NEWS photo Terry Peters Strolling snake RECENT sunshine brought Nancy Findlay and her pet boa constrictor Sacha out for a stroll. The five-year-old red-talled boa is 6'3” (190.5 cm) long. in loving memory of Jeremy. 3 Danny Bright / Photonica ADMITTEDLY, THIS AD WAS DONE TO PUSH A FEW BUTTONS. Because every deans Day buttons are only $5 and are available at these stores. the chance of alifetinse. child deserves ae { can personally vouch for the fact that the police are constantly patrolling my neighbor- hood. That makes me feel pretty safe. But who's to say that being safe is more important than my freedom; as in free- dom from harassment? Not me. When | walk home at night, I’m not worried about some psycho jumping out and robbing me. The ques- tion in the back of my mind is, “where are the cops?” I'm constantly being stopped and searched, almost as if I was the psycho. This doesn’t mean Pima bad kid, I don't have any sort of a criminal record. But when there is a 99% chance that a police officer will drive by and another 99% chance that he'll stop, what else is there to think about? “It's pretty annoying when you're waiting for a few friends outside of Subway and the cops come,” says Claudine Ostashek, age 17. But Const. Chris Drouin says that in order to get more safety you need to give a lit- tle bit of freedom, and for more freedom you need to give a little safety. Police officers are stuck in the mid- die and they try to be as fair as they can. They'll never be able to please everyone. As teenagers, we're not V6 & V8 Extra - REGENCY AUTO GROUP MONDAY TO FRIDAY 7:30 AM TO 5:30 PM SATURDAY SERVICE fs 8:30 AM TO 5:00 PM oesons 2 Complete tune-up includes install quality AC. spairk plugs, air filter, fuel filter & aad valve, inspect fuel & emission litres of engine oil, All other parts extra. Ask fer ‘ul detail Specia! offer expires May 30/96... - : . Most Gi Products. 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Drouin says it’s just like having different Nes RINE a Wi NG PARTS: DIRECT: 985. 0568 eS | teachers, same are very help: ful while others won't even give us the lime of day, They tou have personalities under- neath their uniforms. But | get the impression that the police feel we are all the same; officers have agreed with ine, Actually we're not. There are goad teens and bad teens, and | understand that it may be hard to deci- pher the difference between the two. But please try, As teens, we are not bad people. We like to be aut- doors and we like to be together. ft may sound dull, but that’s really all the major- ity of us want. We don't go out at night with the intention of breaking the law. If we did, by all Means airest us, harass us and treat us like dirt. Afier all, that is your job. When we're walking to a friend's house we keep to ourselves. All we ask is that yau do the same, unless you clearly see us doing wrong. Or at least try and treat us as if we were somewhat human. 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