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Wallaceburg vandalism angers C-K officials
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to be paying for these kinds of actions,” she Mayor Darrin Canniff said. and Wallaceburg counHall said, “It was very cillors Carmen McGre- frustrating to hear about gor and Aaron Hall have the incident. Our parks expressed frustration are great community over recent vandalism of places where families washrooms at Glen Mick- and our youth gather for le Park in Wallaceburg. fun and recreation. InciUnknown dents like p e r s o n s “There is no excuse this have caused an for this. It is senseless a negative estimatimpact on ed $3,000 destruction with no our comto $5,000 purpose.” munity and d a m a g e - Mayor Darrin Canniff are unacwhen they ceptable. entered the locked wash“I encourage local resroom, sprayed graffiti idents to sign up for the and destroyed toilets and new online ‘Neighboururinals. hood Protect’ program “There is no excuse at www.neighbourhoodfor this,” Canniff said protect.ca, which is a in a media release. “It new communication tool is senseless destruction the newly formed Neighwith no purpose.” bourhood Watch group He noted that the in Wallaceburg is utilizamount of damage equals ing.” more than 1,000 persons All three members of receiving public skating council are urging anyor more than 15 hours of one with information prime ice time. about the incident to conMcGregor called the act tact Chatham-Kent police “disappointing,” noting at (519) 436-6600 or Chathat the cost of repairs tham-Kent Crime Stop“comes from the pockets pers at 1-800-222-8477. of taxpayers. All calls are confidential “We have far better use and the caller may be elifor your tax dollars than gible for a cash award. The Chatham Voice
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Twelve-year-old volunteer Emily Gougeon holds five-month-old kitten Pop Tart at the Caturday Cat Cafe held at the Chatham Branch of the Chatham-Kent Public Library on Saturday. The event, in partnership with the Pet and Wildlife Rescue, saw more than 200 visitors participate throughout the day to play with the cats up for adoption.
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