are ™ oar

‘Andrew Bailey, w who lives in’ | on top:to see how
a said ‘that just before. . was to the suspension

“Andrew” Bailey. told. “the
News: “About six. of us. had straightfa ng fac ca
got down and. were’ setting aybod

He was one of a party of

a =. oe
10 friends who had set off And it is not only the

50 feet from ‘ from Surrey for the hike upto make-sandwiches. busted their “head like: a frequency of the break-ins
side of the’canyon which had become an an- “We kept telling him to go pumpkin.but he isa compact that concerns the ‘police.
moe just downstream - from the - nual event for them. - ooo! further ‘up. “the canyon and strong little guy.” The value of items stolen

( had
climbed down the
‘and his brother,

because he was looking for
the trail to the bottonf. - He .

had been exploring the. trail _ CONTINUED ON PAGE A2-

has escalated so that multi-
thousand dollar thefts from
‘private homes are com-
monplace and it is. no
longer only the most ex-
clusive districts that are the
._prime problem areas.

An RCMP spokesman
said the situation is much
the same in North Van-
couver. .
scanatibe “Break-ins are hap-

“ meh - ye - pening across the board
an i . ee) wy. ff pg a+ fe a a and no one area is par-
, ticularly immune.

“Over the long weekend
we had 36 instances in
North Van - which is three
or four times more than we
would normally have for
the same weekend.”

. He added that individual
homes being hit with thefts
of property worth $40-
50,000 is an accurrence
that has become com-
nn z ge ig, : ‘ , is” monplace since the
fd NS esl ire tg, he fo el a a skyrocketing value of silver
and gold in recent months.

“This really emphasises
the need for people to
participate in Neigh-
borhood Watch and not
just give it lip service,” said
the RCMP spokesman.
Simply marking

One member of the group .

PUTTING ON THE MILES without moving anywhere, these Balmoral students were among many youngsters who
cycled to raise money for crippled children when CFUN radio disc jockey Russ McCloud visited the North Shore last
week, Students picture are (left to right) Christina Vandenbos, Mandy Wooding, John Pedosuk, Dave Woodhall,

Steve Woodhall and Rupert Grant. For every mile the students ride, Sears Ltd. will be donating 25 cents. (Ellsworth —
Dickson photo) .

- longer sufficient, he. said.
“People had “better “sta

‘their CONTINUED ON PAGE A4

valuables and putting
stickers on their doors is no-

keeping their eyes open
and call us if they see:
anything ‘suspicious.” oe

Police picked up the
three shortly after, acting
on descriptions ‘of the!
youths that had been ¢ given,
by the citizen.

As a result of the arrests,
police say they. have have
cleared. up’ several break-.
ins to cars in the Bayridge
area of West Van, where
the youths are alleged to
have gone on the rampage
and to have completely
overturned two
Volkswagens.

But though there was
that success, the’ same
weekend also underlined
the extent of the problem
when West Van saw one of
its biggest ever breakins.

Thieves stole property
with an estimated value of
$94,000 from a British
Properties home. The
householders were away
for the weekend at the time
of the break-in and it is
instances just such as this
that police want neighbors
to be more aware of any

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