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Wednesday, December 29, 1999 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER A5 B o x in g B lo w o u t! E v e r y tin g M u s t G o ! Monday - Thursday December 27 - December 30 PARROW'S Photo by Peter C. McCusker F orm er H alton Regional Police C hief Jam es H arding, Joined PEA CE graduates K risten M etcalf of Georgetown, M ike M cD onald of O akville T rafalgar, Shilpa Joshi of Nelson HS Burlington, A m anda Liverm ore of Acton, Kevin Seym our of Q E P O akville, H eath er C am eron o f M ilton DHS, Ryan Sood of M M R Burlington, Saskia Lee of Iroquois Ridge HS O akville, Ian D 'C osta of S t T hom as O akville and Stephen Hyde of G eorgetownalong with cu rren t police chief E an A lg ar. LUGGAGE & LEATHERGO O DS 154 C h u rc h S tre e t, O a k v ille (9 0 5 ) 8 4 4 -4 0 2 1 P o lic e c e le b r a t e 10 y e a r s o f P E A C E By Claudia D'Souza SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER O ver the past 10 years, the term peace and goodwill toward men has special meaning for scores of high school, students across Halton. They are the graduates of the Police Ethnic and Cultural Education (P.E.A.C.E.) program offered twice a year by the Halton Regional Police Service. The 12-week voluntary program is designed to expose high school stu dents to various aspects of policing and to educate them on ethnic and cultural issues in our community. Through semi nars, field trips, panel discussions and cultural celebrations held once a week, the diverse group quickly bonds and gains a deep understanding and respect of racial harmony and how crucial it is to policing. On Monday night, the last 11 gradu ates of this century joined with past P.E.A.C.E. students and coordinators during 10th anniversary celebrations held at the Halton Regional Building. "The idea of the P.E.A.C.E. program was to ensure our community is sensi tized to the fact racial discrimination can take hold of a community very, very quickly," explained guest speaker, for mer Halton police chief, James Harding. "It's a means of selecting fine, young people and welcoming them into the Halton Regional Police Force before they have their passions or ideas or sens es cemented in place. Every time we graduate a class we have a handful of well-informed young people who can challenge the evil mindedness of racial discrimination and open the doors of communication." Instrumental in getting the P.E.A.C.E. program off the ground a decade ago, Harding challenged Halton Regional Chair Joyce Savoline, Don Robinson, chair of the Halton Police Services Board and Ean Algar, current Halton Chief of Police to use these students as a peace corp within the community "to stand on guard to fight the evil of dis- crimination." "From my observations. I'm con vinced racial and cultural discrimination does not have a foothold in Halton and that it is not welcome in Halton," noted Harding. "That was one of the objectives of the program and I think it's a success. I also think it's like a ring, it has no end there is no end to our commitment to securing racial and cultural harmony for the people in our community. It's an on going process." P.E.A.C.E. graduates, Shilpa Joshi, from Burlington's Nelson High School, and Stephen Hyde of Georgetown District High School spoke of their 12week journey. "Each of us had our own expectations at the beginning of the program, but we didn't know what we were getting our selves into," admited Hyde whose career goal is to become a police officer. "We learned a lot about race relations, hate crimes and discrimination. We learned that the police are human beings, too." "One of the most effective sessions was when a panel of officers answered our questions about policing and asked us questions about youth today," says Joshi. "We learned a lot about each other. It's opened up my eyes that racial dis crimination does exist and what has to be done to prevent it from happening." Joshi and Hyde say one video they saw on a white supremacist group had a lasting impact on them. "It's scary," Hyde said. "It's good to know things are being done to prevent this kind of hate from spreading." For more information about the RE.A.C.E. program, call Constable Diane Hendrey at 825-4747, ext. 5100. Fall Bridge Lessons The B rid g e C entre h a s o ffe re d th e b est in b rid g e lesso n s fo r o v e r six te en yea rs. 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