area of the mountain. shoulder injuries. snow over the weekend. NEWS BRIEFS Rescue team tracks down ski instructor A CYPRESS Bow! ski instructor spent several hours Sunday in the cold after he became lost while skiing in an out-of-bounds A West Vancouver Police Department spokesman said Timothy O'Fallon, a 23-year-old University of B.C. student who also works as a ski instructor at Cypress Bowl, went skiing Sunday morning with a second ski instructor. The pair skied in an area marked out-of-bounds near the ‘‘Top Gun” ski run and became separated. When O’Fallon failed to show at the bottom of the hill and did not turn up to teach a ski class, a search was launched for him. North Shore Rescue Team members, already skiing on the mountain, began a search. O'Fallon was located at about 11 p.m. Sunday in a creek bed. He had suffered minor head, knee and He was also suffering from hypothermia. Meanwhile, North Shore potice and fire departments reported a quiet weekend despite one of the heaviest snow storms to hit the Lower Mainland in over 20 years. Frozen water pipes were the only weather related problems fac- ed by the West Vancouver Fire Department. The Lower Mainiand was blanketed with 28 centimetres of Bowen Island residents lost electrical power at various times over the weekend. Bowen Islanders went without power for up to four days during the last two weeks. “The Blue Water Bay area gave us the most problems and that was caused by a sudden demand on the system,’ said B.C. Hydro senior communications coordingtor Verne Prior. Van. Shipyards wins ferry contract with sponsons, a modified stern and bulbous bow and a second NORTH VANCOUVER-based Vancouver Shipyards Co. Ltd. (VSY) has won a multi-million dollar contract to refit a B.C. Ferry Corp. vessel. The local shipyard will repower and double-deck the Queen of New Westminster for an estimated $35,460,000. The two-phase pro- ject is to be completed by June 22, 1991, with work on phase one to begin immediately. VSY. general manager Tom Ward said the contract will help save jobs in the company’s ship repair division. “This job comes just at the right time. It'll fill a gap in repair work, which was dropping off,” said Ward. ‘‘We probably will create new jobs but it’s hard to say how many. We could proba- bly have up to 200 people working on it at its peak.”’ Phase one of the project will include removing the existing two main engines, reduction gears, propellers and shafting of the vessel. Four new engines will be in- stalled, along with new gearing and controllable pitch propellers supplied by Cullen Canadian Inc., of Vancouver. A new sewage treatment system will also be in- stalled. The ship’s hull will be fitted bow thruster. The entire new underwater body of the vessel evolved from extensive tank testing carried out by Ocean Science Research Centre at B.C. Research. Their work will result in greatly improved vessel fuel efficiency. Phase one is expected to be completed before the summer of 1991. Phase two will begin in November 1991 and should take about ihree months to complete. lt will involve cutting the vessel horizontally above the main deck, raising the superstructure 3.20 metres and installing a new upper vehicle deck. The buik of the work will be done at the Esquimalt Graving Dock on Vancouver Island, and sea trials will be conducted by B.C. Ferries staff along with VSY staff after the completion of each phase. The lifting of the vessel is ex- pected to add 155 vehicle spaces to the ferry’s current capacity of 192. The new engine will increase the vessel’s speed to 21 knots, allowing it to serve the Georgia Strait routes in the 90-minute travelling time of most major fer- ties. Weanesday. Janualy 2, 1991 - North s Shore News -5 Health & Fitness sa NEW YEAR! you ‘re MOTIVATED so “LET’S DO IT!” “JOIN NOW AT LAST | YEAR’S RATES!” Everyone made that promise to themselves to get back into, or start their new exercise program. fr aGL The sooner you get started, the sooner you'll see and fee! the benefits of regular exercise. oPACL Lifesteps, Liferowers Stairmasters e Programs, fitness testing, ongoing . evaluations and f° Aerobic classes from nutritional counselting g 8:30 am - 8 pm e Saunas, steamroom and m © Racquetball and Squash whirlpool © Computerized Lifecycles * Suntanning centre “MEMBERSHIP TRADE-INS ACCEPTED” ' 424 West 3rd St -N orth Vancouver - CALL. NOW © © 984-6121 — ¢ Coed and Ladies only weight training areas © Personalized one-on- one insiruction NEW HOURS: Mon.-Fri. 5:45am-10:00pm Sat, Sun. 9:00am-6:00pm § Buy Your Dried Flowers or Paper Flowers | from WEST VAN FLORIST And have them Arranged For the month of January WEST VAN FLORIST LTD 1821 MARINE DRIVE, WEST - VANCOUVER, B.C. V7V 1J7 922-4171 FAX. 922-9735 922-3968