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Young. people: ‘don’ t
really have much of a

say in school or in the .
This . time | I.
decided to give the
younger. set.a chance to |

media. .

voice their feelings. |

“This issue the
Reporter

Inquiring
asks:
most

people today?"

mentally
says that although | the

youngsters only moved in
recently, he’s

and that there are no signs of

° neighbors. facing any of the

problems that North - Van
. District residents had feared.

“And the next step, he: says, ©

will be to. open up group

homes: for similar kids in the .

. district, as well. as in. West
Vancouver.

The aim of the association

is to help retarded children

who would otherwise be in
impersonalised, outdated
institutions to live in their
home communities
family environment.

And members point out
that since these children
come from all districts on
the: North Shore that it is
necessary to have such
group homes in all three
municipalities.

WEST VAN
Brown seems encouraged

with the attitude in West
Vancouver and feels the

association is getting amore ~

positive reception than in
North Van City.

His experience is that

there is generally a sympathy —
the physically han- .
dicapped but some people

for

have a misconception about
the mentally handicapped —
a fear that they are “some
kind of monsters.”

West Vancouver council,
though,
awareness with the true
situation and a sympathy and
receptiveness about what the
association is trying to
accomplish, Brown says. —

“They understand our
problems and what we have
to go through and want to be
as helpful as they can within
the perimeter of their
bylaws. And that is fair game
as far as I'm concerned.”

Unlike West Van and the
District of North Van, the
City requires consent by 60
per cent of the households

within a 200 ft. radius of a.

building for which per-
mission is sought for

2

~ “What are : the.
important
problems facing young .

Executive director of the
- retardeds’ .
association, Arthur Brown, |
. the

“association’s first application
already

pleased with the way the.
arrangement is. ‘working out

in a-

is showing greater

Debbie Farrelly
North Vancouver — .

I think too many students

are. dropping out of school. I
think. many students ° are

bored. -

rezoning from residential to
group home use.

This was. ‘responsible for
collapse of the

for a home: in the district,

when a neighbor. who op-.
posed the idea organised. a

campaign to get the idea
killed.
Many oe aes

application played a part in

its failure. District council:

were almost simultaneously

asked to approve a gfoup

home for prison inmates and

. some feel the two Projects ;
- became confused. _

Because ot the refusal, the |

association had to pull out of

a deal to buy a house at 1027

Cloverley Street, for which it
had already put down a
$1,000 deposit on a selling
price of $90,000.

STILL BEING SUED

The owner eventually sold
the home for $94,000 and,
on the advice of her lawyer
Ron Vaage is still suing for
the. $4,000 difference. The
association ‘had offered a
total of $2,000, which has
been rejected and the matter

‘ "TREES AND
"SHRUBS

WEST VAN

2558 Haywood at
25th just off 25th
& Marine Dr.

to learn, but L. don't. like this.
unnecessary Pressure...

+ at. the $90,000 home on

ies ; Capilano

association’s timing in the |

_ the arrangement operates.

children we would have no

. there are no people kicking
: the door down. .

Plant a
for best results!. &

: 922-2613 :

Richard Cristobal "Steven Gebert |

Robyn Prait aoe
meouver North Vancouver North Vancouver. os
Nereachers. ‘Sometimes: I Parents. Sometimes it is | School and teachers, q SS OO mat
think our teachers give us éasier to talk toafriendthan think teachers are too tough - Maybe its
too much work and not aparentwhocan'trelatetoa on students. I. would like — ve no goals
enough time to do it. I want young person’ s ‘problems. teachers to “listen to and. poor employment

understand students 1 more. a udents are

is now .set for a _ court .
hearing.
Brown says he is still.
. disappointed about such an |
attitude and adds: “I can’t |
understand people like |
that.” —

Meanwhile, he _is
projecting for an open house

‘Road, when
neighbors will be invited to [
call in at the house and meet &

‘the people there and see how |

Brown says of the home: —
“This ,is a group home: for
fairly long term care. Every
one ‘of these children have
potential. ”

"During school hours they g
attend Prince Charles
School. At all other times
there are staff available at §
the home, who work ona §&
split shift basis.

Brown says: “There will
always be a waiting list for
such facilities. If we opened &
up another home for five

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