FOUR members of the
West Vancouver Police
Department joined in
the search on Monday
for Heather Thomas.

“Its | ‘just an absolute
tragedy,” said Sgt. Jim Almas,
media Haison officer, of the
10-vear-old girl who vanished
while riding a bike near her
father’s Cloverdale apartment
complex on Sunday.

“We have to get tips out to

‘parents and kids to make sure
this doesn’t happen here,” he
added.

Some of those tips include:

Kids seeking

|| ‘THE Helpline for
‘Children has'a new
number.

wee “Anew seven- digit -num-
-ber: 310-1234 —- replaces
Zenith 1234 as the number
to ‘call when a child in B.C.
feeds: help, Children and.
-Families « minister’ Gretchen.
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Monday.) =:
: “Anyone — kids, parents;
teachers, neighbours, — can.
oars the new helpline num-::
er from’ anywhere. in the
province ,at'any hour. of the
day- or. night}: seven. days a”
week,” said : Brewin. “Every
child has a right to live with-..
ut fear, and'no call will go
unheard.”
The number has changed
y~ because of new telephone.
service technology. :
_ For. the’ next ‘two -years
- people: calfing : the . operator :
and asking for the old Zenith®
1234 line. will be transferred .

@ Don’t put your child's
name on their clothing. By
using their name a stranger
may convinee a child that he
or she knows him.
@ Teach your child that a
stranger is anyone they don’t
know well.
@ Practise walking a direct
and safe route to and trom
school with vour kids, point-
ing out any
homes on the way,
G Select ‘a code word, and
teach your kids they can only
go places with people who
know the code word.
Teenagers should:

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Be careful of offers of
friendship from strangers.
B® Never accept offers from
someone who says they will
take photographs of vou and
make you famous.
B Never get in a car with a
stranger for any reason, or
close enough to be grabbed.
@ Never hitchhike.
B Never go into remote areas
at night.
HM Never accept foolish dares.
B Tell your. parents where
youre going and Jet them
know if plans change.
@ Never accept offers of aico-
hol, cigarettes or drugs.

help can now dial direct

to the new 310-1234 aum-
ber. The new number: pro-
vides direct-dial access with-
out having to call the opera-
tor first.. As. before, the
helpline can-also be reached
through 91] or the operator.

“Over the next year, we

will monitor the velume of.
‘calls to the helpline to’ make
Sure: the: transition is effec-_
- tive,” said Brewin. “The min-
“istry is doing a province-wide
television and. print advertis- -

ing campaign, sending out
inserts in residential phone
bills and distributing infor-
mation to B.C. schools to
inform British Columbians of
the new number.”

The Helpline for Children.

was established by | the
provincial’ government | in
1979 as a way of protecting
young people from abuse and
neglect. The helpline aver-
ages about 25, 000 calls each
year.

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