1. Juvenile Offence Data Studied
2. Scholarships Recognized
3. Misery Comes To The Hippodrome
4. Historic Haile Homestead Activities
5. Art Too! Acrosstown Repertory Theater New Space
6. Christmas Celebrations?!!
7. Gilchrist 4-H And NFHJA Horse Show
8. Comments: NE Park to become a retention pond?
WEBSITES
http://silverlotus.net Silver Lotus Yoga and More
http://helpfloridachildren.org Children's Home Society
http://www.pew-partnership.org Pew Partnership for Civic Change
http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/pubs/delinq.html#187759 Juvenile Justice,
Delinquency Prevention
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JUVENILE OFFENCE DATA STUDIED
2,373 non-felony offenses committed by 1,513 juveniles in 2000 were analyzed. Among other facts, the following were found:
36% were property crimes. 31% were Personal crimes, of which black kids were most often involved. These include assault, violence, and robbery. White kids lead in drug offenses.
Tuesday was the most frequent day of the week for crime, closely followed by Friday. Weekend crime was low.
Almost 40% occurred between 3 and 6 pm. 32% occurred 9 am to 3 pm, some on school campuses. Only 18% occurred during traditional curfew hours of 9 pm and 6 am.
Of 676 offenses occurring after school started in the fall,
23% of the kids involved were in 9th grade. 31% were middle school
kids.
--Contact Arthur Chin, UF Intern, and Gretchen Howard, Project
Payback, State Attorney's Office, 337-6174 gch@sa.co.alachua.fl.us
(I can't resist: If we had ADEQUATE afternoon programs, we might have prevented over 900 crimes identified and committed by kids. This data does not include pregnancy inceptions, unsolved crimes, and non-crime delinquent behavior--OR esteem and positive factors not present in latchkey situations. Each crime has a cost. --Alison)
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SCHOLARSHIPS RECOGNIZED
For the last 2 years Gainesville Dodge has donated 2,000 dollars
for scholarships for children who get reduced lunch. Chris Smith
is the
General Manager and he also coaches in our program. Without his
generous support these kids would be unable to participate.
--B.Shea sheabp@ci.gainesville.fl.us
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MISERY COMES TO THE HIPPODROME
Best-selling romance novelist Paul Sheldon is lucky to be alive. Or is he? Find out in Misery adapted by Simon Moore from the King of Horror-writing, Stephen King.
October 19-November 11. Previews October 17 & 18.
--"Sexton, Mark" marsexton@hotmail.com
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HISTORIC HAILE HOMESTEAD ACTIVITIES
The Haile House, restored and memorable, is now open every Sunday noon to 4 pm. Archer Road between SW 75th and SW 91st Streets.
Special events:
Live folk, blues, and classic rock: November 4, noon to 4 pm.
Traditional Crafts Demonstrations, Live music: December 8th, 10-4,
December 9th, noon to pm,
-- Realsouth, realso@gnv.fdt.net 372-2633
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ART TOO! ACROSSTOWN REPERTORY THEATER SECOND STAGE
Acrosstown Repertory Theater announces it's second stage available for performances, rehearsals, and rentals. Events planned for this space include:
Theater Arts Academy for teens and adults, led by Dr. William Eyerly.
Broadway Musical Theatre Karaoke, first Friday of each month--smoke free and non-alcoholic.
Teen Talent Night, first Saturday of each month. Friendly competitions with skits, plays, singing and dancing. Directed by Carol Velasques, and prizes to winning schools.
Gospel Songs and Stories; first Sundays.
Evening with the Playwright will be second Saturdays.
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CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS?
I am searching for people with alternative Christmas celebrations
-- people who tone down the consumer side of the holiday, or families
who incorporate Christmas rituals from around the world into their
celebrations........
--Julie Garrett garretj@gvillesun.com 374-5049.
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GILCHRIST 4-H AND NFHJA HORSE SHOW
The Horse Barn Gilchrist is hosting a 4-H and NFHJA Hunter-Jumper
Show on October 20, 2001 at the covered Gilchrist County FFA Rodeo
Arena. Classes in Hunter, Jumper, and Equitation divisions will
start at 8:00 am. There will be horses, tack, and displays. http://www.thehorsebarn.net
--Melanie Cosentino Thehorsebarn1@aol.com 386-935-6540
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COMMENTS: NE Park Retention Pond?
It would appear that the good folks down at Gainesville's Public
Works are
hard of hearing and must think that Gainesville residents have
allot of extra time on our hands. That's all I can come up with
to explain the recommendations they made to the city commission
on Monday. You might recall that back in January my family alerted
the neighborhood around NE Park about Public Work's extremely
misguided plan to decimate the wooded area of the park, an area
of 200 mature pine and oaks, for stormwater retention for NE Park
and a proposed adjacent development. Over the last 9 months park
users have expressed their strong desire to preserve the park,
both its wooded area and its playing fields. Over 400 people joined
the newly formed Friends of NE Park, whose numbers were limited
only by the limited time we organizers had to talk with people.
Virtually every person we mentioned this to was outraged that
the city would even consider destroying one of our premier parks
in an area, which desperately needs such a valuable urban parkland.
The city formed NE Park Stormwater Task Force, which met over
a 6-month period. The members were presented with "Stormwater
101" by, interestingly enough, the same engineer who designed
the proposed subdivision and the original tree-sacrificing retention
pond. These meetings were very time-consuming for us volunteers.
The Task Force recommended that the park NOT be used for retention
for stormwater from areas around the park and we were not shown
one piece of concrete data to establish a flooding problem existing
in the park. To the contrary, the park, as it exists now, does
a nice job of providing natural retention and percolation. There
does exist a substantial problem in paved areas of 16th Ave and
Main Street, however, and the Task Force came up with a number
of creative solutions. But Public Works would have us believe
that the park itself generates enough stormwater to warrant using
the entire soccer field in the NW corner of the park for a stormwater
retention facility. You're telling me that you need a 60,000 sq.
foot soccer field as retention for the 33,000 sq. foot surface
of the racquetball, tennis and bathroom area? And this doesn't
even calculate in adding a 3-4 foot depth to the retention pond.
I did not add the parking lot in to the square footage because
the Task Force recommends changing it to a more pervious surface
when it is repaved. To hear Stu Pearson trying to justify Public
Works surprise recommendation was embarrassing. I can see why
Teresa Scott, Director of Public Works, didn't want to present
that idea herself. It lacks reason. And what is the cost estimate
for such a retention project? $300,000-$400,000? Also, Public
Works are ignoring the wishes of the community and the Task Force
by coming up with such an idea. Do you hear us now? Don't use
our park for the stormwater problems created elsewhere in the
area!
Back in January, when presented with the retention idea, Commissioner
Nielsen said "a soccer field like that is golden." I
agree. Now that NE Park is being taken up with more fencing, it's
all the more important to have this open area for pick-up games
of football, soccer, frisbee, and even for flying a kite as did
there as long as 30 years ago.
I invite Teresa and Stu to meet me there on a sunny afternoon.
And bring your kite, you've been cooped up in your offices for
too long and your thinking has become cloudy.
--Monica Cooper Gvlcoopers@aol.com
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GRASSROOTS and SUPPORT:
Middle School Programming: Carl Harness Harnesscs@ci.gainesville.fl.us
Elementary Afterschool: Elizabeth Bondy bondy@edu15.coe.ufl.edu
Juvenile Justice Council: Karen Godley kcgodley@aol.com
Cone: (Gainesville): Tom Hawkins thawkins@atlantic.net
Greentree: (Gainesville): ACTION, Dave Hill dnbhill@digital.net
Jonesville: Debbie Kennedy, 332-5713, and ACGARPA, Tom Trscabinets@aol.com
462-4902
Morningside: Penny Weber, President 334-2170
Newberry: Alena K. Buggs 955-5084 <Alena_Buggs@DCF.State.FL.US>
Northeast Monica Cooper Gvlcoopers@aol.com
Squirrel Ridge: Gretchen Howard Gch@sa.co.alachua.fl.us 337-6174
Waldo: Henry Drake <SagoDr@aol.com (352) 468-2298
Windsor: Juanita Biles jkbracin@bellsouth.net 373-2812, 538-3235
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CALENDAR
Oct Wknds Calamity Jane" High Springs Community Theater
Norm Boyd normboyd@gru.net
Oct 15 SKATTERBRAINZ benefit for the IGUANA, HIPPODROME -- JaneYii@aol.com
Oct 18-21 Gainesville Senior Games, GSOC 338-9300
Oct 17 & 18, MISERY, HIPPODROME
Oct 19-Nov 11 MISERY, HIPPODROME
Oct 19 & 20 Act Up! Acrosstown Repertory, 375-1321
Oct 19 Taste of Gainesville 7 - 9 pm Community Plaza
Oct 19-Nov 11 MISERY, HIPPODROME
Nov 4 Haile House Music noon to 4 pm realso@gnv.fdt.net
Nov TBD GSOC Recognition Banquet, GSOC
Nov 9 & 10 Playwrights Festival, Acrosstown Repertory, 375-1321
Nov 29- Dec 15 The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Acrosstown Repertory,
375-1321
Dec 8 & 9 Haile House Crafts Demo, music, etc realso@gnv.fdt.net
Jan 26, 2002, Big Steps for Kids! Children's Home Society,Sonya
DuBois 334.0955.
Feb 15 and 16, 2002 Steve Spurrier Scramble for Kids
Mar 2 Passport to the Fifties 6:30 pm Fl. Museum Natural History
Mar 17, 2002, Puttin' On the Ritz, Oaks Mall
Mar 17, 2002, 1-4 Summer Activities Fair
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