THIRTEEN WOMEN on
the North- Shore have been
nominated -for the YWCA’S
1986 Women of Distinction
Awards. ~

By KIM PEMBERTO
: News Reporter

-YWCA public relations director
Louise Donovan said a total of 76
women, who have worked to make
Vancouver a. better place to live,
have been nominated for the third
annual awards.

“This is a way for the whole
community to recognize women's
achievements,’’ said Donovan.

“The-nature of the YWCA is to
encourage women’s achievements,
so the awards are an extension of
our goals.”’

Donovan said more than 1,000
letters were sent to various com-
munity groups, individuals and
businesses !ast November re-

‘questing nominations for the May
29 Awards.

She said there will be seven
categories this’--year, .unlike
previous years, where there were

six. ‘The new category . is for en-. .

trepreneurs and innovators.

The others are Arts and Culture,
Communications and Public Af-
fairs, Community ‘and
Humanitarian Service, Health and

. Education, Management and the
Professions and Sports, Recreation
and Fitness.

Nominated for the Arts and
Culture category is local Jean
Coulthard, active in the field of
music composition for almost 70
years.

230 East Esplanade
North Vancouver

In the Communications and
Public Affairs category the local
nominees include North Van-
couver District Mayor Marilyn
Baker, Noranda public relations
supervisior Elizabeth Ann O'Keefe
and CBC television executive pro-
ducer Helen Slinger.

Nominated for Community and
Humanitarian Service are Grace
Boyle, a volunteer for the Mount
Pleasant Young Disabled Adults
Program; Norrie Lawlor, a volun-
teer with many community
organizations; and Margaret Mor-
fitt, who has worked for the North

Shore Association for the Mentally |

‘Handicapped.

Nominated in the En-
trepreneur-Innovator category is
Christine Morton Farris, owner of
Christine and Company, known
internationally for its fashions.

Sarada Devi, a local yoga teach-
er, has been nominated for the
Health and Education ‘category.
Geri Powell, who works in the area
of rehabilitation of the handi-
capped,-has also been nominated
in this category.

North Vancouver District Mayor .
Baker and Geri Powell have also —

been nominated in the Manage-
ment and the Professions category,
along with Enid M. Dearing, the
chief librarian at North Vancouver
District Library.

In the Sports, Recreation and
Fitness category the local nominees
are Shirley Carter, a health and
fitness consultant: with
Kinesiatrics; and Geri Fitch, area
recreation coordinator with North
Vancouver Recreation Commis-
sion.

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North Shore women
marked for distinction

NOMINEES FOR the YWCA
Women of Distinction Award
gathered for a wine and cheese
party. recently in Vancouver. Pic-
tured here are 10. of the 13 focal
nominees: In alphabetical order
the North Shore nominees are:
Marilyn Baker, Grace Boyle,
Shirley Carter, Jean Coutthard,
Enid Dearing, Sarada Devi,
Christine Morton Farris, Geri
Fitch, Norrie Lawlor, Margaret
Morfitt, Elizabeth Ann O'Keefe,
Geri Powell and Helen Slinger.

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