6 - Sunday, March 20, 1988 - North Shore News INSIGHTS Some naughty kids got a great thing started and Norgate from a disused firchall leased for $1 4 year —- launching, among other things, the North Shore's first information centre, the HUB, and its first directory of services. Since 1982, expanded into a major multi-service agency based on Delbrook Com- munity Centre, it has been catering to the needs of a much wider area of North Van. Its operation now includes Crisis Services, Playcare, Volunteer Grandparents, the Red Cross, St. John Ambulance, Big Brothers and Capilano Christian NOEL WRIGHT ® sunday brunch ¢. A YOUTH RIOT 20 YEARS AGO has, so to speak, come full circle. Because of it, an increasing number of North Van seniors are today enjoying an improved quality of life. It was the ugly 1968 Hallowe'en night scene in Edgemont Village — when a mob of youthful rowdies went on a rampage and were dispersed by riot police only after wreaking considerable havoc — that set the ball rolling. Shaken merchants, church folk, youth workers and other concerned citi- zens banded together to see what could be done by way of vouth and social programs in the Capilano area to avoid a repetition of the Hallowe'en mayhem. From that, Capilane Community Services Society was born. way the CCSS is THEIR baby. too! helping and entertaining its pint- sized patrons for the past eight years. She held her farewell storytelling session Friday, follaw- ed by refreshments for the kiddies and accompanying parents ... And the heat will be on West Van pio- necr Murie? Reide, a resident since The baby has come a long way since then, Earlier, the Society served just Capilano, Pemberton POSTSCRIPTS: Congrats to North Van teacher Cliff Boldt, recipient of the federal gov- Community Chureh. A strong interest in youth pro- grams continues. Hut today the heavy emphasis is on help for the elderly and handicapped. especially ernment’s Canada Volunteer Award Certificate of Merit in rec- ognition of his 11 years of ‘re- markable voluntary service’ asa founding member of the Chester- 1919, at her birthday celebration today in Inglewood Lodge — that is, if they decorate her cake with all 104 candies to which she’s en- titled! isolated, ill and disabled seniors still in their own homes. The aim is to assist them to live independently and to reduce their dependence on caregivers through such volunteer programs as the daily phone check, the driving service and the han- dynntn service. Much is already being done in these ways, but there are still many North Van seniors whom the pro- grams have not vet been able to reach. The challenge in an aging society is simply that of keeping up. By the year 2000 the present number of seniors over 65 is estimated to rise by 60% and those over 85 by 139%. Money helps — like the $17,495 New Hozizons grant received last month from Ot- tawa — but ultimately the only solution fies in mare and more volunteers. {f you'd like to assist them with any spare ime you have, the per- son who'll always welcome your call is Alice Hargreaves, the Socie- ty’s executive director, at 988- ‘ ; ae, TNS, ¢ Ri vs i i Maybe even some of those ~ Photo submitted naughty boys and girls of Hallowe'en night 1968, now enter- ing middle age, might consider of- fering her a tittle help —- if they haven't already. In an odd kind of field House Society for the preven- tion of child abuse and neglect ... West Van toddlers will miss a warm and well-loved friend next week when Norma Richardson of- ficially retires from the Memorial Library — where she has been WRIGHT OR WRONG: An ap- peaser, said Winston Churchill, is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him fast, We NEWS photo Terry Pelors “FOR REMARKABLE SERVICE”...CHff Boldt receives Volunteer Award Certificate of Merit from Chesterfield House chairman Alison Stuart, flanked by (1) CH bourd member Jean Stirling, (r) ex-director Maureen Dawson. f Fi HELPING SENIORS HELP SENIORS...MP Mary Collins (r) presents New Horizons grant cheque (o Marguerite Cooper, Seniors HUB trea- surer of Capilamo Community Services Society. faste not f HILE NORTH forward with A Fi refurbish local viliage centres, residents must Te AWE yb i : Wilt Shore communities push ae revitalization projects to i Para te | i “\ also pitch in by keeping the roads, sidewalks, parks . ae cy IES i and beaches clean. OUR ; j As the weather warms up and ihe days get brighter and longer, residents come oui ¢! hibernation to enjoy the fresh air of a stroll along the beach, or a browse through village shops, or an ice cream cone at the local parlor. But with the increased traffic comes an increase in litter. While commercial cores such as Edgemont Village and Lower Lonsdale glow wiih pride over their recent facelifts, and villages such as Ambleside, Dundarave and Horseshoe Bay swell with enthusiasm for their proposed redevelopments, a new polished look soon becomes tarnished when residents have no respect for public property — mindlessly tossing their refuse to the ground. Aside from the obvious aesthetics of keeping our neighborhoods clean for all of us to enjoy, and to show visitors the pride we take in our villages, tossed aye me 980-0511 Display Advertising 986-6222 Publisher Peter Speck Classified Advertising cans, botties and bottle caps pose a danger to carefree, bare-footed children, and the expense of having parks and municipal officials clean up abandoned litter comes directly out of taxpayers’ pockets. Everyone must take responsibility for his own gar- bage, using receptacles provided in public parks, or packing litter up to take away — because no one wants to inherit someone else’s waste. Managing Editor... . Barrett Fisher Associate Editor Noel Wright Advertising Director . 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