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thon, has been virtually non-exis-
tent since he completed the run.

The CCS, he said, has ignored
him and has never told him what
the money he helped raised has
been used for.

But Doug Barr, the chief execu-
tive officer for the CCS’s national
office, said Fonyo’s statements
were probably the result of depres-
sion over his inability to find work
as a helicopter pilot after Fonyo
received his helicopter pilot's
licence early this year.

Barr said he has had regutar
contact with Fonyo since the
Journey For Lives run and has had
many discussions with him about
what the money raised from the
run was used for.

He lauded Fonyo for his con-
tribution to the CCS, saying that,
next to Terry Fox, Fonyo has rais-
ed more money for the society
than any other volunteer in the
past SO years.

Barr denied the relationship be-
tween Fonyo and the CCS has
been poor and added that the
society had been instrumental in
helping arrange close to $60,000 in
scholarships from Alberta’s Nat
Christie Foundation and the B.C.
government to finance flight
schooi and helicopter pilot courses

IT’S BACK to school time and the Matches/ Johnson families were ready for the first day of classes. Six-
year-old Lauren Johnson began Grade 1 Tuesday at Burrard View Community School — she is the third
generation in her family to do so. Lauren’s grandmother, Arlene Matches (nee Stephenson), background,
started Grade 1 in 1946 when the school first opened. Lauren’s mother, Stephanie Matches-Johnson (centre),
began Grade 1! at the school in 1967.

for Fonyo.

He said all Fonyo’s expenses
were covered during completion of
the courses and that his needs, in-
cluding career counselling, have
been provided for by the CCS,

Sutherland linked up with Fonyo
after becoming upset over a CBC
television feature documenting the
runner’s inability to get his post-
run life in gear.

He phoned the CBC, left his
telephone number and was later
contacted by Fonyo.

The two discussed Fonyo’s past
and future. Sutherland acquired
the book rights to Fonyo’'s story
and began exploring opportunities
for Fonyo through Sutherland’s
fille Modelling and Talent Agency.

He now hopes to take Fonyo to
Japan to organize promotional
work with Japanese cancer agen-
cies.

The Fonyo story, Sutherland
said, ‘‘should be told. This is a
Canadian tragedy. Um sure the
public thinks that Steve has a hall
million bucks in the bank and was
set for life after his run, They find
it hard to believe that Steve didn’t
get a penny out of it."’

Fonyo said he was broke after
the Journey For Lives run. And he
borrowed $21,060 for a subsequent
fund-raising run through England

NEWS photo Neil Lucente

rescue boat in Deep Cove.
with a second Sidewinder.

major damage.

nine ambulances.

couver’s Edco Construction.

privatization move.

ernment made public the

NEWS photo Mike Wakefield

{E-LEGGED cross-Canada runner Steve Fonyo has moved to North

Vancouver to be with his girlfriend and to find a job,

in 1986. The run was a dismal
iailure and was temporarily halted
when Fonyo’s father died in
November 1986,

Mired in debt upon his return to
Canada, Fonya had his car
repossessed. The cumulative effect
of so many negative emotional
blows laid Fonvo low, and resulted
in part, Fonve said, in the personal

problems that have beset him
since.

His difficulties with CCS, Fonyo
speculated, have arisen because,
unlike Terry Fox, he didn’t die be-
fore finishing his cross-Canada
run: ‘If I'd made it to, say,
Saskatchewan and died, you would
be seeing all kinds of events in my
name."

3 - Wednesday, September 7, 1988 - North Shore News

Boats collide
in Deep Cove

NINE LOWER Mainland residents were taken to Lions Gate Hos-
pital Saturday night suffering minor injuries after two power
boats collided in Indian Arm near Deep Cove.

One of the injured remains in LGH ia satisfactory condition.

Ports Canada police were called to the scene at approximately
7:15 p.m. North Vancouver RCMP, the North Vancouver District
Fire Department, the North Vancouver unit of the Provincial Am-
bulance Service, the Canadian Coast Guard and the North Shore
Lifeboat Society (NSLS) also responded. The NSLS maintains a

A Ports Canada police spokesman said one of the vessels, a
Sidewinder ski boat, was circling Raccoon Island when it collided

Both boats were (travelling at high speeds and both sustained

The spokesman said alcohol was not a factor in the mishap.
Ports potice are not contemplating charges.
The Provincial Ambulance Service responded to (he scene with

Said North Vancouver anit chief of the Provincial Ambulance
Service Tim Jones, ‘‘tnitially, the reports we were getting from the
other agencies were that there were numerous serious injuries. "*

Highways operation
privatized in NVD

THE MAINTENANCE contract for the North Vancouver bigh-
ways urea, which encompasses North Vancouver to Duffey Lake,
northeast of Pemberton, has been awarded in principle io Van-

The private company was one of five bidding for the contract.
Seventy-eight highways ministry employees are affected by the

The announcement came Tuesday when the provincial gov-
awarding of three-year contracts
covering more than $100 million worth of contracts involving road
and bridge maintenance services throughout the province. Final
negotiations won't be completed until the end of the month.

A spokesman for Edco Construction expected the company
would take over the highway contract by Nov. I.

But said B.C. Government Employees Union spokesman Sheila
Fruman, “The gevernment is announcing these privatizations with
no consultation whatsoever. This situation is the key issue in the
collective agreement talks we are currently involved in.”

The government expects to save money with the privatization
moye. Transportation and Highways Minister Neil Vant said the 78
employees affected will be offered work by Edco.

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