Pubdate: Wed, 18 Oct 2006
Source: Revelstoke Times Review (CN BC)
Copyright: 2006 Bowes Publishers
Contact:  http://www.revelstoketimesreview.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2139
Author: David F. Rooney

SCHOOL YARD DRUG DEAL AN OUTRAGE

A drug deal a local woman witnessed in the playground  at Mountain 
View School last Tuesday has angered and  upset School Superintendent 
Anne Cooper and motivated  local Mounties to step up patrols around 
the city's  schools.

"We don't want or need this kind of activity anywhere  near our 
schools or children," Cooper said last Friday  after being told of 
the incident.

The witness, who asked that she not be identified, said  she was 
walking past the school's ball diamond to see a  client at 5:20 p.m. 
last Tuesday when she saw three  young men "in their 20s or high 
teens" with a dog.

"I didn't see any money but when I saw a baggie full of  white stuff 
being passed from one man to another it was  pretty obvious," the witness said.

The woman reported the incident to both the local RCMP  detachment 
and The Times Review.

"I guess I shouldn't be too surprised but a school is  supposed to be 
a safe place," she said.

No school children were present at the school  playground when the 
drug deal occurred, but Cooper said  that's irrelevant. That kind of 
activity is  unacceptable at any time of day or night at a school. 
She, too contacted the RCMP to register her concern.

Sgt. Art Kleinsmith said students, staff and teachers  need to be on 
the lookout for this kind of activity.
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