Sunday, July 19,1998 — North Shore News -

Lost pair.
| found in
| NV park»

Robert Galster
News Reporter
robert@nsucws.com
SOMETIMES all the plan-
ning in the world is not
enough.

Last week) a

- North Vancouver’s”
- Teila Shaw in running -
_ for Playmate selection

: Robert Galster

_ News Reporter vobert@usnenis.com

-IT has been 10 years in the making, _
‘but North Vancouver resident Teila
‘Shaw’s dream of becoming a Playboy

bunny is finally within her grasp. :
53-year-old ‘woman
_and her 23-vearold son. did- their
homework before setting out into the
“North Shore wilderness. They stud~
“Lo ded- their, jntended route. and,
° embarked ‘on their hike of Hanes ©
st. Thursday.” 7
oop. starts at. Grouse
f lag : ‘and “heads toward: Guat
‘ : : " ae Ridge before concluding: ar-.Lymn
“1 cy Headwaters | Park. Although some
_ | people jog it, it takes berween s
“rand nine hours of hiking.
What the mother and son ‘team
41 didn’t count: on’ was ‘exhaustion set-

A was like 12 Years old-and 1 found my"

2?

me ) be in“it,”. said” Shaw: 22, “The women:
‘looked’ sa classy.”

With that desire firmly tucked away in the
-back ‘of her mind. for years, Shaw happened to
‘mention her dream to her husband. Things

~moved quickly after that as her husband hap-
pened to know ‘someone who -knows Ken
‘Honey, a. Playboy contributing photographer
“and North Vancouver resident.
oo Honey. discovered’ well-known — past’
Playmates such as Pamela Anderson Lee and
‘Kimberley Conrad-Hefner. The latter married” »
Playboy fotinder and publisher Hugh Hefner. ae ; iting in. 0
‘ “Obviously he’s gor-an exe fori it,” summed oo ss : ‘| Araround 9 p, m. last Thursday an’
“ap Shaw: ; ‘ : ‘joflicial comparing: the ‘sign-in ‘and.
s..For’ his: part, ‘ Honey said he has, already’ “sign-out: sheets’ on the various trails
‘taken: some photos of Shaw and offered some. noticed the pair failed to complete the
high praise of his latest subjects’ ° _sign- out portion. | an /

"“Pm going. to subniit: them: (phatos to North Shore Rescue eam
Playboy) because 1 think she’s exceptional,” _ ESSE) personnel received the call at, -
“said Honey. “I think she's better than average, 9:40 pam: and along with members of
~E think she’s a.very attractive girl.” “the North Vancouver RCMP set up a

Bur, he: cautioned against “Shaw, or: any ; search base at Lynn Headwarers Park.
her fans trom getting their hopes too high: wi) NSRT. -seareh manager Don

“There's avery good possibility for: her: ... Jardine said 20 members of the squad

| however, Playboy's going to haye hundreds of. “responded to the call, but did nor find
said’ Honey “You . must. “the lost duo until 1: 30.a.m.on Friday.

eptional, girls,”
remember. that only 12 girls a..vear become: ““[ sort of assumed they would be!
: “on the trail,".said Jardine who had
a to another hiker who finished
the loop’ travelling’ in “the opposite
; direction ‘earlier the same day.
: The man said he remembered the |
” ‘mother and son because they: had
“ chatted earlier, * a .
“When they. (searchers) ‘found
them she (the mother) wanted. 10
“walk out but wasn "rable to: do thar,”
said’ Jardine. / They, Were? well-,
equipped, they did a lot off research ?

Shaw, who was'Eorn at Lions Gate Hospital 2 and did some things right like stay pur’ 7
d grew, up.in West Vancouverginitially stud- - f / ; ; : “when darkness fell” : u
ied fashion “design: but has ‘since switched her." bai é soe iscsi They were located’ about halvay ;
focus to-acting and singing. “ : ra ; : * NEWS photo Terry Peters" - |, through: the loop, north of Norvan
She. is well aware_of the: boost a career in’ NORTH Vancouver resident Teila Shaw i is hopeful ot being selected as one ‘of the 12° Falls. Together with rescue personnel.
either one of those fields’ would: réceive if she. women chosen annually to become Playboy magazine Playmates. a Be they spent the night at the site before
“become, a: Playmate. But she’s also So _ Bee setting. out, 10 the» nearby’; Norvan: oS
ar oF the downfall Gf some previous winners. Creek helipad, F ‘
sa lot.of Playmates thar.want to’ be ‘Both’ hikers were pic ed up): ‘at
ng actresses.1 don’t want. to be like : 8:30 a.m, and whisked to-Lions Gate®
sry other, ditz,” said Sh Hospital for observation, ¢
; Jardine said “the Jost, hikers, ‘Tike
many other. trail wanderers, relied on
‘avo cell phones which turned out'to,
“be useless beca i

of.

The competition is even stiffer now because
of a promotional campaign Playboy magazine is
running. in search of its Jan. “1, 2000,
Playmate. ‘

‘As bus travelling across “North: America
be KONS, TO hopefuls who. usually. show up in,
droves. to; have, their Polaroids’ ‘taken,“and:
judged later. The bus was parked in the Westin’
Bayshore - parking: lot. fast week: and’ ‘saw a
throng, of ‘hundreds: uf prospective Playmates

how' up.

te mother,’ her’ father has taken rhe: news: ‘of the.
possibility of ‘his “daughter sppearing’in the ©
‘mapazine in stride and_also supports’ her.

“He read “Plavboy. Inst daughter.chough,
“sa the: thought ofall these “guys lusting, after.
“his daughter! 10) Shaw let her voice trail off
without. finishing her thought, “Bats L-think..
he’s happy for me — irs not like, he* saying
don’t do i ut.” ;

: i
Each. yearone of, the 12 May mates. becames
Playmate of ‘ they “Thar honor doles our
USS100, O00 and a convertible. : an

“money, but she knows her hn
_ part of it’in spire of his :
“He thinks I'm going ta go tal Angeles

«and forget him,” said Shaw witha laugh.
“Although Shave i is out of touch ‘with’. he

2 flavor of the Tmonth ‘
s‘alse) the: moe.
Playmate receives: USS25, 000.

Ottawa? ; ian
“In another life, asa young.t man, I used | too"!
tour around Europe. I know P could have done |,
ir then, whether f can do it now, 7 m nyt sure, |
said Christie...» i i
When the News contacted him last week,
Christie. was’ trying toarrange a: trust fund -

practice of law within 30 days," said Christie’, .
The. (B.C. Court” of Appeal’ upheld -
Muldoon’s decision, as did the Supreme Court’
Sof Canada. oe :
Christie resigned as promised. |
He said that. because Lee worked on. ithe
waterfront, his case tell’ under federal court

trying to practiée ki and help, people, who
couldn’ pay their legal fees.

i
i

“It slowly. said
| Christie, 57. ;

His “disillusionment culminated with the
» court treatment of his client, Buddy Lee.: Lee

_ Was‘a stevedore for live years when he was fired

impossible,”

became

- Anna Marie D’Angelo - a
News Reporter da ngelo@nsnews.com
LAWYER Dugald | Christie plans to
icycle across Canada i in his black .

legal robes i in a protest about the...
handicapped people i in

q Vancouver resident plans
to’ burn his legal attire infront of the Supreme”
“Court of Canada as part of his protest.

“The way I see itis that.the law, the judges’ -
lor Gflawyers virtually treat people who...
Justice Francis Muldoon said that disabled peo

ple, such, as Lee, are correctly described asm

«fits. os
“1 said to: the court of appeal thar, iantess.
they disassociated “themselves. from those

‘are handicapped and poor ina rather contemp-
tuous way. It was just 100 much tor me,” ” said
Christies ,

¢ said that he resigned asa 4 practicing
awyer last. December alter 30: years of work,

front his job.
Christie said Lee’s employer and co- workers
“made. a_habie”. of calling: -him a: “misfit”

: be ccause of his physical handicaps.

‘The- unemployed” Lee + spent 13 years, in

* court'in subsequent legal actions. He was rep-
years of lithe: -

resented by Christie far the last si

“gation. wi

Lee sued onthe basis: that he was fired

: because of alleged discrimination. Christie said
‘that. Lee. had a-stight lack of coordination on’ -

one side of his body and a speech defect.

’ Christie said he had reached his limit with .

the, court system when federal court judge. Mr.

. Jurisdiction, Lee could have qualified for legal
“aid from the ‘provincial. government if) his
wrongful dismissal case. was not a federal mat-

‘Christi’workéd for Let for free (pi bun).

«people think that legal aid covers the poor.
Bur legataid covers the poor for heinous erim-
inal offences,” said Christie.

“Ifyou murder somebody, no problem, you
* get legal aid.”

He said most poor people do not “qualify for
legal aid and do not have lawyers.

Since resigning from practicing law on Dee

_ 30, Christie: has done | free legal work. for puor,

: people :

words, 1 1 would feel’ impelled to resign from the:

Christie moved‘ out (of his West Vancouver |
home a month after. resigning, as a practicing
lawyer. Christie says he now lives fringally on his..

savings on Dunsmuir Street “with the poor.” ”

Can he make the: estimated 45- “day trek to

1

called the Buddy. Lee Defénce Fund. Lee can- .

not afford the $208 filing fee for-an appeal of
another lawsuit relating to injuries he sustained

“asachild. 9 0)

‘agrees,”

‘Chiristie’ said tie -systent ‘of patronage in

; “appointing judges is the first thing he would |,

change in the court s
“The, system
aid Chris
He wants more “timane judges

Everyone,

i! ‘on the

- bench:

'

Former West Vancouver councillor, Andy
Danyliu aid that Christie had ‘taken on a'noble

cause by raising awaréness about: the: issue of

thé handicapped poor in.the court systen

Danyliu quipped thar to, stumble across a

lawyer of principle such as Christie would Prob: .

“ably warrant-a national headline:
Christie’ was slated to leave on Friday on ‘his
‘bi yele trip froai the foot of Burrard Street