Chris Bryan
Contributing Writer

A last minute cancella-
tion by Gordon Wilson
for Wednesday night’s
general meeting of the
North Shore
Association for the
Mentally Challenged
(NSAMH#) left organiz-
ers scrambling for a
guest speaker.

MLA Jeremy — Dalton
agreed that same afternoon to
stand in for the new Minister
of Education, whe filed to
provide a reason lor his change
in plans. “To suppose it had
something to do with the job
change, and I suppose they
couldn’t fer us know that,”
said Barbara Rodger, director
of community and resource
development. “But had be
cancelled two weeks ago, it
would have been a lot easier to
take, I think.”

NSAMH 1s 4 non-profit
organization that works in
partnership with people with
disabilities and their families to
achieve increased  indepen-
dence.

Dalton was among several
local politicians who joined the
more than 150 people on hand
atthe = North = Shore
Convention Centre for the
event

Radger calls “a big celebra-
tion with a liede bitty business
at the end.” The evening
kicked off with the comedy

Wednesday, September 29, 1999 — North Shore News -- 13

troupe Stave Door, comprised
of SiN persons with mental
challenges, who put on improv
routines that called on audi-
ence participation.

Thirteen special recogni
tion awards were given out to
people who made outstanding
contributions toward the goals
and objectives of the associa-
tion.

Ed and Dona Gushue test-
ed out the two Adirondack
chairs they won as the winners
of the honorary lifetime mem-
bership award. The couple was

n a local no-show

part of a group of parents who
formed NSAMH back in
1956, rather than to allow
their children to be institution:
alized. In the past 43 vears, the
Montroyal residents have given
consistently of both their time
and their money, said Rodger.
Their new chairs were built
atoan) NSAMH-sponsored
woodworking shop staffed by
people with mental challenges.
Linda and Robert
Naughton, owners of the Tim

See NSAMH page 24

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Patients who opt for this kind of alter-
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