Mark Mills |s helped by Glenys George to compete in the sack

race. The event | was sponsored by the Terrace Elks Lodge. no

"Bicycle thefts .
‘increase in - Se
summer months.

In 1986, 38.5. percent of :
the bicycles which were -

“TERRACE — A recent
_RCMP analysis of bicycle

thefts over the past two —

‘years has ‘shown an in-
‘crease in thefts between
1985 and 1986. |

During the course of the
analysis, figures showed
that more incidents occur
during the summer, when
bicycles are most readily
used, |

“During both of the

years studied, men’s |

_ 10-speed bicycles were
most commonly taken
while BMX bicycles were
-the second choice of
thieves.

Over $34, 000 in bicycles
were missing during 1985
while over $39,000
bicycles disappeared dur-
‘ing 1986.

The marking of bikes
did have a positive effect
on recovery; 48.3 percent

__ of the bicycles : stolen that

were ‘marked for police
identification were

recovered ‘during 1985,

“while only 22.2 percent of

the unmarked bikes were

‘ever recovered that year.

marked -were recovered

and only 17.9 percent of ©

the unmarked © ‘bicycles

_ were found. |
AD number of stolen
bicycles were found to-

have been unlocked dur-

ing both years; 7.7 percent |

were locked: during 1985,
while .14.1 percent were
locked in 1986.
The result of an analysis
of the ages of the victims
was that people between
21 and 40 years had the.
most bikes stolen. A good
percentage of ‘these vic-
tims were thought to have

either claimed thefts for

their children; not been a
part of any. lecture on
preventing thefts, or have
not been covered by the
marking © ‘program in
schools.

‘

The RCMP ask Terrace
residents to take care in

helping to prevent bicycle .

thefts by locking, mark-
ing, and keeping track of
their bicycles. =

- Terrace Men’s Slo- pitch

. Softball League set —
“for action at Riverside -

a Wed, June 10 — Rudon vs Thornhill Pub |.
SR Cedar River Timber vs Terrace
Builders
Mon, June 15 — Thornhill Pub vs Inn of the West
Rudon. vs Cedar River Timber -

Wel, Jive 17 — SKB Molsons vs Terrace Builders
8 -Rudon vs Westpoint -

~ Day a success —

children. of Terrace, where. youngsters could

participate in games ‘and races.: ;
Approximately 800. children. attended the re-

cent Kiddies Sports Day which was held at

« Bilks Park. ©.
Sporting activities along with refreshments

made the event enjoyable for ‘everyone. © oe

Terrace Etks Lodge.

TERRACE. — The Elks. Club, of ‘Terrace, 7
Lodge 425, ‘sponsored a successful day for the

Jim m Leciotr, District Deputy Elect of the Benevolent and Protec-
tive Order of the Elks of Canada, Terrace Lodge No; 425, sald —

‘he was very pleased with this year's attendance of the Kiddies" . :
Sports Day. Over 500 children turned out ta the evant. ere ee

Two-year-old Miranda Krelbig participated in the sack face dur.
Ing the annual Kiddies" Sports Day. hae

Jonathon’ Marcellin, almost two, found many things to amuse
himself with during the Kiddies’ Sports Day sponsored by the .

On your mark, get set, go — Heather Taylor planned to make 7
to the finish line no matter how long it took. :

Youngsters enjoyed sliding during recess periods | at the tun
tilled day.