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WHEN Yvonne
Landavazo commutes
45 minutes to and from
work every day in her
Nissan Maxima, she
passes sub-tropical surf
and mountain scenery
most people only dream
about (especially at this
Canadian winter time of
year).

When Lori Kennedy cele-
brated her 35th birthday a few
weeks ago, she stayed at the
Four Seasons Resort in Bali,
one of the top luxury resorts
in the world — and the holi-
day barely dented her budget.

Both Landavazo, 31, and
Kennedy work as public rela-
tions directors at luxury
Hawaiin resorts — Landavazo
at the Ritz-Carlton Kapalua
and Kennedy at the Four
Seasons Resort Wailea (named
as the top tropical resort by
Conde Nast Traveler readers).

NEWS photo Mike Wakefield

TERRY Litchfield (right) is pictured with CXY Chem-
icals’ former plant manager Brian Thornton.

CXY executive
lands PR post

Layne Christensen

News Reporter
layne@nsnews.com

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TERRY Litchfield has
been named the new
chairman of the
Canadian Chemical
Producers’ Association’s
(CCPA) national
TransCAER committee.

CCPA chairman Dennis
Lauzon = announced ~~ the
appointment Monday.

Litchfield is manager of
transportation and logistics at
CXY Chemicals.

CXY Chemicals operates a
CanadianOxy plant at 100

-~Ambherst Ave. in North
Vancouver, on industrial water-
front cast of the Second
Narrows Bridge. The plant
produces mainly chlorine as
well as caustic soda and muriat-
ic acid.

TransCAER, or Transpor-

© tation Community Awareness

Emergency Response, was
formed to address public con-
cern about the transportation
of hazardous materials.
Litchfield replaces outgoing
chairman John Williams of
Dow Chemicals Canada Inc.
Litchfield said the commit-
tee’s focus would be on assist-
ing communities in developing
and evaluating their emergency
response plans to deal with
transportation incidents involv-

“SB ing chemicals.

“Our job is to make sure
we're listening and responding

to the needs and concerns of
these communities,” he said.

in North Vancouver,
TransCAER will be working
closely with local fire and emer-
gency services to train emer-
gency-response personnel in
the handling ofa chemical spill.

Litchfield said training ini-
tiatives in North Vancouver are
used as a model for other com-
munities across Canada and the
US.

“North Vancouver has a
reputation in Canada as being
one of those communities
where the industry and com-
munity work cogether for
transportation — emergencies
with chemicals,” he said.

District of — -North
Vancouver Fire Chief Rick
Grane is ar. active member of
the TransCAER committee.
Grant said the fire department
works closely with the emer-
gency-response tcams employ-
ed by CXY Chemicals, Dow
Chemicals and Sterling Pulp
Chemicals in North Vancouver.

“In the event we do have
any (emergency) calls that
include chemicals, whether
they’re chemicals from those
plants or they’re in transport,
we know that we have the
expertise here in the area. We
can call on them and we can
work with them,” said Grant.

Litchfield has 30 years’ expe-
rience in emergency response.
The Richmond resident is also
the home coordinator for CXY
Chemicals’ emergency response
teams that operate across
Canada and the U.S.

north shore news

—™

I'm sure people are
intrigued by those who appear
to have the perfect jobs, with
connections that enable them
to live glamorous lifestyles.

So on your behalf T made a
special trip to Maui to ask
these women whaz it’s like to
do public relations at a luxury
resort.

“Well, I gained 15 pounds
trom cating in the dining
room,” said Landavazo, which
probably isn’t surprising con-
sidering the Ritz-Carlton’s
Anuenue Room was named
“best Maui hotel restaurant”
by Honolulu Magazine.

Standing nearly six feet
tall, a fit Landavazo doesn’t

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show any extra weight “which
T probably burn of f anyway,
working and playing hard,”
she said.

Ata resort that cost $250
million to build five years ago,
Landavazo enjoys “the
empowerment to make magic
things happen for people,
whether they are visiting
media, celebrities or honcy-
mooners — we have 400) wed-
dings a year.”

At the Four Seasons (a
moment of Canadian pride,
please, when vou read this
Toronto-based company is the
world’s largest operator of
luxury hotels and resorts),
Kennedy enjoys entertaining

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Sport Rack
Fog Lamps
165 H.P. engine

Power windows & locks
Power heated mirrors

The North Shore
designer nuts his stamp
on the Year of the Tiger.

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Music, TV and theatre
coverage, Mr. Fizz and
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paradise

and meeti#g interesting pro-
te,

“But you also work hard
and have to make a point of
stopping to appreciate where
you live,” she said.

Kennedy is married.

Landavazo has a boyfriend
and adds: “I’m very lucky,
because not finding a partner
is the number one reason
most people leave here.”

Landavazo, who originally
worked for an insurance com-
pany, is also looking after her
own finances.

She rents out a house she
bought in 1992 which has
tripled in value.

“T have an investment

program for my child’s educa-
tion — and I don’t even hive
a child.” she added.

Kennedy and her husband
have a “rent-helper” cottage
on their property, which is six
minutes’ drive from the Four
Scasons.

— Copyright 1998 Mc M
Creniions Ltd.

Mike Grenby is a columsmist
and independent financial
adviser who works with individ-
uals; he'll answer questions in
this column as space allows but
cannot reply personally — con-
tact him at 2444 Haywood
Avenne, West Vancouver, B.C.
V7V IY]; email
Megrenby@aol.com.

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