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PVCC>) OOnto. sls eSR .. Â¥. %4 Police, rape centre relations improve after meet A â€" meeting between police and _ Waterloo Regional Rape Distress Centre _ officials _ has ‘‘opened the doors of communication.‘‘ says a Centre representative. Dianne Kinnon, the Centre‘s fund _ raising coâ€"ordinator, said in an interview that the meetâ€" ing two weeks ago imâ€" proved an evident comâ€" munications problem beâ€" tween the two organizaâ€" tions. What are firstâ€"year University of Waterioo archiâ€" tecture students doing flying kites and building cardboard mockâ€"ups of dinghies? . e â€" cardboard mog:'o(dingm? Well, says eSsor Mike Elmitt of the univerâ€" sity‘s school of architecture, the students aren‘t just engaging in frivolous activity, as some might think. Rather, they‘re learning the basics of building While the kiteâ€"flying and boatâ€"building might be somewhat unorthodox, they do get the message across, Elmitt says. . To help further,; the Centre hopes to begin information sharing with police including holding inâ€"service classes with police officers to explain the role of the Centre, Kinnon said. "It helps one to understand materials and their uses, and how people use a particular item."‘ Besides, a good designer should ‘"be able to turn his hand to anything." In the case of the boatâ€"building, the project was assigned earlier in the year and students were given six weeks to come up with aâ€" schematic and fullâ€" size mockâ€"up in the studio. Pretty soon there were 30 largeâ€"asâ€"life dinghy models cluttering up the studio. Some were the betterâ€"idea variety, some merely took an existing design and refined it. The _ meeting _ was prompted by comments from â€" Staff Inspector James Stewart that relaâ€" tions between police and the Centre have not been ‘"The boat was a means to explore the design process where the needs are very specific.‘‘ Students studied yacht dinghies and made many trips to the Toronto waterfront, monitoring weather and wave conditions. * Stewart also indicated that police preferred victims to report an assault immediately to them "as physical eviâ€" dence is usually lost during the delay when it goes through Rape Disâ€" tress." Many disbelieved that conditions and demands on coming up with a design could be so harsh. _ "It‘s a case where the item has got to work, there‘s no getting around it."" _ â€" â€" The project opened the students eyes to other concepts as well: appreciation of problems asâ€" sociated with climate, landscape, and internal and external space. Kinnon said the police comment that the Centre was a deterrent to an investigation | "was _ a surprise to us."‘ ‘‘The boat was merely a vehicle to make them think of other things." o Likewise, there were ulterior motives involved in the class building and flying kites. It too became a structural exercise, showing the effects of winds and how they relate to building design. | Typically, new architecture students come into the course with some ideas about their drafting abilities, and notions that the course is rigidly devoted to the ins and outs of "the usual residential homes they see."‘ We take it deeper.‘" A student may have the Kites and cardboard boats _ ...exploring architecture at UW _ = By Paul Marck ¢ y According to Kinnon, the Centre had _ an agreement with police that the Centre could take and preserve for 48 hours physical evidence from a rape victim untit she decided whether to press charges. But police say a 48 hour delay allows an assailant to destroy any physical evidence on him and would hamper an inâ€" vestigation. ‘‘We can‘t leave (the assailant) alone for 48 hours. We just have to get an immediate start on it," said Stewart in an interview. "It‘s just not feasible for us as inâ€" vestigators."" Stewart said his comâ€" ments simply aimed at pointing out that from an investigation viewâ€" point, the Centre doesn‘t help police. Making it more esâ€" sential, he added is that rape cases are one of the toughest crimes to obtain a conviction. Stewart said the two groups ‘"clashed" beâ€" cause both have different goals and as a regult work in different ways The Centre is concerned with the victim while police â€" are â€" primarily concerned with appreâ€" UW architecture professor, Mike Elmitt, second from left, goes over dinghy design with students. â€" University of Waterioo. Central Photographic hending an assailant. But Stewart expressed concern about any inâ€" sinuation _ that police don‘t care about victims. Waterloo Region‘s health and social services comâ€" mittee â€" recently _ recomâ€" mended the hiring of VS Services Ltd. of Waterloo to provide management exâ€" pertise in the Home‘s dietary, houseâ€"keeping and laundry departments. Counâ€" cil approved the recomâ€" mendation _ last _ Thursâ€" day. ‘‘We all have wives and daughters and we‘re as concerned as anyone else." Hiring a private manâ€" agement â€"services firm would trim $90,000 a year off the costs of running Sunnyside Home for seniâ€" or citizens in Kitchener. skill of drafting down pat, but can he think for himâ€" self, Elmitt asks "Combine the two, and you‘re home free."‘ * $ j And it‘s by having students complete offâ€"beat proâ€" jects like boatâ€"building and kiteâ€"flying that teaches them to think for themseives. a B Though some staff would receive reâ€"training Dan Willis, company coâ€"ordinâ€" ator,. assured the commitâ€" tee that no jobs would be In a press release, Hiring firm to run Sunnyside could trim budget by $90,000 * Â¥jqi.%) A #+9 tÂ¥ 4 affected. The company, which provides service to 110 health _ care _ facilities throughout Canada, has also never encountered any serious labor problems, Willis said. the Centre reported that it and the police agreed that an anonymous report giving the description of the â€" assailant without revealing the identity of the victim would be acâ€" ceptable. ‘"‘We really haven‘t enâ€" gaged any difficulties in that area,"‘ Willis said. Sunnyside Home employâ€" ees would be maintained on the Region‘s payroll and continue to function under its personnel policies and collective agreements The Home‘s administration would retain 100 per cent control over the departâ€" ments‘ operations. Stewart ‘said such inâ€" formation â€" would . help Savings would be made through increased efficiâ€" to fittove snfi 400 0J very releâ€" weére seemingly foolish, but really were Yachting Magazine is interested in some of the And you never know. If there‘s a modernâ€"day police but only to a deâ€" Kinnon said the Centre is trying to arrange anâ€" other meeting with poâ€" lice, _ including _ Chief Syd Brown, on the 48â€" hour delay issue. ency, utilizing the firm‘s management skills in the housekeeping, dietary and laundry area, and through the bulk purchase of food. Some renovations and possibly new or additional equipment would be needâ€" ed. No changes would be made without adminisâ€" tration approval. The $90,000 net annual savings takes into considerâ€" ation a $40,000 fee including management salaries to hire the firm. But it does not inâ€" clude any expenditures for new or additional equipâ€" ment which may be necesâ€" sary. Stewart‘s _ comments were prompted by the Over a year, net food savings would be $35,000, 7 per cent of this year‘s y 1so aÂ¥ HPEECLA* +5 4 Â¥A382.135 IGLGGLIIA ‘t. PINUYA iINiL Region‘s finance advisâ€" ory â€" committee â€" which wanted police input beâ€" fore deciding on a $5,000 grant request from the Distress Centre. The request has been referrâ€" ed to the Regional social resources â€" council â€" for comment. dietary budget.: Another $54,000 would be trimmed from the housekeeping laundry services, 11 per cent of this year‘s budget. The Region wouldn‘t save that much this year. If the firm began its service June 1, costs would be reduced by $52,000 minus renovation and equipment costs for a net savings of $33,000 in The Region surveyed six Ontario health care centres which have conâ€" tracts with VS Services and all praised the firm. The firm also provided food management services to the 1976 Montreal Olympics \ x