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“@© Terrave Review — Wednesday, February 19,1992

| Review

A weekly report on crimes against Property
(in the Terrace area.

Vandal Watch line opens Nl ]

. Break, enter and. theft: at an

‘detachment. These events hap-
pened in your community, and
you may be able to help ident-—
ify the offenders. If ' you have |

any information. about these.

crimes, - please telephone the
RCMP at 635-4911,

a ; Sunday, February 9
Break, enter and theft at the

‘Terrace Co-op. Two video
Tecorders were stolen but later —

recovered in the alley behind

Danny’ s Pool Hall. Two sus-

pects. were apprehended. —
‘Break and enter into 2

vehicle ‘parked in the downtown.

area. A local male has been

charged.

- Break, enter and theft: at a

residence i in. the-2200 block of

Evergreen St. Hockey cards, a

_- camera and Jewellery ¥ were
stoleri, :

weet eee

’ The following’ ‘information’ is. a
“supplied by the Terrace RCMP -

“Theft of truck chains ffom a
vehicle parked at Big River. —
Industries on River Drive over
the weekend.

Wilful damage. A window
was broken at Copperside Ik.
A. local male was charged ~

a ~~ following the incident.

“Monday, February 10 -

‘wilful damage. . A window.
was broken at Thornhill Junior =
Secondary School. Lo

- Saturday, February 15
"Arson at Skeena Junior Sec-
ondary School. An exterior. .
door at Skeena Junior Second-.
ary School’ was. damaged when

| a fire was intentionally set.
“outside: ‘the door just after 4"

am.
Arson at John’s: Grocery

(Munroe and Loen). According :
to Terrace fire chief. Bob -

Beckett there was heavy. smoke

damage due to‘an intentionally |

set fire at the southeast corner.
of the building. ‘The incident. -
occurred just after 6 a.m.

‘Beckett says the recently reno-

Friday, February 14 oe

‘Wilful damage to a vehicle

parked at: Terrace Honda. The —

_ passenger side window of a —

. 1986 Chevrolet pickup was

broken. Nothing was reported .
stolen,

Theft from a vehicle on
Dairy Ave. A window was
broken and stereo equipment
stolen. ©

. Break, enter and theft on

Williams Creek Road. A Valley
‘ Comfort wood stove was
oS /. stolen.

It's no joke.

Outboards have changed a lot since you bought yo your’

vated store will be closed for

Anyone with any informa. —
‘tion about either of these fires

’ 4s asked to contact the’ Terrace’
‘RCMP at 635-4911 or the
. Terrace Fire Department at
. 638-4734,

Sunday, February 16
Wilful damage to a vehicle

- parked at the Northern Motor

‘Inn. Tires were slashed on a
1988 gray and black Dodge

. pickup.

“,

last one. And Yamaha has led the way.

On Yamaha mid-range 40 hp to 90 hp models, gone
are chokes, and coughs and sputters.

Replaced with Prime Start™. Just tum the key and
they start under all conditions. .

Come in now for a clean, reliable Yamaha.

You won't have to cough up for another outboard =.

for years.

_ WARAAMTY

be connected to an answering

' you. Your information will be ©

private residence on. Marten. Dr.

~in Copperside Estates. Money
was taken, o

Vandal ‘Watch is scheduled,

“to begin.in two weeks. With |

full public participation. it is.”

- expected to net a:number of

offenders’ tesponsible for dam-
age to private and public prop-

“erly, The. following is a‘ brief .
oo description ¢ of how the Vandal_
Watch. program will work:

. Mandal. ‘Watch will offer a 24-

hour, confidential "Tips" phone
line within an area extending

from Mount Layton Hot
Springs to:Rosswood and from

. Cedarvale to Exchamsiks River.
~ Anyone phoning the Tips Line
"with information canremain

- anonymous,
- an undetermined length of. time

~ due to-smoke damage.

On rate occasions, you: may
machine. Don’t let that deter

processed in very short order.
If the information you. provide

‘Jeads to the successful convic-

tion of the offender(s), you”
may then be able to claim a _
reward ranging between $200
and $500. If the damage is

| extraordinary, rewards may

occasionally be somewhat -
higher.
If. anything you witness seems

. unusual, whether you plan to —
- phone the Tips Line or the

_ RCMP, follow this procedure in

_ 48, mach detail.as the circum.

stances. allow, Never endanger
your personal safety. or the

" safety of others by approaching. 7

the offender(s} to collect more
detailed information. ©

1. Note the location and num-

-_ ber of offenders and the type of
activity they. are participating -

Local motorists. have earned

- congratulations from Terrace
BCAS paramedics for the second

time this year. A quiet week
with only 16—
résponses was due in part to the

fact that ‘were no - reported

injuries. resulting from motor
vehicle accidents.

Area residents participating in
other activities also seemed to

-be using reasonable caution

during the week, There was only
one incident during the week

that required the attendance of |

? an ambulance, A nine-year-old

“KEN nie MARINE

“KEN GIBSON 635- 2909 TREVOR GIBSON -
4946 Greig Avenue, Terrace

<a Cara Cs ee rach

boy received a head injury in an

’ incident at Shames Mountain. A

Mills Memorial Hospital spokes-
man says he was kept overnight
for observation and released the
next day.

Paramedics attended to six

medical emergencies during the’

week, These included stomach
pain, seizures, chronic ‘back

_ pain, chest pain and one incident

of substance abuse.

—. Two persons were transferred

by ambulance from Terrace back
- to. other -Northwest hospitals
following medical. treatment at
‘Mills Meimoriat Hospital. And

ambulance

_3. Note any tools, Weapons or.

-vehiclés'(make, colour, distin _
“ guishing features and licence:
- number) that’ may. ‘be connected

to the. crime: ~ a ”
"4. Note the direction and

~method of travel ifthe -

" offenders leave the scene. ‘of the
” erime before you file. your.
- report.

Write all details down: on rs

piece of paper at your earliest.

~ convenience to make sure noth-
ing is forgotten. Phone the- ‘Tips.
Line or the RCMP immediately _

“And remember, with the Tips
Line, you can remain anony--

mous. You won't have to give

.. your name, address, phone.
number or date of birth. Simply
tell the person answering the:

phone what you saw and you

will be given a file identifica-

tion number you can use to
periodically check progress ins

the case.

Vandal: Watch begins Wed

nesday, March 4. The confiden: .

tial phone number will be. 635-

. 5556.

Wherever you are at any time
of the day, keep your eyes -

‘open, watch for anything out ‘at

‘the ordinary and ‘phone Vandal

Watch with any information 1 as

soon as‘possible. =
_The combined.effort-of. all.

“greater Terrace area residents

could make crithes against

_ private and public property a

very undesirable activity in our

‘community,

Terrace | paramedics met “the
Dease Lake ambulance at Bell II
to transfer a patient to Mills

-Memorial for emergency medical

“treatment; =

‘There were also six medevacs
during the past week. These
include a mother and new born

baby who were transferred to.

Vancouver by the aircraft and a
mother and 24-hour old infant
who were transferred from, the
‘Queen Charlottes to Terrace. A
hospital . spokesman says both

infants are reported as being in |

good condition. —

BCAS tip: Spring cleaning?
Don’t forget the medicine cabi-
net, This is a good time of the

. year for everyone to go. through

the contents of their medicine

cabinets and collect and dispose —

of ‘all outdated’ and/or unused
‘drugs. Make certain you dispose
of these medications ‘in a safe

manner. Also, make certain all

medications temaining in your
medicine cabinet are stored in a

safe mater, ‘in child-proof
- containers well out.of ‘the reach
of children.

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2. Note a , reasonable descrip: |
tion of each offender. Pay:

_ particular: ‘attention to things
like approximate age, SOX,
height, weight, clothing, hair

~eolour and. hair-length.

Sele reef ec a a EPR a to