THE VOICE OF NORTH AND WEST VANCOUVER Publisher: Editor-in-Chief Managing Editor Advertising Director Feller Speck Noel Wright Barrett Fisher Linda Stewart Display Advertising 980-0511 Classitled Advertising 986-6222 Newsroom 985-2131 Distribution 986-1337 Subscriptions North Shots News, ¢ SUNOAY + WEDNESDAY - FHIDAY tee See at 1139 Lonsdale Ave. North Vancouver, B.C. V7M 2H4 oOo tegtoe, ag anuscngth, Health cuts cost THE LOSS of a highly specialized home-care nurse on the North Shore means a gap in vital services for pa- tients recovering from certain abdominal surgery. In a spate of rash cost-cutting measures to home- care services, the medical plan-funded position was severely cut back, prompting the only specialized nurse in the field to move elsewhere, and forcing many pa- fients to pay privately for the service that until recently had been provided for free. fn the rush to keep costs down, health officials have slashed back funding to an enterostomal nursing posi- tion that is crucial to the physiological, psychological and emotional health of the patients recovering from ) abdominal surgery for cancer or other related intestinal disorders. Involving artificial bladders and waste collection bags, recovery from this type of surgery can be a traumatic, dehumanizing experience. With special training, the nurse was able to ease the patient (hrough a smooth transition back (0 a normal fife. Patients are now being cared for by nurses not vers- ed in enterostomal therapy. Some are sceptical the post will ever be filled with a properly trained nurse who is willing to work the limited hours, With enterostomal therapy credited with reducing hospital re-admissions for further treatment, cutting back the service is foolish since keeping people out of hospital is a more prudent money-saving move. Short-sighted elimination of vital care that cuts down on further hospital visits will cost more money than it can possibly hope to save. Entire contents 1987 North Shore Free Press Lid. All Y tights reserved. 58,489 tisveerage SWEET CANADA DAY...new cilizen Lillian Kokara (knecling left, holding flag) prepares to cut the giant Lions Club birthday cake at Lions Gate Hospital’s July 1 celebration, watched (left to right) by Mountie Mark Erina, Mayor Jack Loucks, MLA Angus Ree, Ald. Murray Dykeman, MP Mary Collins, retiring LGH presi- dent John Borthwick and Mountie Tim Martin. Bad drivers should Noel Wright @ Sunday brunch ® become movie stars PHOTO WATCHDOGS are by far the most effective way to crack down on bad drivers (and the cheapest in the end, too) claims Pauline Gray of West Van who has done quite a bit of personal homework on the subject. She's talking about computeriz- ed cameras, still and video, that capture the traffic violation itself — running red lights, illegal turns, speeding, tailgating, dangerous overtaking, cutting in, etc. — while recording the licence plate, speed, date and time. Such equip- ment could be set up to monitor key locations on a permanent basis (like the cameras in banks) or in- stalled in manned vehicles patroll- ing heavy traffic routes. The latter, Pauline suggests, could be operated by meter maids and tire chalkers rather than regu- lar police officers. In cither case the owner of the offending vehicle would receive, by registered mail, a photo of his vehicle breaking the law and a bill for a first-offence $100 finc, $200 for the second of- fence and so on. If he wasn’t driv- ing, tough luck! He'd just have to collect from whomever he loaned his car to. The Swiss and Japanese are reportedly already using the tech- nique. Over a period the cost sav- ings — from freeing regular police for more important jobs by eliminating time-consuming chases, ticket-writing, paperwork and court testimony — would more than cover the initial cost of the hardware. To demonstrate, Pauline took her own camera to the busy West Van intersection at 15th and Marine with the result (one of several similar shots she sent us) shown on this page. If there are snags she’s overlooked, I'm sure Chief Bob Brofly and Supt. Stewart Thomp- son will tell us. But something has to be done about the mayhem on our roads and basically Pauline’s idea makes a lot of sense. ee WORLD’S “BOY SCOUTS” are the 136 Canadian military person- nel of 430 Tactical Helicopter photo submitted Squadron — part of a multina- tional peace-keeping unit in the arid and inhospitable Sinai desert. ft makes home look sweet indeed — which probably explains the big smile on the face of air traffic cen- troller Sgt. Greg Templeton from North Van who’s due to return to Canada in September. eee POSTSCRIPTS: Richer in a good cause by $100 each (it all helps!) are North Van's Marguarette Baker, V. Frank, John and Louise Kriston, John Mackay and Patricia Mignosa, together with West Van's Peter Zandron —- all bonus prize- winners in the 11th Seniors Lottery which to date has distributed over $1.5 million to 296 deserving seniors’ organizations throughout B.C. ... Congrats to former Cap College student Wendy Miller on winning the Robert L. Stanfield book prize in political science from SFU, where she received her B.A. this spring. Presently working in England, Wendy begins a graduate course in political science this fall at the University of London ... Make a date next Sunday (July 19) with North Shore author Roy Pallant who’s conducting a 90- minute walking tour of North Lensdale, one of the earliest areas to be settled on the North Shore, focusing on points of historic and architectural interest. Starts 2 p.m. (rain or shine) at District Hall, 355 West Queens. Call 988-6844 to reg- ister, because numbers are limited .. And then there’s Buena Vista Public Schoo! in Saskatoon which thinks well ahead in planning its 75th reunion bash. Any old Buena Vistans on the North Shore are asked to write M.D. Aikman, Reunion Committee, 1306 Lorne Avenue, Saskatoon, Sask. S7H 1X8, about the big get-together — which happens May 20-22, 1988. ute WRIGHT OR WRONG: Hap- piness is the unintentional state aes tai photo submitted DIGGING FOR GOLD...North Van’s John Leonard (left), chairman of the Seniors’ Lottery Association, and Vancouver Mayor Gordon Camp- bell pull out the prizewinners in the association’s big spring draw. iM photo submitted RUNNING THE RED...though unclear in the above reproduction, red is what the traffic signal is showing in the original color photo shot at 15th and Marine Drive in West Vancouver. BACK-HOME-SOON SMILE...North Van's Sgt. Greg Templeton keep- that comes over you when you're ing the peace in a Middle East hot spot. too busy to be miserable.