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The video called â€" A New Beginning â€" was recently aired for the first time to members of the media, parents, Syl Apps staff, and students. "It was basically to show a more realistic view of Syl Apps through our eyes, what we thought of it, to inform the community â€" lawyers, media, parents â€" for a better underâ€" standing of Syl Apps," says Deanna, a Hamilton girl, who lived at the centre for eight months in 1992. > The CBC item focused on physiâ€" cal abuse that residents allegedly were subjected to at the campus. The reporter concluded with the comment, "The fear is that it‘s only a matter of time until broken collar bones become broken necks, or worse." Eleven youths have created a 45â€" minute video to tell the other side of the story at the Syl Apps campus of the Thistletown Regional Treatment Centre. MISREPRESENTATION Deanna â€" a pseudonym because she didn‘t want to be identified â€" said the CBC news item aired March 1993 on CBC Prime Time misrepresented the situation at Syl Apps on Iroquois Shore Road. By BELINDA SUTTON Special to the Beaver A CBC news item claiming physical abuse at an Oakville youth treatment centre is oneâ€"sided, say current and former residents of the centre. Deanna, 16, said parts of the CBC news item were true, but the clip failed to tell the whole story. For example, she said staff must sometimes reluctantly restrain resiâ€" dents, but it‘s done to keep the youths and staff safe. Deanna, who was at Syl Apps because of psychological problems, said she and others in her communiâ€" cations class at the Syl Apps school Sy1 Apps residents set record straight with video In this week‘s ‘Dollarmania‘ flyâ€" er the ‘ESPN Baseball‘ Super NES game cartridge featured on page 7 will not be available. We apologize for any inconveâ€" nience this may have caused. Kmart Canada Limited CBC news item on abuse oneâ€"sided decided to do a documentary on the real story of the facility. Their teachers, John Lynch and Violet Aziz, helped brainstorm ideas and set up interviews for the video, which was made using equipment from Syl Apps and the Halton Board of Education. The video â€" showing daily rouâ€" tines and exploring youths‘ feelings about the facility â€" was filmed over a twoâ€"month period a year ago. CANADA‘S SLEEP GALLERY â€" YOUR ONEâ€"STOP SIMMONS HEADQUARTERS Nine of the youths involved in the project were from the facility‘s treatment program and two were from secure custody. CHALLENGES "There ~were challenges," Deanna said of the filming. "Sometimes, we‘d all get frustrated, but we tried to stick together. We learned coâ€"operation. I think a lot of us became better friends." Deanna, who is back living in BETWEEN WINSTON CHURCHILL #403 OFF DUNDAS BEHIND AIKENHEAD‘S 2520 BRISTOL CIRCLE OQOEW the community, said she feels good about the video‘s results. "I feel we said a lot that needs to be said." Syl Apps helped her through a difficult period in her life, she said. "To me, it‘s a place that kept me safe from myself . . . I just.couldn‘t be out in the community (at the time) and this place really, really helped me." Mitchell, 15, pseudonym for another resident, said he has never 10â€"9 SATURDAY SU]NDAY DUNDAS 1862 DUNDAS ST. SOUTH SIDE OF DUNDAS ST BETWEEN 427 DIXIE QUEENSWAY seen any abuse at the facility in the almost 2 1/2 years he has been in the secure treatment program at Syl Apps. "I think it‘s excellent here. It has very good teachers and the staff is good. If I wasn‘t in this place, then I can tell you one thing â€" I would be in a lot deeper trouble because of my problems before." "I‘ve improved 1,000 per cent here." INTERAC DIRECT PAYMENT