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Show mkHt wtotofea ffilf dim jrl The Youth Environment Conservation Project ended the summer with a banquet on August 28 at the Northwest e Center. Certifications of completion were presented and some special awards were given to a few of the outstanding workers. Multi-purpos- office of the Mayor. Designed for youth between the ages of eight and thirteen, it has sponsored many activities this past summer a model cities project and has provided summer recreation for hundreds of children who would not have the chance to participate in such activities otherwise. Youth attended from the Kearns Family Life Center, South County CAP, the Detention Center, Redwood CAP Center and South Salt Lake CAP Center. Ends Project Jail Terms Before Trio NAACP and . Nettie Gregory Center offer by Steve Varley "I can't quote the law, but its basically that a man is innocent until he's proven guilty' Joe Clarke said of his new project Law Enforcement Planning Agency and Model Cities, called the Pre-- rial Release Project. "The service is for the guy who can't afford bail and who is forced to sit around in jail for anywhere from a few days to several weeks until his trial comes under the T up." point, which comes from a reliable source, should show why this service is necessary. A lady in her 50's was picked up for hitchhiking on July 24. She could not pay the bail so she was jailed, awaiting trial, until sometime in September. The maximum sentence she can receive after waiting over a month for trial is 30 days; that's another 30 days. This was her first arrest. The waiting time spent in jail will have to be chalked up to bad policy. But to get back to the new Release Project, Clarke s and his staff of four One case Pre-Tri- An Evening of will be interviewing people who in al part-timer- are arrested and determine, through the use of a battery of criteria, to the best of their ability who may be released on their own recognizance. They will then make their recommendations on the findings to the court. The project is new but will eventually double in staff so they may reach each person arrested. "The average wait right now is something like 55 days between arraignment and the preliminary hearing," Clarke said. "We will Sheriff's Deputies Share Circus With Youngsters person's living situation, his employment and any former police record." Anyone desiring service from this new program may contact members of its staff, or Clarke, as soon as they can get an office. They are currently operating out of the trunks of cars and from briefcases. They said a person in need will not have trouble locating the service. They will find him. & Delight. Scholarship Fund Dance To Raise Monies for Scholarship Fund. start by interviewing about people per twenty to twenty-fiv- e day. Our recommendation will be based on such criteria as the Fun The Salt Lake City RSP worked with the Salt Recreation Support Program (RSP) supplied tickets for Lake County Sheriff's office to provide uniformed officers to act disadvantaged youths, age eight to thirteen to go to the Ringling Barnum and Bailey Brothers, Circus. Youth from the RSP parks program and various other as community agencies were provided with buses to attend the matinee of the circus on Friday, August 25. The event marked the end of the RSP program for this summer. Fifteen buses departed from various centers loaded with happy, excited kids. chaperones. They rode on the buses with the youngsters, sat with them and enjoyed the circus and returned to the centers. This was an attempt to help build better relationships between youth and the police department. The Recreation Support Program is sponsoring programs for disadvantaged youth in the Salt Lake and Tooele areas. It is funded on a grant from the Department of Labor through the Music By: The Symbolic Sounds Friday, Sept. 1 8:30 p.m. Salt Palace Suite iDonation: $200 |