Toys for the needy

Thornhill Volunteer Firefighters placed nearly 200 gift wrapped packages
under the CFTK Christmas tree recently to make sure that children of
families in need would havea very Merry Christmas. The firefighters clean-
ed, rebuilt, painted and polished every one of the donated toys In true
firemen’s Christmas tradition, Volunteer Bill Delaronde sald, ‘The Thorn-

hilf Firefighters would like to pass along a very big
th Santa’s Workshop and we wish each
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.”

helped w

“thank you” to all who |
and every one of you a:

Disabled access design

competition

Municipal Affairs .Minister.

Rita Johnston recently announc-
ed the creation of a Premier’s
Award for Excellence in Accessi-
ble Design. The award is for
buildings which incorporate
design features to accommodate
the disabled.

The award is open to any
building or environmental pro-
ject in British Columbia which
demonstrates a creative ap-
proach to the principles of ac-
cessibility set out in the B.C.
Building Code. The award will
not be monetary in nature but an
attractive form of recognition
suitable for display. Submis-
sions are invited from the.
public, designers, builders,
owners and users. The structure
must be in use by the closing

date for submissions: 4 p.m.

Jan, 29, 1988.

The award is offered in four
categories:

Municipal Projects — any
new or renovated project which
receives funding from a munici-
pality.

New Buildings — any new
construction covered by the
building code.

Renovated Buildings — any
building which has been exten-
sively renovated according to
principles of accessibility.

Special Projects — any pro-
ject which falls outside the
above, including parkways, na-
ture trails, courtyards, landscap-
ing, etc.

The selection panel is chaired
by former Vancouver Mayor Art
Phillips and consists of: Ed Des-
jardins, founding member of the
G.F. Strong Rehabilitation Cen-
tre; Edward de Grey, architect;
Tali Conine, professor of reha-
bilitation medicine; and David

Magnusson, Chief Building In--

spector for the District of Sur-
rey,

An information pamphlet/en-
try form is being distributed
widely throughout the building

announced

design community and is avail-
able from Building Standards
Branch, Ministry of Municipal
Affairs, Legislative Buildings,
Victoria,
phone (604) 387-4016.

Selection criteria are:

Access: the degree to which
the project affords access by all
persons, including those with
disabilities; Integration: the in-
tegration of the barrier-free
features of the project into its
overall design; Innovation:
originality in the barrier-free
features of the project; Prac-
ticality: the degree to which
barrier-free features are func-
tional and useful; Utility: the
potential of the barrier-free

features for use in other settings. -

Examples of barrier-free
features would be: ramps, ele-
vators; low elevator buttons and
drinking fountains; well de-
signed stairs or forms of direct
level access; wide hallways and
corridors; thoughtful use of tex-
tures, colours, and sound to.

enhance accessibility and visibil-

ity; features which assist visually
or hearing impaired persons;

‘design features which eliminate

barriers for everyone, for exam-
ple, fewer doors.

Editorial — continued from page 4

rather interesting question of

how one goes about neutralizing .

the hideous things. And the
answer is that they are removed
from the missile tips and shipped
off to the plants where warheads
are manufactured, recycled, and
turned into more warheads.

The missiles themselves, it ap-
pears, are solid-fuel types of
rockets that aren’t amenable to
recycling. They’ll be fired off in-
to some uninhabited (by
humans, anyway) area of the
planet and exploded, to the
everlasting surprise, no doubt,
of unsuspecting animal species
who- have chosen to avoid

B.C, V8V 1X4 or:

‘ political

itd Phe,

An overwhelmed Capt. John Harker of the Salv.
Bill Delaronde for thelr great contribution of
done,” said Harker. "Now that we know what we've got, we don

It’s going to be a great Christmas.”

gifts to the needy:

ation Army thanked Thornhill Volunteer Firefighter representative
“We really appreciate what these people have
't need to worry that we're going to run out of toys.

3

Council supports Friendship Centre on

Terrace Council has agreed to

‘write a letter to the Minister of |

Secretary of State David Crom-
bie supporting the renewal of
funding for the Kermode
Friendship Society and in favor
of enhancement for funding for
the federal Native Friendship
Centre Programme.

The request for support was
made to Mayor Jack Talstra by
Kermode Friendship Society
Secretary Sarah Bevan, who said
the Secretary of State .provides.,
‘core funding’ ona yearly:basis
to employ four staff members
and to provide for basic opera-
tional costs.

Bevan pointed out to Talstra
the-society’s community involve-
ment in the Summer Youth Day
Camp, the Muks-Kum-ol Hous-
ing Society, Legal Aid Area
Directorship and many other ac-
tivities.

Bevan said, ‘‘To date the Na-
tional Association of Friendship
Centre’s negotiating team have

just recently met with the

Minister and his senior officials.
The outcome was very encourag-
ing’’. Se

‘She said the minister fully
supports. the renewal of the
federal program, but the
Association is also seeking ‘‘pro-

' gram enhancement’’.

Bevan provided a copy of a
presentation given to Crombie
by the National Association for
Friendship Centres (NAFC)
President, Nelson Mayer, which
outlined the need for the pro-
gram enhancement. :

According to Mayer, “The
programme has made, and con-
tinues to make, a significant-dif-
ference in the quality of life for

human activity. _

‘The motives for signing the
treaty appear to be, on Gor-
bachev’s part, removal of the
economic burden laid on his
country of having to be
perpetually prepared for mutual
annihilation, and on Reagan's
part the need to confer a major
triumph on_ his
Republican Party successor.
Gorbachev’s move is a blank ad-
mission that there is in fact a
limit to defense spending, and
Reagan’s action, which flies in
the faces of his strongest sup-
porters, is a sort of backhanded |
vindication of. the democratic
system. .

aboriginal people living in urban
areas."’ He. said that these
benefits include economic,
social development and cultural
enhancement. . a
‘Mayer pointed out -that.:
friendship centres employ about
1,000 people in Canada and
have provided a training base in
various activities for about
30,000 others.

‘“‘Practically all senior
aboriginal public servants have
received. training from. Friend- .
ship Centres that has: been
recognized as a very valuable
skill,’’ said Mayer.

In addition, Mayer said that
76 centres across the country

own their. own buildings. He
said that this represents an in-
vestment of more than: $45
million, which has contributed
significantly to local economies.

In the area of social develop-
ment, Mayer said that friendship
centres have provided an
“endless list’? of benefits which

‘included housing programs, .

alcoho! and drug abuse pro-
grams, court and probation
workers, childcare workers,
cultural youth. programs, elders
programs, ‘recreational ‘pro:
grams, literacy programs and
daycare. ae

Mayer also explained the role

continued on page 18

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The New Year ushers-in a productive period ~~

wherever you put the emphasis. Pleasure and
work mix well.

' A bright new vision of the Future emerges as you
discuss things with a close companion. Money

_ mattersare favored.

Improvements in the financial picture become
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