2 - Sunday, June 20, 1999 — North Shore News

News reporter
wins media award

B.C.’s apparel industry
has honoured News
reporter Layne
Christensen with a

media award.

The Joseph — Segal
Industry Recognition Award
was presented
Thursday at Hotel
Vancouver ring
the Apparel RC gala
awards dinner.

The event is a
highlight for an
industry sat pro-
duces almost $300
million worth of
apparel — annually,
and employs close
to 7,000 people.

Christensen
shared the award in
media category with
Vancouver writer Angela
Murrills, style columnist: for
the Georgia Sera ight.

Fashion editor and arts
reporter with the North
Shore News, Christensen is
also Vancouver correspon-
dent for Style, Canada’s fash-
ion trade news magazine.

Awards were also present-

Correction

WEST Vancouver council
has not approved plans to
construct and replace two
recreation centres as
reported i in the News last

dnesday.

On June 14, council
received a Recreation
Facilities Master Plan that rec-

the

ominends the prioritizing of

several projects that will sce

Christensen

ed to: Slant Six/Fle Sport
Clothing for most promising
newcomer; Mustang Survival
for leadership in brand devel-
opment, Suyoi for innovative
use of equipment or technol.
ogy; TAG The Apparel
Group tor export, and Plum

Clothing for “verti-

ell” achievement

(the design, manu-

facture and retail of

the company’s own
line).
Mary Boni, pro-
gram) coordinator
ter othe fashion
design and technol-
ogy program at
Kwanten University
College — received
the Absolut Achieve-
ment Award. Philanthropist-
businessman Joseph Segal,
the evening’s keynote speak-
er, was honoured with a life-
time achievement award.

Apparel B.C. was estab-
lished in 1993 co act as the
official voice for the
province’s apparel industry.
Award winners were selected
by an independent judging
committec,

the upgrade of the ice arena
and aquatic centre, the
replacement of the existing
west community centre and a
look at a new recreation cen-
tre at the Glencagles site.

Council’s standing com-
mittee is awaiting a number of
strategy reports related to the
implementation of the master
plan before proceeding.

‘Superbug’ outbreak contai

Bob Mackin
News Reporter

A fourth floor ward at
Lions Gate Hospital
could reopen as soon
as tomorrow.

Tr was closed last week by
an outbreak of the porential-
ly lethal Methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus) —
better known as “super
bug.”

Hospital officials — met
Friday to discuss the out-
break. Hospital spokesman
Clay Adams said there were
21 cases of patients carrying
MRSA. He said the outbreak
peaked Tuesday.

“We're fairly comfortable
right now we've got it con-
tained and we have no new
outbreaks,” he said. “It’s a

GRADE 4

case of eliminating what
We've got.”

MRSA is resistant to most
antibiotics. It can be treated
with intense washing or, in
extreme cases, the powertul
Vancomvein and Imipenem
antibiotics

Staphylococcus — aureus
normally resides in the lower
colon or nostrils of humans.
Transmission of the bacteria
can be simply avoided by
washing hands thoroughly.

Residents of fong-term
care and extended care facili-
ties and critical care hospital
units are most at risk.

Patients who take antibi-
otics for prolonged periods
are also candidates for MRSA.

Adams said hospital staff

are trying to trace the out-
hreak: “We don’t know,
unlike 18 months ago where

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LIONS Gate Hospital
spokesman Clay Adams.
says the fourth floor
could reopen tomorrow.

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He said most of thase at
LGH with MRSA were
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provide an age or gender
breakdown of the affected
patients.

North Shore — Health
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“It's not a particularly vir-
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