ae photo Mike Wakefield Telethon tear ... top, Red Robinson (left) tunes in to chairman Scott Mears. The annual Christman telethon was a success under the able directorship of Jan Nablo, photo en. SF Staying in West Van for the past week were visiting Australians, Michael and Lindy Chamberlain, the couple whose baby daughter disappeared on a camping trip in the outback and who wes ap- parently killed by dingoes. Their norrifying ordeal was brought to life on the screen in the Meryl Streep movie, A Cry in the Dark. They were here, staying with friends in the British Properties, as part of a cross-Canada tour for a seminar on stress. Their pres- entation at the Orpheum Theatre last Sunday night was an over- ‘whelming success, and they headed for Toronto Friday after- noon. Lindy Chamberlain has written her own story of their trials and tribulations with the Australian ju- diciary and the media, and it’s in the hands of a publisher at this very moment... Presiding over the traditional North Shore News Christmas par- ty last Saturday were publisher Peter Speck and his wife Mary. sees WINE AND YOUR HEALTH is a food, wine finds its rightful place on the dinner | le. Though the tradition of wine with food certainly ap- peals to our palates, and even to a sense of romance, it holds great medical value. For when wine is consum- ed with food, dangerous concentrations of alcohol are § avoided since the food helps slow the alcohol's absorp- | tion into the bloodstream. Wine is truly a beverage of pleasure, of health, and of moderation. In virtually every culture which con- siders wine a food, enjoys wine frequently with meals, § i views wine drinking as neither a virtue or a vice, and holds over-indulgence as socially unaccepiable. We at the North Shore Wine Cellar ask our customers to use common sense during this Christmas season and , — think of this the next time you raise a glass of wine in ——F a toast — “To your health!" not “to your deaih!” a —| Park Royal South Lonsdale Quay Park & Tittord 4 @y Peter Blacks) Market Centre 925-3663 984-2583 988-2424 Yvonne and John Reynolds .. Shore Family Services’ Winter Ball. 21 - Sunday, December 10, 1989 - North Shore News CAVIAR if you‘re one of the hordes of fans of Ken Wahl, that handsome hunk who stars in Cannell Film’s television series Wiseguy, you can attend one of his special parties. For the past two years, Ken Wah! has hosted his own Christmas party for the series’ cast and crew at Roy Lisogar’s Club Mardi Gras in the Century Plaza. This year, after they've had their own private fun and games, he’s inviting the public to join him to mix and mingle at 9:45 p.m. on Dec. 16. It’s $25 with proceeds to CKLG’s Variety Club’s Kids Park. Special guest speaker at the West Van library tomorrow even- ing will be Peter Stursberg, well- known author, broadcaster and WWII correspondent ... Cheers! : photo Elke Schroter - getting prepped for the North ra photo Cindy Goodman Australians Michael and Lindy Chamberlain, whose tragic story was dramatized in the Meryt Streep movie, A Cry in the Dark, were in West Van last week. AVALON — HOTEL — ANNOUNCES Grand Opening COLD BEER AND WINE STORE Sunday Dec. 10 llam - lipm Monday to Saturday llam to Ilpm 1025 Marine Dr., North Vancouver Ul