Bright Lights Celehrations a Classitieds >< Crossword ; Healtit £ Home & Garden : Travel Taiking Personal SUMMER soccer players would like to see more grass fields made available to a growing sport. These hardy lads don't mind gravel for practise, especially if it's wet! From the left are: Neil Didcott, Bob Chiesa, Ryan Deeth, Rory Cullen, Colin Thomas and Jason Coleman. Anna Marie D'Angelo News Reporter dangclo@nsnews.com NORTH Shore Health Region officials velieve they won’t be able to significantly reduce surgical waiting lists with this year’s budget. Currently there are about surgery at Lions Gate Hospital ( Shore Heatth Region spokesman Chay People on the wanting list will have th sto TT months depending on the su Adam said that health region adnuinistr more surgery hours available this year at the hospirad. Ph s by reducing the time the operating roams a 2,400 people waiting to have LGH 3s, according to North Adams, ropernitions in dire suid Adams Sow il grows : New nursery species Health region predicts no fast cure to surgical waiting lists ion otticuils abo plain to have “corporate clase downs” Adams said these moves will only reduce the waiting bist by 70%. “Teas nota significant ‘decrease which is hence the reason during the sunimer. Health s operating roonts open on the 10 dey at the hospital which happens 4 v why tthe North Shore Health Regions board is saving if we want to make a Vificant hit to che wat dist, we need addition al dollars” said) Aduinas North Shore Health Region adanmmistrators expect to reseive SIUS5.4 millon from the provincial sovernment tor the budget rthat started Apr iger was SESO million, Adams said en Friday that the sovermment bas rot indicated Catch classifieds flv-fishing feature & win the big one Makeover contestant Linda Denlcy faces spring with style Fashion Reporte mMartineusne SUMMER soccer players say they are getting the ruaaround in North Vancouver when it comes to getting enough field time. A large contingent of angry players lett sday’s North vuver District council meeting soll mot sure whether they would be able to play all their ames this year. They had come to protest an apparent field shortage tor adult players this summer that was preventing the scheduling ofa full match dist. Told repeatedly by Mayor Don Bell that che scheduling of playing ficlds was handled’ by NEWS photo Brad Ledwicige the recreation commission, not district parks staf, the players Adult pane § so fir how much money will be given to the re the regions budget increase “is based en an gssumption” from previous sears allocations. “They haven't told as ifwe will even wer chat,” said Adams, A Ministry of Health spokesman was unavailable to press nine, Adams said the assumed budget inercase will nor allow need- ed stuf increases in long-term care faeilitics such as Evergreen House. *We are meeting the standards of care, The question is are we providing, the quality of care we would Tike to provide? Frankly, che answer is no,” said Adan. Adams said the health region asked for an additional SP mil ton so the current 20 hours a week of neurosurgery could be extended to 36 hours a week. The North Shore Health region criploys about people whe work ar LGH, Evergreen ntre plus the com