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_ f Community, workshop help â€" ssm P 7 9 s ltlime with him so he gets what y Far PP 4 eâ€"wants." . Ir/z /47 J b is tG d d t Mr. Bennfitt saysâ€"that help is one reason he was able to price â€" Ken arrls e ].n epen e n and eventually buy, his owlr)x CB f i to Ken, both | re%elvfe yi t tel K f / _ than anyone really expected great assistance to Ken, afortunately, en‘s By Gary Nyp :md fe fznctions wi);h mli),%cmal morally.__ and _ financially. newfound independance is not a This week is National Week supervision. Because Ken receives very common one among the menâ€" â€" for the Mentally Handicapped.â€"â€" Fror a man who just recently little money she lowered his ‘ tally handicapped. There â€"are Toâ€"mark the week, various printed his own name for the rent. : various factors. associations dealing with the |first time and is just learning to _ Ken has needed a lot of help, First of all, someâ€"of these mentally â€" handicapped. _hold> say ~his address, Ken‘s . both from his instructors and people ~are~ not ~interested in their annual Flowers of Hope achievementsâ€" have_ been. the community. _But Mr. Benâ€" living on their own, partly campaign. remarkable. nett says, although he probably becauseâ€"there is ~not "the Flowers of Hope is the major ‘ * Both Mr. Bennett, manager of (t:ou}c{n’t l:na}:(e it vqthgutt ttl;]e 4 ks fundâ€"raising campaign put _On the workshop, and Ms:â€"Cooper, training he has received at the o by these associations. Ken‘s life I;kms instruc?or, wprkshpp,y_“the onus has to rest necessity or _because they Tes=fo :« ; _ admit they did â€"not think he‘d â€" with Ken." 3 simply don‘t wish to. |_â€" > ST. MARYSâ€"Ken Hartis iS "ooo og well as he has. "‘This is something he wanted _ _| _ A lot has to do with society‘s his.own man. f HBut we were both obviously _ and worked hard to achieve. He attitude towards thesepeople as Each morning he gets out of wrong," says Mr. Bennett. hasn‘t let anyone down." well, says Mr. Bennett. bed, eats breakfast and, "rain $ffs ~Pessann. hf landlady Both Ms. Cooper and Mr. "When you. look at.it, we‘ve or shine,"‘ walks to work where _ alls Ken "an excellent tenant"‘ _ Bennett.can talk for hours about taken awesome strides in this he does such things @8 W000~ T7 cops his apartment clean, _ Some of the litfle problems Ken particular field. But we‘ve still working, ceramics and cooking. », 4. °_ n,, t[)’other the other tenants _ hasS encountered along the way. ~| ; got a long way to go." After his work day is OYer) h€ â€" " / O Qrwavs pays his rent, $135, . For instance there was the | _ e says there are several | > returns home â€"to his own 3: tiae ys pay M ‘ _ time when Ken, who recognizes [=4 people in the JameshPurdue apartment. s food by looking at the pictures workshop alone who are en liertis is 40 years o}d and t AKZl:)r'T;Deigsf::tc tozzi}&i;e;?g on the can or package, bought probably capable of living on i oo did Sn nncten moiraa r(:as onsil?le citigen in the beets which he thought were their own. But getting landlords for the last year or so. con?muriit raspberries. to accept them is another thing. Elizabeth Pearson says he First th};re was misfortune ‘"Do you remember that?" "We‘often write to thoseâ€"box makes an excellent cup of tea When his mother died about two â€" 28ks Ms. Cooper. Ken nods and numbers in ads and get no while Barbara Cooper is imâ€" SR? a. o. Ken was faced with _ Sthllés. reply. Or we.call and the landâ€" oi e aia ts %,he tasl% of tending to a large Theâ€".community has assisted lord says the apartment has apple sauce. Al Bennett, on the h by himself ‘ rézs just been rented." ofer hand is fascinated by.his o(L)nset: Â¥ t}lxmtse r;aw necessit Ken in those situations, Says Mr. Bennett says landlords â€" CB receiver. M 5 Bo eatt grealized Ke);i Mr. Bennett. f are afraid these people might All three are extremely prowd ra d fn?’ d ller "more ‘"The downtown merchapts damage their property or scare ; of him â€"and just as surprised. neeke x onC sns dei' M have been especially supportive |â€" off pofentia) tenants. Ken Harris is mentally WOT 3 he z]acc;{)mntlo %lfmt' ;i _ and helpful. They don‘t hesitate "And I‘m not about to say that o on a in maa ne MAHPt fremms er:ietre wml? at . to spend just. that liffle. exbe8 all ~â€" mentally _ handicapped James Purdue Workshop for the _ ""TS5: ea;st}),n e °a (}foc al ) 8 â€"â€"=â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"==== | people are model tenants. That Mentally Handicapped. He can ih‘et‘ :\jor $ I?p x?anm Puein would be lying. But many of neither read nor write and has a hm *"‘i 1ves thiog Hixs! cami these people certainly deserve _ definite speech problem which tersnx'mo;é e"u.tgv e â€"and deeen makes him extremely difficult f° d?}‘_" eg $ denst Mrs. Pearson‘s gamble with to understand at timés. in gean. mt fltns Flow Ken has certainly paid off. Yet he has coped with his new . and gentle per sonfl $ f ers 0 f H ope "T‘ve had far worse tenants," situation. He has coped better _ Mrs. Pearson has been o â€" she says. What‘s more, Ken realizes what she has done for him. 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