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THOUGH it may make. up a minor ‘percentage of respon-
sibilities dealt with by the Lions. Gate Hospital. (LGH)
board, the abortion ‘issue continues:to make up a major

percentage of pre-board election discussion.

With nomination deadline in’ the
June 25 elections closed as of May

23, eight candidates are chasing the "

four available board seats. °
Four board seats come up for

election annually, Board “members
serve three-year terms and ‘can.

serve a maximum of three con-
secutive terms.

Nominees. ‘must:be 19 or. ‘older ©
and be members’ ofthe North and: ’

West Vancouver Hospital Society
‘(NWVHS). . Voter:

By TIMOTHY RENSHAW
- News Reporter

Currently serving as the board’s
vice-chairman, Jim Warne, 50, is
also’ chasing his third three-year
board term.

“A-North Vancouver City alder-.
man'from 1970 to.1979; Warne i is

also be ,

Nominees’ must live in the same “BE

municipality as the board seat they

are seeking.:.In. the. coming: ‘elec-
tion, the. District of North Van-
couver will have two board seats to
’ fill. The. City of North: Vancouver

~ and ‘the District. of West Van-
_couver have one seat eachs ©

=, the. work-of the present .board.in
; trying ‘to provide the best and most -

side. 1. really.

ore - -important ,
board

Incumbent Peter White is not
eligible for re-election, as he has
already served three terms.

Though she has never officially
served on the LGH board, Sharon
Larson has worked with the
hospital as a volunteer and a
member of the hospital auxiliary
for 17 years.

Married with two children, the
46-year-old Larson calls. herself a
professional volunteer.

She says she is neither pro-life
nor pro-choice: ‘I don’t like to be
slotted one way or the other on
this thing, What 1 am is pro-Lions
Gate. I
hospital. It’s a wonderful com-
munity facility and I want to keep
it that way.”

Larson will be seeking election

: in the District of North Van-

‘over.
married and has two children: ‘He

_ couver.

Professional engineer Jim Ewart
is making his second run for a seat
on the LGH board.

A 47-year-old father of two,
Ewart has lived on the North
Shore since 1973 and will be seek-
ing election in the District of North

' Vancouver riding.

has lived:on the North Shore. since ;

1964.> ,

A; consulting engineer, “Warne
says ‘his past board experience and
his expertise in building are two:

. assets he brings to the board. -

He says there is need to continue

comprehensive . ‘hospital. ‘care _for.

no the, North Shore community. :
_ -.,He, too,: stands opposed to what. .
. he fears could be the take over. of, ;
*:the,:board . by -‘‘a. special. interest

would. distract. the

group » that
hospital administration from what

itis supposed to do: provide the

est health care possible.’? ... .
f the. incumbents fc

“wide -

“An ‘avowed pro-life’, candidate,
Ewart ‘ran’ for board ‘election two.

> years ago. He missed by ‘seven

‘Ewart says. his jrivolvement.{ in a
range of community.

‘organizations ‘gives. him

qualifications with which

““T would like to see ‘no abortion

2 performed at all, except in cases
~where’ the life :

strongly. that: life Degins at oncep-
tion’? ) +>

He points to what he says is the
“excessive number (of abortions) |’

performed ‘ai the hospital”’ as in- |
has ©

dication --of .‘a - policy ‘ that
become irresponsible. °

“It has become’ -a/ convenient:
means of birth control.’**

‘In 1982, the average ‘number ‘of -

abortions perforined at the

hospital was 60 per’ month com-

Simpson says her ‘Speciality

. "relations; her major concern is for.

“on its mixture of: Personalities and.

working to exe °

° pand © “public: séx ‘ education — pro-

which } believe i is the best

to.’ Clark, is:
servi

* but

the upcoming generation...
says:,.the. board’s: effec-

. She.
veness. ‘and’ vitality ‘are dependent

skills, £
“To. “dismaiitle “the” hospital’
Herapeutic” -abortion ‘ committee, :

she’ said... would be’ to abandon -
those seeking abortion to the back:

alleys. *.
“Abortion is not birth control;

women. We do not challenge the:
judgment . of. doctors °

judgment on abortion?" =~

‘ only issue." :
it has.to-be availatle: to ‘Married with five” children, .
in’ ‘other -

,, ateas, so why do we question, their ‘communications -:

pared with 128 live births. Since
1983, the average number of abor-

tions’ performed each month’ has.
been’ about: 50°compared ‘with 125".
live births over the same period: © | -.

In his: first run for. ans LGH

“board seat, John‘ O’Connor;: 42,

says he supports pro-life views, but

is: not‘a member ° ‘of. any “pro- “life
‘organization. “,
'-. He -says: he, believes abortions”
cases .
where the’ health of: the mother is -
: threatened, ‘not merely ‘for ‘social :

should : be performed : in

or economic reasons. “

“The ‘abortion issue. is impor-_ ,
“but it is not the i

tant’’, he says,

O’Connor has. lived-on the North
Shore for the past t1 years and is a)
supervisor. | His
expertise, he says, is computers.

really believe in the .

solid ©

- Sunday, June 15, 1986 - North Shore News

“They (computers) are having a
great impact on health care, and
I'd like to see how they are being,
used and how best they can be us-
ed at Lions Gate.”’

Louis Knoll moved his wife and
three children from California to
West Vancouver in 1986. He is
sunning for board election in the
District of West Vancouver,
‘because a number of people in
the community have convinced me
} should.”

JIM. Ewart...excessive 5
abortions performed.

Knoll,

“ministrator - of human services.A
stint

‘with hospital administration.:

Of the election, Knoll says, “the
issue _ has. become: so: :

abortion
‘distorted. . Pro-life’“has come’: to

“mean a’ fetus; pro-choice has come:
‘to- mean abortion on demand... Th

“perspective on. both ‘sides i is So-nar

Knoll. says the present. abortion

“> policies ‘at. LGH™ “‘are technically
“workable, .but-they are not: ‘being ‘

_ pursued responsibly,’

“The-. hospitat - board, he: ‘says,

must recognize. the: ‘need for: more

education ¢ on. abortion: He added. ;

" ‘Sunday: through Tuesday,
‘cloudy with a.few. :
“showers. . Highs near _

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60," says’ he’ ‘is. an’ ad-).
as an administrator ‘at: a.

research hospital in’ India, he-says, :
has given him first-hand experience’

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that he would like to see abortions
offered in a place where counsell-
ing is fully available.

“As it stands at the hosrital
now, women wanting abortions do
not have to be referred to counsell-
ing. The whole operation has just
become mechanical." ;

Marijan Vuk, the last nominee, .
is a professional engineer. He is

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