1. Criminal Justice club to give
party for children of inmates
BY TIMBER MASSEY
Student Writer
D
elta Tau Chi, the
American Criminal
Justice Association, will
be accepting new, unwrapped
toys and cash donations to
benefit the children of
incarcerated mothers at Mabel
Bassett.
The children will be given
the presents at two Christmas
parties. The first party will be
Monday, Dec, 18 at the
minimum-security facility and
the second will be Thursday,
Dec. 21 at the maximum-
security facility.
"Everyone at both facilities
will be eagerly awaiting the
Christmas parties. The
children of inmates are so
often overlooked," said Shirley
Denson, the club's public
relations officer.
The parties will include
food and games for the
children. Dr. Gary Steward,
the criminal justice club
adviser, will be dressed up as
Santa at both of the parties.
Collection boxes will be
available for donations at the
Oklahoma City Police
Department dispatch and the
Criminal Justice Sociology
Department, which is located
on the second floor of the
Liberal Arts building in room
201.
"Our main goal is to let the
children know that they are
not going to suffer from the ill
effects of the crimes that their
mothers have committed. It
really makes you feel good to
see the looks on the children's
faces when they are given their
presents," said Denson. •
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Primate sanctuary needs volunteers
BY TIMBER MASSEY
Student Writer
M
indy's Memory Primate
Sanctuary, a non-profit
organization located in
Newcastle, OK, that adopts abused
and neglected monkeys, is seeking
volunteers. The organization
provides a permanent home for
former pets, as well as monkeys
institutions or animal agriculture
facilities. They are provided with
large cages for exercise, fresh air,
nutritional food and the
companionship of other primates.
Linda Barcklay, who like many
other people adopted a baby
monkey not realizing what great
responsibility it entailed, started
the organization. She was horrified
when she found out how the baby
monkeys were obtained from their
mothers. It was then that she
decided to start an official
sanctuary and devote the rest of
her life to helping primates.
"There is a terrible problem
with surplus wildlife and exotic
animals that come from trading
and breeding. This sanctuary is
trying to answer
part of this great
need and, with
funding, will
expand,"
said
Barcklay.
The most
among the 15
residents at
Mindy's Memory
is a bonnet
macaque named
Abu who arrived
from Los Angeles.
He was left with
no contact with
the outside world
The primates at Mindy's
Memory are never bred, sold, or
traded. In order to provide the best
care possible for the monkeys the
sanctuary will
never take in
more than they
can properly
house or feed.
This causes the
organization to
have to turn down
needy animals at
times.
Donations are
greatly needed to
purchase
nutritional food,
medication, new
caging and
heating
fuel.
These needs
that come from research recent adoptee
"There is a terrible problem
with surplus wildlife and
exotic animals that come
from trading and breeding.
This sanctuary is trying to
answer part of this great
need, and with funding, will
expand.
—Linda Barcklay
founder of Mindy's Memory
Primate Sanctuary
in an outbuilding increase with each
for five months provided with the new animal that is adopted.
bare minimum of food and water. For more information, visit their
Abu now lives in a large enclosure website at www.mindysmem.org
with a companion named Bonnie, or e-mail Linda Barcklay at
who is a female bonnet macaque. MindysMem@aol.com. •