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Mayor Baker & Loucks hope
North Shore residents will
workout 80-15 minutes
May 29.

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help for schizophrenics

chers say has been widely misunderstood over the
years. But. it’s actually more prevalent — and less
dangerous — than most Canadians realize.

:. According . to statistics
compiled .by the” Canadian
Friends’ of .Schizophrenics
(CFOS), it is estimated one

‘to two per cent of Canadians .

suffer -from schizophrenia,
with more hospital beds oc-

* eupied.-by ~ schizophrenics

than by. sufferers of
other medical condition.

any

mary dopamine {a chemical)

’ receptors in the brain, which

causes an. overload and con-

. fusion, of. messages to the

brain. ‘The-. schizophrenic’s
‘reaction, to these scrambled
: “may often . be

‘By SOANNE MACDONALD | .

‘now in the process of at-

. misconceptions

: Friends

on housing,
' and~: community

“ other ' individuals describe

strange. .
..A North Shore group is

tempting to correct local
about
schizophrenia. The North
Shore. Chapter of the B.C.
of. Schizophrenia
(FOS) will be holding a free
‘seminar next Saturday at

Lions Gate Hospital focuss-
ing on the treatment of

the illness, with information
rehabilitation
agencies
dealing: with schizophrenics.
Panel discussions will

*. feature top. professionals. in

the field.

Seminars will be limited to
100, with the seminar runn-
ing from 8 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.

Coordinator ‘Dr. Norma
Calder says some sufferers
of schizophrenia describe a
poor sense of body defini-
tion.

“In times of psychosis,

the feeling of having ‘no -

body’ or ‘being outside my
body.’ Whatever the basic
malfunction of brain pro-

Registration forms can be
picked up at the LGH Medi-
cal Day Centre and
Psychiatric Day Centre,

THE FOS wants'to find ways io meet the practical needs of
schizophrenics and promote ¢esearch on the illness.

cesses, we know we desper-
ately need to increase fun-
ding for research into this
brain disorder,’’ Calder
says.

Canora House (322 East
13th St.), the North Shore
Community: Mental Health
Centre, the North Shore
Neighborhood House, the

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‘ DISTINGUISHED VISITOR to West Vancouver, S. Iwasaki, Speaker of the Municipal Assembly of the Japanese city of
: Shimizu, addresses a civic dinner held in honor of his delegation Thursday. Seated, from left, Aid. Alex Brokenshire, inter-

preter Toshi Kikuchi, Mayor Derrick Humphreys, School Board chairman Margot Furk. Other Shimizu guests present were
Y. Kawaguchi, Board of Education president; T. Hotta, Board of Education Manager; and Coordinator Y. Geto.

West Vancouver Memorial
Library and the Squamish
Public Library.

Calder says there are cur-
rently abeut 55 FOS
members on the North
Shore, with 300 members
province-wide. With 10
groups now operating
throughout B.C., Calder
says FOS hopes to have 600
B.C, members by the ead of
1935.

She says the North Shore
chapter has scheduled a tag
day for April 27, when
members will be on hand at
local shopping centres to
distribute information about
schizophrenia.

“Then the hope is that in
*86 we will have sufficient
membership to move to ma-
jor fundraising for
research,”’ Calder says.

“There's still a real stigma
to schizophrenia. Families
usually blame themselves.

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education on the

North

Shore, one trustee was
furious.
Margie Goodman, a vocal

supporter of the govern-
ment’s restraint program had
voted against the motion and
lectured the other trustees,

. telling them that there ‘‘was

no magic money tree in Vic-
toria.”’

“This is totally ridiculous
and totally uncalled for ... we
are wasting a lot of time, a lot
of money and a lot of my
time,’? Goodman said.

“We owe it to the tax-
payers to submit a budget,
this is poor use of time and
done just for the publicity.’’

Goodman went on to ac-
cuse the board of trying to
get extra money ‘‘which will
be put into the teachers’
pockets.”’

While Goodinan was angry
at the Trustees’ action, North
Vancouver Teachers’
Association President Andy
Krawcyzk was delighted,
although he disputed Good-
man's accusation that the
money would only go into
teachers’ pockets.

‘Some of it would cover
legislated increases, but the
majority of the $5.9 million
increase asked for by trustees
would go to. services to-
students," Krawczyk said.

Trustees battle

DR. NORMA CALDER

Yet schizophrenia occurs as
frequently to people as

diabetes does,’’ Calder says.’

“We want to offer people
understanding and e¢mo-
tional support about this il-
Iness, as well as try to
educate the public.””

Krawczyk said the teachers
were presently working on a
‘*yositive support campaign’’
to gain community support
for public education.

However, the president of
the teachers’ association was
upset with having to be put
into the position of defending
an ‘essential service.”’

“It is.an unfortunate situa-
tion when educators are be-
ing put into the position of
having to peddle an essential
service ... providing informa-
tion is one thing, but we
should never be put into a
situation of sell or die,’’
Krawczyk said.

Chairman Margaret Jessup
felt that the community sup-
port for education should be
there and she pointed out
that the extra money being
asked for by the school
district would not represent a
““change in the tax rate in
North Vancouver,”’

If the government
reduces our budget it would
mean a reduction of $60 per
household on the North
Shore Tax rate. 1 feel
homeowners would accept a
no change in the tax rate if it
meant a far better education
system,’’ Dungey said.

The board will deal with
the budget question again at
its next meeting Tuesday,
April 16, starting at 7:30
p.m.

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