Recently Trevor, who is the secretary of the Youth Crime Prevention Committee, was selected to attend a national youth crime prevention conferâ€" ence in Miami. He came away from the experience with a sense of urgency. He felt relief knowing he was heading home to a relatively safe community, but compelled that programs be put in place immediately to maintain a safe Oakville. "It was definitely an eyeâ€"opener," said Trevor. "It‘s a way of life down there...weapons, drugs. I don‘t think it should ever be accepted in society as a way of life. If we don‘t feel safe in our communities, then we‘ve lost everyâ€" Trevor is not alone. He and fellow members of the Oakville Youth Crime Prevention Committee have been hard at work in recent years recruiting memâ€" bers and planning and organizing special events and displays. t 14, Trevor Buttrum already has a finely developed social 3. conscious. He likes Oakville, feels it‘s a safe place and he wants to keep it that way. And although swamped with schoolâ€" work and extraâ€"curricular committâ€" ments, the teenager is dedicated to sowâ€" ing the seeds for a safer Oakville. By KATHY YANCHUS Oakville Beaver Staff Youth receives eyeâ€"opening lesson in crime prevention 24 Hour Snowphone 878â€"8455 or call 878â€"5011 or 878â€"4476 *WEATHER PERMITTING, BOOMERANG LIFT ONLY Organizers, fellow sponsors, volunteers and community groups welcome 8 am â€" 3:30 pm *March 28 =â€" April 4 The Oakville Waterfront Festival salutes a new major sponsor. anizers, fellow i)onsors, volunteers and community groups welcome the 300 employees c wish you smooth sailing with your move into the Oakville business community this April. In four days, Trevor was exposed to some startling statistics and horrific exposes into the bleak state of youth crime south of the border. He attended numerous workshops on such topics as Youth Crime Watch, the studentâ€"led crime watch program that infiltrates many U.S. high schools, delinquency prevention, youth as resources and new projects to fight crime. In the evening, he was one of 80 delegates to attend a youth forum which discussed causes of crime and potential solutions. The report eminating from this forum, which t.hing." Lift Tickets Owned Operated by: Halton Region Conservation Authority 2596 Britannia Road West R.R. #2 Milton, Ontario L9T 2X6 Trevor presented to remaining delegates on the final day of the conference â€" will FEATURING SUCH ARTISTS AS TRISHA ROMANCE, ROBERT BATEMAN, BILL SAUNDERS, JAMES LUMBERS, CARL BRANDER, ALLAN KINGSLAND AND MANY MORE Surroundings Gallery 125 CROSS AVENUE, OAKVILLE 842â€"0610 WHICH ONE ... PART ONE ? PART TWO2 PART THREE? Câ€" xÂ¥ i1 /4?.\\\ SATURDAY, MARCH 26TH ALL FRAMED PRINTS ON THE WALL Trovor Buttrum E DAY ART SHOW A question and answer session with President Bill Clinton‘s Chief Advisor on Community Safety, Eli Segal, and promotional speakers including the Governor of Florida, rounded out a comprehensive awareness package which Trevor has brought home and will sort through with members of the Youth Crime Prevention Committee. "If I can do something to make a difâ€" ference, I‘m definitely going to make a difference. We have a lot of crime preâ€" vention programs and it feels great to be wind up in the hands "of top governâ€" ment officials in the U.S." The committee, an offshoot of the Oakville Crime Prevention Committee, meets every second Tuesday of the month and is in the process of recruiting new members between the ages of 12 and 19. The once a month meeting is not the only committment required of a committee memberâ€"said Trevor, adding that "working really, really hard on disâ€" plays and on subâ€"committees designing projects" is an obligation as well. Recruitment packages will soon be available at schools without representaâ€" tion on the committee. a member of that team," he added ONNNLOVINNVW SNOT 3 OMILOAT DVIIVINO 3 SINIM YLLOTND % HSMACAIH 3 Sponsorship Heroes by Steve Nease