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Vopni seeks WV ald. seat

VALERIE McDermott Vopni, a
resident of West Vancouver for the
past 30 years, recently declared her
candidacy for a West Vancouver
aldermanic position.

Thirty-year-old Vopni said she
has been active in community
work,

In 1972 the homemaker was an
area captain for the Caulfeild

Heart Fund, and in 1974 she was
director of the North Shore Family
Services and director of Chester-
field House. in 1978 she was the
publicity chairman for Designer
Home '79, which raised over
$55,000.

In 1980 she was a member of the
district's Advisory Planning
Committee, founding director of
the Arts, Sciences and Technology

Centre, member of the Vancouver
Public Aquarium acquisitions
committee and publicity chairman
of the Caulfeild School Craft Fair.

She is also one of the organizers
and founding governors of Coll-
ingwood School.

The North Vancouver-born
Vopni is also the wife of Richard
and mother of 16-year-old Michael
and 12-year-old Kevin,

WY ald. concerned with recycling

WEST VANCOUVER Ald. Don
Griffiths announced his candidacy
for re-election this week.

Griffiths, 64, said he is par-
ticularly concerned with matters
relating to recycling, flood control
and road maintenance and repair.

Griffiths, who continues to chair
a community waste control com-

mittee, said he believes recycling ©

Saves resources, money and
reduces pollution.

Griffiths notes he was very in-
volved with initiating the curbside

—
JEAN FERGUSON, an executive
member of the West Vancouver
Parents’ Association, is running

. for election as a focal school trust-

ee,

Ferguson, 42, said she believes.

the relationship between the local
school board and other groups has
been strained, and she is commit-
ted’ to increasing respect and
communication between all sides.
Ferguson, a homemaker with

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pick-up of newspapers, which he
said saved the municipality thou-
sands of dollars since it began two
years ago.

Griffiths said he would also like
to work toward eliminating the
threat of floods, which many West
Vancouver homeowners face.

He said he believes the threat
can be removed by developing
bypass channels for the district's
major creeks. But provincia! and
federal government financial aid is
required; which is something Grif-

two children enrolled in ‘West
Vancouver schools, has been an
executive member of the West
Vancouver Parents’ Association
for tive years. Last year she served
as the association’s budget com-
mittec’s president and chairman,
‘and has acted as a_ school
classroozn volunteer.

“Citizens in West Vancouver

place great value on education and ~

I am certain they will support

fiths said he plans to work toward
achieving.

Griffiths also noted that many
West Vancouver roads are in
urgent need of repair. He said the
cost of repair is high, but the cost
of delay is even higher.

Griffiths is active in many
community greas, including work-
ing with the Coho Festival. He is
on St. Dnavid’s United Church
membership committee and he is a
member 07 the Association of Pro-
fessiona! Engineers.

WV trustee hopeful sees growth

responsible and effective growth in
their education system,’ she said.

“This community has the poten-
tial to be a Lighthouse School — a
guiding light for other districts in
Canada.”’

Upon graduativa from the Van-
couver School of Art, Ferguson
earned a teaching certificate at
UBC and taught in Vancouver
schools. She has resided in West
Vancouver since 1979.

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