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‘Policing is second career for village constable E (Continued from page 1) 2 sures of youth and the predicaâ€" â€" ments they find themselves «. + "g involved in. In August, for examâ€" ple she appeared before Council m during its debate on the Trafalgar Park Mastér Plan to press for m m muchâ€"needed improvements to the E site. In addition to changes to the 2 park, said Van Vliet â€" who d LLSTâ€"87T8/506 *M ‘LS SYaNnd S¢ST IJULN3D NOISTJGQ NV IV _ Come and see why BLOX kids is becoming a success story. MISSISSAUGA CENTR patrolled the area for six nights at 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. â€" there must also be changes in the attitudes of some residents toward area youth who have over time become their "whipping boys." "Where are we to have the young people go?" she asked councillors at the time. "There is no one willing to meet the kids ON THE EGLINTON WAY 418 EGLINTON AVE. W. 416/481â€"7151 halfway." Van Vliet‘s perspective comes naturally. The mother of two nearâ€" ly adult children, she became a police officer much later than most, graduating police college only five years ago â€" the oldest person to ever successfully comâ€" plete the recruit course. While this "second career" is based on solid police procedures, it is also founded on Van Vliet‘s philosophy of treating everyone the way she would like to be treatâ€" ed. As a result, confrontation is generally not her first course of action. Patience, dialogue and other nonâ€"violent solutions must be exhausted first. Still, Van Vliet cannot say enough about those volunteers â€" many of whom don‘t even have children â€" who have been getting behind local youth. "That speaks volumes for sure about the terrific people working in the community," says Van Vliet, ,‘ODEN'Y Mb $ UALIT REWO@D «9‘257- 6366 *# eP L _ PremUn SPECES » Known for high standards of quality and a totally personalized creative approach Greening‘s Custom Framing Art Gallery Inc. 219 Church Street, Oakuille, Ontario L6]J 1N4 (416) 845â€"3868 Serving Oakville for over 16 years. maintaining that most problems stem from young people "who are bored and don‘t realize it." While a permanent youth centre is a goal for the future, the Oakville YMCA has made time for area youths when no formal programs are scheduled. This Saturday from 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. kids can drop by for the cost of $1 to view videos, take part in crafts and enjoy other activities. Although the Y will give them freeâ€"rein, Van Vliet said there are four inviolate rules. : "No drugs, no sex, no alcohol or tobacco," she says. "But you can still have fun without them." With Ang Order 0f %pfi_jfi or More J N:SA.â€"8:30m6Upm 5