HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1988-04-13, Page 13At K --VV Whiter Carnival banquet
MP reveals statisticsprisons of and
Cardiff, parliamentary assistant to
Solicitor General Jim Kelleher has
visited many of our country's feder-
al and provincial prisons.
Ile said drug and alcohol abuse is
a tremendous problem, adding, "
Huron -Bruce X11' Murray Cardia
spcaking.t'.) the annual banquet if
the Kirkton-\\•uudhant \Vitaer Car-
nival Wednesday nr..ht revealed
some shocking stati,tt: s concerning
Canada's corre. nun ,er1 t. e s.
DONATE TO POOL- Dennis Richardson of the Kirkton-Wood am Win-
ter Carnival cornm:tl, e presents a cheque -for-$1,000 to Sharon Bick!e_to
be used for the Kiri\: ;-1 .Woodham swimming pool.
Times -Advocate, April 13, 1988
Page 13
correctional services
Almost 80 percent of our current read or write. On this subject, Car -
inmates used drugs on the day they diff said, "We now have an cduca-
conunu►edtheir offences... lion program whereby we hope all
"We have to attack the use .of ollendcrs call have at least a grade
drugs and make people aware. There eight education when they arc re
are too many people behind the leased.
scenes. We must go alter the .sup Any inmates that are gainfully
pliers and peddlers. employed within a prison arc paid
A person depending on crime to 'froth 54.15 to S6.90 per day. This
purchase drugs tnust steal two tele- money may be spent in a tuck shop
vision sets and one VCR each day or used to purchase furnishings for
to keep up the habit. their rooms. No one is allowed to
The local MP said there are have more than $1,000 worth of be -
600,000. alcoholics and 200,000 longings or furnishings which in-
othcrs using cocaine in Canada to c�udcs television sets.. Anything
day. • they have must have been earned in
'Cardiff said he was shocked and prison.
surprised %hen he atiended a recent Winter carnival president Brian
drug abuse seminar in Kenora. 1lardcman was chairntan for the pro -
"About 100 people registered for gram and was in charge of the
the seminar , but more than 240 , cheque presentations.
wanting information showed up." A total of S2,700 was donated to
He continued, '' The big problem the Kirkton swimming pool, the
in the Kcnora area is lite sniffing of
gasulinc.by native Canadians."
Today there are 12,5()0 inmates in
42 major federal and provincial in-
stitutions with another 7,500 on
parole. It costs 541,0(X) on average
to house an inmate for, one year
with parole and mandatory supervi-
sion about one-tenth of that cost.
Close to 70 percent of offenders
successfully complete parole.
About one-half of inmates cannot
GUIDES, SCOUTS ASSISTED - The Kirkton-Woodham Girl Guides and Boy Scouts received financial assis-
tance recently from the Kirkton: Woodham Winter Carnival. Above at the left, Keith Stephens presents a cheque
to Helen Haldeman of the Girl Guides and Ray Switzer of the Boy Scouts accepts a cheque from Tim Shute. Each
group received 5300.
ASSISTANCE FOR MINOR BALL- Tho Kirkton-Woodham Winter Carnival commite recently made donations
to the Blanshard and Usborne Minor Ball Associations. At the left, Gord Robinson presents a cheque to Peter Fe-
dyk of Btinsh.iid rind Alice Wallis of Usborne accepts a cheque from Steve Spence: Each cheque was for 5250.
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Kirkton-Woodhrm Guides and
Scouts, Blanshard and Usboruc mi-
nor ball groups, the James Purdue
Centre and the children's choir in
St. Marys, the Kirkton bantam
eirls ball team and St. John's Am -
butane.
Treasurer George Levy reported a
balance in the treasury of S4,30() af-
ter the donations were made.
The executive for 1988 includes
past president Brian Hard t:111:111,
president Dennis Richardson, Ic e -
president Tim Shute, secrekuy Gtlr.i
Robinson and treasurer George .
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CARDIFF SPEAKS - Huron -Bruce MP Murray Cardiff' chats.with-Kirkton
Wcodham Winter Carnival president Brian lf- rdeman and vice -preside
Dennis Richardson.
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