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TERRACE

— The
escalating cost of wilful
damage to local busi-
nesses has prompted the
Terrace and District
Chamber of Commerce
to fight back. At a recent
meeting of Chamber.
members, Tetrace mer-
chants Dick Sharples and
Bob Park proposed the
establishment of a
reward fund for inform-

Chamber resolves to fight v

number of incidents are
no higher than at this
time in 1985, Harvie also
pointed out that there is
a certain amount of
statistical distortion in
the way police records
have to be kept. Refer-

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ring to a recent binge of
tire-slashing in the
downtown area, Harvie

said that aithough the -

damage was a single pro-
tracted act by one or two
criminals’ the records

would show 68 separate

incidents . representing
the actual number of
tires knifed.

_ According to police
profiles, the average
Terrace-area vandal is 15
to 21 years of age,
destroys property while

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andals

members that School
District 88 has had a

similar system in place

in the company of .a_

group of peers, and does
so for the most part dur-
ing the hours around
closing time for bars and
pubs. Harvie supported
the reward proposal, but
he also told Chamber

for ten years. During
that period, he said, a

‘total of ten rewards have

been paid out. All of
them: have gone to
students, and none have
been claimed for the past
two years,

ants whose help leads to
the arrest and conviction
of vandals. The motion
passed and was later
ratified by the Chamber
executive. ;

In putting forward the
motion, Sharples noted
that insurance claims for
damages less than
$10,000 aren’t worth fil-
ing because of the result-
ing increases in insurance
‘premiums. ‘‘We’re being
beaten to death by this,’’
he stated, adding that 13

exterior lights on his
establishment were
recently destroyed.

The proposed reward
was $250 for informa-
tion, which would be
confidential, leading to
the arrest and conviction -
of anyone damaging a
Chamber of Commerce
member’s business: prop-
erty. As an additional
deterrent to would-be
defacers, window-
breakers and other
impulsive-destructive
types, each of the
Chamber’s member busi-
nesses will carry a promi-
nent sign advertising the
reward. .

Terrace RCMP Cst.
Ewen Harvie was present
at the Chamber meeting,
and he agreed that there
is an ongoing problem in
capturing people respon-
sible for acts of van-
dalism. Harvie, how-'
ever, maintained. that
public apathy in report-
ing incidents is a large
part of the policing prob-
lem. ‘‘Here we have 25
policemen for a popula-
tion of 10,000. That’s
20,000 eyes, and it is
continually amazing to
me that nobody sees
anything,’’ he said. Har-
vie said that despite
prominent attention
given to vandalism in
Terrace this year, the

Vandal
strikes

TERRACE —A 25-year-
old Terrace man was ap-
prehended by police
Saturday night, Oct. 25
when he was observed
committing acts of van-
dalism to private and
public property.

The man broke a Ter-
race businessman’s win-
dow, damaged a gas
pump and kicked over a
litter barrel.

Terrace Men’s
Rec. Hockey League

PDQ Wranglers 9 CNR O
CNR 6 PDQ Wranglers 3
Augles 10 Thornhill Okies 2

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at 635-4215.”

“To all the people who worked so hard on my campaign, to all the people who supported
me, a heartfelt ‘thanks’! I couldn’t have done it without you.
~ Having placed your confidence in me, I will work very hard to ensure that the next
few years are good ones for our Riding.
If you have any inquiries or concerns, please call—I will
Until I establish my constituency office, I can
be reached through Parker & Associates

Dave Parker, your MLA

be available to you.

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