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Ladysmith Chemainus Chronicle Tuesday, January 31, 2012 5
Local police warn of Ready for an emergency online fraud activity Lindsay Chung
THE CHRONICLE
The Ladysmith detachLadysmith ment responded to 59 calls for service. RCMP news Monday, Jan. 23 Jan. 23 to } The police received a Jan. 29 complaint of unauthorProvided by ized transactions on a Ladysmith MasterCard, resulting RCMP in more than a dozen unauthorized online transactions. The MasterCard Security Section is continuing to investigate. In total, on from a detached garage Jan. 23, the Ladysmith at the 1100 block of RCMP investigated Rocky Creek Road. The three unrelated fraud police are continuing to complaints involving investigate, and anyone suspicious account with any information activity. RCMP wish to is asked to contact the remind the public to local detachment. take steps to protect Wednesday, Jan. 25 their personal informa} The Ladysmith tion and regularly mon- R C M P r e c e i v e d a itor their accounts and report of a theft from statements for unau- Home Hardware in thorized transactions. Ladysmith. A variety of Tuesday, Jan. 24 tools, including socket } In the early after- wrenches, screwdrivnoon, the Ladysmith ers and pliers were RCMP received a com- stolen along with a plaint of two stolen “Curadory” knife. The motorcycles. One was police continue to a 2006 Yamaha dirt investigate. Anyone bike, and the other with any information was a 2006 Honda dirt is asked to contact the bike. Both were taken local detachment.
} A complaint was received of a lost Kodak digital camera, model C813, which was lost some time in the preceding weeks around the Coronation Mall area. If anyone has seen or recovered the camera, they are asked to contact the detachment. Thursday, Jan. 26
} In the early morning, the RCMP responded to three unrelated minor motor vehicle accidents. The accidents were a result of icy road conditions and were all minor in nature. No charges were recommended. Friday, Jan. 27 } Around noon, the Ladysmith RCMP responded to a domestic disturbance in progress on Buller Street near Second Avenue. The investigation resulted in one arrest for uttering threats, and the individual was released on conditions to appear in court at a later date.
Ladysmith families are being invited to gather next week to learn about their neighbours and find out what to do in an emergency. Local Emergency Response Neighbourhoods Program (LERN) — Keeping Families Safe is hosting an information session Feb. 8 at 6:30 p.m. at Ecole Davis Road Elementary at 444 Parkhill Terrace. LERN provides neighbourhood communities with information, training and skills to be self-sufficient for a minimum of seven days following a disaster. Experience shows that in a disaster, 80 per cent of your help comes from your neighbours and that neighbourhoods naturally come together in times of crisis, according to LERN. “(The session) is mainly just to know what to do when there’s an
emergency and some of the key who you are relying on,” she said. steps, how they can help their “A few people will be trained on neighbour,” said Ecole Davis what to look for. We’re hoping Road Parent Advisory Council to map some information about (PAC) member Karen Fediuk. our neighbourhood. I think it’s The whole town is invited to really about finding out who the session, and Fediuk says your neighbours are.” they especially hope people The LERN Program is seven who live around Davis Road will simple steps: come because there is no safe • Talk to neighbours closest to site at the south end of town in you and invite them to become Ladysmith’s emergency plan. prepared for emergencies “The Davis Road PAC thinks • Call 250-245-2560 or e-mail to Ecole Davis Road would be the ask about a presentation logical spot because it’s the only, • Invite your neighbours to or one of the few, open areas in attend the south end — it has a ball • Come and find out how to field there,” she said. prepare and get your questions Fediuk says a big concern for answered PAC members is that if there • Challenge each other to get was an emergency, the principal prepared and share ideas would be responsible for chil- • Map important information dren until their parents could get about your neighbourhood to them, and what would hap- • Sign up for free training and pen if they couldn’t get to that continue developing your compart of town from elsewhere. munity spirit “It’s recognizing that in a real Contact 250-245-7187 to regisemergency, your neighbours are ter for the LERN session.
Films kick off workshop series “Nobody can do everything, but we all can do something.” That will be Cowichan Valley film producer Nick Versteeg’s key message when he makes his first visit to Ladysmith during the first in a series of free community garden workshops presented by the Ladysmith Community Gardens Society and the Town of Ladysmith. The free workshops will run Tuesdays from Feb. 7 to March 20 at 7 p.m. at the lower level of the
Frank Jameson Community Centre. The series kicks off next week with a workshop about Food Security. Versteeg will show segments from his two documentaries, Food Security: It’s in Your Hands and Island on the Edge. After the viewing, there will be discussion about local food issues and farming on Vancouver Island. To pre-register, call 250-245-6424. — Submitted
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