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Informer

Vol. XIV
No. 13
Nov. 4/92

Institution of First Choice * Dedicated to Excellence * Leader in Education

Westcoast Reader Celebrates New Office, New Era

A recent gathering in the H Building
not only celebrated the opening of the
Westcoast Reader's new office, but also
heralded a new era for the publication

“The College is now much
more involved with the
Westcoast Reader in all its
aspects,” said editor Joan
Acosta. ““The newspaper has
come in from the outside, into
the College.”

The big change is that Joan,
who has worked for Cap as an
ESL instructor, now holds her
editor’s post through the
College. Formerly, she worked
on the Reader in a contract
position funded by the Ministry
of Advanced Education,
Training and Technology.

The College has also hired Kathy
Dorman to provide part-time help for
the paper.

Among the many friends and sup-
porters at the celebration was Paul

Gallagher, the former Capilano College
principal who was instrumental in
bringing the paper onto the campus in
the early 1980s. Ed Lavalle also

The Reader marks a milestone, left to right: Paul
Gallagher, Greg Lee, Nick Collins and Joan Acosta

attended. As president of the College-
Institute Educators Association of B.C.,
he helped bring together the two
education ministries and many mem-
bers, past and present, of the paper’s
Editorial Advisory Board. The Ad-

vanced Education Ministry, which
funds the paper, was represented by
coordinator of ABE for the ministry,
Gwen Armstrong. Attending from the
«ss College were John Potts, Greg
Lee, and colleagues and staff

: from the ESL department.

: Some founding members of
: the paper, including Nick

: Collins, past president of the
Editorial Advisory Board,
joined in a toast.

Nick presented Joan and

; Greg Lee, Vice-President

* Career/Vocational, with pewter
' goblets as tokens of apprecia-

- tion for the work they have
done for the paper. Greg helped
secure funding which, along
with a printing contribution from
Pacific Press, made it possible to create
the office in P-210 and hire Joan and
Kathy.

The Westcoast Reader has won a
long string of awards in Canada and the
USS., including one presented at the
White House. Some 100,000 readers
eagerly await the newspaper each
month. The Westcoast Reader has
helped approximately half a million
British Columbians improve their
reading skills. Congratulations, Joan,
and now on to the next half million!

North Shore Women
Can Bus It More Safely

Leaving the College at night? Women
taking buses on the North Shore between
9 p.m. and 5 a.m. can now get off at
locations other than the regular stops.
Passengers must request this service
from the driver at least one stop ahead of
their destination.