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Thursday, December 16, 2004 Good News Page
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Where do your kids go at night?
An Outback Christmas ANGELIC HOST…Laura Kruger and ‘baby Jesus’ Declan O’Sullivan showed some traditional Christmas spirit at the Roxby Downs Central Traders Christmas Pageant on Saturday, December 11, 2004. More than 2500 people attended the pageant - for a full report and photographic coverage, turn to Pages 12 and 13.
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ROXBY DOWNS…A series of youth crimes - rapes, car theft, vandalism and drug overdoses – has prompted local police to call for greater parental vigilance. Local police are calling on parents to take a greater role in protecting their children’s safety following a horrifying increase in youth crimes during the past month. “It boils down to one thing – do you know where your kids are at night,” Sgt Richard Hobbs asked The Monitor last week. In the past month, police have responded to a series of youth-related incidents including: • Illegal use of a vehicle by a 12year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl, both from Roxby Downs. • A suspected Ecstasy drug-overdose by a teenaged Roxby Downs boy. • More than $13,000 of vandalism on public property, believed to be linked to increased numbers of youths in the Lion’s Park and Richardson Place in the early hours of the morning. Additionally, a 20-year-old Roxby Downs man has been charged with indecent assault and assault with intent to rape involving two different teenaged girls on separate occasions. These charges came as the result of an investigation where, in an unrelated incident, an 18-year-old Roxby Downs man was charged with unlawful sexual intercourse with a third teenaged girl. “Some of the things that have come out of these investigations are just frightening,” Sgt Hobbs said. “Alcohol is always a big issue, but now we’re seeing a lot more of the party drugs coming into town. “Young people drinking in public spaces has become much more visible and you just have to wonder how much interest parents are taking in where their children are and
what state they’re coming home in. “We can lock these kids up, we can report them, but we can’t fix the problems – that’s got to come from home.” Sgt Hobbs stressed that, while the numbers of youth involved in dangerous or unlawful activities in Roxby Downs was only a small percentage of the youth community, the age of offenders was decreasing and the seriousness of incidents was on the rise. Community health nurse and Community Board mentor Kathy Wooldridge has echoed the concerns of local police. “We talked a lot about these issues earlier this year within the Community Board forums and I think a lot of it is parenting education,” she said. “Where are the parenting skills? “I think parents have to take a bigger interest in their children and give them some support and knowledge in how to say ‘no’ to things. “But maybe we, as adults, have got to look at the kind of role models we are, otherwise, we’re setting our kids up to be victims. “Where are these kids getting their drugs and their alcohol? It’s got to be coming from adults. “As a community we have to ask what we want our town to be and how are we going to make it possible? “If you know something is wrong with a child don’t hesitate to report it – you can report it anonymously – but you can protect that child. “The more people that do it, the more support and services the local community will have. “People have to stand up and be counted because these kids need that protection.” To report child abuse anonymously - telephone the Children, Youth and Family Services hotline on 131478.
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