Bell Island Community Policing Newsletter
"Community Policing - Everyone’s Business"

Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Avalon East District - Bell Island Detachment
Writer/Editor: Cst. Scott Stephenson

Our registration date is Saturday October 22nd, 2001 from 2-4 pm at Monsignor Bartlett Arena. There will also be an equipment exchange at the same time.

The signs for anyone interested in coaching are posted around the community. Please sign your name if you would like to be considered for a coaching position.

Congratulations to Lori Hann who was the lucky winner of our second $500.00 draw. Tickets are now being sold on our third draw. Thank you to everyone who has continued to support our children in their fund-raising efforts.

The Toronto Maple Leafs managed to hold part of their training camp at Mile One Stadium in St. John's in September after encountering problems due to the September 11th terrorist attacks in the United States. The Maple Leaf organization in partnership with the NAHA (Newfoundland Amateur Hockey Association) held a contest for a chance to participate in an on-ice skating session with the big league team. 34 players names in the Timbits to age 12 from the Bell Island Minor Hockey Association were submitted to the NAHA Executive for the draw.
The lucky winners were Charlie Byrne, Terry Fitzgerald, Brandon Lewis, Paul Murphy, Scott Seward and D.J. Zver. Congratulations to the winners. You did an outstanding job. We're all very proud of you!

If anyone has any questions or concerns as to how the names were drawn for the skate with the Maple Leafs, please contact Mr. Gerry Evans of the NAHA at 364-8533, or Mr. Norm King the president of the Bell Island Minor Hockey Association at 488-2073.
SEPTEMBER HAPPENINGS
by Cst. Scott Stephenson

-In the early morning hours of September 3rd a lady walking by a house on Grammar Street noted smoke coming from it. Attempts by the lady to remove the occupant from inside the house were unsuccessful. Sgt. Andrews of the Bell Island RCMP was on routine patrol in the area and happened on the scene and was able to get the man out of the house. The Wabana Fire Department also attended to extinguish a grease fire inside.

-A serious motor vehicle accident on Town Square on September 11th claimed the life of a Bell Island woman. Our condolences to the family.

-A Bell Island man reported to police on September 11th that he had 2 motorcycle helmets stolen. The matter was investigated by police who were able to locate the helmets and return them to the owner.

-On September 14th police took a complaint of a forged cheque which had been passed at a local business. The matter is still under investigation and charges are pending.

-Police attended to St. Michael's School on September 17th after receiving a complaint that one of the students had caused a disturbance. The student, an 18 year-old male was located and charged with causing a disturbance and will appear in court on October 17th.

-Police received a complaint of damage to the seat of a school bus on September 18th. Investigation revealed that a 16 year-old male was found to be responsible for the damage. He has been dealt with by way of alternative measures.

-Charges of causing a disturbance and breach of probation have been laid against a 48 year-old man after an incident at the Royal Canadian Legion on September 23rd. The man will be appearing in court on October 17th to answer to the charges.

-Police investigated a complaint of uttering threats against a Bell island male on September 23rd. The matter is still under investigation.

-On September 24th police received a report of a broken window at Immaculate Conception School.

-Unknown suspect(s) broke a window with a rock at a residence on Quigley's Line. The matter was reported to police on September 27th.

-Also on September 27th a Bell Island resident reported that her vehicle had been intentionally damaged by someone. This matter is under investigation

-A 63 year-old man was found dead inside his Main Street residence on September 29th. The man passed away of natural causes.

-Several ATV complaints have been received at Bell Island Detachment. Inconsiderate operators are reminded that should they be IDENTIFIED by police or other citizens, they will face severe and expensive consequences. Parents are asked to exercise discretion in allowing their children to operate these vehicles.

Further, any ATV being operated in this Province MUST be registered and insured. Police will be paying special attention to this. Operators who attempt to flee from police are subject to Criminal Code charges and having their ATV seized and/or forfeited.

For those of you who can't use a little common sense and when operating your ATV'S, and feel it necessary to spoil the fun for the responsible ATV operators here on Bell Island, it's hoped that you are happy!!!

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE SUPERSTITIOUS

Just a few interesting calculations from the tragedy of September 11th.

-Date of attack: 9/11 9+1+1 = 11
-Sept 11th is the 254th day of the year: 2 + 5 + 4 = 11
-After Sept 11th, there are 111 days left until the end of the year.
-119 is the area code to Iraq/Iran: 1+1+9 = 11
-Twin Towers: standing side by side look like the number 11
-First plane to hit the towers: Flight 11
-State of New York: The 11th state added to the Union.
-New York City: 11 letters
-George W. Bush: 11 letters
-Afghanistan: 11 letters
-The Pentagon: 11 letters
-Ramzi Yousef: 11 letters (convicted of orchestrating the attack on
the WTC in 1993)
-Flight 11: 92 on board 9 + 2 = 11
-Flight 77: 65 on board
6 + 5 = 11

AN OPEN LETTER TO COACHES
by Cst. Scott Stephenson

This is a letter I found in an article I was reading and thought you would enjoy it.

Dear Coach,
Today I entrust to you my most precious and valuable treasure- my child. before I take my place in the stands with the other parents, there are some things I want you to know.
I have worked diligently to instil confidence and self-esteem in my child ever since he was an infant. I have spent hours praising his efforts as he learned to feed himself, grasp an object that seemed just out of his reach or take his first steps. I have encouraged him to set goals and not to be afraid to try new things. I have taught him that he is a good person with many gifts and talents to contribute to his friends, family, school and community. I have shown him how to be proud of his attempts and to have faith in himself. He believes that nothing is impossible if you want it badly enough. He has learned that the greatest compliment one can be paid is to be given the respect of your peers. This is something that can only be achieved by giving your best to every task you undertake. It is earned by finding joy in the playing of the game itself and not in the final score. It is earned by praising the success of others and not begrudging them the amazing feeling of a job well done. I have nurtured my child and watched him become the happy, well- adjusted person that he is today. He desperately wants to prove himself to you. All he asks is your encouragement and the opportunity to give his a.
After today, I will no longer be the centre of his world. Your word will be law and your opinion will be the one that matters most. You have been placed on a pedestal. "Coach says" will be his mantra. You are now, officially a childhood hero. I hope you are prepared for all this job entails. The greatest gift you can give your team is to be fair. Please allow all your children (and they are now your children) the opportunity to play the game. Do not make them suffer the humiliation of sitting through an entire game on the bench. There cannot be a whole team of Wayne Gretzky's. Children are well aware of the fact that some players have more athletic prowess than others. Please do not point this out to a child by telling him that Johnny is a better player than he and therefore gets more playing time. Recognize that these children are more than just players on a team. They are unique individuals each with his own special gifts and talents. Please give each of them the opportunity to shine. All they ask is that you give them a chance. You may be pleasantly surprised at the personal rewards that you receive. You will get more satisfaction from coaching a team of children who are enthusiastic and are encouraged to try their best than a team of top athletes who's only focus is on winning the game.
The title of "coach" does not come without great responsibilities. You have the ability to make dreams come true and also the power to crush them with a single word. The decision to become a coach is not one to be made lightly. It takes a special person to balance all that is required of him as a coach. You have the power to make a difference in the life of a child who may desperately need a positive adult role model in his life.
Thank you coach for making the decision to be part of my child's life. If you need me, I'll be in the stands.
A Hockey Mom

COURT NEWS
by Cst. Scott Stephenson

-A 20 year-old Bell Island man received 3 months house arrest, 12 months probation and was required to pay restitution when he plead guilty to breaking and entering a residence on Church Road. The incident occurred on March 24th, 2001.

-19 year old female received 12 months probation and was ordered to pay restitution after pleading guilty to theft of a bike which occurred on the 22nd of August.

CRIME STOPPERS
by Cst. Scott Stephenson

Did you know
Anonymous tips to Crime Stoppers have helped police solve 1022 cases!
-910 people have been arrested and 2053 charges have been laid.
-$768,484.00 worth of stolen property has been recovered.
-$693,830.00 worth of illegal drugs and contraband has been seized
-$368,800.00 in arson have been solved.
-$389,895.00 in frauds have been solved.
-There have been 54 fugitives arrested
-Crimes of the week solved 29
-$289,408.00 in customs seizures made.
-Awards paid $80,075.00
-Over 4000 calls a year received.

Crime Stoppers is a non-profit community-led charitable organizations that depends on your public donations.

Crime Stoppers offers cash for clues!

If you have information to help solve a crime, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS

Remember, your call is anonymous and Crime Stoppers does not subscribe to call display.

YOUR MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR
by Kerri Collins (BA, BSW, RSW)
Phone # 488-2071

Who Is Your Mental Health Counsellor?
Your Mental Health Counsellor is a trained professional who can assist you in better dealing with any number of problem areas. You do not need to be in crisis or mentally ill, you just need to be having difficulty coping with a problem.

How Do I Get To See The Mental Health Counsellors?
You can be referred by any person, agency, friend, family member, or professional and that person can come with you to your appointment if you wish. A referral from another person or
professional, however, is not necessary to see the Mental Health Counsellor. You can call or drop by yourself to make an appointment. You can also obtain an appointment to discuss concerns regarding someone you care about.

If the counsellor is unavailable when you call, there is an answering service/ machine to leave messages. Only the Mental Health Counsellor has access to these messages.

Remember, this is your service to use how you wish!!!!!!

How Does The Service Work?
This Position is funded through Community Health to meet a need that was identified by your community for accessible and available counselling services. There is, therefore, no connection with any other service previously or presently located in your area, other than as potential sources of referrals and resources.

The service is free of charge, therefore there is no cost to you.

Appointments are usually scheduled for in the office, however home visits can be
arranged if deemed necessary by you and your counsellor.

The counselling is provided on an individual, couple or family basis, with potential for some groups to be offered as need arises. As well, the counselling is confidential.

The Mental Health Counsellor is also available for consultations, presentations and to provide information to any local community or professional group, school class, etc., upon request. The counsellor will also be involved with community development projects as deemed necessary.

What Sort of Problem Areas Does The Mental Health Counsellor Work With?
People could be coming to the Mental Health Counsellor for any of the following reasons:
-support
-family problems
-stress
-information for school assignments
-grief
-adult survivors of child abuse
-gambling
-coping with unemployment
-alcohol problems
-peer pressure
-domestic violence
-teen pregnancy
-suicidal thoughts
-referrals to other services
-problem solving
-drug addiction
-coping
-alcohol/drug/
-gambling
-problems in the home
-parenting
-problems with parents
-anger management
-divorce/relationship problems
-sexual assault
-crisis intervention
-self -esteem
-loneliness
-coping with mental illness

Or any other area which is causing problems for you or someone you care about. Please feel free to call about any concerns. If the Mental Health Counsellor cannot help, they will refer you to someone who can.

BELL ISLAND FOOD BANK by Marilyn Sheppard

We would like to inform our clients that November 1st registration for the Salvation Army Christmas hampers will be taking place. It will be held at the OLD MUSEUM BUILDING on #2 Road. It will be a one day only registration between the hours of 10am and 4pm. We strongly encourage anyone who will be applying this year to be there between those hours. THERE WILL BE NO REGISTRATION TAKING PLACE BEFORE THIS DATE OR AT THE FOOD BANK. We ask everyone to have their ID'S with them or we cannot register you. Please do not send anyone in to register for you, you have to come yourself. The Salvation Army have set down strict guidelines this year and we are only here to make sure they are enforced. This is not a project of the Food Bank we are only volunteering to help them. Thanking you in advance for your co-operation.

On December 1st we are having our Christmas Raffle at THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB from 6pm to 9pm. There will be a ham and turkey raffle spin wheel, plinko board, bake sale, craft table, spin wheel for chocolates and salt meat and refreshments. Anyone wishing to make a donation of any of these goods would be greatly appreciated, if we need to pick it up please call us at 488-2656.

SENIOR CITIZENS INFO

Join the Bell Island Peer Advocates for Seniors at the FUN and INFORMATION AFTERNOON
on Tuesday, October 30th 2001 at 2:30 pm. at the Royal Canadian Legion.
Elizabeth Noseworthy will discuss accident prevention for the indoors and outdoors. Everyone is welcome.
For information or transportation, call: Dorothy Bonnell 488-2694
Thelma Harvey 488-2160 Gladys Hookey 488-3159

BELL ISLAND BRIGHTER FUTURES
by Hollie Neary
Program Coordinator

To: Mom/Dad/Caregivers
Re: Free Family Programs

I would like to take this opportunity to tell you a little about Brighter Futures programs that are currently being offered on Bell Island. Brighter Futures is a project funded by the Canadian Action Plan for Children (CAP-C) which is a project of Health Canada that offers programs to children ages zero to six years and their families. These programs are offered free of charge with transportation and child care being provided when needed to attend different programs. There is no criteria required to be part of these programs, except a child must be accompanied by a parent or care giver. We do have a program, starting October 3rd, that a child can attend without an adult. This is our Cooking With Kids Program for ages 3 to 6 years which allows children to cook fun foods with others there own age. Remember, any children and their family can attend if they are part of the Bell Island community.

I would like to invite you and your children to attend any program which may be of interest to you. All programs are optional, you can attend when ever, how often, and be involved as much as you wish. The programs deal with dramatic play, creativity, water play, entertainment, story time, and special days, just to name a few. Our core program, Parent's & Tot's, is currently being offered on Wednesdays and Fridays from 12:15 to 2:15 in the afternoon, with a small health snack being provided for the child. The only thing I ask is that before you make a decision give us a call for more information or possible attend a session to see what we have to offer for your needs.

For the month of October we will be holding a Halloween party for the children and during November a family outing to St. John's will be held. Last, but not least, Christmas is not far off and we will be having celebrations again with parents and children.

Free Family Outing - glow bowling at Plaza Bowl in St. John's on November 9th. If you have a child 6 years and under in your family than I invite you with all the other children in your family to join us for
this free family event. Lunch and transportation will be provided free
of charge. Call the center at 488-2699 if you would like to attend with
your family.

Annual Rummage Sale This is scheduled to take place again in November
as our yearly fund-raising event. We need items to make this a success.
If you have anything you would like to donate please call the center at
488-2699 and pick up can be arranged.

NEWS FROM THE TOWN OF WABANA by Diane Butler

The Wabana Town Council wishes to advise residents that parking on streets around town is not permitted during the period of Dec. 1st to Mar. 31st. Any vehicles parked on streets during this period will be towed away, impounded, and vehicle owners will have to pay impounding fees to secure their vehicles. The RCMP will be enforcing the Town of Wabana Snow Clearing Regulations during this period of time.

We are publishing a copy of our Snow Clearing Regulations in this newsletter.

The following people were officially sworn in on Oct. 9, 200 1, and will be our council members for the next four years:
-Mayor Gary Gosine
-Deputy Mayor John Pendergast
-Councillor Brian Kent
-Councillor Alex Laurie
-Councillor Helen Pitts
-Councillor Don Squires
-Councillor Daisy Wade

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

Pursuant to authority delegated by the Minister of Transportation under Section s 210 and 211 of the Highway Traffic Act, 1970, the Town Council of Wabana has made the following regulations.

REGULATIONS
1. Interpretations: In these regulations unless the context otherwise requires:
a. "Council" means the Town Council of Wabana.
b. "Town " means the Town of Wabana.
c. "Highway" means the entire width between the boundary lines of a highway, road avenue or thoroughfare, and for the purpose of these regulations is intended to be defined in section 2, subsection (ff) of the Highway Traffic Act.
d. "Vehicle" means a device in or upon which a person or property may be transported or drawn upon a highway.
e. "Street Reservation" means the land reserved for the public road, street, land, sidewalk or public way.

2. During the period from the first day of December in each year to and including the thirty-first of March in any succeeding year, both days inclusive, no person shall park an unattended vehicle upon any street reservation within the Town between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 8:OO am.

3. At any time during a snow storm and for the twelve hours thereafter no person shall park an unattended vehicle on any street reservation within the town.

4. Any unattended vehicle parked on any street reservation within the town in contravention of the regulations may be removed and impounded by the council, and the cost of such removal and impounding may be recovered from the owner as a civil debt.

5. Any person who violates any of these provisions shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty as may be prescribed by the Highway Traffic Act, 1970.

6. Prosecution under these regulations may be taken summarily by council, any council employee, specifically authorized by the council, and by any police constable.

7. These regulations shall come into effect on the 27th Day of January 1984, and may be cited as the Town of Wabana (Snow Clearing) Regulations, 1984.

THANK YOU
by Cst. Scott Stephenson

The following businesses are kind enough to allow the newsletter to be displayed for pick-up.
-Bayview Grocery (Kitchen's)
-Byrne's Easy Save
-Clarke & Clarke
-Co-Op Bakery
-Crafts and Decor
-House of Stoyles
-Jukebox Junction
-King's Ultramar
-Linda's Grill
-Murphy's Garage
-Ridgeway Variety
-Shirley's Hair Styling
-Skanes Foodland
-Slade's Food Town
-Stoyle's Meat Market
-Sun Sun Restaurant
-The Coffee Shop (Beach)
-Verge House
-Wabana Town Council
-West Mines Convenience
-Yik's Store