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- Orono W..kly TErnes,, WSdn.sday, Jun. 9, 1993 St reet Crime, Prevention rNwcatle N t les explained at Newtonville PS '4' by Carol-Ann Oster The camival was in Newcastle from Thursday to Sunday last week. And for a nice change, (Most of) the weekend was perfect for it. The cainival located behind the Newcastle Arena was due to the efforts of the Newcastle Mini- Blades program. The carnival was held in an attempt to raise funds for the Mini-Blades 1993-94 season. Fun for the whole family was what was found at the carnival. Rides and games provided plenty to do. On top, the GPR Kinsmen provided a dunk tank and the Optimist Club was responsible for the sponge toss. Also lending hands were the Girl Guides and the Oshawa Women Ladies Hockey Association. The carnival was a success in raising monies to be used for next yearsprogram. Pat Allun works at the Mini- is one of the pnizes to bce won for Blades carnival midway. With him the deft of hand. by Carol-Ann Oster Newtonville Public School hosted a presentation by the Durham Regional Police Street Crime Unit, Iast Wednesday niglit. Keith Mondesire, of the Street Crime Unit spoke to the ASG school's parents about the purpose of the unit and of the growing concerns of street crime in the area. The unit was started in 1990- 9 1. The purpose of the unit was to see where problems lie in the Durham Region in the areas of street crimes and to sec if the increasing crime rates of Toronto and Scarborougli were in any way having adverse affects on Durham Region. All members of the unit are trained police officers and most have a background in sociology, psychology and/or youth counselling. The street crime unit is a plain clothesunit. The reason for this is that the belief is that it is easier to get to close to the action and the root of the problem when not dressed in a uniform. The mandate of the unit is to discourage involvement in youth gang or criminal activity. Most of the problems involve kids in the age range of 15 to 17. The unit does flot deal with anyone under the age of 12, due to a law that says anyone under this age can not bce charged. The street crime unit's approacli is-a proactive one and they have three m ethods in which they hope to achieve this. 1. Education. Education involves the youth, parents and the public and involves sharing of Round, round she goes. The Mini-Blades carnival provided entertainment and fun for the whole family last weck. Visual, Art Centre offers. kids summer program, The Visual Arts Centre, Bowmanville, is offering a sum- mer art camp at the Centrc for kids. Ail-day arts and erafts programns wilI bc ld at the centre cach weck during July and August. Spcialj guest artists wiII work with the kids in thc mornings. A basic art program with Jen and Jeff wiIl folow. The [ce for a session, running 'lrom 9 a.m. to> 4 p.m. Monday through Friday is $85; $75 l'or mcm bers l'le special guc-Ss,aIId t1iRI tIeII-cs arc: Rowena Dykins, paper capers, July 5 to 9. Maralynn Cherry, botany and bugs, July 12 to 16. Judy Kendrick, working [rom nature, July 29 - 23. Brad Carson, dramia workshop for kids nine to 13, July 26 to 30. Barbara Kimbali, pottery, August 9 to 13. Wendy Wallace, creative constructions, August 16 to 20. Judy Kendricks, crahLs of' fic' world, August 23 to 27. To register or get more inlformation eall 623-58'31Ior 623 0>270,. nNO 0"TI1C E ANNUAL MEETING MEMORUAL HOSPITAL- BOWMANVI LLE CORPORATION MONDAY, JUNE 215,1993 7:00 P.M. CAFETERIA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-BOWMANVILLE 47 LIBERTY STREET SOUTH BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO FOR PURPOSES 0F: 1. Hearing of Reports 2. Report of Hospital Auditors 3. Election of Directors 4. Revision to Corporate By-Iaws ideas. 2. Strict Enforcement. The bottomn lime is Zero Tolerance. If charges are warranted, charges will be laid. 3. Thorougli case preparation. This insures that anyone charged will go to trial within. six to eight months. Studies show that a) in recent years there lias been an increase in violence among young people; b) crime is becoming more violent; c) there has been an increase in new crimes, such as swarming or taxing. New terms have come into play that describe the type of activity that is occurring today. Swarming and taxing, as mentioned are new crimes. Swarming occurs when a group of anywhere from five to 50 kids gang up on one or two. Taxing is making a person pay for the right to use something that is free. For exaniple, charging to use the bathroomn at sehool. Another term, youth gang, though nfot necessarily new, lias taken on a new meaning as well. The Durham Regional Police description is, "two or more involved in criminal activity as a group or on behaîf of the group constitutes gang activity." The term "youth gang" can be broken up into five segments. The five types are: -School gangs: school aged kids who join gangs just for fun. These youth aie generally flot bad students and do flot suffer from a bad home life. The motivation behind the crimes is fun and therefore die potential for a victim to get hurt is higlier. - Street gangs: Kids who have left school, but want to be successful. Since money equals success, these youth ture to crime to obtain their money through crime. They commit a crime for a purpose and their motivation is survival. - Ideological groups: Youth exploited by a larger organization such as the Heritage Front or National Party of Canada. The organizations provide things that the youth feel are missing from their life such as security or acceptance. - Territorial groups: Gangs that have exclusive rights to a certain territory. These groups are more common in tougher neighbourhoods. In Durham, they are found in South Oshawa and South Pickering. - Corporate groups: Aduits who have made crime a business and exploit young kids. 0f the five types of gangs the Most common in the Durham Region are sehool gangs, street gangs, and the ideological groups. The others are, however, also beginning to surface in the area. The street crime unit reports that there is also a huge increase of weapons being found on the youth. Knives are the weapon of choice amongst most. Police have seized a number of guns as well. A number of weapons are also being made out of simple materials in shop classes. Many of the kids get weapons from home or through break and enter. Some of, these weapons are kept, some sold and some may bce traded for drugs. Since the inception of the unit, there has been an increase in police, involvement withini the schools. The unit is always willing- to discuss a situation or (Coninued page 9)