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Police going to schools
looking for students' help
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what they say they are. I'm
one of the people who calls
the police on a persistent
basis and nothing happens,"
she said.
Bob Fisher, of Pizza Train,
argued that membership of a
citizens group could be more
dedicated once the
investigation is over.
"It's a kneejerk reaction
now. I think he (Lonsbary)
was subtly hinting to stay out
of the way," he said.
Huron East Mayor Lin
Steffler said she wouldn't
discourage people from
patrolling the downtown on
weekends.
"The best thing is
everyone looking after their
own business if you haven't
been doing it already. Make
a drive late at night," said
Steffler.
"And, I've had Reople
come up to me and say why
don't we sit out. ourselves if
it takes half the town to
police it over a couple of
nights. But, we can't be a
vigilante group," she added.
Steffler told Lonsbary
she's been receiving calls
from business owners who
are very ' concerned and
starting to get tired from the
strain of the arson situation.
"I think we might be
running the risk of some
backyard justice happening.
Someone who's out at night
might end up getting a cuff
alongside the head because
the owners are very tired and
angry," she said.
Lonsbary asked people to
"keep their cool," saying that
they'll end up in court,
instead of the arsonists if
they assault anyone.
When the suggestion of a
reward for information from
the Seaforth BIA was made,
Lonsbary said doubling the
Crimestoppers reward, which
could range from $50 to
$1,000, might be a good
idea.
He said the BIA setting up
its own reward would require
having a contact that would
be willing to take any
information he or she
received "to the grave."
"Some confidentiality
comes into play not 4o reveal
the identity of the person
who calls. We (the police)
protect that information with
our heart because it's our
reputation at stake," he said.
While they discussed
taking money out of a $6,400
mural fund for the reward,
the BIA made no formal
decision about a reward at
Monday's meeting.
Steffler spoke in favour of
an enhanced reward.
• "I think there's a certain
amount of greed out there.
We need to give them
something to make them
open up," she said.
Seaforth District High
School student council
president Jen Delvecchio
also expressed frustration at
the meeting.
Lonsbary had said the
Crimestoppers unit had been
visiting local schools in the
past several weeks and
Community Services Officer
Don Shropshal told The
Expositor on Monday
officers had been talking to
the student bodies that day,
to encourage students to
come forward with
information they might have.
"Nothing's been done in
our school. There hasn't
been an assembly and last
week the whole students'
council was here. There are
lots of rumours going around
school about who has been
doing it. Names are being
tossed around and it's not
going to be kept a secret if
it's a student," said
Delvecchio.
Lonsbary said he'd check
with the officer in charge of
Crimestoppers after the
meeting.
Calls to Seaforth schools
Tuesday morning by The
Huron Expositor confirmed
that police have not yet
visited SDHS or planned an
assembly but assemblies are
planned at St. James School
for Thursday at 2:30 p.m. for
the Grades 4-8 students and
at Seaforth Public School for
Friday at 9 and 9:30 a.m.
Lonsbary also said the
police are starting to stop
anyone on the street at night.
using the Child Reform Act
which prohibits anyone
under 16 from being on the
street between midnight and
6 a.m. without an 18 -year-
old who has permission from
the parent.
"If your children come
home and they've been
questioned for no apparent
reason, it's because we're
trying to canvass the
community. We've been
doing it for a week and a hit
and hopefully we can get a
handle on who's out at night.
There's no reason for people
to be out aimlessly doing
nothing at 5 a.m.," he said.
Lonsbary was asked about
surveillance cameras.
Areased lighting in town
and the possibility -of setting
a trap.
"We'd set a trap if we
knew where to set it. It's like
a mousetrap - where do you
put it?" he asked.
Police target youth in investigation
as they seek help from area students
By Scott Hilgendorff
Expositor Editor
OPP are appealing to
school children and high
school students for help
tracking down the person or
people setting fires in
Seaforth's downtown core
following two more incidents
this weekend.
A fire was set Saturday
morning at London
Agricultural Commodities
Inc on Crombie Street in a
garbage dumpster.
As members of the
Seaforth Fire Department put
the fire out, they discovered
a set of stairs at the facility
had also been set on fire.
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about 5 a.m. and around 8
a.m. officers noticed smoke
coming from the interior of
the building and the fire
department was called again
to put out another small fire
in an interior room of the
facility.
OPP report no signs of
forced entry but said a door
was found insecure to the
building.
About $25,000 in damage
was done to the building.
That night, an officer came
across a fire in a dumpster
behind Town Hall with a
number of youth around it at
about 9:30 p.m.
The officer pursued them
but lost them near the
London Agricultural
Commodities Inc building
before returning to
extinguish the fire, set near a
fuel container.
The emergency response
team and canine unit arrived
and followed the path the
youths took through two area
neighbourhoods before
losing the trail.
That has prompted police
to go to area schools this
week seeking help from the
students and encouraging
them to come forward with
any information.
"Because it was teens
involved, we wanted their
assistance," said community
services officer Don
Shropshall.
Meanwhile, police
continue to investigate other
tips that have come in ,from
the community regarding the
case.
Speed bumps hoped to solve
problem of racing youth
By Scott HUgendorff
Expositor Editor
Speed bumps are going to
be installed on an emergency
road behind Seaforth and
District Community Centres
that is being used by people to'
race around the arena and a
small residential
neighbourhood.
"It's become a little speed
ramp for the young kids," said
Public Works Coordinator
John Forrest.
"They come racing in
through the emergency road
behind the arena to see how
fast they can do it," he told
council at its May 8
committee meeting.
Residents in the
neighbourhood are concerned
about the high rate of speed
cars are travelling the road
which is intended to be only
an access to emergency
vehicles.
Forrest said the works
department talked about
putting up an emergency gate
Huron East briefs
but he recommended speed
bumps because they could be
installed in a matter of hours.
"We'll put two at each
end," he said, adding they will
be painted yellow to make the
bumps visible to drivers.
Creamery agreement
reached
An agreement has
tentatively been reached with
the Seaforth Creamery to help
cover the costs associated
with expanding the sewage
treatment plant, partly due to
the extra usage of the plant by
the local industry.
A proposed agreement was
on the table at Huron East
council's May 8 committee
meeting which was mutually
agreed to by both sides and
supported by council through
a "straw vote" as official
votes cannot be made during a
committee meeting.
The agreement allows the
creamery a limited amount of
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use of the facility with extra
charges if its volume
increases.
The creamery will also pay
for a portion of the expansion
of the plant.
If the facility moves out of
Seaforth before Oct. 1. 2(08.
the creamery is expected to
pay $53.150 for each year
until Oct. 1, 2008.
The former town of
Seaforth and now Huron East
have been working with the
Seaforth Creamery for more
than a year now to help find a
way to cope with the
industry's increased use of the
sewage treatment plant which.
until it expands. restricts
future growth in the
municipality since the plant
cannot handle extra waste.
"We feel we have come to
an agreement that's in
everybody's hest interests."
said Public Works
Coordinator John Forrest.
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