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JEFFREY Rothdram, 98, (left) and sister Sydney (10) ready another tray of lemonade outside Abede Designs at Park Royal South last week. The lemonade stand, sponsored by Abode with the drinks donated by

Dairyiand, was raising money for the West Van Soccer Club.

What's Tn Store For You

Galleria Ambleside is chan ing what we have come

to know as retail. The browse and purchase then leave idea, does not work jor the owners of this store.

George and Colleen of Music Gallery and Christine of Gold Bond Books had shops at City Square Mall for 10 years before they decided it was. time for something new. They have combined their knowledge of music, books and live entertain- ment. Their coffee house on Marine Drive in West Van serves Seattle's Best coffe, yummy treats supplied by Monte Cristo Bakery and a comfortable setting for you to explore the books and CD's they have to offer. Evening entertainment is an eclectic mix of local artists : performing everything from jazz and bles to classicel and pop. On Thursdays an Open Mike encourages new musicians and singer/son writers to experience a Hue audience. Make a point of stopping in at Galleria Ambleside. It's a new concept with a wonderful attitude.

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| Fast ferry wake concerns grow

Brady Fotheringham Contributing Writer

TWO young children were nearly swept into the ocean after the wake from a PacifiCat fast ferry surprised them while eating lunch on Whyte Islet.

Anne Baird and her grand- children, a six-year-old girl and eight-year-old boy, were play- ing in a ddai poo! on the small island just above water level when several large waves crashed onto the island. The waves washed away their lunch container and a bag of clothes that were on a ledge three feet above them,

Terrified, the children scrambled to higher ground before the ensuing waves swept then: away into the ocean.

Baird and her grandchil- dren were cating lunch on July 3 on Whyte Islet just off Whytecliff Poss in West Vancouver wh.r the 11:30 a.m. fast ferry arriving from Nanaimo into Horseshoe Bay

passed through Howe Sound by the park.

*fe was almost like a tidal Wave, it came up so suddenly,” Baird said. “The litde girl was terrified and she ran to me from the tidal pool.”

ABC Ferries environmental coordinator, Rob Hamilton, said the Crown corporation has been aware for years of the large wakes caused by fast ferry technology and its own reports on wake wash details the effects on coastal areas,

Residents: and neighbours who use the beach around the Whytecliff area are concerned thar floating driftwood and logs may be tossed on to chil- dren swimming and catching minnows in Whyte and Batchelor Coves. Had there been any significant swell on the ocean, perhaps on a windy day, Baird says the effects of the waves would have been much worse.

“If those waves hit and’ bring logs crashing on to the beach it’s kind of scary think- ing if someone got hit,” Baird

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