reporter
ee

by
Ellsworth

Dickson

In the last few days, I have noticed many
motorcyclists not wearing helmets. Although
the law will be changed in the near future, it
is obvious that many bikers don’t believe in
helmets, even though a couple have died
from head injuries already.

This issue the Inquiring Reporter asks:

‘Should motorcyclists be
made to wear helmets?””

S. Battista
North Vancouver

I think it should be up to
the individual, but I don’t
know why some
motagcyclists don’t want
to wear one. It only
makes sense to protect
your head.

Mark Inres -
North Vancouver

It should be up to the
individual whether he
wants to live or dic. |
would wear one myself.

Laurel Bowell
North Vancouver

1 don't think it should be
forced on them, but if |
were on a motor cycie, |
would certainly wear a
helmet. I believe they do
prevent head injuries.

Maricac Y oung
Nonh V amcouver

I thik the law should
take it upon itself to make
Motorcyclists wear
helmets. If they don't
know cnough to wear a
helmet, they should be
made to wear onc for
their own protcctton

should be mandatory ht
is for the motorcylist's
own good

FROM PAGE A1

the hospital society had now
passed the 5,000 mark.

The figure is due to in-
tensive membership drives
by the hospital, pro-choice
groups who favor Lions
Gate's present abortion
policy, and to North Shore
Pro-Life who opposes
abortion.

Pro-Life already has five
directors it endorsed, on the
17-member hospital board,
and is fielding candidates for
all four vacancies arising. So
far, candidates have not
been named.

The hospital has endorsed
a strong slate of candidates
to oppose them, with two ex-
aldermen from the North
Shore - Ann Arnott, of West
Vancouver, and Jim Warne,
of North Vancouver City - as
well as existing board
chairman Maurice Fellis and
incumbent Peter White who
is also seeking re-election.

SUPPORT UNKNOWN

LGH spokesman O'Dell
says the opposing pro-life
and pro-choice groups have
constantly been bringing in
applications from members
they have signed up over the
past few weeks or so but that
it is impossible to guess
which side has recruited the
most or will get the highest
turnout on election night.

In previous years the
election has brought out
about 50 per cent of
registered members. This
year the hospital society ts
hiring the ice arena at the
North Vancouver
Recreation Centre, which
will hold 3,500 people, for

the annual meeting.
The hospital has mixed
feelings about the un-

precidented number of
people who have now joined
the socicty.

Spokesman O'Dell says:
“We are pleased there are
this many people interested
in the hospital but that has to

Announcement

be tempered with the matter
that it is because of the
single issue, which is
disappointing.”

Memberships have been
pouring in steadily over the
past 10 days or so, he says,
during which time sup-
porters of the opposing sides
in the abortion issue have
brought in as many as 100
applications at a time.

Asked how he feels about
the situation that personal
membership is required for
voting while memberships
can be submitted by special
interest groups as a result of
their drives, he answers:

“I don’t see anything
wrong with that. No matter
how they have been signed
up, each member is an in-
dividual as far as the hospital
society goes.

“They have had to make
that indication that they are
prepared to join the hospital
society and there is no proxy
voting or mail voting so they
will have to attend the
annual meeting.”

O'Dell says that accepting
and processing the mem-
berships at the hospital has
involved such a volume of
work that even the fee total
of about $30,000 will not
cover the total expense.

‘INAPPROPRIATE’

Whereas the hospital has
only kept records of in
cremental expenses such as
printing costs and extra staff
to deal with the matter,
O'Dell says the hidden
expenses arising from the
time spent by management
and staff who would
otherwise be doing other
work being diverted to help
has been considerable.

He says of such a diversion
of staff time: “It seems
imappropriate that we have
to do that.”

O'Dell says of the volume
of membership applications
handled: “It is because it is
such a visible issue and the
Pro-Lifers have been making

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an issue right across the
continent.” ;
Lions Gate has been made
a focal point through being a
major hospital in the area,

he says, adding: “It
(abortion) is a very
emotional thing and that is.
why we are getting so much
attention.”

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