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t 14 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanvillc, May 13, 1987 Section Two Celebrated 50th Anniversary on April 1 Mr. and Mrs. Dirk Bylsma celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on 1 April 1st, 1987; They held an Open House on April 4th and had a lovely supper and evening with friends and family. They were married in Holland in 1937 and ! have lived in the Bowmanville area for the past 24 years. They have seven ; children, 23 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Mr. Bylsma had one sister from Holland and Mrs. Bylsma had two brothers from Holland Î; attending. Police Notebook Have you ever noticed that some Police cruisers are station wagons with the ; words "Community Ser- • vices" written on the side? ; But what exactly is "Com- ; munity Services", you may - ask? Whàt duties do the of- [" ficers in that unit perform? ( If you- would like those '• questions answered, read ' on. The Community Services ; Bureau is centrally located [at 18 Division in Whitby. I •am one of the nine people . who work in this Bureau, ' and it presently consists of: ; one sergeant, seven constables, constables, and one civilian - member. Let's meet the [guys and girls who work hère. ; Sergeant Earl Whittick is lour boss. You will see as you read this article that this 'bureau covers a very wide , range of duties, and it is : Sergeant Whittick's job to •'coordinate our efforts and ; make sure the bureau runs ismoothly. Sergeant Whit- "tick was in the Navy before 1 starting in the Police Force, and, in fact, is the only ex- ; military man in our unit. At lone time quite a large num- ■ber of men came to the [Police after leaving the Military--not so common •today, though! His Naval [past still shows through •today, as he is an avid sailor •and has his own sailboat. [When the weather warms •up most of his weekends [will be .spent on the lake Iwith his family. Sergeant •Whittick came to the Force [via the old Whitby Police •Department.. Constable Anne Crawford [works in a section of our bureau called "Victims of Crimes". Anne's job is to keep people appraised of how the Police investigation investigation is progressing in relation relation to the crime committed against them. Anne deals [mainly with victims of assault, assault, robbery, or those who have had their homes broken broken into. She tries to help them cope with the crime by being there to talk, lend moral support, and as a referral referral person to the different different agencies that might be able to help the victim. 1 first met Anne when I was a recruit at Police College. At that time she was the first female recruited into the Oshawa Police Force, and when all local Police Forces combined in 1974 to form Durham Regional Police Force, she was the only policewoman. 01 course, now she is one ol many! Constable Mike Bcvan, like Anno, used to be a member of the old Oshawa Police Force. Mike is really into sailing, and is the "Rear Commadorc" of the Whitby Yacht Club. Mike loves to race his sailboat and has been very successful successful at it. Mike has been in this bureau for a number of years, and presently works in the "Crime Prevention" section. His main responsibilities responsibilities arc in the following following areas: Neighbourhood Watch, Home and Business Security, False Alarm Program, Program, and Bike Theft Prevention. Prevention. Kristina McCann is our only civilian member. Kristina Kristina worked for a number ol years at 11.Q. in Oshawa, taking taking on various tasks in Communications Communications and the main office. Upon promotion she was transferred to our bureau, where she works mostly with Mike, helping set up Neighbourhood Watch groups and co-ordinating co-ordinating the ones already established. In her spare time Kristina is an assistant Cub leader in the 5th Whitby Boy Scouts. Constable John Logan is the third member of the "Crime Prevention" unit. John's police career started with Metro Toronto Police and he later switched to the Oshawa Police Department. John's main tasks are in the area of Drug Abuse Prevention, Prevention, Anti Drinking and Driving Programs, Business Security, and Liaison Officer Officer to the Block Parent organization. organization. Worthy of note is the fact that John took a drinking and driving presentation presentation to every secondary secondary and high school in the region last year, and all students students at those schools attended attended the lectures. In fact, John is often asked by large companies such as Ontario Hydro and General Motors to give presentations to employees employees on drug abuse and impaired driving. This brings us to the third, and final, section of this bureau: the "School Safety" section. Myself, and three other officers teach Safety and Crime Prevention lessons lessons to students from kindergarten kindergarten age, right on up to grade 13. We also help organize, organize, train, and monitor school Safety Patrollers that many schools have to help children get to and from school safely. Any safety problem to do with children going to and from school is looked into by us. This means we have to work closely with the various municipalities, traffic engineers, engineers, school bus companies companies and local school boards. I share the Oshawa area with Constable Jerry Dionne. Jerry was an Oshawa Generals player just prior to joining the Oshawa Police Department. Jerry is still very much involved involved in sports, but now in a coaching capacity, for local hockey and baseball teams. Besides taking care of schools in the "North End" of Oshawa (north of King Street), Jerry is a member of the Substance Abuse Council for Youth in Durham Region. Constable Nancy Dillon has the Newcastle area: that is all points in the region region east from the Oshawa Town Line and north to the ICirby area. Nancy has a special assistant with her when she's teaching younger students. She will often bring along "Cory Careful", a Cabbage-Patch Kid dressed up as a Police Officer! Constable Peter Wraight works the west end of the region. This means that Peter has the schools in Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, and north to Beaverton and Cannington. Compared to the rest of us, Peter easily puts the most miles on his cruiser, and it's easy to sec- why! Peter has lived in the Bowmanville area for a number of years now and coaches "Slo-Pilch" in his spare time. Well, there is only one- person left: me. Like Constable Constable Wraight, 1 started my police career with the On tario Provincial Police. We both ended up as members of the old Whitby Police Department Department before Regional Government. My area consists consists of the "South End" of Oshawa (south of King Street), but I have some special classes and two high schools (Courtice and Eastdale) elsewhere in the region. Like Nancy, I too have an assistant for the junior classes. His name is Peter Playsafe, and he is a puppet dressed in police uniform. He was handmade handmade by my wife, Jacky, and I carry him around in his lunch-pail "house". As part of my job I like to write articles articles for the local newspapers newspapers and do some television work at Rogers Cable TV. In my spare time I enjoy gardening, gardening, playing badminton and tennis, and last but not least, playing tuba with the Whitby Brass Band. Finally, if there are any special events taking place, Community Services Officers Officers are often involved. In particular during "Crime Prevention Week" in the fall and "Police Week" in the spring we will mount a display at the Pickering Town Centre (fall) and Oshawa Centre (spring) and "man" it during the week. In fact, "Police Week" is coming coming up from May 11 to May 16. Why not drive by the Oshawa Centre and see our display? Bring the kids too, as Rocky the police robot will be there. The theme this year is Bicycle Safety and Rocky would just love to have a chat with your children about it. STOP PRESS: We are now 10! Constable Lynne ICan- tautas has just been transferred transferred to our bureau. Welcome Welcome aboard, Lynne. Congratulations, Congratulations, and all the best for your future. Busy Schedule For "Retired" Music Man Ross Metcalf Ross Stuart Metcalf of Hampton and environs may have retired earlier this year from his music consultant duties with Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education. But, so far he's had little opportunity to put his feet up and contemplate his future, he's too busy. A week ago Sunday morning, he was filling in for ailing Elsie Drygala as leader of the Oshawa Festival Singers at Trinity United Church. And this week we received a newspaper named The Temiskaming Speaker mentioning the fact that Mr. Metcalf had been chosen as one of the adjudicators for their Music Festival May 4 to 0. A photo making him look much too old was included with the article. They flew him up there again May 1st to adjudicate a performance by those who had been chosen for scholarships by other adjudicators, adjudicators, We also learned In passing that ho had been adjudicating Choral Music contestants April 13 - 10 at the second largest Music Festival In the province at Snull Sto. Marie sponsored by the Kiwnnls Club. Joy Worry is crowned Queen of CHS formal MS Fund-Raisers Report Successful Weekend Blacketock and Area Newa by Joyce Kelly A large crowd gathered at the Nestleton Community Centre on Saturday evening for the 29th Annual Annual Cartwright At Home. During the evening the At Home Queen and her entourage were crowned. Joy Werry was crowned by last year's Queen Karen Kyte as were the princesses Leanne MacDonald and Christina McLean. Congratulations to the staff and students on such'a successful evening and beautiful decorations. Saturday also proved a good day to hold an auction sale as two area residents - Mrs. Ivan Mountjoy and Mr. and Mrs. John Kristensen had successful days. Best wishes go to the Kristensen family as they move to an apartment in Oshawa. Bryan Mountjoy of Richmond, British Columbia was home on the weekend to assist her mother with her auction sale. Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Kelly, Elizabeth, Elaine and Esther were Mr. and' Mrs. Bob Fetch, and Catherine of Aurora; and Mrs. William Kelly of Bobcaygeon. Sounds of music filled the Blacks lock United Church on Sunday Sunday evening as New Jerusalem, a group of talented young people from Cannington entertained the crowd with a musical production. This inspirational inspirational production entitled "Celebration 87" is the tenth musical production that New Jerusalem has presented and is composed of favourite selections from their past nine cantatas. This ministry of music was another way for the congregation to celebrate their 100th anniversary. This weekend was the weekend for the annual trek to Mohawk Raceway for many local couples. Those who enjoyed a weekend away from home and the kids were Neil and Elaine Bailey; Grant and Heather McLaughlin; Neil and Kathy McLaughlin; Blair and Janet Martyn; Gary and Carolyn Mountjoy; Mountjoy; Jim and Alice Waldriff; and Glen and Janice McCoy. Many family gatherings were held over the weekend to celebrate Mothers Day. Nestleton-Caesarea Newa by Mabel Cawker Caesarea News At the Wednesday evening euchre the following are to be congratulated congratulated - first prize went to Judy Wes tall with 85. Second prize - Mary Foots with 81. Low score - Del Marlow with 52. Paul Krawetts held 14 lone hands for the month of April. Our warmest congratulations to all. Lunch was prepared and served by Linda Hughes & Anne Harran and a nice social time followed. The Pancake Breakfast on Mothers Day Sunday, was very good with a fine attendance and sumptuous sumptuous food served nicely. This is a first for the Caesarea folks...you'll hear more about these annual breakfasts in the future...you can count on that I IptY-tClÇ I Wilma Paul, an MS Society volunteer, was selling carnations on Saturday at ;= e «S?^ manvi i le Mal1 - Local fund-raisers were responsible for selling close to 15,000 blooms during the weekend. And early estimates indicate that the Society is closing in quickly on its goal of raising $10,000 from the Town of Newcastle area. Thanks to the generosity of residents in Bowmanville, Newcastle and Orono, the volunteers managed to collect over $7,000 in donations on Carnation Day held Saturday, May 9. ■! v, !i ;i r,. t Why Do Some People Only Advertise When They Are Going Out of Business? Efit Canadian statesman 62 King Street West, Bowmanville 623-3303