the
Orient Express to Bangkok
and Kuala Lampur. Second
prize of a one-week vacation
for two in Fiji went to Michelle
Marion of North Van; third
prize of a one-week holiday
for two in Singapore and Bali
went to George Drescher of
Vancouver; fourth prize of a
one-week trip for four to
Disneyland went to Margo
Parren of North Van; fifth
prize of a rail tour for two on
the Great Canadian Rocky
Mountaineer went to K. Miller
of Vancouver; sixth prize of a
full set of Daiwa golf clubs
went to K. Klausen of North
Van; seventh prize of an IBM
personal computer with soft-
ware and printer went to
Marian Morris of Burnaby;
eighth prize of a three-day
ski/golf vacation for two in
the Okanagan went to Jake
Prait of Vancouver; ninth
prize, a one-year’s worth of
shopping vouchers for Save-
on-Foods, went to Roger
Fisher of North Van; and 10th
prize, a privately catered din-
ner for eight, went to Kay
Maxwell of Vancouver.

On the banks of the Cap River
were (photo left, L-R) the
Rotary Club of North Van’s
Kate Manvell and Sandy
Woods, while out en masse
were Duck enthusiasts (photo
right, L-R) lan Hawkins, Alex
Hamilton, Mike Warren,
Michael Forsyth, Scott
Mackenzie and Warren Park.