HOSPITAL BOARD MEMBER ELECTIONS

LiONS GATE Hospital is
holding elections for four
hospital board members
June 24 with eight can-
didates running for spots on
the hospital’s governing
body.

Four board seats on the
17-member elected board
come up for election a year
with board members being
elected for a three-year term
of office. Members of the
board are allowed to serve a
maximum of three con-
2cutive terms in office.

The following is a list of
candidates up for election to
the board this year.

*ROD CLARK

Personal; Clark, 34, works as an
investment dealer and lives with his
family in the Mahon Park area of
North Vancouver. Clark has serv-
ed as an alderman on North Van-
couver City Council. Board in-
cumbent.

Issues: Believes in effective alloca-
tion of available dollars and wants
to look at ways of recouping some
of the costs associated with pro-
sthetics.

Comments: ‘‘I am pro-choice as
opposed to no choice.’””

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eJOHN MCLAUGHLIN

Personal: McLaughlin, 38, lives
with his wife and family on the
North Shore and works as a
business manager for a construc-
tion firm.

Issues: Believes in maintaining a
two-way communication with the
community, an openness to new
technology and proper manage-
ment of facility upgrading.
Comments: ‘‘I’m in favor of the
decision or handling of each (abor-
tion) case on an individual basis by
the therapeutic abortion commit-
tee.””

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*RICK MURRELL

Personal: Murrell, 51, is the father
of three children and has lived on
the North Shore for 25 years.
Murrell is a math teacher in Van-
couver.

Issues: Believes in improved medi-
cal care for seniors, needed
seniors-oriented facilities and ef-
fective medical, legal and ethical
policies.

Comments: Wants to see ‘tas much
importance put on the care of the
unborn as on the elderly.”

*VICKI O’BRIEN

Personal: O’Brien, 36, lives in
North Vancouver with her family
and has worked as a communica-
tions consultant in the health care
industry.

Issues: Believes in meeting health
care needs for AIDS patients,
meeting the needs of the area’s
growing seniors population, cost-
effective care and preventive pro-
grams.

Comments: ‘‘I believe a woman
should have the right to choose
whether or not to have an abor-
tion.”

*JOHN O’CONNOR

Personal: O’Connor, 42, has lived
with his family in North Van-
couver since 1974. O’Connor is a
supervisor with a _ provincial
transporation company.

Issues: Believes in maintaining
high standard of health care, keep-
ing insurance costs down by keep-
ing accidents to a minimum and
leadership on ethical matters.
Comments: Says medical ethics
policies on abortion and on stopp-
ing treatment for ill elderly pa-

ePATRICIA PIGOTT

Personal: Pigott, 39, has lived with
her family on the North Shore for
four years. Pigott is a nurse in a
Lower Mainland health unit.

Issues: Believes in post-discharge
programs with an emphasis on
seniors, effective programs within
hospital budget and community
coordination/liaison.

Comments: ‘I’m definitely pro-
choice. The personal rights of
every woman...are paramount.”’

*GEOFFREY STILL

Personal: Still, 61, lives in West
Vancouver with his wife and has
two grown children, Still has a
background in real estate and is
president of Focus on the Family.
Issues: Believes in meeting the
health needs of the community,
keeping costs at an affordable level
and fostering an effective hospital
environment.

Comments: ‘‘I would have to say I
believe in the preservation of life
from pre-birth to natural death.”’

°PAT WILLIAMS

Personal: Williams, 37, was raised
on the North Shore and has lived
here with his family for eight
years. He is a lawyer with degrees
in commerce and law.

Issues: Believes in maintaining
high level of service, effective
long-range planning and meeting
the needs of the elderly.

Comments: ‘‘I’m pro-choice.”

tients all require review.

CANADA-WIDE COMPETITION

The
takes

THE NORTH Shore News
captured five awards in the
nation-wide Canadian
Community Newspapers
Association recent annual
competition among com-

munity newspapers.

The News took first place in the
spot news photography category
for a photo by Terry Peters of a
firefighter running to quell a blaze
at a local gas station.

Last Christmas’s North Shore
News food drive promotion cap-
tured second prize in its category.
A Christmas tradition, the News
aids the North Vancouver
Christmas Bureau and the West
Vancouver Santa Claus Fund in
collecting food for needy families.

News publisher Peter Speck said
of the competition honor: ‘‘The
food drive is North and West Van-

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couver helping North and West
Vancouver — we’re the catalyst,
but the real credit goes to the citi-
zens of North and West Van-
couver.

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NEWS publisher Peter
Speck...‘‘an award is a blessing.’’

‘To get an award is a blessing
— it’s wonderful,”’ said an elated
Speck.

News photographer Stuart Davis
won third prize in sports
photography for his action photo
of a cycling collision during the
Coors Grand Prix last year.

“We have one of the best
photography departments of any
newspaper I know,’’ said Speck.
“It’s nice to see it recognized by
our peers.””

In the tabloid category, the
News won third place for the best
front page.

“We started off with a typewrit-
er and a glue pot. it certainly is a
pleasure to see the team we have
put together has grown from the
glue pot stage to the forefront of
the industry,’? Speck said of the
best front page category award,

A North Shore News advertise-
ment featuring some of the news-
paper’s carriers captured the News
a second place in the best in-house
advertisement category.

NEWS photography manager
Terry Peters...first prize for spot
news photography.

Weather:

Sunny on Friday. Mostly
sunny on Saturday. Highs\
near 23° C.

INDEX

Classified Ads.......29 BR
Doug Collins........ 9
Editorial Page....... 6
Entertainment....... 16
Home & Garden.....19
Horoscopes......... 17
Bob Hunter......... 4
Lifestyles........... 15
Maiibox. .
TV Listings.........28
| What's Going On.....26