After three years of trying for federal home im- provement grants, West Vancouver has been told by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Cor- poration(CMHC) that certain ‘areas in the district are eligible for,grants. In previous years CMHC said funds weren't available for West Vancouver. But the Vancouver CMHC office has told council that funds are available through the Residential Rehabilitation Assistance Program(RRAP) this year. Council's policy and planning committee has ordered council staff to apply for RRAP funds for certain areas of West Vancouver, including parts of Horseshoe Bay and Dundarave Council will have to approve cach in dividual apphcation 4 ’ IGLOO Gallery Gifts Truly Canadian Municipal, social planner Barbara Reid told the committee that brief visual inspections uncovered two homes in the Horseshoe Bay area and four in the Dun- darave area needing repairs that could qualify for grants. Senior citizens and others on fixed incomes. single parents’ and others in need of financial assistance to repair their homes = are eligible for RRAP grants. For an area to qualify for RRAP the average total family income of the arca must be less than $16,500 a year. West Vancouver council decided to ask CMHC about the rchabilitation program again this year because of what municipal clerk Doug Allen called aio “growing interes. in the community for this program ~ The policy and planning committee crxramined several P assistance letters from people asking about home repair grants. One writer told Reid, “as a widow since November 1976:with an income solely consisting of old = age pension- guaranteed income supplement , I personally cannot undertake any repairs or improvements requiring the output of money ~ Another person wrote on behalf of her mother, a West Vancouver resident for 53 years, asking if home im- provement grants were available in the district and whether her mother could apply if they were. Municipal staff have to administer any RRAP program. receiving ap plications, aiding residents in obtaining bids for repairs and inspecting property to ensure repairs are oof an acceptable standard For your visitors to the North Shore or for yourselt “Dtstinctive Arts or Crafts” Soapstone - B.C. Jade - Wood Carvings Apple Dolls - Cards & Prints - Charms eapilano Mall 985-6021 All-Sunday News, July 20, 1980 ALIS aso 30 STOVANYUAGN | in this age of j jogging. dieting and slimming, no-one has-yet present the advantages of just staying fat. So we thought we'd give: ita try. Here goes: * You will never have to worry about your leisure time be- ing:eaten up by such frivolities as going to the’ beach, water: ‘skiing, or many of the other outdoor sports. that abound in: British: Columbia. ‘The teason? You are.too “ “embarrassed to put on abathing suit. @ through the:nose, even if:you.can't ‘ord it because they know you can't ‘gO anywhere ise. You will be allowed to experiment with, all sorts of exotic pills during your lifetime, because your doctor-is at his @ wits end as to what else to do. They will speed up your heartbeat, alter your mood like some brittle, high- tension wire, and you may even get addicted. And when they run out you will experience the depression and weight gain associated with diet pill withdrawal. . You will not be forced to attend many parties and other social functions after a while, because you can no e@longer tolerate the ill-concealed pity people display toward a person in your condition, while they privately ask one another why in hell you don't go on a diet. The fact that you probably are on a diet already doesn't seem to matter much. You will have no worries about. what to do after you retire. Many overweight people don’t make it that far. If @ by chance you do, you will probably find much of your time taken up in various doctor's offices, for a variety Of reasons, heart disease and diabetes not being the least If we haven't succeeded in selling you on the idea of staying fat for the rest of your life, maybe you will be interested in this: a program where we first change your attitude toward what you eat, because we feel the rea! diet is in your head. And while we're doing that, we excercise away inches, firm up flabby tissue, with our advanced electronic Euro- pean slimming techniques. We'll show you results you can feel in your belt loops. It’s an incentive and a positive re-inforcement that helps you Stay on the program, where many others fail. And that ts the case for Ambient Call now for a private, personal consultation, and start getting back the body you always deserved. Ambient 926-731 o/ 16 Center for Slimming and Self-Care . 660 Clyde Avenue, West Vancouver. 4 Le at i > yee aa -You get to shop at very expensive; exclusive’ @othing stores. which cater. only to- fat: people. ‘Ane Ou: pay -.