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THE HERALD Wednesday 1990 Gall Beck of Vancouver has been searching for her daughter who was adopted by a couple who somewhere in Halton The Scottish adopting father works at a manufacturing companj Here Mrs Beck stands beside a portrait depicting one of her daughter great relatives background is just one of the mam things Mrs Beck with Photo submitted Expense misconceptions drive away volunteers Misconceptions about extra ex penses may be driving away volunteers from ride pro grams believes Linda a Halton volunteer ride coordinator Mrs Berry is one of a four person committee searching for reasons Georgetown and Milton are having tremendous dif in finding volunteer drivers By anticipating some concerns of potential volunteers such as ex tra insurance levies or the cost of used during trips Mrs Berrj hopes to answer questions and alleviate concerns People are afraid to Mrs Berry said ad ding that they re it will cost extra In fact volunteer drivers are reimbursed about 25 cents per kilometre she explained Extra insurance costs be of concern because volunteer drivers are not transporting people as a job Mrs Berry assured It won even take up that much time she said People don t realize it only takes a half hour committment once a month she stated Some drivers don investigate to see if their insurance company will require extra payment said Paul of Paul C Armstrong In surance Brokers Limited in rgetown If a driver is being paid directly the person being transported tl en an insurance company may irge extra Mr Armstrong ex lamed Since volunteer drivers ire paid indirectly by a service for most part there are no extra insurance costs he said However Mr Armstrong stress that those considering ltig volunteer drivers should con IdCt their insurance companies and inform their agent of the It not a big pro Mr Armstrong said It a problem conjured up in people s minds and haven t bothered to checkout the situations he said There may be fewer people will to become volunteer drivers because people are a lot busier than thev used to be said Mrs Berry Receiving few responses from appeals and advertisements Mrs Berrj sa d another Hon that people are afraid they will have to dig into their own pockets Thej just can t afford it But thev are reimbursed she said ers are needed for Georgetown volunteer ride pro gram which won require out of town rides and operates a lew times a week during daylight hours Community services such as the Children s Aid Cancer Societv Red Cross plus child and parent programs also are in need of volunteer transportation Anyone with inquiries about volunteer driver programs can contact Linda Berry at the volunteer centre at Birth mother pines for longlost daughter ByLISARUTLEDGE the Herald Ttiere is pride and pain every Oct 2 for Gail Beck a 38yearold Vancouver woman Yesterday was her daughters birthday however they have never met For eight years Mrs Beck has been searching for her daughter taken away after birth Mrs Beck pregnant at was shipped from Vancouver to a Salvation Army home for unwed mothers in Toronto and knows her daughter was adopted by a couple who lives somewhere in Every year for eight years Mrs Beck advertises in Halton newspapers appealing to anyone who believes she may be her yearold daughter Mrs Beck who is in the process of obtaining a private in vestigators licence has learned that her daughter was adopted by a Scotish man and his English wife She knows the man works for a manufacturing company and hopes the family still lives in the region For two years Mrs Beck search microfilms of newspaper adop tion and baby arrival advertise ment But she came up with nothing She knows her baby s birth name was Debbie Theresa McRae but Mrs Beck was never allowed to see the baby The baby was born at least two months premature and weighed only four pounds two ounces said Mrs Beck and was kept Sick Children Hospital for a month After the birth Mrs Beck stayed with family friends in Oakville and then travelled back to Vancouver As the coordinator of a support group for mothers whose babies were taken from them at young ages Mrs Beck realizes she did have a choice At 16 Mrs Beck was told she had to give the baby up for adoption or she would be put out on the streets to fend for herself Now she realizes there were support methods such as mothers allowance and welfare that could have helped her keep her child Her babv was placed into the new family on Nov The past 22 years have been a mixture of grief and hope explain Mrs Beck It like a death in one respect but on the other hand can hope a mother and daughter can find one another Blaming adoption protection regulations which prevent her from obtaining information leading to her daughter Mrs Beck said it not fair Even those who are in jail get to see their children she said Compaing Canadian adoptions to those in New Zealand Mrs Beck said Canada should do the same by opening their files She believes that once an adopted child becomes an adult he or she deserves the opportunity to discover family background Mrs Beck did learn that the adopting family indicated the child would be told about the adoption when she reached adulthood However the parents may not have wanted her to contact her mother she said Just recently Mrs Beck battled her fears of rejection and told her 11 year old daughter and 12 year old son about their sister My yearold just flipped out and said she has always hoped she had a sister said Mrs Beck She quoted her son as saying We just have to find her mom Shocked by their enthusiasm she said I thought they would have thought I was a horrible person but I couldn have asked them to accept it any better An avid bagpipe player Mrs Beck said she wouldn want to disrupt her daughters life but wants to be there to answer any questions about medical background or about the father She would also be there to reassure her daughter that she was not unloved I loved her right from day one and I enjoyed her every minute she was inside of me said Mrs Beck I missed all the years she was growing up I just want to contact her and see how she s doing If her daughter did call she ad nutted she wouldn t know what to do Only once has the situation curred in which a response was gooey goodi TRY OUR NEW DELIVERY SERVICE 308 Gueiph St 873 1651 W SHOPPING SPREE VALUE STORE ATTENTION TRAVELLERS The New Fall Brochures are finally here with great sav on th latest Fall and Winter Packages Stop in today and pick up your FREE copy Goligerls Travel SINCE 235 GUELPH STREET GEORGETOWN 877 0103 almost the real thing Several years ago a girl with the same birth date responded to one of Mrs Becks advertisements but it turn ed out they t related So touched by the girl desire to reach her mother Mrs Beck recalls saying I wish I was your mother Anyone who could provide Mrs Beck with information that may lead her to her daughter can call collect at Her ad dress is Avenue Surrey British Columbia V3S1K9 VIDEO PLUS West of 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