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THE VOICE OF NORTH AND WEST VA

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May 29, 1985

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PAGE 44

WEST VANCOUVER School Board gave official
notice to the North Shore Union Board of Health
Monday night that it will be withdrawing as a
partner, effective December 31, 1985.

By BILL BELL

& BARRETT FISHER

The dramatic move was
precipitated by what board
members called the ‘inflex-
ibility’ of the other partners
(North Vancouver City and
District, West Vancouver
District and = North Vuan-
couver School Board), and
the current tight budget
allocation from the provin-
cial government.

But’ Union Board of
Health chairman Rod Clark
disagrees, saying he feels
West Van School Board has
been irresponsible with its
funding.

“My first gut reaction is
good riddance,’’ said Clark,
who is also a North Van City
alderman.

“The West Vancouver
School Board has been ir-
responsible in allocating
health care funds for other
purposes. But the public
health is in noe way com-
promised. The municipalities

honored by about 2

ind thousands mor

Trans-Canada high way.

Over $1 million has been raised in BoC. atone for
cancer research, abour $30,000 of that Monday. In
all, Fonyo has raised $7.3 million,

For Fonyo, it is the end of a long and gruelling
run that has lasted through six artificial legs, finan-
cial crisis, cruel weather and constant comparisons

to Terry Fox.

But Fonyo ignored the potential setbacks and just
kept going. Fonyo, now a hero to cancer patients
everywhere, bas constantly said he did what he did
for cancer's child victims. Fonyo hiniself was just
t2 years ald when he tost his left leg to cancer. See

poem page 6.

FONYO
APPLAUDED

THE END of his journey is in sight bui for the
thousands of spectators who greeted Steve Fonyo at
B.C. Place stadium Monday evening, the Journey
for Lives ended with a bang.

Fonyo, the 19-year-old, one-legged cunner from
Vernon, dips his foot into the Pacific Ocean today,
officially ending his 7,924-kim run. Fonyo was
5,000 people inside the stadia
Who fined the streets all week
as he made his way slowly toward Mile 0 of the

will continue to share the
health costs,’” he said.

Clark wrote a letter to
Health Minister James
Nielsen Friday explaining
that West Van School Board
has been diverting health
funding to other areas, and
requesting the provincial
government sidestep the
school boards in future and
send health funding directly
to the Union Board of
Health.

The direct funding would
be analogous to Bowrd of
Health funding in Richmond
and Burnaby, Clark said.

“Margot Furk (West Van
School Board chairman) is
doing us a favor,’ Clark
said. ‘‘She’s forcing the
province's hand for direct
funding.”*

Said Furk: **We are mere-
ly serving notice of our in-
tention to withdraw.
Negotiations will continue,
but at this time we feel we
would be better off to pro-

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