a te Sunday, March 28, 1993 - North Shore News - 37 Photo submitted NOATH VANCOUVER resident and Western Canada PATA chair Libby Brown receives the B.C. Carrier Representative of the Year awerd from Mark Quayle, vice president of sales for Princess _ Cruise Lines. | ; North Van woman wins travel industry award NORTH ‘VANCOUVER resident. Libby Brown, employed with Air Canada, was recently awarded the B.C. Carrier Representative of the Year award by the travel trade publication Agent Canada. _ Earlier this year,. Brown was also elected to the chair of the - Pacific Asia Travel Association’s (PATA) Western Canada chapter, where she’ spearheads the promo- tion. of . Pacific-related industry travel’ ‘events and oversees task ‘forces. on travel-related concerns such as envircnmental dangers. “Ecologically. sound tourism is .A major concern to PATA,”’ says Brown. | “Tourism is the world’s fastest-growing industry and it’s an industry responsibility to make sure that growth does not adverse- ly affect the environment. Brown, agency and commercial sales coordinator, B.C. and Pacific Rim, who joined ' Air Canada in Montreal as an execu- tive secretary 30 years ago, also serves on the advisory hoard to Vancouver Community College (travel and tourism program), and is on the advisory council to the steering committee of PATA’s in- ternational body. She has lived in the Grand Boulevard area since 1970, sharing a home with husband Don and two cats. through beautiful Head injury group to meet TRAVEL FOLLOWING SUCCESSFUL tours over the last many years, the West Coast Railway Association (WCRA) is again taking advan- tage of the extended life of VIA Rail Canada’s Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway The Malahat Dayliner, and the glories of Van- couver Island, by offering another of their popular circle tours, on Saturday, April 3. The day-long excursion by fer- ries, train and motor coach com- bines the best of British Colum- bia’s coastal and island scenery. Departure is from Vancouver’s VIA Rail station, now renamed Pacific Central Station (near Main Street SkyTrain station), at 7:55 a.m. by bus to Horseshoe Bay, and ferry to Nanaimo. There the northbound train to ‘Courtenay is boarded. A 25-minute stop for lunch (in- cluded in fare) is provided and then the railcars proceed south Vancouver THE B.C. Head Injury Associa- tion is sponsoring a free support group for friends and relatives of people with head injuries. The group will be headed by Sylvann Carlton, of West Van- couver’s Positive Approach Counselling Services. Carlton said the support group will try to help people become more aware of the consequences of head injuries and help people who are ‘‘grieving the foss of a person they used to understand.”’ The group will meet monthly at Lions Gate Hospital. According to the B.C. Head In- 1993 Rates for Self-Catering Housekeeping Units Beach House Two bedroom house on the beach. ideal for two familles. Spacious living room with fireplace. Large kitchen. Island scenery and over the “Malahat"’ into Victoria. A stop is also made to watch the bungy jumping near Nanaimo. After being met by the chartered bus on arrival at Vic- toria’s quaint railway station, pas- sengers will have time on their own and then be driven around the stately Empress TFtotel, parliament buildings and harbor before proceeding to Swartz Bay for the 9 p.m. ferry trip to Tsawwassen and return to the starting point. Total cost of the day-long ex- cursion including all bus connec- tions, 332 km of train travel, lunch, two BC ferries, and GST is $119 for adults, $107 for seniors, and $59 for children (2-12 years). Visa/MC accepted. The trip repeats June 5, Aug. 14, and Sept. 25. Information about this and all of the WCRA’s rail-oriented tour programs can be obtained by phoning 524-1011, fax 522-1293. jury Association, the biggest symptom of head injury is short- term memory loss. Long-term memory and intelligence are usually not affected. A support group for survivors of head injuries called Head Start is already set up at Lions Gate Hospital. 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