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ARTIST HOPE Crawley (of Chameleon Character Faces) paints the face of four-year-old Celina Silva at
Lonsdale Quay Market. On Sunday, Feb. 14, the North Vancouver waterfront market hosted a Children’s
Art Competition in conjunction with the Share Our Strength (SOS) Food Booth. The winning artwork will

be used throughout North America to promote the SOS drive to feed those in need.

Five sent to hospital following ‘brutal’ assault at William Griffin

FIVE LOCAL teens were
assaulted in’ an unprovoked
attack Friday, Feb. 12, by
members of alocal gang
known as the Underground
Posse.

By Michael Becker
News Reporter

The five were sent to Lions
Gate Hospital with injuries.

Witnesses and: victinis of the
assault said six to 10 males at-
tacked five male youths who were
arriving at approximately 17 p.m.
to watch friends playing ball

hockey at the William Griffin
Recreation Centre in North Van-
couver.

Three youths, two 16-year-alds
and one !7-year-old, face charges
of assault causing bodily harm as
a result of the attack.

A North Vancouver RCMP in-
vestigation of the incident con-
tinues.

A police spokesman termed the
attack “brutal.”

The assailants were armed with
a wooden club and a chain and
ball and confronted the five as
they attempted to enter the gym-
nasium.

The
from 16 to

ranging in age
suffered cuts,

victims,
18,

bruises, abrasions, head and facial
injuries.

Said North Vancouver Recre-
ation Commission (NVRC) Direc-
tor Gary Young, ‘‘Our staff are
trained in first aid so they went
out and administered to the kids,
My staff reported cleaning up a
Iet of blood after.’*

Police and ambulance response

-was called in by a youth worker at

the Griffin Drop-in Centre.

Young said the drop-in centre,
operated by the Capilano Com-
munity Services Society (CCSS)
and the NVRC, is used by 100 10
150 teens on Friday and Saturday
nights.

“We've had very little trouble,

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We have the odd bit of vandalism,
bul on the whole it has been a
very successful venture.

“The problems are the drugs
and aleohol that) occur in’ the
woods. We keep: hearing rumars
about’ older teens buying booze
and selling it to the teens.

“—T don’t know if drugs or
alcohol were invelved in this ane,
but on the whole (the drop-in
centre) has been a very successful
program, and it has been a safe
haven for kids.”’ Young said.

Last Friday’s violence has CCSS
members worried.

Said Lorne Newton, president

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