Page 44, May 23, 1979 - North Share News

Drinking |
driving fight pays

off for NV students

‘North Vancouver
high schoo! students are
among 33 from all parts of
B.C. who are at least $250
richer because of their active
role .in the Provincial
Drinking Driving Coun-
terAttack.

Alexis Pearl Leancy,
Georgina Terese King and
Erica Deidre Leiren—all of
Carson Graham—have won
$250 scholarships for their
efforts on behalf of Coun-
terAttack in a recent contest
held by the B.C. attorney-
general's d-_ artment.

‘Alexis Pearl Leaney was
awarded an additional $250

as a special category winner

in journalism. -

“The scholarships were
offered because I noticed a
great deal of interest and
enthusiasm among the young
people of our province in
our effort to combat
drinking driving,” stated
Garde Gardom, attorney-
general.

“I'm sure some of the
winning students have put
forward such a tremendous
effort that receiving this
award will seem anti-
climactic to their friends,
their schools and their
communities. I take great
pleasure in secing these
awards presented.”

Transportation
week honors one million

British Columbia will join
other provinces in observing
Transportation Week from
May 27 to June 2 says
Transport, Communication
and Highways Minister Alex
Fraser.

This special week,
Originally established by
Traffic Clubs International
in 1970, is set aside to
honour nearly a_ million
Canadians involved in the

transportation ficld.

“I would like to pay
personal tribute to all of the
many British Columbians
involved in transportation, a
vital part of our economic
and cultural development”,
said the minister.

“Most of the time we take
transportation, like the air
we breathe, for granted”, he
said. “And yet, it has taken
thousands of years, millions
of people and countless

The scholarships were
awarded on a regional basis
to ensure that students from
all areas within B.C. would

, have an opportunity to win.
- Three special scholarships of

$500 were awarded on a
province-wide basis and an
extra $250 prize was
awarded to the regional
applicant whose submission
was judged best in the
province.

The winning students will
be presented with a framed
certificate signed by the
attorney-general, along with
a voucher to be used at any
post-secondary educational
or technical institution in
British Columbia.

scientific breakthroughs to
give us today’s tran-
sportation system.

“Transportation is many
things - a job, vacation, a
move, a way to school, a way
home, a visit to a neighbour,
a product going to market, a
nation’s c¢conomic§ and
cultural background. Ef-
ficient transportation is vital
to our well being,” said
Fraser.

WRECKAGE WASHED ASHORE? ‘Not on your life. This unfortunate driver
somehow managed to leave the roadway last Wednesday afternoon at English Bay
and wound up getting a closer look at the beach than he'd expected. (Ian Smith
photo)

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