14 - Sunday, May 2, 1999 — North Shore News

Locals honoured for
community spirit

ergency preparedness planning recognized

Layne Christensen

News Reporter
layne@usnews.com

NINE North Shore
residents were recog-
nized Monday with
Neighbourhood Spirit
Awards.

The awards recognize cit-
izens who have made contri-
butions to cheir communities
in the areas of emergency
preparedness and response.
Certificates were presented

“Together they’ve
recruited new
instructors and

contributed fresh
ideas to help us

enhance our
program”

Monday in Vancouver at an
awards luncheon as part of
the West Coast Disaster
Response Conference.

Janice Murray was recog-
nized for her achievements in
developing the emergency
plan for Highland clemen-
tary school and producing
ABC of Earthquake
Emergency Preparedness, a
guidebook for North Shore
schools.

Also recognized were
Patricia. Lambert — and
Bernadette Woit, workshop
facilitators for the District 44
North Vancouver School
Board, for their efforts to
increase schoo} participation
in neighbourhood — emer-
gency preparedness pro-
grams.

Woit was also recognized,
along with North Shore
Neighbourhood Emergency
Preparedness Program volun-
teers Eileen Beadle, John
Glavin, Lynne Pauwels, Bob
Plummer and Ken Wheeler,

NEWS photo Terry Peters

JANICE Murray received an award for her efforts in
developing an emergency pian for Highlands
Elementary. Her daughter attends the North Van

school.

for her work within the com-
munity in producing and
delivering hands-on training
in emergency preparedness.

The acighbourhood pro-
gram is administered through
the North and West
Vancouver Emergency
Program, which is funded
jointly by the three North
Shore municipalities and
employs 425 volunteers.

The six award. recipients
were the program’s first
instructors.

“Together, they've

recruited new instructors and
contributed fresh ideas to
help us enhance our pro-
gram. They've really done a
lot of work and they're amaz-
ing people,” said program
manager Laurie Bean.

Fourteen Lower Mainland
municipalities participated in
the Neighbourhood Spirit
Awards program, which ree-
ognized a total of 44 individ-
uals.

Nominations were pur
forward by the mayors and
councils.

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