SUNDAY January 21, 1996 Business......................17 @ Clessifieds...............27 @ Crossword @ Horoscope & inquiring Reporter..10 & Mailbox. MB Music.. ee 2S W Sports... ncn 22 @ Talking Personals...30 & Travel | 24 BTV Listings... 24 B Vintage Yoars.............16 & Weddingz.................18 S Rejuvenate yourself with @ bath: 13 @ New procedure zaps unwanted hair: . 14 Opinion W Collins — Royals over republic: 4 8 Hunter — Genotics ran amok: ? MIDLAND WALWYN @hUL CHIP THINCING® NO FEE RRSP SAVER Call for a Free Consultation 925-9210 West Vancouver Office Weather Monday: Sunny, cloudy periods, gh 2°C, low -7°C. NEWS photo ike Wakefisld GROUSE MOUNTAIN'S Tony Adams checks out the artificial snowfall courtesy of one of the ski hill’s snow-making fan guns and treezing temperatures. Local ski hills have suffered this year because of miid weather. THE NORTH Shore Health Board’s appointment of a chief executive offi- cer has been met with static from some Lions Gate Hospital doctors. By lan Noble News Reporter On Monday, the board announced it had selected Inge Schamborzki to fill the board chairman’s seat, which pays over $100,000 a year. With the appointment, hospital president Bob Smith's future becomes uncertain. Board vice-chairman and chairman of the board’s CEO search task group, Tony Angel, said Schamborzki's selection was done in-cam- era and with secret ballots by 17 of the 20 board members, Fourteen members of the board were appointed by the health minister. Those 14 appointments were nominated by the 28-mem- ber North Shore Health Regionalization Planning Committee, which Schamborzki chaired from September 1993 to October 1994. Angel said Schamborzki’s chairmanship of the planning committee is irrelevant in her get- ting the CEO job. The board determined Schamborzki was the best candidate, he said. Schamborzki is curently the chief transition Inge Schamborzki chosen by North Shore Heaith Board officer for the North Shore Health Board, which is in the process of assuming responsi- bility for approximately $160 million in bealth spending in an arez stretching from Lions Bay to Deep Cove. : Facilities that will fall under the board's control include Lions Gate Hospital, long-term care facilities, mental health, North Shore Health and alcohol and drug services. Recently, Schamborzki served with the health ministry for the Richmond. Health Board. Between 1984 and 1993, she was vice- president of nursing and senior vice-president of patient services at Vancouver General Hospital. She holds a doctor of education degree from McGill University. Said board chairman Diana Hutchinson: “The board has been particularly impressed with Dr. Schamborzki’s ability to manage effectively in transition and to anticipate and respond to constantly changing priorities.” But Lions Gate Hospital doctors, who want- ed Smith to win the appointment, were “sur- prised” by the selection. said Dr. Alison Clark, president of the medical staff. “Some of the doctors feel we should fight (Schamborzki's appointment) and make a stand but I feel a majority of medical staff will try and work with what we've got,” she said. Clark said doctors were hoping Smith's “proven track record” and ability to efficiently run a facility such as Lions Gate Hospital would have given him the nad. Doctors are also frustrated that, because of a Victoria directive, no health-care providers were on the selection committee to choose the new CEO. "I don’t think we have any illusions we run the show in health care, but we are major players,” she said. Smith, who applied for the health board's CEO position, has advised the hospital board he will “endeavor to facilitate a smooth transition.” He said he doesn’t expect to be in his hospital CEO seat this time next year and that he has no plans for the future. Did Smith think the CEO selection process was fair? “It's better that I just refrain from ... | won't make any more comment.” Education minister Art Charbonneau appointed Smith as North Vancouver District 44's official trustee on Thursday .- after Charbonneau fired the district’s trustees for failing to deal with a $5 million deficit.