INSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE / FEBRUARY 13, 1990

 

 

Babies
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“Better education means a bet-
ter job, a better life,” said Tlie
Chifan, father of James Jason
Chifan. His wife, Maria Chifan
agreed. “It’s a good incentive for a
child, who might not have con-
sidered that path otherwise.”

Doug Conner, proud father of
Chad Douglas Conner, said the
scholarship will create oppor-
tunities that his son may not have
had otherwise. “It gives hima
broader range of choices when he
finishes high school. And it’s some-
thing to look forward to,” he says.

Former Douglas College stu-
dent Mick McLennan says it’s a
twist of fate that his son, Garth
Lawrie McLennan, was one of the
scholarship winners. Mick attended
Douglas College between 1972 and
1974 and now works as a Real Es-
tate Agent in New Westminster.
“It’s kind of ironic,” says Mick.
“My son was born five weeks
early.”

The scholarships are worth
$712 per year in current terms, and
will be worth about $1,000 per year
by the time the recipients embark
on their scholastic careers.

 

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Douglas College Alumnus Mick McLennan and wife Carol say It’s a twist
of fate that newborn son Garth McLennan won a free Douglas College
entrance scholarship. Garth was born five weeks early at Burnaby
Hospital. Presenting the scholarship Is Pauline Hughes, College Board
Chairman. Mick attended Douglas College between 1972-1974.

 

President Bill Day thanked the
parents for giving the College an
opportunity to demonstrate the im-
portance of education for the future
of the community. “The babies
represent a sense of faith in the fu-
ture, and education is, in its whole
sense, a gesture of affirmation of

the future,” he said.

“It’s delightful, from our per-
spective, to be able to pay some-
thing back to the community,”
said Gordon Gilgan, Dean of
Academic Studies, chairman of the
College’s 20th Anniversary Steer-
ing Committee.

 

Briefs

 

Heart Fund

A volunteer canvasser for the Heart
Fund would be delighted to receive
your donation. Tax receipts will be
provided, of course. To make your
donation, call Murray Leslie in the
Business Department, Room 4319,
Local 5456.

Heritage Week in New West
Heritage Day, February 19. There
are a number of events planned
throughout the week for the New
Westminster area:

Sunday, Feb. 18 at 1:30 p.m. —
slide program and walking tour of

uptown New West. by historian
Archie Miller, beginning at the
New West. Public Library.
Wednesday, Feb. 21 at 8 p.m. —
New West. Historical Society
presentation of the meaning of
heritage by Archie Miller at the
New Westminster Public Library.

Feb. 24 & 25,1 p.m. to 5 p.m. —
Find out what goes on behind the
scenes of the New Westminster
Museum.

Call Valerie Francies at the New
West. Museum, 521-7656, for more
information on any of these
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