6 - Sunday, Seplember 27, 1987 - North Shore News lio quick fix LOCAL, drug rehabilitation society is seeking assistance from the North Shore community to put a roof over its head — a worthy request, as the group is trying to clean up our drup and alcohol- addicted youth-gone-astray before they ¢urn into tomorrow's) welfare recipients, criminals or hospital admissions. The Breakaway Drug Abuse Socieiy is temporarily setup in St. John’s Anglican Church hali, but needs a full-time facility to raise its community profile, to of- fer ongoing help and direction to teenagers and young udults in need, and fo succeed in rehabilitating the youngsters — helping them break the habit for life. The society offers realistic role models counsellors who have been there themselves, now re- covering, with at feast one year of clean living under their belts. The North Shore, though known for its high stan- dard of living and its” highly-educated, up- wardly-mobile populace, is not immune to drug abuse by its youth, Like any community, local youngsters, desperate to be accepted, are lured only too easily to the ‘magic’ of getting high. Peer pressure is tough to ignore during vulnerable teenage years when students would rather disappear into the crowd than bear the scrutiny of standing alone. But once gone astray, youngsters can still break the habit with help. Courage, confidence and positive self-esteem can be built, not through a quick fix, but through support, encouragement and = reassurance, which groups like Breakaway offer. Let’s help the group find a home to keep it on the North Shore. THE VOICE OF NORTH AND WEST VAMCOUUEN SUNDAY - WEDNS Soar 1139 Lonsdale Ave. North Vancouver, B.C. V7M 2H4 + euAS 58,489 vices. 980.0511 986-6222 985-2131 986-1337 986-1337 Hartt Shores News, wot woe Display Advertising Classilied Advertising Newsroom Distribution Subscriptions Publisher Managing Editor Associate Editor Jo. Barret bs Nowl VYériint linda Stesvact bots: contents 194/ North Shore bree Preys MEWS photo Stuart Davia PROSTATE GLAND SCANNER made possible by $8,000 donation from West Van Legion...Dr. Peter Hicken (r) displays the new LGH equipment with (1) LGH president SJotin Borthwick and Legion service officer Jim Ir- vine watching. Cheapskate image wrong for N. Shore businesses NORTH SHORE BUSINESSES didn’t exactly cover themselves with glory in the 1986 United Way (UW) campaign and North Van lawyer John Lakes, with 60 or so enthusiastic helpers, has set out to do something about it. Gifts from Lower Mainland businesses large and small (NOT including employee campaigns at the workplace) contribute about 27 per cent of the total collected by the UW. With nearly 10 per cent of the Lower Mainland’s popula- tion, the North Shore’s share should have been at least 2.5 per cent of the overall business dona- tions. Instead, last year’s $17,000 from the North Shore business com- munity worked out at only just over half of one per cent—a max- imum average of around $3.50 per business Jicence. Churchgoing pen- sioners on fixed incomes put more every Sunday in the offertory plate. One major reason identified by United Way researchers for the apparent parsimony of local business managers is a_ false perception by the fatter that the UW doesn’t have mnch to do with the North Shore, that it’s primari- ly a fundraiser for Vancouver charities. The truth is quite the opposite. A whole raft of North Shore-based agencies — from the Crisis Services Society to the ‘Y' — are among the 86 directly funded by the UW. Many others with of- fices overtown, like the Red Cross, the Children’s Hospital and the CNIB, serve North Shore residents equally with the rest of Greater Vataouver. Finally (and often overlooked) is the fact that you can designate exactly how your money is used. If you want to give it solely to North Shore charities and services, just name them on your donation form. The John Lakes team -—~ which turned out in force Friday for the kickoff breakfast of the North Shore United Way’s business cam- paign, attended by MP Mary Col- lins and UW campaign chairman Barbara Rae — are all in favor of charity that begins (and stays) at home. So when they call on you manageis, merchants and en- trepreneurs this coming week, NEWS photo Nei! Lucente 22 YEARS OF FIRST AID... dedicated St. Jobn ambulance instructor and former longtime N. Shore resident Mead Wood (right) is rewarded with lifetime membership certificate from George Litthemoce, St. John Am- bulance provincial secretary. Noel Wright please listen to the LOCAL United Way story you may not have heard before. North Shore business peo- ple deserve better than to be branded the cheapskates of the Lower Mainland! eae COLORFUL COSTUMES of bygone decades (or formals for the shy), costume and door prizes, dancing to the 1940s big band sound, entertainment, food and fun galore are the bill of fare at yer another highlight of West Van's 75th birthday celebrations — the Anniversary Ball Saturday, Oct.24, in Park Royal North. Coor- dinators are Caroline Mason and Betsy Waterbury, with Faye MeMya in charge of the enter- fainment. Tables can be reserved and tickets ($25 each) are now on sale at the West Vancouver Recre- ation Centre, West Van Municipal Halt and the Eagle Harbour Community Centre. vee SCRATCHPAD: Special guest scheduled for the Variety Club’s $150-a-plate gala dinner fast night at the Hyatt Regency, where Bill Bennett received the prestigious Golden Heart Community Achievement Award, was the former premier’s mom, May Ben- nett — making the trip from her Kelowna home at 91 years of age to join in celebrating her son’s honor ... Welcome new West Van business neighbors Peter Liptak, Jill Snyder and Julie Butler who ceremonially open their Dundarave crafts store, “Crafts From fhe Heart", at 2425 Marine next Wednesday (Sept.30) David Wilson, membership director of the 300-member (and counting) West Van Museum & Historiat e@ Sunday brunch e Society, wants you to know they now have a phone number, 926- 2643, at their office in Pauline Johnson School, open each week- day morning until noon. They’re the folk who bring you the “Memory Cruise’’ each year and stand guard the other 364 days on Tiddlycove’s heritage ... Congrats to David Aitken and Peter Wreglesworth, directors of Aitken Smith Carter Architects Ltd. of North Van, on winning Certifi- cates of Merit for entrepreneurship under the federal government pro- gram of Canada Awards for Business Excellence ... More of the same to Dave and Mary Clark, marking their Golden 50 years of togetherness today (Sept.27) with a reception at the Eagles Hall, North Van... And also this sabbath, bir- thday greetings to North Van ac- countant Brian McCreadie. eee WRIGHT OR WRONE: That sauce story is nonsense. Scientific studies have shown that the goose needs more protein than the gander. DAVID AITKEN... business vellence, vX-