40 — Wednesday, March 11, 1992

- North Shore News

Duck race organizers expect great turnout

THIRTY THOUSAND
rubber ducks are currently
in training for the Great
Capilano River Duck Race
at a secret location on the
North Shore.

**The ducks are all tagged and
just about ready to be launched,”’
said North Vancouver Rotarian
Murray Feist.

At ! p.m. sharp this Sunday,
the entire fleet of ducks will be
dumped into the Capilano River
rapids from the Upper Levels
Highway overpass, and the owner
of the fastest bird will walk away
with a holiday for two in Hong

Kong and Australia.

Feist and organizer Harold Str-
inger say they are confident this
year’s race will come close to sell-
ing out. As of Monday, more
than 25,000 of the 30,000 ducks
available had been snapped up.

“We'll do better than last
year,” said Feist. ‘‘We're hoping
to put_up signs in the malis say-

‘Sold Out. Try Again Next

Tickets are still available for the
March 15 duck race at the Park
Royal, Lynn Valley and Capilano
malls, North Shore Credit Union,
Lonsdale Quay Market and
Save-On Foods outlets.

Feist said that any remaining

Spirtual growth examined

M. SCOTT PECK, author of The
Road Less Traveled, will be giving
a lecture at the Georgia Hotel in
Vancouver on Saturday, March 14
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The seminar should appeal to
health professionals, clergy,
educators, or any member of the
pubdlic who is interested in per-
sonal and spiritual growth.

The Road Less Traveled has

been on the New York Times
best-seller list for more than 434
consecutive weeks — a record —
and has sold more than four mil-
lion copies.

Tickets are $99 each and are
available at Serenity Books, 228
Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver.
For more information call Part-
ners in Recovery at 768-0733.

RecCentre throws beach party

BEACH PARTIES are again in
season; at least at RecCentre
Lonsdale they are.

On March 20 from 7 p.m. to
midnight, the fitness complex will
hos: an adult beach party featur-
ing the steel-drum reggae band
**Soul Survivor."”

The party will include a Polyne-
sian dance demenstration, aquatic

games and activities that will in-
clude a pulley drop, water slide
and a water walkway.
Tickets, $12 cach, include a
barbecued hamburger and a salad.
There will also be a no-host
bar.

more information contact
987-PLAY.

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tickets will be available on race
day.

There will be ample parking for
the event at Parx Royal North.
The ducks will be dumped into the
water at the Upper Levels over-
pass at Capilano River, but the
best viewing area wil} be at the
finish line at Park Royal, where
there will be entertainment for the
whole family.

Stringer expects the winning
ducks to be recovered by 2'n.m.
The lucky numbers will be an-
nounced at the race.

Winners will also be contacted
by phone and published in the

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North Shore News on Wednesday,
March 18.

This Friday a celebrity media
duck race to promote the March
15 event will be launched in the
fountain at the Pacific Centre
Atrium at 12 noon.

On hand to watch their ducks
negotiate the perilous waves will
be North Shore News columnist
Joy Metcalf and representatives
from various local print and elec-
tronic media.

The three winners will receive

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charity of their choice.

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Last week 200 people turned
out to the Duck Ball at North
Vancouver’s International Plaza,
held to aid Emily Murphy House
and to promote the Great
Capilano River Duck Race, spon-
sored by the North Vancouver
Rotary Club, Save-On Foods/
Overwaitea stores, the North
Shore News, North Shore Credit
Union and a host of businesses
and organiztions.

The whole purpose of the race,
mounted for the fifth time this
year by the Rotary Club of North
Vancouver, is to aid various B.C.
charities.

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