Anonymous. reporting line.
to. be in service > next month

AB an “example,: “MéQuarrie ses

.Tefers specifically to the down-

_ town. area centred on Kalum §
between Lakelse and Greig. Acts |

by Tod Strachan ;

TERRACE — The gears are in

motion, and if everything falls.
into place as it should the Van- .

dal Watch. program. will be. on

line on. Feb. 15. Vandal Watch.

will offer a'24-hour, confidential

"Tips" phone line. ‘Local -resi-

dents who use the service can

| remain anonymous after describ-

ing. what they” saw. during | a:
‘criminal act- causing: damage. to
. oping: the progtam consists of.

private or public property. .

People reporting - éximes.. or.
suspicious. incidents through the’
line -will not be: required to give .
narhe, ‘address, phone number.
and birth date. They’ll simply -

tell the person answering the

- phone: what they saw and be ~

given a file identification code

‘that can be used to check period-
ically on: the progress of the |

. investigation. »

leads to the successful convic-
tion of the criminal, the person
who originally «provided the

' time... Not destroying it.”

named. If the incident of vandal-

ism is extraordinary, rewards z

may occasionally be. ‘somewhat
higher.

_ Vandal: Watch is’ intended to. :
catch vandals only,-but once the. -
‘system is operating smoothly. |
other crimes like break and enter
-and theft may be- added as well.

The. committee currently devel-

representatives of the business

community, the city, the RCMP,.

youth workers and B.C. Tel. The -
committee hopes that eventually

teens will also become involved

in the program.
‘The teen component is iinport-

ant, says youth worker Greg
‘McQuarrie, a. member of the

committee. . "The majority. of

- them are not into Jaw breaking
If. the information provided

or vandalism," he says; "A lot of
them are. interested in protecting -
property where - they - spend

We now

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|“ The--
‘approaching the’ “legal” system
_ with the. concept of having. the
- offender paying the reward that

“says, are often carried out by

_ adults. who have been sinking |

- in ‘the area,

“And of the younger teers fre- |
quenting the same area: "They §
are actually trying to take care §

of. the. area: down there and If
know..of a ‘number them who Ie
have put themselves in pretty |
‘dangerous ’ positions reporting &
incidents: down ‘there. So this J
(the-Tips Lion) is: kind of a safe

"out? for them too. /

cation between youth and the
business community, Says busi-
nessman and commitiee member.
George Clark. "We wani to see

if we can make: contact with |

people. in this part of town and

.then do some bridge building.”
Arid with the arrival of the

Tips. Line, there may. be a new

twist in how justice is adminis-—

tered as well. Committee ‘mem-
ber Doug Smith says the sen-

' . tence passed down is often as
important as catching the vandal
a) itself. If it carries the right mes-
ij Sage, the sentence ’can educate.
and. rehabilitate the offender

. rather than’ simply Punishing

him.

* committee will

be

resulted in his arrest. Smith says

this could be done by asking the

fined $1,000

Another part of the program as &

vit involves. youth in that-same. ja
..,part of town is better.communi-- Do .
Doug Smith:

-. of . vandalism - ‘in that area, he Hi
information! may then be able:to ©

==. claim a reward ranging between:
$200 and $500 and still never de '

‘Convicted -
vandals could be required to
repay, reward fund:

court to order remuneration to
Vandal Watch for the loss

incurred by paying a reward due
to. the’ offender’ Ss act of vandal-

ism.
A small technicality | in getting

‘the program off the ground is

the fact that an offer of $11,000

from the city to. help finance the -

program is only tentative. The

idea is‘ sitting in city council’s:
1992 budget priority list and will

have to successfully compete
with a number of other commun-

ity needs before the grant: is

actually made... ow.
Organizers are confident, how-
ever. Local businesses have been
asked .to-come up with another
$10,000 and local community
clubs and concerned citizens are

> caller

A Terrace man has been given a a cbstantia fine and
i _ placed on probation for calling ins a false bomb threat to...

the local airport.

‘TL At 5:10 p.m; on Nov. 29, 1991, Terrace RCMP were ’

alerted by phone that there was a bomb at the alrport.
‘There was no bomb, says staff sergeant John Veldman,

of 28-year-old Gilbert Chapman.
§ Chapman was charged under Section 372(1) of the
_]} criminal code, making a harassing telephone call with the
ff intent to alarm or injure another person. On Jan. 17,
Chapmen appeared In Terrace Provincial Court and was

fined $1,000 and laced on

| and a.subsequent RCMP investigation led to the residence

robation for- six months:

‘the committee also intends: to:
approach the ‘regional district for.

strikes

| Westmin
continues —
| contract; ;

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- canbedeliveredin
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With recent publicity on the use of the roadside screening

_ device, I will take this opportunity to explain the. Tegistation that

covers its use.
. Terrace Detachment utilizes an ALER.T. Model J3 roadside

_ screening device, an approved screening device pursuant tot he
’ Criminal Code of Canada, Where a peace officer reasonably sus-

pects that a person who is operating a motor vehicle, vessel, air-

“craft ar ‘railway equipment has alcohol in his or her body the peace
officer may, by demand, require that person to provide forthwith a.

sample of breath into the screening device.

‘Section 254(5) Criminal Code of Canada states: ‘(Bveryone

commits an offence who, without reasonable excuse, fails or refus-
és to comply with a demand made to him by a peace officer. |
_ The penalty is minimum $300 fine, maximum five years in jail.
In Canada IT’S THE LAW.

# being asked to contribute. rs
well. If the city fails to come: -

through, there will at least: ‘be:
enough money to get Vandal;

‘Watch off the ground. And once:

the program proves its worth, as.

‘similar programs have already.in.

many other B.C. ‘communities,

other sources of funding will ‘be:

found. ; °

The. area to be. covered iby’
Vandal Watch is basically the.
same area covered by the Ter:
race detachment of the RCMP.
This extends |
Mount Layton Hot Springs. to.

- Rosswood,- and from Cedarvale.

nea es

to Exchamsiks River. Due to the
regional nature of the program,

Phony
surveyo

again ~

Under the “at it again’ category co
we have a bulletin from ‘the: _
. Skeena Health Unit advising: any-
one who a receives telephone call .

involving a breast cancer survey. to

-- hang up and notify the RCMP, The
health unit is conducting no sie

“survey, The obscene calier,-' o
-female, ‘has been creating -

Northwest.

milling |

S Having just completed a. con-
tract gold ore milling operation
for Tenajon, Westmin Resources
of Stewart is now seeking other |
contracts to supplement the
J milling plant.
Company spokesman Bruce
McKnight said Friday Westmin

hag just finished processing one
test batch for the Dome Moun-
tain mine near Smithers and is
now processing ore from the
gold mine daily. He said West-
min expects to finalize a con-

. tract soon. it could mean up to

5,000 tons a month for the mill.

Westmin: is currently running
an open pit gold mine just north
of Stewart, and McKnight said

"they are now working on re-

opening the old Premier under-

ground workings near. the open

pit operation. The | company,
employs 105 people in its
Stewart works, and the-contract
milling helps support the facil-
ity. Optimum design capacity for
the mill Js 2, 000 tons of ore per

. day.

‘roughly from, ;

nuisance periodically. for’ sevesel
years in Terrace, Kitimat, Hazeligg -
_and smaller communities in a

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