GUARDIAN ANGELS PLAN NEW CHAPTER

A Guardian Angels crime-fighting chapter should be up and running in
Red Deer by spring, say local organizers.

Organizer Alaynne West says people in Alberta's third-largest city are
tired of drug and violent crime, and starting a local chapter will
help address those concerns.

"People are not feeling safe on the streets and we want to help people
feel safe," said West, who works in Red Deer and lives in nearby
Sylvan Lake. "It was proven to be a help. It's not the total solution,
but it can make a difference."

Local organizers, who have been working on forming the local chapter
for several months, met with Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa last
weekend to discuss plans for the Red Deer chapter.

"We would like to see it up and running by springtime 2008. It takes
time to get these things planned," West said. Recruiting of potential
members has already started, and a local martial arts school has come
on board to provide self-defence training for successful applications,
she said.

Organizers plan to meet with Red Deer RCMP to discuss work on the Red
Deer chapter. Guardian Angel chapters have recently opened in Calgary
and Edmonton.