4 - North Shore News - Sunday, May 21, 2000

West Van trio appointed to Order of B.C.

Vashti Singh
Contributing Writer
THREE West
Vancouver residents
have been appointed to
the Order of British
Columbia.

Murray Goldman, one of
the founders of B.C’s Big
Brothers program, said he

couldn’t be more surprised at
receiving the province’s high-

esdaij, May 23; 2000, 7:00 p.m.

est honour.

“It came out of left field. 7
am shocked) and thrilled
about this,” Goldman said.

“When you do work for
the community, you don't
expect to receive an award
like this.”

Goldman believes strongly
in helping people when you
have the facilities. With this in
mind, he became one of the
founding members and origi-
nal directors of Big Brothers

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of B.C. in 1959.

Through his we < with
Big Brothers, Gold: an has
influenced the fives of thou-
sands of young children in

His outstanding commu-
nity contributions have been
ongoing for the past 50 years.
Goldman is also well known
for his retail clothing busi-
ness, which grew from a store
in Vancouver to one of the
best known chains in the

May. 21,

together.

province.

Fucl cell engineer Paul
Howard and artist Gordon
Smith are also North Shore
residents who are being

appointed to the Order of

Howard played an integral
cole in producing the world's
first zero-emission vehicle.

He not only developed the
bus engine that uses the fuel
cell, but also delivered the
operating nine-metre (30-f.)
bus on time and within bud-

ct.

As one of the three found-
ing partners of Ballard Power
Systems, he overcame skepti-
cism and helped revolutionize
the energy world.

Smith, who was appointed
to the Order of Canada in

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MURRAY Goldman ... a
founder of B.C’s Big
Brothers program.

1996, is an artist of national
importance who counts bis

impact on art education as
one of his greatest achieve-
ments. Smith has made the
North Shore his home since
1953 because of the privacy
and anonymity West
Vancouver offers him.

Noteworthy as well are the
appointments of — Helen
Burnham and Virginia Giles
of Vancouver who co-found-
ed the Avalon Recavery
Society. The two pioneers in
the alcohol and drug recovery
tield opened a drop-in centre
on Civde Avenue in West
Vancouver in 1997. Their
first’ recovery centre wis
opened in Kerrisdale 11 years
ago.

The Order of British:
Columbia was introduced in
1989 and since then 163 peo-
ple have been honoured.
Fifteen people are being
awarded this year for their
outstanding achievements.

The awards will be. pre-
sented at a ceremony on June
22 at Government House.

CONTACT NUMBERS FOR
RESIDENTS DURING THE

LIONS GATE BRIDGE
CLOSURES

By now residents are aware of the upcoming Lions Gate
Bridge closures, due to” reconstruction. North. Shoré
Municipalities are working closely with Coast Mountain
Bus Company, West Vancouver Transit and North ‘Shore
Emergency Services to assist residents through ‘th

bridge closures.
Here are some handy numbers to clip and s aave: Pleas

note, this listing contains a correction and replaces t the
listing that was in the Sunday, May 14i issue of the North
Shore. News.

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Contact. Numbers
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better.

COMMUNITY CORNER Lee
The Lynn Valley Community Association will hold its Annual -
General Meeting on Wednesday, May 24th, 7: 30 p-m.; at

Lynn Valley Ree Centre, corner of Lynn Valley and Frederic
Items on the agenda include an election and a guest ‘speaker,

communi