By Layne Christensen
Community Reporter

NE man’s

efforts to har-

vest cash from
the community may be
the key to getting
another man back on
the road to a better life,

Randy Brendeland, a 25-
year-old personal fitness train-
er, has started a campaign to
raise funds to assist Shane Black
Lord with the purchase of a
new van.

Brendeland met Black Lord
through the North Shore
Harvest in December when he
“adopted” the 34-vear-old sin-
gle dad and his young family.
Since then he’s continued his
support.

“He’s tougher than I'll ever
be,” says Brendeland of his
new friend, who has “just been
put in the blender and put on
high far too many times.”

Black Lord, who has two
sons — James, aged 9, and
Dylan, nine months — was
born with cerebral palsy. Since
a neurological accident in °89,
the former North Vancouver
resident has been. wheelchair
bound and relies on govern-
nent assistance through GAIN
and Canada Disability Pension
for support.

In September, his wife of 13
months, Colleen Black Lord,
went missing. She suffered
from manic depression and has
not heen heard from since.

Black Lord left the North
Shore in December when he
could not find suitable hous-
ing, and moved his family to a
modified disability subsidized
housing complex near Marine and Boundary in Vancouver.

“I’m considered totally disabled but I don't want to be,” says
Black Lord, who would like to provide for his family. He wants to
attend the Vancouver Film School for training as a computer ani-
mator.

That’s why reliable transportation is so important. It takes him

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45 minutes to get to the nearest store by wheelchair, he said. And
HandiDart, which must be booked days in advance and doesn’t
accommodate young children, is not an option for him.

He has 2 1980 GMC van but it’s in such disrepair that the
Canadian Paraplegic Association, which has a wheelchair lift ready
and waiting, won't touch it.

Centenniai Theatre: Art
by Donglas Rac and
Jeremy Walters can be
viewed noon to 4 pam.,
Mon, - Fri.

Dundarave Cafe: Realism: and Whimsy, Paintings by
Margaret Key. To April 11. Opening reception today at 4

Ferry Building Gallery: Under the Influence of Light, pho-

m

tographic exhibition by News photographer Cindy
Goodman. To March 23. Colour Concept: Still Life and

Landscapes, the praire-

ings of Leonard Brett

and Jin Jickting.

March 2% - April 6.

Opening reception at

6 p.m. Artist’s dialogue March 25 at 1] a.m. and
April 1 at 7 p.m. Hours: [{ a.m. to 5 p.m., closed
Mondays. Info: 925-7290.

Leo Marshall Curriculum Centre, Artists for Kids
Gallery: Bugs, Birds and Beasts, Jack Shadbott’s
first young people’s exhibition. Weekends, naon to
4 p.m. To April 26. Into: 987-6667.

North Vancouver City Hall: Kenneth Patrick

Photo Cindy Goodman

Butler presented by the North Vancouver Community Arts Council. Business hours.
North Vancouver District Hall: A Prayer for the Species. Valerie Metz’s colorful mono-
prints. Sponsored by the North Vancouver Community Arts Council to March 27.

Business hours.

North Vancouver Museum and Archives: Fireaes. Historic photographs look at the rolt
flumes pleyed in the transportation of shingle bolts to the mills of Burrard Inlet. ‘To April

30. Info: 987-5618.

Seymour Art Gallery: Discovery 97: The Darker Side. Annual juried exhibition featuring

the works of 40 artists trom the greater Vancouver area, ‘fo April 6. Gallery hours: Tues.

to Sun., 12-4 p.m. Info: 924-1378.

Silk Purse Arts Centre: Capilano College students in second year illustration and graphic
design, March 11 to 23. Watercolors, oils and acrylics for sale. Presented by the West

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NEWS photo Mike Wakefield

NORTH Shore “Harvest hero” Randy Srendeland (right) exemplifies community spirit, according to Harvest Project founder David
Foster (behind). Brendetand “adopted” Shane Black Lord and his sons James, 9, and Dylan, nine months, at Christmas and is now help-
ing to raise funds for a new wheelchair-lift-equipped van.

“When we go to church on the North Shore, | end up praying
ali the way there and all the way back that it won't break down,”
said Black Lord.

That’s where Brendeland comes in.

See Hero page 14

An evening
of flamenco

Oscar Nieto — dancer,
singer and artistic direc-
tor of Mozaico
Flamenco — brings
Anda Jaleo, an evening
of flamenco dance,
music and song to
Presentation House
Theatre Saturday, March
22. Pictured with him is
guitarist Gerardo Alcala.
Also featured are North
Van cantaor-guitarist
Paco De Leon and
dancers Veronica
Maguire, Mario Lopez
and Fiona Johnson.
Tickets, $17.50 and $15
are available at 990-
3474.

NEWS photo Brad Ledwidge