op Man wis in car plunge A CLEARBROOK man drowned after the car he was a passenger in plunged off a North Vancouver pier into Burrard Inlet. The body of Graham Siddile, 40, of 312-3065 Clearbrook Road was recovered Sunday when the vehicle was winched out of the water. The driver of the vehicle and anotier passenger were able to free themselves from the vehicle. Richard Leo Leduc, 44, of North Vancouver was rescued by crew from Cates Tugs and Leszek Lapa, 27, was rescued by crew from a Polish freighter. Lapa was a member of the freighter’s crew and had hitched a ride with Siddle and Leduc. The accident is stil} under investigation by North Vancouver RCMP. Above, curious onlookers took into the waters off the pier. Right, the late model Subaru sedan is pulled from the water off the end of the pier Saturday afternoon. INDEX Auto..............29 Business...........13 Classified Ads.......34 Doug Collins Comies..... Editorial Page Bob Hunter.... Lifestyles ..... Mailbox....... Weather: Wednesday, sunny with cloudy periods. Thursday, mostly sunny. Highs near 16° C. TV Listings.........33 What's Going On....27 North Van teachers vote on bill strategy A MAY 15 News story chronicling the vote by West Van- couver teachers to reject involvement in the B.C. Teachers Federation instruction-only campaign incorrectly stated that North Vancouver teachers had conducted a private vote on whether to support the campaign. ; The teachers in North Vancouver had, in fact, voted on what future strategies they should pursuc to protest legisla- tion contained in bills 19 and 20. 3 - Wednesday, CHAIN EXPANDS iN LOWER MAINLAND N. Shore ruled out for private medical clinic THE NORTH Shore will not get a new private medical clinic — at least not in the near future. Carepoint, which opened its first clinic last year in Vancouver, is expanding to other Lower Mainland communities this sum- mer. Spokesman Sandra Routledge said the North Shore was consid- ered as a site, but a building with a suitable rent could not be found, “We were particularly interested in the Lower Lonsdale area, because of its highly dense, young and mobile population. These are the folks who seem to be most receptive to this kind of care,’* she said. Routledge said the company would reconsider the North Shore if a location that meets its needs becomes available. But local doctors are against Carepoint coming here. Dr. M. Marshail said the North Shore Medical Society objects to Carepoint because it is a ‘‘for- profit'’ organization. “We believe that profit for shareholders is a concep! utterly foreign to Canadian medicine and should be extinguished before it spreads,’’ said Marshall in a letter By KIM PEMBERTON News Reporter to the North Shore News. But Routledge argued that there is nothing wrong with profit. “It's the engine of excellence,” she said. ‘‘There’s profit in medi- cine no matter how you look at it. ERATE OY Rea nce noe eee ees May 20. 1987 - North Shore News NEWS photos Nell Lucente She did not know the exact number, but she said the clinic has an average of 64 patients daily. Marshall said that the Carepoint system was developed to fill a perceived void in the health care system, but he said no such void exists. “Carepoint intends to offer fast, convenient service and service after hours, so called Doc-in-a-Box ser- vice. But this service is already Cea neS LaMar tt ‘(Profit is) the engine of excellence. There’s profit in medicine no matter how you look at it. It’s not like we’re forcing people to pay user fees.”’ It’s not like we’re forcing people to pay user fees.”* Carepoint clinics operate daily from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. with doc- tors who work on contract. Routledge said there are no North Shore doctors with Care- point, but the Vancouver clinic has seen many North Shore patients. Carepoint spokesman Sandra Routledge available,’* he said. “Doctors are available for quick drop-in appointments, we do make housecalls and we all have a 24- hour call system."’ Marshall urged all North Shore residents to continue using their own family doctors.