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i i ) Kids with Nowhere to Go Debbie's a good kid. Her teachers say she's a little on the quiet side and lately she often seems tired and nervous, but she's very anxious to do well in school and never causes any trouble. Needless to say, everyone was very surprised when they learned that Debbie had left home and was considering dropping out of school to support herself. Why would a 16-year old like Debbie leave home? Was she involved with the wrong boyfriend boyfriend - or maybe drugs? Couldn't she abide by reasonable reasonable family rules? None of these is the answer. - Debbie's parents are separated. separated. Her mother has moved th another community and has made it clear that she can't cope with more than her own ça re. Debbie has been living with her father and younger Brother for a year and a half. $he took on a lot of the household household and babysitting responsibilities responsibilities and felt rather proud that things ran so smoothly. She knew her father was proud too, and grateful for her help. But all that changed three months ago. That's When Dad's girlfriend, Jean, moved in. Jean didn't mind that Debbie did most of the chores, but she sure was ready to find fault when things weren't done her way. She Wouldn't allow Debbie any time alone with her father and Kept implying that there was something unnatural about their relationship. She made lip stories so that her father no longer trusted or believed Debbie. Jean was making life at home totally intolerable for Debbie, and her Dad didn't seem to see what was happening.; happening.; He wanted peace in the house again and had accepted Jjean's verdict that it was Debbie who should leave and support herself. Debbie knows that a decent future requires a high school diploma at the very least. She's wanted to become a nurse for as long as she can remember and her Dad used to encourage her. Now he just says it was only a dream and they couldn't afford it anyway. anyway. So now she's out of the house with nowhere to go. Her friend's parents have agreed to let her stay for a few days, but they can't keep her indefinitely. indefinitely. She's talked to the Social Services worker, but until she establishes a fixed address she isn't eligible for student benefits. Neither he nor the school counsellor could suggest a place to live. She would be more than willing to do housework or babysit to help pay her way as long as she can stay in school. She'd prefer to live with a family rather than in a room by herself. -- but it really doesn't matter because there doesn't seem to be anything available either way. Debbie is a fictional character character but her story is very real and far from the worst we've heard. In the last few months, the Social Planning Council has been contacted by a number of individuals in the community who are desperately desperately trying to find decent housing for young people age 16 and over. With the breakdown breakdown of the family that is occurring today, more and more teens are finding themselves themselves in impossible home situations and through no fault of their own they must find other places to live. School counsellors and Social Service workers are frustrated in their efforts to help them. Family and Children's Services (Children's Aid) has the man Mm-ufsmnsi /• * m I THEWS MOB EFUTUHE W A DAT SUM HOME OF THE FUEL ECONOMY CAR. MIDWAY DÀTSUN 1300 Dundas St. E., Whitby 668-6828 date to help children up to age 18, but receives funding only for new cases that come to them before age 16. Consequently, Consequently, there are an alarming alarming number of young people in the Town of Newcastle who are being emotionally and or physically abused at home but are forced to stay because there is simply no place to go. Many more are literally being kicked out by parents who can't cope with their own problems problems and see the teen as one more responsibility they just can't handle. The Social Planning Council is looking at a number of ways to assist these young people. One obvious suggestion is to lobby for better funding for Family and Children's Services. Services. Another is to establish a halfway house which would provide a place to live and at the same time offer support and counselling to both the teens and their families in an effort to reunite them where possible. But these goals take both time and money. So right now, we are trying to establish a list of places where these young people can live. There is an appalling lack of affordable affordable rental housing for anyone in the Town of Newcastle on a limited income. A full range of housing is needed. Some older students simply require a quiet, conflict-free room of their own. Others, like Debbie in our story, would like full room and board and a family that would care about her ~ not as foster parents, but as friends who could be happy with her when she does well on a test or encourage her when she's feeling low. Social Service Service workers will determine if the need is legitimate and, if the student keeps up her or his attendance and grades at school, money is available for basic living expenses. Think about it carefully. If you have room for one of these young people, or if you'd simply like more information, please call the Social Planning Council at 623-6646, The secretary secretary is there Tuesday and Thursday from 9 -12 a.m. At other times please leave your name and number on the answering answering machine and we'll get back to you. You might make the difference in helping a young person to become a responsible member of our community. 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Inc m.\ owntr vl llir Wi-iglii W.ilchm «ml Quick Slut ludcin.ik». ■ I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I J The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, January 11,1984 3 B.H.S. NEWS The Bowmanville High School boys' basketball teams had rather successful outings last week. After sweeping all three games in Port Perry on Tuesday the teams managed to win two out of the three games against Paul Dwyer from Oshawa at home on Thursday. In Thursday's game, the B.H.S. midgets emerged victorious by a score of 46 - 35 to even their season's record at three wins against three losses. Brian Noble led the Bowmanville attack with 18 points, followed by Chris Beck with 12 points and Shawn Healy who added 10 points. The B.H.S. junior team also made it two victories in a row by edging Paul Dwyer 37 - 34. Dan Peters was the top point- getter for Bowmanville collecting collecting 10 points, followed closely by Jay Kelly and Rod Tukker who added nine and eight points respectively. The B.H.S. senior team, after collecting their first victory of the regular season against Port Perry in overtime, overtime, could not duplicate this feat on Thursday and as a result the team dropped a 49 - 38 decision to Paul Dwyer. Ryan Brown netted 14 points for B.H.S. followed by Jamie Baxter who hit for 10 points. Also George Wind accumulated accumulated eight points for Bowmanville Bowmanville before fouling out. By Sam Laskaris The fact that Bowmanville's starting centre Steve Brown didn't play also may have aided Bowmanville's downfall. downfall. All three Bowmanville teams have two important encounters encounters this week. Yesterday, Yesterday, the teams travelled to Pickering to face the Trojans, and tomorrow the teams will have to play the very powerful O'Neill Redmen from Oshawa. k Ac the (Rest in Sight' shorney^ opticians BRIAN C LARSON - 30 KING ST. WEST 623-4477 Manager BOWMANVILLE Announce Engagement Keith and Daphne Whiten of Bowmanville are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Paula Margaret to Paul Steven, son of Harry and Mary Cooke, also of Bowmanville. c Letters to the Editor Dear Johnny I am confused. In the interesting interesting exchange between Anne Cowman and Keith Slemon we learn the taxpayers taxpayers are subsidizing the fitness centre by about $3 plus each, according to Anne, which would be about $7 for my wife and myself. Mayor Rickard says the subsidy amounts to about $1 per capita so now we two only contribute $2. Would someone on council please announce just how many dollars the shortfall is? If we get that amount perhaps we can figure the rest ourselves. ourselves. Went to our School Board Meeting at the High School a while back to see what I could learn. One of the earlier items to come up was whether we should spend $6000.00 to $9000.00 on teaching the art of skiing and snow shoeing. Apparently, Apparently, we own lots of equipment equipment but it was decided the money we do not have. Takes me back to when I was a bit younger and Cliff (Une.) McMullen and myself decided we would like to enjoy the snow. So, we got one of those round cheese boxes and made it into a neat little toboggan - for one person. Two barrel staves developed into a pair of skiis and after school we headed for the woods and ski- tobogganing. Wè had a luf of fun that winter. Snowshoeing came later, in a winter when we had tremendous amounts of snow. Neil McMullen and myself decided we would snow shoe to Orono. It was disappointing disappointing in that the snow wasn't all that good where we wanted it - along the sides of the roads. We had gone perhaps perhaps one third the distance when a baker came along and he invited us to pile in the sleigh as he also was heading for Orono. Where we got the snow shoes and how we got home I have no idea. I believe Di\ Wilson was the chairman of| the meeting and he seemed to run things quite well. If hje neederj ify help, on his left was Hr.. Sifton ($68,163.00) and on his right Mr. Bird ($53,550.00). There was another table with four men at it and I think it was marked "Administration" and if I am right then these four will be in $60,000 bracket plus a thousand or two. So, you can see money for ski instruction instruction might be hard to come by. Anyway, I am not sure if ski instruction is all that necessary. necessary. Mr, Sifton had "Secretary" "Secretary" on his desk though I didn't see him taking any notes. He was due to give a report later in the meeting, but it was past my bed time so I had to miss it. It was a long meeting. In an Oshawa paper, I see that "the Region is in the market for a new billion dollar computer to handle its billing." billing." A little later it says "The total cost for the new system is estimated at more than $800,000.00" and later still "The Adnet proposal is more than $700.00 lower per month than the next lowest bidder, I.B.M." Alderman McLean (who apparently is on leave of absence from his firm which is I.B.M.) is leading the attack against Adnet as he says "The company is too small and has only five Canadian customers including Dofasco, Stelco, The City of Owen Sound and a Synagogue in Toronto." I would have thought that all companies including I.B.M. would at some time or other have had only five companies as customers even if ultimately ultimately they wound up with 500 or even 5000. If someone would produce a large sheet of paper and in one column list all the costs of the new computer service and in another column list all the savings (which I think would be in the main, salaries of employees who would be no longer needed) perhaps a course of action might be indicated. As I said, I am confused. Morgan Thank You! for your tremendous support since our store opened. Your patronage is very much appreciated, and we will continue to do everything possible to give you, our customers, complete satisfaction. iVS V I.Vvh Men's jeans flow Available Levi's--Santana--Odyssey--Sizes 26 to 40 Ç.G.'s jean Boutique 15 King Street.Cist 623-2820 Bowmanville