The Citizen, 1988-03-16, Page 24PAGE 24. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1988.
Crime Stoppers in Huron now underway
Judge F.C. Carter administers the oath of secrecy to the 15 members of the board of the Huron County
Crime Stoppers program in a ceremony Thursday in Goderich. Included in the board is Brussels resident
Doug Sholdice [second from right, front row.]
A board of 15 county residents,
including a Brussels man was
swornin last week as the Huron
County Crime Stoppers program
got underway officially.
The Crime Stoppers program,
which offers rewards to people
(who can remain anonymous) who
provide information to help solve
unsolved-crimes, began organiz
ing last fall. With the swearing to
secrecy of the 15 board members,
including Doug Sholdice of Brus
sels, by Judge F.C. Carter, District
Court Judge on Thursday at the
Huron County Courthouse the
program was officially in opera
tion.
The 15 members of the board
from various communities across
the county will decide which
tipsters should be rewarded and
how much they should get. The
money will be raised by the board
members from local service clubs
and private donors.
Police will take the calls from
anonymous callers at a special
toll-free number and give each
caller a code number to use in
future reference. The name of the
informant will not be known to the
police but will only be known to the
board. Rewardswill range from
$50 to $ 1000 with the larger reward
going to tips that help most.
Constable Jeff Sabin of the
Ontario Provincial Police who
co-ordinates the Huron Crime
stoppers program for the O.P.P.
and the five municipal forces in the
county said that already some calls
had been received.
The program was first begun in
the United States by a former
Canadian police officer now work
ing there. Since then it has had
spectacular success in Hamilton,
Toronto and most recently in the
Grey-Bruce area where, said In
spector W.E. Trachsel of No. 6
district of the O.P.P. at Mount
Forest, the program was responsi
ble for 18 arrests and clearing 50
cases from police books since May
of last year.
He stressed Crime Stoppers is
not a police program but that the
community, the news media and
the police participate equally in the
program. Each week newspapers
in the county will run a “crime of
the week’ ’ and radio and television
stations will publicize an unsolved
crime.
East Wawanosh records $50,000 surplus for 1987
East Wawanosh has finished
1987 with a surplus of well over
$50,000, council members were
told at a special meeting held on
February 15.
Auditor Nancy Exel of Pannell,
Kerr and McGillivray of Listowel
presented council with the finan
cial statement, which showed a
surplus of $50,844 over 1987
expenditures. The figure includes
$4,905 earmarked for the Belgrave
Community Centre Board for
renovations to the community
centre which will be done later this
year.
Clerk-treasurer Winona Thomp
son said that the surplus was the
result of the township’s under
spendingin several areas through
out the year, including fire calls,
landfill site operation and livestock
claims.
The surplus will go back into the
township’s 1988budget, which will
be presented in early April. Mrs.
Thompson also reported that the
township has $238,576 in reserve
capital, which includes reserves
for the reconstruction of the 10th
Line bridge, equipment replace
ment and the operation of the
community centre.
At the same meeting, council
authorized the payment of several
service and recreation levies,
Btyth United
Church news
Rev. Lorenzo Ramirez chose as
his sermon subject for the fourth
Sunday in Lent “And Peter
Remembered.”
He said, “Our lives are based on
how well we remember things -
therefore we should thank you for
memories.”
“Peter had boasted saying
‘though they all fall away, I will
not.’ He thought he knew himself
even better than Jesus knew him.
He set himself up above the other
disciples. The sin of pride is when
we put ourselves over another race
or culture”, he said.
“Peter was afraid’’, he said,
‘ ‘but why should we be afraid if we
have given ourselves to Christ?”
He concluded by saying “In this
season of Lent let us remember our
love for Jesus - and to remember
the many blessings we have
received.”
The choir sang, “Thank You for
the promise of spring time.” Joan
Caldwell was in charge of nursery
and Pat Brigham, the junior
congregation. Lorna Fraser’s class
placed symbols of Peter’s denial: a
rooster and a clock.
among them $10,056 to the
Wingham and Area Fire Board for
1987 calls and operating costs;
$9,200 to the Blyth Volunteer Fire
Department; $8,283 to the Blyth
and District Community Centre
Board; $1,033 to the Wingham
Recreation Department; and
$1,000 to the Auburn Hall Board.
In other business, Harry
Brydges of Belgrave was appoint
ed to count dogs in East Wawanosh
Twp. in 1988, at$2 perdog. Licence
rates for dogs are unchanged from
last year, at $10 for the first dog,
$15 for each additional animal, and
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In a second February meeting,
held February 29 in lieu of the
regular March session of council,
Donald Schultz of RR 3, Blyth was
appointed to the court of revision
for the Verburg drainage works
extension, which was scheduled
for March 15.
Neil Edgar of RR 3, Wingham,
East Wawanosh Twp.’s represen
tative to the Wingham and Area
Recreational Master Plan, was in
attendance to explain the terms, of
reference of the final draft of the
recreation master plan. He said
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that consultants would begin in
early April to examine the leisure
and recreational needs of the
Wingham area over the next five
years, with the final draft of the
plan to be presented to Wingham,
East Wawanosh, Morris and Turn
berry councils in late July, and the
public presentation planned for
mid-October.
Council approved a grant of
$2,000 to the Wingham Town
Library.
In other business, road superin
tendent Ralph Campbell was
authorized to attend the C.S.
Anderson Road School in Guelph
May 1-4; he was also authorized to
purchase a hot water pressure
washer, and to advertise for gravel
tenders for the township.
Finally, council accepted an
application for an ammendment to
the township’s comprehensive
zoning by-law, a petition to change
the zoning of the north part of Lot
30, Concession 6 to permit the
construction of a residence.
The next meeting of East
Wawanosh Twp. council is sche
duled for Tuesday, April 5,
beginning at 12:30 p.m.
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