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Police Sergeant is Guest Speaker Durham Shelves Plan to Sell Town Section Twn The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Decemher 5, 1979 3 McGregor Drugs Receive Citation from Cham ber of Commerce Sergeant Roy Hobbs, of the Durham Region Police, chats with Carol Barraball, Chairman of the Town of Newcastle Block Parents at a meeting held in Bowmanville last week. Sgt. Hobbs is looking over a map showing where Block Parent Homes are located in Bowmanville. At present, there are over 300 Block Parents in the Town of Newcastle but more volunteers are still needed in order to completely cover the town. Sgt. Hobbs was the guest speaker at last week's Block Parent meeting. He is with the Durham Regional P6lice crime prevention bureau. Block Parents Hold Annual Meeting Here Sergeant Roy Hobbs of the Durham Regional Police was the. guest speaker at the general meeting of the Block Paients which attracted about 60 people to the Council Chambers in Bowmanville on Tuesday, November 27. Carol Baraball, the new Chairman of the Central Committee, introduced the other members of her Comit- tee, among them: Barb Wood, secretary; Lynne Lemieux, treasurer; and Janice Slo- combe, Sue Bradley and Laura Robichaud, publicity and education. A film entitled "Where Can You Run?" was shown for the benefit of the new Block Parents. It explains the use of the red and white Block Parents sign and how it offers refuge to children frightened by bullies or animals or who are lost. Children are to be taught to recognize the sign not the bouse as the sign is only visible when a Block Parent is at home. Sergeant Hobbs who is the co-ordinator of crime preven- tion atd acts as a trouble- shooter for the Durham Regional Police, thought the gathering to be the largest he had spoken to since the Block Parent program began in the Town of Newcastle. There are seven localized committees in Newcastle and elsewhere in Durham, Block Parents groups have been formed such as in Uxbridge, Port Perry and Blackstock. Sergeant Hobbs and a couple of the members of the Central Committee will be visiting the Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education in Cobourg to discuss the absenteeism pro- gram. This program relies on volunteers, the involvement of which is one of the most difficult tasks Block Parents face, and means running a check on children absent from school to make sure they are actually at home ill and are not missing or have not Registry Plans to sell the Bowman-- ville Registry Office were temporarily shelved last week along with plans for a $6.5 million addition and renova- tion at Regional Council headquarters in Whitby. Durham's regional council voted last Wednesday to refer plans for the sale of the registry office back to its management committee. And management commit- tee chairman Alan Dewar promised that the issue would be discussed with Newcastle Council before any final deci- sion is made. He said this course of action should have Fine Sev s Trespas At Darlii Seven Darlington protestors were fined last week for their part in a demonstration at the site of the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station June 2. Three of the demonstrations were fined $200 for para- chuting over a group of about 1,000 persons assembled at the nuclear power protest. Dan McDermott, of Willowdale; Garry Byer, of Downsview; and Margaret McCaw, of Canton, Maine, were among five members of the Green- suffered a mishap on the way to school. The main topic of Sergeant Hobb's talk was drugs which he illustrated with photo- graphs and the paraphernalia of drug use. He explained that children aged eight years and over know more about drugs than any other children in history. He spoke mainly about marijuana; hash, which resembles a brick of choco- late; and hash oil which looks like molasses. Having receiv- ed a recent list of the street values of illicit drugs from the R.C.M.P., Sergeant Hobbs quoted a price of $60$80 for one ounce of marijuana, $80-$100 for liquid hash and $1200 for 14 pound of solid hash. LSD is obtained in pill form but is often liquified and put on ordinary , looking blotting paper. Sections of the blotter are then chewed on by the user or sold one square at a time. Another way of hiding the drug is to put it in liquid form on a sticky part of an envelope which can then be carried around without arousing suspicion. Eighteen years ago when Sergeant Hobbs said he began his career as a police officer, he could tell young people congregated on a street corner to move along and even "kick a few butts" if they objected, but today he is told about civil rights and the young people will state they are on public property and in fact they are within their rights. Sergeant Hobbs made re- ference to items found around the home which young people are sniffing and which have resulted in fatalities such as Pam, the cooking oil spray; airplane glue; nail polish Office been taken in the first place. The Durham Region's management committee was recommending that the 1.52 acre Registry office property on Liberty St. North be sold for $144;000. This amount of money would be used towards the estimated $450,000 cost of preparing plans for renova- tions and expansion in 1980. Newcastle Mayor Garnet Rickard urged that the New- castle council be consulted on this matter. He said he wants the office to remain in Bowmanville and asked for a thorough discussion of this matter. en for iing rigtoh peace organization who para- chuted onto the Darlington site last spring. Earlier, two other parachut- ists were fined $200 in provin- cial court for the same charge of parachuting over an open air assembly without permis- sion from authorities. Four persons were convict- ed of petty trespassing at the Ontario Hydro site last week. They appeared in provincial court in Bowmanville Wednes- day, November 28, and were remover and Liquid Paper, the typewriter correction fluid. Parents always want to know what physical signs will indicate to them that, their children are using drugs. As a father, Sergeant Hobbs says don't be afraid to be snoopy and look in your children's rooms. If a student's marks suddenly decline and his or her parents are receiving letters from school about their child's lack of interest, these could be signs. Other indica- tions could include an increase in temper flare-ups and poor physical appearance as well as poor hygiene. Borrowing money or stealing from the home and wearing sunglasses to protect sensitive eyes could indicate the need to look for help. At this time parents may not want to confront their child although they are suspect and Sergeant Hobbs suggests that they call the Drug Abuse Centre in Oshawa, their minister or priest, their child's high school principal or the Youth Bureau at the Police depart- ment. This Bureau consists of persons trained to help young people under the age of 16 and offers guidance even to parents who are reluctant to give their names when they call. Reasons for drug abuse have been cited as an unhappy home life on the part of a child, but Sergeant Hobbs believes peer pressure and the availability of large sums of money are conducive to the illicit use of drugs. 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Grand opening ceremonies were held last Thursday morning and those participating in the C. of C. award presentation were from left, John Pogue-Chamber director, Art Evans-McGregor's co-owner, Norman Webb- Chamber pres., and Mark Borutskie-McGregor's co-owner. fined $25 each. Of the more than 60 indi- viduals arrested on the Ontario Hydro site last spring, close to 50 have been convict- ed of petty trespassing; five have been convicted of para- chuting over an open air assembly without permission from authorities. One of the persons found guilty of trespassing told provincial court last week that he would go to jail rather than pay the $25 fine. John Willis, of Toronto, told Judge John Bark that authorities should write the warrant for his arrest now. The alternative to the fine is three days in jail. Judge John Bark said in court last week that state- ments about the dangers of nuclear power had no place in the court. 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