CHILD SEX ABUSE West Van should be teachers screened, says hoard trustee IN ORDER to guard against hiring child abrsers as teach- ers, all school boards in B.C. should set up a tighter sereen- Ing process when hiring new teachers, says one West Van- couver School Board (WVSB) member. , Trustee Barbara Howard made the cooments last week — a week atter a Vernon school teacher was handed a prison term for sexually abusing some of his students, : Two weeks ave. tlaward, chairman of the WYSB's Eduea- Hon Committee, introduced a child abuse prevention puogram aimed al West) Vancouver elementary schools, EDUCATE CHILDREN But she said Monday that the program is designed to educate children about the threat of child abuse and what to do about it, and is not set up to address the pro- blem of teachers sexually abusing their students. Howard said it is up te each school board to prevent a child abuser from being hired as a teacher. “The question of teachers in- volved in these difficult: situations conpradustony Meet really comes back fo the hiring practices and the follow-up) prac- tices within each school district," said Howard, STRICTER SCREF G Other than setting up it stricter screening process when hiring teachers, Howard said she does not Know what else a school district can do to keep it child abuser out of the system, “ttis a matter of screening. [tis aomatter of checking up on your teaching statt,” said Howard, She added that if the school districts beef up their screening process and continue to check up on teachers already in the school system, then the school board should be able to “catch most of the potential problems, if not all.’ NORTH Yaricouve bouquet send-off at Mond Q District Fire Safety House at Exy house fire special effects and wi escape skills. NEWS photo Neil Lucente + District Mayor Marilyn Baker launches a balloon av's official unveiling of the North Vancouver : 20 86. The house comes contplete with ll) be used to teach local children fire J - Friday, October 10, 1986 - North Shore News 4 NEWS photo Nell Lucente DANA AND Ron Zalko took time oul from their successful better body-building business to build a baby boy of their own, Destined for an impeccably aerobic way of life, Doryon Hilton Zalko was born Sept. 23 weighing in at 7.1 Ibs. See story page 10, SAFETY | HOUSE UNVEILED HUNDREDS of colorful balloons were cut loose from the balcony of the North Vancouver District Fire Safety House to mark its of- ficial unveiling. The house, sponsored by McDonald’s Restaurants and Beaver Lumber with community support from the North Shore News, will be used to teach local children how to escape a fire. FIRE EFFECTS The house is outfitted with special effects, such as non-toxic smoke and strobe lights to simulate fire conditions. Once children have been given an initial lesson from a firefighter, they will go through the house to test their knowledge on escaping a house fire. Attending the unveiling ceremo- ny at Expo 86 Monday were NVDFD Fire Chief Archie Steacy and Lt. Ken Fleming, North Van- couver Mayor Marilyn Baker, Bil Lam of MeDonald’s Restaurant, Bill Mann of Beaver Lumber and Janice Silver of the North Shore News, NEWS TEAM The Bucket Brigade team from the North Shore News was invited back to Expo Thursday for the finals. The members representing the News included Janice Silver, Terry Peters, Mike Goodsell, Cor- tinne Schmidt, Trevor Metlish and Kim Pemberton, Weather: Friday and Saturday, mainly sunny. Highs near 15° C. INDEX Classified Ads.......30 Doug Collins.........9 Comics ,........... 22 Editorial Page....... 6 Home & Garden... ..13 Bob Hunter..........4 Lifestyles .......... 27 Mailbox........... TV Listings. What's Going On.....29 NV house zoning to be tightened NORTH VANCOUVER City Council set in motion a series of zoning regulation changes Monday that will make it tougher for builders to construct oversized houses that could be converted into illegal suites. City planner Richard White said in a seven-page report that earlier findings had indicated the city’s zoning regulations were much less. restrictive than regulations in the other two North Shore municipalities. The proposed tougher rules in- clude aio reduction in maximum allowable roof height, a greater limitation on the floor area, and a decrease in) the maximum allowable lot coverage — all effec- uvely limiting the size of the struc- ture. But Ald. Dana Taylor was not thrilled with the plan. “It attempts to put a standard on housing development that will be a limitation on design elements and will create problems that we have not foreseen,’’ he told coun- cil. ‘“‘We’re embarking in an area that is very difficult to contro!."" Ald. Stella Jo Dean liked the idea, but wanted the rules tighten- ed even further. ‘‘! would like to be in concert with our neighboring municipalities,"’ Dean said in urg- ing the stil} tougher rules. White cautioned council that the move might result in a flood of builders racing to obtain constric- tion permits before the new rules come into effect. “This situation occurred when the City of Vancouver was con- sidering changes,”? he said. White promised staff would monitor permit applications and report any rush to build under the ofd reguia- tions. Council referred the matter to a public hearing.