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A3 - Wednesday, January 16, 1985 - North Shore News

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TRAFFIC IN the area of the Department of Highways worksyard at the foot of the Second
Narrows Bridge was slowed Tuesday morning when a crane loaded on a flatdeck truck

$10,000 NV city grant to
keep streetworker on job

Program has helped cut crime police say

NORTH VANCOUVER City council has decided
that dealing with problems in the Lower Lonsdale
area is worth $10,000 a year.

City council, meeting
Monday, approved the re-
quest of the Queen Mary
Community School for a
$10,000 grant 10 fund its
streetworker program. Said
Ald. Ralph Hall: ‘it's
something we can't turn our
backs on.””

In his earlier appeal ta
council, tra Applebaum,

DONALD

coordinator of Queen Mary

School and
Outreach

Community
director of the
Youthworker und Street-
worker Program, said) the
gap between resotrces and
the youths of Lower
Lonsdale has fargely been

closed due to the efforts of
Kelly Mortensen, the resi-
dent streetworker.

Said Applebaum:
“Through regular contact
with youth in the communi-
ty, on the street relationships
are built over considerable
time in an unauthoritative
and non-threatening way. By
establishing trust and respect
with children and youth in
the community on the street,
many children) and youth
have been carefully guided

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wound up on the road. Police and highways officials oversaw the repairs, as the scene was

cleared.

into more positive leisure.
time alternatives."

In a letter of support for
the program to Applebaum,
Superintendent R.O. Byrne
of the North Vancouver
RCMP said a comparison of
{1984 statistics to 198
statistics showed break,
enter and thefts were down
20) per cent, thefts from
autos were down 23 per cent,

cent.

“Aldiough we are unable
to establish that this reduc-
tion is attributed tutally to
your program, it is felt that
it has no doubt contributed
to it. It is felt that your pro-
gram under Kelly Mortensen
has commenced several con-
structive programs that in-
volve a farge number of
youths and this should assist

{In an interview following
his council presentation,
Applebaum said he felt the
$10,000 grant would be a
good investment for council.

“They're actually getting
about $40,000-$50,000 work
out of that $10,000."° he
said. “In this program,
we've set a precedent. Kelly
had to go find the kids.
That's an important condi-

while wilful damage ai! us more in the reduction of tion to recognize. This is a
other Criminal Code of: vandalism, etc. in 1985." pioneering of a certain kind
fences were down 20 per — said Byrne. of effort.”
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