LIFESTYLES
Coordinator oversees
Biock Parent
‘program for the area

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“As Block Parents, we have no
legal status except that of private
citizens who. have been screened
by. the police and have agreed to
act. as sensible adults in an

. emergency involving the: children
of our community.” '

Run entirely. by volunteers, the

’ activities of the program are coor-
dinated . through elementary
schools. Walmsley is. the; school

coordinator: for Fromme elemen- -

tary school in North Vancouver.
Children. learn about the North

Vancouver Block Parent Prograrn .

from their teacher, the - school

committees.

Quarterly Block Parent occur-
rence reports are sent to the B.C.
Block Parent advisory committee
for statistical purposes.

The effectiveness of the Block
Parent program is monitored
through the occurrence reports,
which are sent to the area coor-
dinator from the school coor-
dinators, who receive them from
Block Parents in their neighbor-
hoods.

People interested in becoming

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Block Parents may contact their | DOROTHY LYNAS students join schoo! board chairman Don Bell, retired trustee Dorothy. Lynas,
local elementary school or the principal Jim Petersen and Parent Council president Brenda Jorgensen in celebrating the
RCMP community policing office | opening of a new classroom addition at their Oct. 7 open house. :

at 985-1311.

_. coordinator or the RCMP ‘school
liaison’ officer with the aid’ of
-: posters, books and. Block Parent-

; approved movies. |’.

In- North Vancouver, public”
schools are divided into 31 zones.

. Each zone has.a coordinator who

“oversees the school within their
- given zone...

An. area coordinator’ oversees. 4
the school coordinators and helps «, f
‘administer -the.-North Vancouver ;
Block Parent Program..

The. school coordinate? FS role is
to. recruit: “new. Block - Parents
through distribution of application
forms, ‘and’ to deliver: signs to.
them when they have. been security
. Screened. :

or: prograin, coor-

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Siepepen’ "=" (| WITCH APPLES ARE YOU ORGANIC HAS NO_

FEEDING YOUR KIDS? PESTICIDES APPLIED .-
“Apples had 80 residues on 16 samples ... a a
that’s. a lot of pesticides!”
-Author/researcher David Steinman, who
‘reported the results of the largest pesticide.
study yet undertaken, in. his extensively
-researched book, “Diet for a Poisoned
Planet”. This U.S. F.D.A*government study
. formed the basis. for a substantial part of
the new food policy, recently announced by .
“President Clinton. ©

NY. Times... Sunday june 27 and Monday July 5

d ends and’ holi “Major landmark in the history of food safety ...
portant uring 2 Bla ok P: and. nol recommends, ‘Remove those pesticides that cause
oid arents are . {Fil the greatest risk from the market.” “By the time the
requires ne average child is a year old, he or she will have

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pesticides from just 20 commonly eaten foods.” —

of “elementary. ‘school-aged | .
Steinman recommends that consumers buy {f

- children to care about child safety.
Retired citizens ‘and single people organically grown apples whenever possible.
“United States Food and Drug Administration. Total Diet Study, 1986

| ORGANIC APPLE PIES

: Homemade from Scratch

: CAPERS OWN $
| FRENCH VANILLA ICE CREAM 3 Titre

Most of us have warm memories when it comes to apple

pie and ice cream, Unfortunately, today’s reality is likely.

to include some unpleasant side effects - pesticide residues on the.
apples, chemical dough conditioners in the flour, and preservatives in

a0 1 *vork all day. the ice cream. Not ours!

Even if you do, “few hours. a.
week is: still ahelp.:. This. is: im-

“We have a large shipment of Martin Rothe's ss beaut new crop p of
GOLDEN DELICIOUS apples from just north of Oliver in the Okanagan. “B-
D” Agriculture is the highest quality, most comprehensive organic growing

‘ean be Block Parents.
method.

3). There - are enough Block

Parents already.
‘Phere .aren’t. Every Block
»- Parent isn’t available all the time.
- We can never have enough. Block i
~ Parents. : | | fi Nes " si
2 4. Pll always help, sign or not. ; A , 4 Mh i
Most children are taught to be 4
“wary of: strangers. Our Block
Parent sign lets them know you’re
a stranger they can trust because
you've. been checked out by the
police. —
5..1 don’t want to open .my
home to strangers.
"You don’t, have to. All you're
doing is giving sanctuary to a
A: “frightened, lost or hurt child and
" contacting the proper authorities.
~.For more information contact
the crime prevention unit at the
» North. Vancouver RCMP detach-
ment at 985-1311.

FORGANIC APPLE/ ¢ fos |
| BLUEBERRY CRISP24>

; Our baker Robert has a great recipe for Crisp .
On top of that we don't know anyone who uses so many
organic ingredients - a. blueberries, lemons & flout :

Okay, Okay, we put sugar in these ones! We ;
think a little treat once in a while is actually fine. What we do .
like is our erganic flour from Andy & Anita's in Sardis.

Our chef, Charlene, suggests our organic Stir fry served
in your own individual wok, right at your table. Fresh daily seafood 4:
and pastas, and of course, you can order our fresh organic apple pie

and ice cream for dessert.
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