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or her fifetime will be faced with a situation in
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which someone is choking. Two out of every
three may find themselves in a situation calling for
Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). Most will

come up short, not able to respend in 4 situation where
every second literally counts. The hard truth is a paltry
four per cent of Canadians are familiar with CPR.

As the year comes to a close, it is a good time to
take a minute between shopping, feasting and the par-

taking of festive beverages to think about how we can
make our lives a little richer in the New Year.

Taking a CPR course for the first time or upgrading
CPR skills would be a step in the right direction.

Although the level of paramedic and hospital sup-
port available to the public on the North Shore ranks
among the best in North America, the system can’t
work optimally without a trained and aware communi-
ty.

Without resuscitation within 12 minutes, < choking
victim or heart attack victim’s chances of survival are
next to nil. Survival chances are doubled when CPR is
given within four minutes by a bystander.

As we once again gear up to celebrate the birth of a
special life this Christmas, we might think about duing
our part in giving the gift of life. The chances are that
one day it will come down to a matter of life and

breath.

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BRAIN GAME DEPT. With 150
entries from as far afield as
Oregon and Ontario, as well as
from all parts. of B.C., the first
West Van Open Chess Tournament
last month, organized by West Van
Chess Club’s [Leon Krawezyk,
proved a smash hit. Participants
included two International Masters
(Leon Plasetski of Vancouver who
defeated Seattle’s John
Donaldson) and three National
Masters. Among local ; winners
were North Van’s Rob Neison (tied
in the Candidate Master section)
and West Van’s Henry Pihrer
(second-place tie in the Seniors).
Incidentally, you can forget any
image of chess as a game for mid-
die-aged eggheads and greybeards.
The Junior Tournament had over
60 entrants (including nine girls)
with more than a third under the
age of 10. And that fact produced,
in West Van's Anniversary Year,
one nicely timed coincidence — an
age gap of exactly three-quarters
of a century between two of the

successful competitors: Marie Von —

Rosenback, 84, placed first in the
Ladies Golden Age section, while

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the Junior C section prize went to
Christopher Lu, aged 9!

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TWO OUTINGS this week and
next that sound like ‘‘musts’’.
Christmas on the Plaza starts to-
day at’ 7 p.m. when Economic
Development Minister Grace Mc-
Carthy welcomes Santa back to the
Expo 86 site. His arrival with brass
band aboard the tug ‘‘Ivanhoe’’,
ablaze with Christmas lights, laun-
ches eight days of Yule festivities
at the winter wonderland created
on the Plaza of Nations —
highlighted by a tribute to B.C.’s
film industry with free movies
from | p.m. daily. And fram § to
9 p.m. (noon to 9 this weekend)
100 Christmas trees, carols,
displays, shows, Santa’s Workshop
and all the holiday trimmings, plus
a celebrity auction Dec.18, promise
fun for the whole family.

The Expo spirit also lives again
daily until Dec.23 under the sails at
Canada Place, where the Festival
of Lights features over 45 uniquely
decorated trees, illuminated pro-

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MONEY FORK THE KETTLE...Capt. Wally Simpsun (r) receives $500
donation to the Sally Anae Xmas Fund from treasurer Ron Ferguson ()
and president Tom Donnelly of the Royal Canadian Legion Br. 118.

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menade stores, a twice-daily
Christmas Pageant and breakfasts
with Santa.

POSTSCRIPTS: For West Van-
couverites who missed Sunday’s
Carol Ship party, all is not lost.
The Ambleside Park and Dun-
darave pier hoopla won’t be
repeated, but the singing ships
themselves are scheduled to parade
along Tiddlycove’s shoreline again
this coming Sunday evening
(Dec.20) ... North Van School
District is seeking old photos,
documents and other memorabilia
relating to the history of North
Van schools. If you've .any such
items stashed away in the basement
or attic, Rusty Rustemeyer (988-
3523) would love to hear from you
... Diana Hutchinson and Bob
Hicks, co-chairmen of West Van
Anniversary Awards Committee,
report that over 160 names of wor-
thy Tiddlycovians, past and pres-
ent, have been submitted for the 75
‘‘Achiever Awards’, due to be
announced any moment now
The North Shore’s grande dame of
dance, Anna Wyman, invites you
to her annual production of a
“Christmas Nativity in Dance’’
this Saturday (Dec./9) at St.
John’s Church, 209 West [3th,
North Van. Performances at 5:30
and 7 p.m. feature AW Dance
Theatre veteran Francis Nash as
Jeseph and new costumes created
by Vickye Allard. Admission free
— but Food Bank and Xmas
Funds donations gratefully receiv-
ed ... Meanwhile, the 68-year-old
Kiwanis Club of Vancouver will be
run from this side of the Inlet next
year. Elected 1987-1988 president
is West Van’s Ron Wood. Installed
with him were North Shore
neighbors Rick Ryan (vice-presi-
dent), Win Foster (treasurer) and
William Hetherington (secretary).

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WRIGHT OR WRONG: No one
ever sized up human beings more
accurately than the guy who in-
vented the pencil eraser.

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WINTER WONDERLAND at ‘Christmas on the Plaza’’ (above) has
fun and entertainment for every age. (Below) Head chef Denis Blais of
the Prow Restaurant helps trim a tree for Canada Place's ‘‘Festival of