42 — Friday. Apri 2. 1999 - North Shore News

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Sam Thiara gave the
keynote address. His
father suffered an accident
that left him a paraplegic
27 years ago.

Running the coor prize table for the many guests were
(from left) Lori Sealey, Jolayne Devente and Keliy
Poloni.

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Youngest guest of the evening was four-
week-old Danielle LaBreche who was
escorted by proud parents Angela and
Marcel.

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Trying to keep track of the thousands
of dollars coming in from the silent
auction were Kelly Juhasz (left) and
Ann Phelps.

The cool dude in the shades was
Dave Howells who, when not dee-
jaying, was the evening's master of

Smiling bar crew included (from left) Guy
Smeeth, Paulina Chudinsky and Soris

“Banker.” ceremonies.

NEWS photos Martin Millerctip

Elissa cnd Brian Bell's (front) extended and loving tamily: (from left} Susanne Young.
Stacy Daman-Willems, Kirsten Bell, Kyla Daman-Willems, the News’ own creative
services msnager Jonathan Bell (rear), Alec Bell, Mark Swanson, Cathy Bell and
Tracie Bell-Swanson.

Live music during the early part of the evening
came from News’ resident musician Craig
Wilson (from teft), Don Short and Don Binns.

West Van's Heinz Weiss took a bit
of persuading but gave in to the
allure of a raw oyster chased with a
shot of vodka.

Brian Bell was presented with cheques to the
value of $15,500 hy Ron Ward. The money
was donated by Brian's fellow West Van
municipal employees.

Brian himself donated a signed John
Lennon print to the silent auction.
His roommate at G.F. Strong Rehab
Centre, Mike Saunders, was deter-
mined to come out with the winning
bid and did. Good on you, Mike.

Trying to keep the over-subscribed list of
guests straight were (from left) Kyla Bell-(“I
just added another hyphen”)Daman-Willems,
Patty Clarke and Tracie Beil-Swanson.