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8 ~ Wednesday, September 7, 1988 - Capilano Chronicle

ct photo Mike Wakelielc

FIVE SENIORS recently visited the PNE with the assistance of the vol- untecr drivers of the Seniors’ Hub, a branch of the Capilano Community Services Society. In the foreground is senior Lillian Heslop, whose driver, Heather Rhodes, stands behind the car. Scott Casano, left, and Eric Jensen, right, from St. George's school also volunteered their time to

LEND A HAND

Local service helps seniors see the sights

FIVE North Vancouver seniors with impaired mobility recently spent a day at the PNE — some- thing they would not have been able ta do without the help of the Seniors’ Hub, a branch of the Capilano Community Services Society.

Five volunteer drivers picked up the seniors at their homes on the morning of Thursday, Sept. 1. Two boys from St. George’s Schon] community program also acted as escorts, and provided a picnic lunch for all.

This is just one of the activities undertaken by the Seniors’ Hub, which started operating in March 1988 after receiving a New Horizons grant to extend the ser- vices of the Capilano Community

Services Society to seniors.

At present, 36 Seniors’ Hub volunteers provide an average tatal of 145 hours per month in a varie- ty of services and programs.

These include a volunteer drivers service which covered 810 kilometres in July, an almost-daily phone call service to isolated

seniors, a volunteer handyman -

service for minor repairs and yard work and a recently started home visiting service.

Many of the volunteer positions, especially those in the phoning service, are staffed by seniors.

Jean Taylor, organizer of the Seniors’ Hub, says the organiza- tion believes that seniors are part of the. society as a whole, not a segregated group. An intergenera- tional program offers the oppor-

tunity for young people and seniors to enjoy and share an outing together.

The Seniors’ Hub is currently organizing training programs for its volunteers. The first of these will take place on Sept. 22. Drivers will be shown how to assist those with impaired mobility by occupa- tional therapist Ann Finlay.

The session will be held from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the Chestnut Room of the north building of the Delbrook Community Centre at 600 West Queens Rd.

People interested in other volun- teer activities with the Seniors’ Hub are asked to call Taylor from 9 a.m. to noon on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, and between 9 and 5 p.m, on Fridays at 988-7115.

help out.

Attractions prove popular

From page 4 numerous hiking adventures, take one of the various helicepter tours or take the chairlift further up from 3,700 feet to 4,100 feet.

The Rusty Rail beer garden and The Sundeck outdoor barbecue have both been busy mountain at- tractions.

Mackay expects the heavy tourist season to last through September.

“Every year the season seems (o start earlier and last Jonger,’’ he said.

The Capilano Suspension Bridge has more attractions than the 450- foot long bridge. The 15-acre site includes the nature park on one side and totem park on the other.

The nature park features trails, ponds, ducks and other wildlife. A native carver, Stan Joseph, works on site in totem park, which features carvings ranging up to 65 years old.

Although there is a charge to get into the area, summer tours are free, and offer many breathtaking views of the canyon.

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Bridge House Restaurant (formerly The Hobbit House) is doing well in the original log cabin built for a former owner of the suspension bridge in 1925.

Now owned by Nancy Stibbard, and a family business since 1953, the suspension bridge will celebrate its 100th year in 1989.

The Canyon House Galleria and B.C. Estate Winery shop are other tourist attractions featured at the bridge. .

Barry Anderson at the Capilano Salmon Hatchery reported a good turnout of tourists — though not as many as in past years.

“We've had more adult fish on display for a longer period of time,’’ said Anderson. ©

A North Shore tourist draw for the past 17 years, the hatchery has proved especially popular with visitors from Europe and the Orient. The displays are written in English, French and Japanese.

The hatchery is open from 8 a.m. to sunset, or about 8 p.m. in summer. It’s open year round, closing at about 5 p.m. in the winter months.

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