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The first time Lois Lane ran for alderman, she stood outside a phone booth and let a newspaper photographer capitalize on the idea that superman's girlfriend was runn- ing for office. By Gail Hanney Now serving her second term as alderman for Ward Six in York, she has had to perform a few superman stunts of her own to deal with the problems 7’It was a gimmick that work- ed/'said Lane. Lois Lane, "Superman's Girlfriend" never imagined her adventure would be in the town she grew up in, in the hotseat of municipal politics. ASSORTED EASTER CHOCOLATE BUNNIES A ur8?t AND EGGS She will definitely run for of- fice again in the Nov. election, mainly to see through her proposals for building York's first home for battered women,- closing down 24-hour gas bars in residential areas and revitalizing the historic Weston, area with a streetscaping pro- ject. afflicting her ward-finding placement for Weston's aging population, curbing increasing violence and protecting the in- terests of small businesses. LOIS LANE THE ONLY WOMAN ON YORK COUNCIL She laughs now, remember- ing how when she first ran in 1978, she was virtually unknown sitting on the com- mittee of adjustments. Urged by friends, Lane jumped into the political ring to defeat Lloyd Sainsbury, who had held a 30-year-old monopoly on Weston votes. "l had no idea I would win. I truly believed in my heart, I wouldn't win." The second time she ran for alderman, Lane won by less than 100 votes in a five- candidate race. “It was up and down all night. I couldn't stay to watch." WESTON DAYS The daughter of an American who was chief forester of On- tario Hydro, Lois Lane came to Weston when she was six- months-old. In the sixties she was made secretary of the Weston federa- tion of ratepayers and in She opted out of the un- predictable life of a reporter and chose a career in public relations. She put out magazines and newspaper for various institutions including Eaton's, Humber Memorial Hospital and the Ontario Ministry of Environment. For five years, she was a staff writer for Ontario Hydro. She graduated from Weston Collegiate Institute and earned a degree in journalism from Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in 1959. She married Fred Lane, ar electronics engineer, and had a son Greg, now 17. a "iii't'" SHOPPERS DRUG MART 1995 WESTON ROAD 241-1153 1976, she broke down an area of male dominancy by becom- ing one of the first women in Metro to sit on the committee of adjustments. Then it was on to alderman. A small woman, whose feet barely reach the ground when she sits on a chair, Lane smokes incessantly as she buzzes through one council door and out another. Her ward consisting of Weston and Mount Dennis is made up of more than 17,000 constituents and is one of the largest in York. Weston with its own town centre, businessman’s associa- tion, ratepayers association and historical society, is an active and unique community, says Lane. "There is great community spirit in Weston. Many people who leave it come back because there is no place like it." YORK COUNCIL DAYS Lane, who is the only woman to sit on York's Council, credits it as being one that "works together for the common good." "The hardest thing is keeping track of all the issues." A member of the Progressive Conservative party, she has never received any political backing. One of her latest proposals of banning all-night gas bars in residential areas follows the shooting death of an armed 'tpar-ty politics have no business at the municipal level." _ ...for all your TREATS The Link March 1985 Page 3 robber at an all-night Esso gas bar at Church and Jane Streets in early Feb. Lane' said most of the 48 gas stations that have extended hours in York are used by highway motorists than by York residents. She proposed that the Ministry of Transportation investigate the possibility oi establishing gas bars along their property bordering highways in the Metro area. "This man walked down Church Street, in the middle oi a residential area with a sawed. off shotgun in his hands. "He was supposedly on parole and was being supervis- ed. Tell me who was supervir ing him? We're not talking just about gas bars, we're talking about the breakdown of a judicial system that isn't work- ing." Lane said a Metro committee had been formed to deal with a similiar proposal. "l guess that got distracted electing a new chairman." FUTURE DAYS With an upcoming election, Lois M. Lane does not plan on straying away from Weston. "lf someone had said I would still be in Weston after all this time I would have laughed at them." At 21, fresh out of journalism school, she pictured herself go- ing off on an adventure to In- dia. She never imagined the adventure would be in the town she grew up, as local politician in the hotseat of municipal politics.