4-Fiday. December 11, 1993 ~ North Shore News LGH operations available again THE 68 operations cancelled at Lions Gate Hospital during the recent registered nurses” labor dispute are being re-booked on dates before Christmas. Lions Gate Hospital spokesman Ch Haag sand some patients are choosing to have their postponed elective surg, enes done in January. Scheduled in-patient clestive surgeries beyan to be can: celled on Now 24 as members of the British Columbia Nurses’ Union (BONU} started job acuions to back contract demands. The job actions included a ban on overtime work, Nurses stopped their job actions last week as mediator Bran Foley announced he would make recommendauons to settle the Labour dispure. Folev’s recommendations released this week addressed the contentious sue of overtime by recommending the governnicnt spend S30 million to hire more than 1,000 NeW NUPses over Ltiwo year period. The emplovers bargaining unit, Health Empiovers Asogiation of B.C. CHEABC) offered to hire abet 600 more nurses during contract negotiations, BONE leaders stated that about 1,200 nurses needed to be hired to solve the overtime problem. Foley’s recommendations require a favourable vote by the 25,000 unionized nurses and HEABC members. Avote result will not be available until January. —dAuna Marte DY Anaclo Store Hours Fri. 10-9 Sat. 10-6 Sun. 12-5 ian beaten with Anna Marie D'Angelo News Reporter danaclo@nsnews.com ALLAN Locke was watching the Shania Twain special on televi- sion On a quiet evening last Sunday. He stepped outside to have 2 cigarette in an alcove at the side of his house in the 200 block of West 6th Street. He heard aman in the neat vard vel out, “Whey are vou doing this to me? Why are vou doing thy to mer The 44 vear old man, deliv ering Chinese food, was being beaten with a baseball bat by a would-be robher, Locke went to investigate the commotion. “When f got down to the bottom: of the stairs, then it was obvious that it was a scuffle. The delivery van was parked in tront ofour place. I yelled back, toll 91 Go others ins his house)” said Locke, 40. Locke believes the volume of his voice caused the assailant to end the attack. By the time Locke reached ALE TOW INTERIORS the nehbor Soovard, the assailant was “walking briskly” towards awaiting car. Locke found the uetim hing unconscious on the grass inthe pouring rain, The man had been struck several nines wah a bar once on the head. “Thnek beside him and told lim te was going to be OK... He was net moving. sand Locke. ’What Prhink vou de ts just pray first thing that thar person Is Hong to be OK" he said. Locke, his wite anda triend vot blankets to make the man comfortable and warm. Locke said he knew not to move the injured man as he recently helped a triend prepare tor a test fora firseatd course, fv the time the ambulance arrived, the man had came to and pat his hand up to his bleeding head. “Tothink more than any: thing che what happencd was disturbing... [eis very upsetting, to Know someone has been assaulted in that way in) vour neighbourhood,” said Locke. Locke, who has lived on West 6th for three years, said Store Hours Fri. 10-9 Sat. 10-6 Sun. 12-5 FINE QUALITY FURNITURE & ACCESSORIES OQUITLAM LOCATION ONLY 21301 United Boulevard We have decided to close cur store in Coquitlam, located at 2-1301 United Boulevard, selling ovt our entire and complete stock as soon as possible. At the conclusion of our great sale, we will be reopening our store, after exten- . sive renovations, introducing an entirely new concept In furniture retailing. "But before we begin this major project, we need to clear out ail merchandise! _ This will be the biggest INVENTORY BLOW-OUT evor to take place In this area. 3 PC. SECTIONAL Contemporary contour rich burgundy plush COCKTAIL TABLE quarter glass inserts reg. $9999. °4786" reg. $1349.97 698" 8 PG DINING GROUP Table, G chairs 8¢ china arts & crafts, styling as is reg. $9590 $4888 reg. $8590 Round w/pedestal base, reg. $1595 SOFA & LOVESEAT All leather by Jaymar Tufted back, saddle colour *3488" reg. $5788 by LAZ-Y-BOY Beige chaise footrest B88" Taupe textured fabric Great room accent reg. $2795 $4 488°? 5 PC. BEDROOM GROUP Dresser, mirror, queen head- board, 2 nitetables, washed oak *31 99” the pole amd ambailance armed quik Locke works for a teature fla disinburor and BO Te “toh like he did) samerh: helping the injured mas Phe uyured man works ata Power honsdaie | Chinese restaueant, The News contact ed him at work. The man said he didi’t understand: English and deterred comment toa co worker, The co worker said Pocke saved the man’s dite and was “really wood.” She said Locke's actions were apprecit ed. Vhe vietiny had sateny con: cerns about bering nanied in the newspaper North Vancouver ROMP Const. Tom Seaman said that (Tro Aquarium lifelike tropical fish swim freely in water only $29 the vietnn was “quite coher ent when he spoke to police shorts atter the athick Pohlee sas othe assarhant emerged trem: same bushes as the tood delivers mur walked up toa house. Police sav the vntin would not give UD ain Money and was struck several umes with the bar. The oo watting car desertbed as being an Came ipe, dark in) colour with a canopy. The suspect with the bat was described. as being Caucasian, 1.83 m 6673 with a long faee. He wore a baseball cap and a red vest. Cali Const. 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