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Volume 64, No. 12
Council names policing priorities
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BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff
Mountie Bob Gollan might not always get his man, but gets the information he needs. The RCMP Staff Sergeant appeared at the March 13 Creston town council meeting to ask for its policing priorities after he got no reply to a similar request in January. “I need to know your community policing priorities by the end of the week so I can prepare my annual plan,” he told councillors. “We’ve been pretty busy working on policing,” Coun. Tanya Ducharme laughed, referring to census results that now require the town to pay for a portion of local policing costs. Gollan didn’t walk away empty handed. “I want to see more ‘boots on the street’,” Coun. Wes Graham said, referring to foot patrols, especially in the downtown area. Coun. Scott Veitch asked for a focus on teen drinking. As a parent of two teens, he said he thinks the issue needs attention. Gollan replied in the affirmative to Coun. Joanna Wilson’s question about whether he had identified domestic abuse as a priority. “Domestic abuse is identified as part of our quality assurance review to ensure that the policies we have are being correctly followed,” he said. See POLICING, page 4
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Thursday, March 22, 2012
— The Creston and District Society for Commuity Living’s Therapeutic Riding Program held an open house at its Erickson Road location on Saturday afternoon. The event offered visitors a chance to see the grounds and meet the horses, as well as watch a demonstration by (from left) instructor Christine Ross, horse handler Dawn Brazdil-Lust, side walker Diane Furlong and rider Barb West.
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