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2 The Acton Free Press Wednesday Feb 24 1982 Group home under attack Indians Metis dragged off Continued from page l he says they never staled which ones they agree with On January Stanley says he word from the Ministry that tuff made allegations against the home and was in tied by htm to come and investigate Ministry investigators interviewed only Stanley and his wife Grace who administrator None of the present staff nor any of the residents were spoken to he says A few days later Stanley says ministry staff came and dragged off a 14yearold Indian boy Hi was screaming he want to go Stanley does not know v the boy was taken or to where On February 8 the day before his ICth birthday Brad General was approached by a probation off his bags man office request that he not be moved Finding his life once again apart Brad re sisted resulting in four policemen being called to He was away in handcuffs From there he was taken to the Training Centre in where be was urged to admit be had been beaten while in the Acton home Brad refused The teenager next stop was the Dawn Patrol group home in Hamilton He left shortly after and has been on the run ever since In a telephone conversation with this newspaper from Toronto Brad admitted he was scared He was hungry and cold and had no place to go but could not return to Hamilton He wanted to return to Acton but knew he would Just be taken away again He did not know what lies in his future Sheila Bell 16 who lives in the Stanley Milton home has joined Brad 1 m afraid to come back Sheila said They are kicking out the others Indians and Metis and I be next she told this newspaper Both Brad and Sheila have been in trouble with for a bunch of stuff but would not elaborate Sheila has been ren s Aid Society profile lists her as in need of help to overcome violence anger manipulate and drinking abuse But in her yea half with the she has not gotten into trouble with the law and is straightening herself around Abandonedwhenninemonthsold Sheila has been sent from one foster home to another I m tired of being sent from place to place she cries Davids place is my home I don any other place to She has been told she will be placed in an apart ment when she is 17 old in Jul but she is afraid they will come for her now She t want to go anyplace she sighs The allegations against are lies Sheila bursts out He is a good guy In all her time with Sheila says there has never been evidence of child abuse Sometimes someone has to grab and hold onto us if we re freaking out but that It syour CHOICE to select Actons CITIZEN of the YEAR FOR as of the Year 1981 The following are my reasons for nomination The Acton of a view to honoring a The winner will be the man of the Yew Banquet DEADLINE FDR NOMINATIONS MONDAY MARCH IB Mail your entries to The Acton Chamber of Commerce Box 415 Acton Ontario L7J2M7 Acton Photo Of Camera thaw to Acton TRUST US your 4 PRINTS FROM YOUR FAVOURITE COLOUR NEGATIVE COLOUR Coupon Coupon 278 ADDITIONAL PRINTS 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butterhorns 79 159 mar to farm quantities I here is no other quite like all she says There is no abuse Da has never hurt anyone Sheila says her native rights as a Status Indian are bong violated Her heritage gives her the right louvewherevershewantstolive thetays Sheila thinks is fishy how every child taken tram the Stanley group home has been an Indian or Metis She hinted at discrimination on the tide of government officials Tired of the tear of being taken away and tired of being sent from place to place Sheila and Brad ap proached a Toronto newspaper last week and gave their entire story to them As a result Stanley has been inundated with members of the media wanting the full story He explains it makes It sound as if he complaining when in fact it was the teenagers who stirred up the media hornets nest He fears the publicity will not help In his fight to retain his licence Stanley charges that personal grudges against him by Ron Couptand of the Halton Children Aid Society has resulted in him not getting any children from this area in his home He has to rely on other Societies around the province to send him children These societies In turn can decide when they want to remove a child from his custody The latest to be taken from his home was yester day Tuesday when Society officials had to chase the boy around the home before taking the nine- yearold away Stanley says he heard rumors of his impending removal but nothing else In each case Stanley says fie had not been fore warned the children were being taken Director of Child Welfare for this area and Brads official guardian says Stanley had several days notice of the move Stanley says the entire situation points to discrimination against Indians He notes the children being taken away from his homes are Indians and Metis the whites are not in volved in any of the battles Even though Stanley has been unofficially told the he does not know for sure He rinds that thought absurd Why would I spend on the building and renovations to start the group home only to turn around and beat up the kids and risk losing my Ik race II makes no sense Burlington Julian Reed explained he has been aware of thesltuationforsometiine Now he says as result of protest from two young peo ple removed the Ombudsman is conducting two Investigations into the removal Although he baa heard of allegations against Stan ley and the home he Is not aware of the nature of he charges and the operation He explained that Is privileged information and he will be updated when the Ombudsman report comes back Reed stressed though that the licence cannot be revoked without a fair hearing at which time mony of various people would be heard The char have to be proved before the framed piece of paper can be removed from the office wall This whole thing is very distressing Reed says Reed says ho sees no evidence of prejudice and has been given assurance from the ministry that no Acton High School held a guest the number of candy hearts during the recent have a Heart Week Students Karen Kilner standing Patty Stone and Darryl Johnson recorded the guesses Students have a 927 heart Acton High School students proved they have a heart Students raised recently for Have a Heart Week and plan to purchase two wheelchairs for organizations in town who can distribute them to needy people They easily soared over their goal of Proceeds from the school November dance and the sale of Christmas roses went in to the kitty as did monies raised this month through the raffle of twoheartboxesof chocolates won by Diana Kilner and Laura Spalding and hearts in the Jar guess won by Stone a bake sale and the sale of carnations to be given to a sweetheart or a fa rite teacher Even the high school cafeteria got In the act by donating all money from coffee bought on Friday Proceeds from the Valentine Day dance also went into the fund raising drive Any extra money after the purchase of the wheel chairs will be given to a needy organization Chimney fires Acton firefighters spent the good part of Friday I fighting chimney fires UUCIOIO Their first call was to the Hill home at Crewson Corners with the David Craig home at Ac Ion their second chimney call of the day Fire chief Mick Holmes says in both cases there was no damage more children will be removed from the home by them However he pointed out if the children are put there by individual Children Aid Societies they can be pulled out Reed emphasized there have been no reports to tut office about misdemeanors as long as the home has been opened pointed out Brad was moved because he had been there a considerable amount of time and for him to be moved were made months be- re the charges came up explained Brad is a training school ward The director would not reveal the source nor the complaints against the home but merely stated the ministry is investigating satd while Stanley had foster children in his home in Milton he did not open the Acton opera until November Stanley denies this Stanley points out his staff is highly trained He himself paid for his staff to take an con trol technique program which a course In holding techniques so no one gets hurt All of his staff have post secondary education in with some being for mer probation and parole officers Two staffers Rusty Browne and Brent Racette are Toronto Argonaut football players explains that the professional athletes presence at the home gives the youths someone to look up to and respect Plans are to take the child ren to games this summer and to introduce them to various players We want to give them a unique learning experience he Id Stanley pointed out the damage to the careers and Browne should they be accused of child abuse but the pair know the allegations arc false and everything will be stralgntened out They are not afraid for their careers Carolyn Stanlslow 16 Is a former resident at and G Care Ltd She telephoned the Free Press from Buffalo to Bay she has been on the run since July and now thanks to Stanley her parents and her social worker the is ready to come back to Canada and facethe consequences of her trouble with the police She left Stanley s operation after getting in trou bte with the police She headed straight to Georgia but last November only got as far as Buffalo Now she Is ready to come home In her months with the Stanley s Carolyn said she was never struck hit or abused in any way I was yelled at but never hit she said When she heard of the trouble the group home ts in she had to step forward end defend her friend All her life she was moved from foster home to foster home and was placed in a maximum ty detention centre after running away from a foster home going to the Burlington Youth Centre or to the Acton group home She chose Acton I was happier with Dave Stanley than in any other group home she said and Just cannot be lieve the allegations made against him As the battle continues over who is right and who is wrong Brad lives in a stairwell and Sheila only comes home to sleep She won slay around In the day in case they come for her also Legal wrangles postpone appeal Legal wrangles will postpone the crown appeal of the sentence given to a Burlington driver resports for the death of three Hamilton female cyclists Killed In the accident was a for mer Acton resident Lorraine Robertson nee Richard Valente was fined and had his license suspended for a year last summer by a court Judge sitting as a Justice of the peace said crown attorney Jim Treleaven Treleav en appealed the sentence to provincial court But Valente a lawyer Noel Bates maintains that since the Judge held the rank of county court judge going to provincial court is a step down He has applied for judicial review for an order prohibiting the matter from going before pro vine court judge The application will be heard by a panel of three judges Since no date has yet been set for the review and because it must be heard before the appeal tually impossible for the appeal to go ahead as sch February Bates is on holiday until March l Charged on July 1980 with dangerous driving Valente had been committed to trial in county court but the judge accepted his plea of guilty on the lesser charge of careless v Bruce named to ALSBO committee Actons representative on the Board of Education Bruce has recently been named to the salary committee of Association for Large School Boards of Ontario Bruce attended her first meeting on Saturday The appointment will afford her the opportunity to gain provincial perspective to ALSBO and tion school board trustee Betty Walker the board representative to the curriculum com of while Georgetown trustee Betty Fisher is the curriculum chairman BothFlsherand Walker have held these potts for some time For a great selection and low pnees see Continued from page 1 have lost repeatedly understand why a real She feels Peterson will gentleman and good all come across better with round fellow like Bob voters than the past two Nixon was never elected leaden She can premier and admits she never really got to know Smith though she had nothing against him Mrs Lawson and her daughter left the con feeling quite confident about the next election and with the party looking in pretty good shape bet titan we have for a longtime WEDDING A BANDS low as Size Horn I Sifts Cards Acton PHOTO RE PRINTS of the day you were in the news 8 MOO Efr Cad acton ma