The ¢ following are some
recent North Shore
emergency incidents.

NORTH VAN RCM?
BREAK & ENTERS
August 3

1. 200-bik. East 19th
Single residence, side
door pried open, new stove
and retrigerator taken.
August 4
2. 200-bik. West 2nd
Condo. East side bed-
room window smashed to
gain entry. Stolen: Canon
video, Pentax camera, men’s
leather jacket, jewelry, caller
ID box, 1 National
Geographic videos.
3. 200-bik. West 4th
Apartment break in. No
known method of entry.
Sony VCR, jewelry taken.
4. 300-bik. West 4th
Apartment break in. Entry
through living reom window,
poorly secured. Jewelry

taken.
August 5
5. 4000-bik. St. Georges
Single residence.
Attempted break in through
window.
6. 100-bik. East 25th
Single residence. Window
beside front door broken.
Two VCRs, portable CD
player and radio stolen.
7. 600-bik. 7th St East
Single residence. Broke
rear window to gain entry.
VCR, jewelry taken.
August 6
8. 100-bik. Sandringham
Single residence, entry
through rear window, possi-
bly unsecured. Stolen: GE.
phone/answering machine,
ghettoblaster, alcohol.
9. 799-bik. East 13th St.
Single residence. Metal
screen on back door pried
open. Sony 27” TV, Pioneer
CD player, Dewalt mitre saw
taken.
10. 200-bik. West 3rd St.
Suspect broke glass of apt.
patio door. VCR, remote,
Minolta camera, alcohol
taken.

11. 200-bik. West 3rd St.
Suspect broke glass of
apartment patio door but was
interrupted and tracked to
Sailor Hagars. Stolen was
Rickenbaker hass guitar,
Sony ghettoblaster.
August 1]
12. 2000-blk. Thorncliffe
Single residence, entry
gained through rear door,
the frame of which was bro-
ken. Jewelry and other items
stolen.
Au:

13. 3000-b
Cres.
Single residence. Entry
through bedroom window,
using parkbench to reach.
IBM computer, monitor,

t 12
. Glenview

keyboard taken and then
recovered in pillowcase at
back door. Suspect is clean
cut male, short build, dark
brown hair, who knocked on
door and asked for
Edgewood St. Was very ner-
vous.
14. 300-blk. West 14th

Single residence. Suspect
was arrested while robbery
was in progress. Basement
window pried open. All items
were seized for court purpos-
es.

August 14

15. 700-blk. Edgewood

Single residence, sliding
patio door pried open. 100
Cis, stereo and jewelry
taken.

FAMILY
SERVICES

of the
NORTH
SHORE

Excuse me,
but where
did my life
go?

very once in a
while you may just
stop and shake
your head for a moment
to ponder this very ques-
tion. Something hap-
pened along the way and
the woman we used to
know has become
enguifed in everyone
eise’s world but her own.
The ality for most
women is to mother, care
for, organize and direct
all the important things
in her family’s world. The
only problem is you can
lose yourself in the
process. Once you realize
your life has evaporated
it can cause real anxiety.
One of the toughest
things to do when you
are feeling anxious is
make decisions.
Family Services of the
North Shore offers a

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course to help women
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and it’s offered during
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chance to meet. with
other women and

“Empowerment ....
it's a great feeling”

explore issues important
to feeling in charge and
comfortable with your
life. Topics include self-
esteem perscnal bound-
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macy and healthy rela-
tionships.

The course is designed
to help women learn to
feel more in control of
their lives and the group
setting creates a support-
ive environment.

- Instructors who teach
the course say women
sign up fos all sorts of
reasons. Some attend to

discuss work relate
issues and others to help
sort out concerns clos
to home. The ‘Women’s
Empowerment cours:
heips you learn hew tam
become empowered. !t
not personal counselling
- it’s education. :
Something else interest:
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the diversity of ages sign
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