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"These people are not different from you and me. They happen to be in a situa- tion where they need help. They get help and they move on," she said. But Jon Connolly, whose wife works at the daycare, disagreed with Schlichter's characterization of the homeless. "It's a well-known fact that there are mentally defective people among the homeless and a lot of strange behaviour," he said. And putting a housing project beside a daycare will just add to the problem, he Neighbours and parents of children in day care were invited to an information session at the K-W Bilingual School last week, where they were given the opportu- nity to ask questions from regional and SHOW officials. Besides, residents have nothing to fear from the homeless, she said. Darren begault, a nearby resident, said that the neighbours realize homelessness is a problem and they want to do some- thing about it. Bin he questioned the rationale for locating the home in an area that already faces struggles. _ "We hifire student housing to deal with, we have a dump just down the road. We den? peed anything else," he said. The housing project will be staffed 24- hours a day, seven days a week, which should alleviate some concerns, said Deb Schlichter, a board member at SHOW. The region, in partnership with Sup- portive Housing of Waterloo (SHOW). is planning to open a Mrapartment perma- nent housing project for the homeless beside the Waterloo Infant-Toddler Day- care Association on Erb Street, The decision was met with outrage and passion from the nearby community. who embraced the "not in my backyard" label. rustrations boiled over during a Fpublic meeting last week as neigh- bours and parents decried the region's decision to open a homeless housing project beside a day care in the city's west end. Tempers boil over at homeless , meeting BY GREG MACDONALD Chronicle Staff Continued on page 6 Waterloo collegiate institute's Nicole Roeder comes in for a landing dur'ing the WCSSAA_senior girls long- jump competition last Thursday at Kitchener: Centennial Stadium. The former junior OFSAA gold medal- list in the long jump was trying to get back to provindals. Resurrection, powered by Waterloot Maddie Buttinger, won the District-8 team title while Cameron Heights won the WGSAA title. Soft landing ”Imam commemorates 20 yearslPage 12 MADD Waterloo “SE88 WLU grads help Wal-Mart go green/Page I 9 ARTS F0008 Seussicallunior Page 26 Pampering 8 Results 51 9.578.2828 1MttteUgttrtqtttttNtttt UFESTYLE Only $50 In May