Fun times in Clyde River's jail><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Optima PageSpinner for MacOS"><META HTTP-EQUIV="Expires" CONTENT="Thu, 22 Dec 1925 1:00:00 GMT"><META HTTP-EQUIV="Pragma" CONTENT="no-cache"><LINK REL=STYLESHEET HREF="../nnsl.css" TYPE="text/css"></HEAD><BODY><DIV CLASS="margins"><FORM ACTION="http://www.nnsl.com/bin/searchstories.pl" TARGET="_parent" METHOD="POST"><SPAN STYLE="color: white"><A NAME="top">.</A></SPAN><BR><TABLE BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="5" BGCOLOR="#F7F3E7" WIDTH="600" SUMMARY="search"><TR><TD><IMG ALIGN=middle SRC="../../../frames/gifs/nnslsearch.GIF" WIDTH="140" HEIGHT="26" ALT="Search"></TD><TD><INPUT TYPE="Text" NAME="searchcrit" SIZE="35" MAXLENGTH="35"></TD><TD><INPUT TYPE="image" NAME="submit" SRC="../../../frames/gifs/go.gif" ALIGN=LEFT BORDER="0" ALT="search"></TD></TR></TABLE></FORM><TABLE><TR><TD> <A HREF="https://archive.nnsl.com/bin/mailbot.pl" METHOD=post"><IMG ALIGN=middle SRC="emailicon.gif" BORDER="0" ALT="Email this article"></A></TD><TD>E-mail this story </TD><TD> <A HREF="../../../forms/lettersback.html"><IMG ALIGN=middle SRC="lettericon.gif" BORDER="0" ALT="Discuss this article"></A></TD><TD>Write letter to editor </TD><TD> <a href="https://archive.nnsl.com/classorder.html"><IMG ALIGN=middle SRC="classicon.gif" BORDER="0" ALT="Discuss this article"></A></TD><TD>Order a classified ad</TD><TD> <A HREF="#" onClick="window.print()"><IMG ALIGN=absmiddle SRC="printer_blue2.jpg" BORDER="0"></A> Print this page</TD></TR></TABLE><BR></DIV><DIV CLASS="margins"><TABLE><TR><TD VALIGN=top WIDTH="600"> <DIV CLASS="headline">Fun times in Clyde River's jail</DIV><DIV CLASS="storytext"><P> <B> Kent Driscoll <BR>Northern News Services</B><P> <GRAB>Clyde River (Aug 01/05) - Going to jail has never been so much fun in Clyde River. The RCMP and the Ilisaqsivik Society joined forces for the first ever mock jail in the community last weekend.</GRAB> <BR> <TABLE ALIGN=left cellpadding="15"><TR><TD WIDTH=245><BR><IMG SRC="../../pics/0108ntl2.jpg" WIDTH="244" HEIGHT="261" BORDER="0" ALT="NNSL Photo"><BR><BR><DIV CLASS="cutline">What could make someone smile like this during a mugshot? Ina Kautuq was picked up by Clyde River RCMP as a part of a mock jail fundraiser for the Ilisaqsivik society. Kautuq was charged with "being too busy" and had some time off while sitting in a cell.</DIV><BR></TD><TD><BR></TD></TR></TABLE> <P> With the help of volunteers, an RCMP officer picked up 19 people and delivered them to a cell, providing a perfect chance to get even with a next door neighbour, brother, father or friend. Nothing says "I got you" like jail time. <P> For $5, you could have your best friend, worst enemy or the reverend picked up by the RCMP and held for 30 minutes. No one was held against their will. Everyone volunteered for the trip to the slammer. <P> For a mere $3, you could find out what the charges were against you and for $10, you could escape the clutches of the RCMP. <P> The charges were all in fun, ranging from "being a good baby" to "being too busy." Even a reverend was arrested for "being the reverend." <P> Cpl. Keith Hendricks volunteered to pick up the "offenders" on his day off, with the RCMP paying for gas for his cruiser. New to the community, he used it as a chance to meet and greet, and handcuff, residents. <P> "People were laughing and very co-operative, but there were a few people who locked their doors and closed their windows," said Hendricks. <P> "An event like this is very important to us," said Hendricks. <P> He said it puts a human face on the RCMP. <P> The fundraiser collected $225 for the Ilisaqsivik Society, which is a non-profit wellness centre. Among other things, they operate a youth centre, a pre-school and offer pre-natal programs. <P> They also operate an Internet access site, and with new computers on the way, the money will be used immediately. <P> "We are going to put up the mugshots in a public place - as a thank you - and then do it again after a few weeks," said centre co-ordinator Jakob Gearheard. He wants to wait a little while, so the novelty of being taken "downtown" doesn't wear off. <P> </DIV> <A HREF="#top"><IMG SRC="up.gif" BORDER="0"></A> </TD></TR></TABLE> </BODY></HTML>