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Wednesday, September 2, 1998 :

By Lee > Torgalson
Peninsula News Review

' Sidney Mayor Don Amos
jogged on over to Shopper’s
Drug Mart on Beacon Av-
enue last week to.be one of the
first people in Canada to pur-
chase one of their: special
sneakers in the Shoppers
Walk For The Cure cam-

paign.

Amos was among the first .

of almost a million Canadians

to purchase, sign and.display
one of the sneakers in support

of Juvenile Diabetes.
As part of a $4.4-million na-
tional campaign, the Juvenile

‘Diabetes Foundation, the ©

Diabetes Research Founda-

tion and Shoppers Drug:
Mart are holding the ‘sneaker’ :

sale, with proceeds going to di-
abetes research. . ~

For the price of: a Loonie (or
roughly 63 cents U.S.), anyone

and everyone can purchase —

and sign a paper sneaker. at
any Shoppers location. The
sneakers will be put on display

throughout the. store.as.a vi-:

sual sign of support. -
“J think it’s a great program,

especially in support of the

-young people suffering from
this disease,” Amos said while
_ Sidney Shopper's team captain’
-.Mary McQuary taped. an- _
other: ‘sneaker to the. front of

all-girls,

has the potential to impact ”
everyone, especially the young. |

people,” he said.

“We also want to remind
people that, two weeks from
now, we'll be having a car wash

to raise funds, so if you see us
out there with our buckets, pull -
in for awash,” McQuary said.

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: The: following “businesses
have generously contributed to.”
the fund-raising efforts of the
all First. Nations:. -
Saanic th: Sisters © slo-pitch
in their efforts to attend
the Port Alberni: ‘qualifying’

games for. the 999° ‘North

American "
‘Games: Sunshine Hills Golf

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Course, $100;. Peninsula
Skate Sharpening, $100; LR:
Wilson. Consulting © Ltd.,

-$100; and the ‘initial chal
-lengers, the Peninsula ve -

Review, $100.

red: flag.. If you feel you can

“meet or. beat our $100 chal-
Jenge,. call the Saanich Sisters ue

coaches and let them know.
~ The. Review .will print the

‘name of every individual’ or
business that contributes. to:

‘We're still holding out the

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“Mayor. Don Amos shows his s support with Shopper’ s employee Mary McQuary. .

5994, or Gail Sam at 652.6176

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With so many activities
competing for their attention,

~ it's great to: know. that some.»
children were willing to take

time out to. turn some pages
this summer. ’
~The

"There 2 are six award categories, ai
nefiting the Saanich

pe Bomesaneny Ht

Sidney-North
~ Saanich and Central Saanich :

them to maintain their reading
skills during the long school
break. .

Local VIRL branches also
signed up 118 children for the
Read-to-Me Club for children
not yet reading on their own.

Children had the opportu-
nity to enter prize draws and
the winners were:

Grand prize winners of
books — Read-To-Me Club
members Kendall Elliott,
Kaia Bryce, Elliot Lupini,
Jesse Lupini, Katie Dick-
son, Jordan. Mackintosh,
Jared Mackintosh, Hannah
Nawroth, Tatum Savage,
Mark: McNeill, Michaela

Newman and Laura Bondar. °
Summer reading program _

— Gillian Bradley, Nathan

Lapper, Alexis Miller

Name the Monkey contest
— the most popular names
were George (after the char-

acter Curious George), and.

Bananas: Gavin Simmons,

Deborah McFadyen, Devin —
_ Frampton, Lindsey Bevan, ©
“Ben Schwemler, Jan Mat-
‘tock, Ben Storm, Nick Jack-"
“gon, Amy Perry, Alex Kirby, i

Erin Burton and Ashley Gill,
Other final draw prize win- -
- ners were Dylan Trerice, El-
-fiot Turnbull, Kaleigh Smith, «.
Gillian
Wightman, Julia’ Castelli,
Holly. Eng, George Robin- -—

Jeriah . Newman,

AUGUST "98

Employee
af the Mouth

AL WOOTTON
(line Wests)

“ Each month the Sidney

“» Area Merchants recognize
one outstanding employee. °

Al has been. with Bevan |
- Car Wash for 4% years. .

“Tf you wish to have an

S cnloyee recognized for
their extra service, contact: -.

Lori Fizpatiick

“at 656-1151 or write to:

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