A7 - Wednesday, August 25, 1982 - North Shore News SS mail o x Railway did all it could Dear Editor: We would like to present British Columbia Railway’s side of Terry Lavender's August 8th story: “Singing Those Old BCR Blues Again.” Unfortunately, we were not given an op- portunity to do so before the ~~ story appeared. At the time the August Ist slide was discovered, our southbound passenger train was operating about: five minutes behind schedule. The circumstances that followed resulted in _ its arriving in North Vancouver at 3:20 a.m. - six hours and 50 minutes behind schedule. The train crew's physical inspection of the slide area when the train was forced to halt at 4:40 p.m., took about one hour to complete. This is not unusual in slide conditions. Weather con- ditions were poor. The crew Hospital split by lawsuit had to contend with ankle- deep mud, rock and other debris. When -the inspection was complete, the train began its return to Lillooet and at that time, passengers were ad- vised of the reason for the delay and of the crew's intention to arrange buses to complete the balance of the journey. August Ist, however, was in the middle of a long weekend. Buses were hard to come by and while at- tempts were made to obtain them at nearby Cache Creek, they were un- successful. The bus com- pany’s best estimate for reaching Lillooet was 9 p.m. and passengers were advised accordingly. When the buses failed to arrive at that time, attempts to obtain a new arrival time were made. Unfortunately, the buses could not be reached while Dear Editor: Since I was elected to the Lions Gate Hospital Board in 1980, I have watched the pro-choice/pro-life conflict with a great deal of alarm. My concerns cover many areas, not the least of which is my belief in every Canadian’s freedom to make final choices about the health care of his or her body. In the forthcoming election our community has a further dismaying issue: instead of choosing can- en route and there was no choice but to await their arrival. During the long wait, British Columbia Railway staff did. all they possibly could to ease the discomfort. They arranged for a restaurant to remain open beyond its normal hours. They invited passengers to make whatever long- distance phone calls were necessary at the Railway's expense, and many chose to do so. In addition, checked baggage was made available to those wishing to retrieve items while awaiting the buses. At the Railway’s expense, a taxi was dispatched from Lillooet to Whistler to take care of children travelling alone. Two others were dispatched from North Vancouver to Shannon Falls and Horseshoe Bay for the same reasons. didates on their background, commitment and possible contribution to the running of the hospital, we are now faced with a ridiculous situation of actually con- sidering candidates for this board who are in the process of suing the very hospital they profess to work for. Can we be serious? Our community needs a moderate, broad-based Board to lead Lions Gate Hospital through the trying financial times ahead, not one which is split by its very CUT PERM & CONDITION SPECIAL Our finest quality perm specially priced August 23 - Sept. 4 INCLUDES REDKEN CONDITIONING TREATMENT AND OF COURSE, A GREAT CUT HAIR TODAY FINE HAIRSTYLING FOR MEN & WOMEN Park Royal Mall ¢ Lansdowne Mall (North) 922-9308 OPEN WED., THURS & IRI $45” 270-1701 ‘THO PM. barred for your convenience oma After a thorough in- vestigation of the incident, | am confident that the Railway and its employees did everything possible to make the long delay as bearable as_ possible. Whatever information was available was passed on but the fact ts, as far as the alternate transportation was concerned, there really was little to report. While the circumstances that led to the Lillooet delay were beyond = anyone's control, we nevertheless ask for the understanding of the passengers concerned and at the same time, strongly refute any suggestion by Mr. Lavender that our people were inconsiderate and uncaring. A.C. Sturgeon, Vice President B.C. Railway members who are forcing the Board to court to the tune of at least $200,000 hospital dollars! The cheek these people turn is that of a double-face! Please exercise your VOTE September Ist. Hilary Clark, B.H-E. LGH Board Pro-choice beware! Dear Editor: We at the North Shore Women’s Centre object to the biased headline on your August 15 story on the Lions Gate Hospital. The headline implies a pro-choice sweep. We understand, however, that there are more than 1400 Hospital Society members who have failed to renew their memberships. There has been a vigorous anti-choice campaign and there have been 800 new memberships taken out. You are misleading the public when you imply that pro-choice voters can stay at home, because there is no risk that the hospital board will be taken over by anti- choice people. The election on Sep tember | is a crucial one if we do not wish our hospital disrupted as the Surrey hospital was. Bev Schroeter, President North Centre Shore Women's RATCLIFF & COMPANY Barristers & Solicitors . Ruddy . Miller J. B. -H. W. L. M. Johnston - R.A. Kitchen - B. J. Buan - R. |. Vaage - S.H. Turmer - G. R. Yabsley - Associate Counsel: J. P. 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