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Kelowna BO VEY She tO SOE 40du “We put it together se vou Gain punt together” one of the Cana- HIGH PROFILES Pozer, you see, has done it all: he’s dabbled in politics; he’s run a gumes company; he’s spent endless hours raising money for cancer research; he’s worked as a disc jockey; and, until recently, he worked as the general manager of the Downtown Business Im- provement Association promoting downtown Vancouver. Now he is returning to his first love: broadcasting. Pozer has been offered his own television show by his former employer, CJOH-TV in Ottawa. And he says he has North Van- couver’s Shaw Cable to thank for his new job, because his volunteer on-air hosting duties convinced hirn that he ‘‘still has it.”’ Pozer has done many interviews for Shaw Cable, but on this day he is on the other side of the in- terview table. The reporter makes the mistake of asking a simple question: Where were you born? He’s now listening to Pozer’s iife history. “I'm a Quebec boy, born near Quebec City.’’ Pozer says. *‘My father was mayor of the town and there’s a great history to St. Georges de Beauce. There’s a Pozer River in St. Georges de + me 6 Beauce, there’s a Pozer Street, NEWS pote Neil Lucente there's a Pozer High School.”’ He says his father ‘‘was a real character’? and a very generous Y.. may have seen izco-Heroes honored in the EcoUpdate feature that runs every se- cond Wednesday. You can nominate your favorite Eco-Hero, the person who has taken that first small, but important. step to making a difference in the world around us. The North Shore News thinks it’s important to recognize the Eco-Heroes in our coramuni- ty. If you know an Eco-Hero, please submit his or her name to this newspaper and your nomine? wi! have a chance to win an Eco- Hero buon and a Going Green on the North Shore coffee mug. Submissions should be sent to Fico-Hero, North Shore News. 1139 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver, V7M 2H4. Nominations can also be telephoned to Peggy Trendell-Whitiaker, 985-2131, from Monday to Thursday THE VOICE OF MONTH AND WEST VANCOUVER Striking a new pose John Pozer returns to the TV airwaves WHEN PEOPLE need a good promoter, many go to John Pozer; when John Pozer needs a promoter, he doesn’t have to look beyond his own mirror. By Surj Rattan News Reporter man. Perhaps a little too gener- ous. “} think he gave all our money away. [ didn’t start off with any- thing,’’ Pozer, the youngest of six children, says. Pozer, a Liberal candidate who finished second to West Van- couver-Howe Sound MP Mary Collins in the 1988 federal elec- tion, spent cight months working for the Downtown Business [m- provement Association and says the organization is performing a worthwhile service. But when it comes to having a vision for downtown Vancouver, Pozer and Vancouver Mayor Gordon Campbell do not see eye- to-eye. “It (association) works until you find out the mayor of Van- couver does not want much te happen in downtown Vancouver. It works well until he cuts back the parking spots. It works well until he suggests we’re going to charge a development fee of $10 a square foot,’” says Pozer. **Mayor Campbell is also saying there should be business cut in Surrey. Now you tell me: you’re going to open a business and do business all over the world and on your letterhead you want a Surrey TECHNICAL TECHNICAL BAHN BISCUITS | POUNCE CAT TREATS ‘Dog Food’ 29 "40 Ibs. MAINTENANCE pog Food Cat Food $319, kg. MAINTENANCE cat Food 922-3071 4846 Marine Dr. West Vancouver Open 7 Days © NAME: John Pozer © AGE; 49 © RESIDENCE: West Vancouver * OCCUPATION: TY host ¢ FAMILY: Wife Darlene, sons Shawn and Matthew ¢ BORN: Quebec address?** One of Pozer’s favorite pastimes is going door-to-door raising money for the Canadian Cancer Society, something he has been doing for about 26 years. But the deadly reality of cancer teaily hit home for Pozer about two years ago when his 23-year- old son, Shawn, was stricken by the disease. While Shawn is doing fine now, Pozer says it was an extremely emotional time for his whole fam- ily when they jearned Shawn had cancer. “He (Shawn) was in Japan about two years ago and he phon- ed home and said: ‘Dad, mom, something's wrong. I’m_ sleeping in a fetal position or | can’t Sleep, and I’m perspiring so much that I'm going through two or three towels a night.’ “We told him to come home, and five weeks later we were in Lions Gate Hospital...Pll never forget it. 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