"They will understand that it is dangerous," he says. I'll certainly be paying more attention."Īs for whether he feels the park is now unsafe for his family, he says "no." But he will be having the conversation with his kids. "I've now seen it with my own eyes and now I am more aware. "I guess, I am also impacted now," he says.
There was just some disgust and concern for the community as a whole.įor the father, up until Saturday, the issue, while hotly debated in the community, was still just a topic discussed in the media and on social media. He and another father safely cleaned up the needles and disposed of them using a plastic container. The father of two young girls, who play soccer at Marshall Field, says he discovered the syringes in the parking lot on Saturday morning, just 50 feet from a trash can. "I think in my perspective, in the background, I thought it was inevitable I'd come across it, as sad as it is to say." However, he did share his perspective on the issue, as a parent. Out of respect for the privacy of his family, Castanet has elected to leave his name out of this story. In some of the public spaces where people are doing drugs, this stuff is starting to show up," says the parent who discovered the needles at Marshall Field. I know there is an issue in Vernon, probably in Kelowna too. That seems to be the new reality in Vernon, at least since the snow melted revealing the hidden problem. "This is something we all have to be aware of, and start paying attention to." "Just doing due diligence on our behalf to make sure that coaches are aware and to take a check of the field they are playing on," Korberg says. Marina Korberg, NOYSA executive director, has been with the organization for 19 years and this is the first time she had to address a situation like this. The needles were gathered, disposed of, and no one was hurt.
Recently, the North Okanagan Youth Soccer Association sent out an email informing coaches that some parents discovered a small cache of needles (four or five) at Marshall Field. The discovery of discarded syringes in public spaces continues to be a hot-button topic in the North Okanagan.
It is an issue that is working its way towards normalization in Vernon, which makes it that much more concerning for many, including parents.
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