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possession.

Birch was required to per-
form'25 hours of community
work service.

Before Judge J.K. Libby
in West Vancouver provin-
cial court on Jan. 30: /

David Ross Johnson, 22,
of Vancouver, received 24

‘months’ probation after he
- pleaded guilty to stealing
money the property of the

Globe and Mail on Jan. 27 in

West Vancouver.

’ Johnson was required to
perform 59 hours of commu-
nity work service,

Before Judge Reginald
Grandison in . West
Vancouver ‘provincial court

on Jan. 29: .

Craig Michael Curley, 21,
of North Vancouver, was fined
$500 after he pleaded not
guilty to impaired, but instead
pleaded guilty to the Jesser or
included offence of driving
without due care and atten-
tion.

The original = charge
stemmed from a March 1i,
1995 incident in West
Vancouver.

Lloyd Stephen Whitnack,
29, of Coquitlam, was fined ‘a

-~total of $600 after he pleaded

guilty to:

B® possessing a stolen licence
plate on Nov. 28, 1995 in
West Vancouver;

7 driving without insurance
on the same day.

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BY MAUREEN CURTIS
Contributing Writer

WHILE various focal
organizations are cele-
brating May as “Child
Care Month.” they are
also Jooking back on the
achievements of the past
few years with cautious
pride.

There is still much to be
done and what has been won,

- could, conceivably, be lost.

Significam improvements
have occurred since the the
inception of the North Shore
Childcare Resource Society
about five years ago.

In the past, the working
parent got little assistance
when trying to find a spot for
a child in one of the handful
of registered daycare opera-
tions or one of the small,
scattered home-based opera-
tions.

After NSCRS was
formed and hired staff, one of
their first projects was to
compile listings of the unreg-
istered daycares that could be
used to help parents obtain
child care.

They also offered the day-
care operators services such
as training and group insur-
ance.

A municipally funded
study pointed the way to
other unmet needs, such as
infant and toddler care and
_care during non-traditional
hours,

About a year ago, NSCRS
and several other interested
agencies came together under
the title COPPS
Coordinated Opportunities
for Parents’/Professionals*
Skills.

“COPPS is a nice reflec-
tion of the North Shore and
of a community coming
together to work cooperative-
ly and collaboratively — as
opposed to everyone doing
their own thing,” says
NSCRS executive director
Sheila Resels, who also
chairs COPPS.

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North Shore Neighbourhood
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Some of the May Child
Care Month events COPPS is
sponsoring includes the Lynn
Valley Day Child Care
Month Resource Fair, May
25 af Lynn Valley Park and
displays at. the North
Vancouver municipal halls.
North Shore Health, North
Shore Neighbourhood House
and North Shore Playcare
Society.

According to Resels, sev-
eral initatives, such as wage
supplements for low paying
childcare jobs and funding
for emergency repairs to
facilities, have demonstrated
the progress being made.

But more must be done.

“Child care should be an
essential service that is sup-
ported and funded... Studies
have indicated the impor-
tance of child care as part of
our infrastructure.” said
Resels.

She would like to see fur-
ther stabilization of the child-
care system:

“Ic is very precarious —
completely market driven.
We need funding to stabilize
the system so that long term
planning can take place.”

The child care system is
fragmented and tends to be
associated with women's
issues.

NSCRS. located in
Edgemont Village, has grown
to a staff of eight and is fund-
ed by the Ministry of
Women’s Equality, the three
North Shore municipalities,
and pruject-specific federal
grants.

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