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wmkafahm i f r t jriri i economist suntribune crime saturday april 21 2001 t police patrolling for vandals i yorkregionwheelscom from page 1 ies as well a breakin was report ed at the liquor store in the stouffville plaza a window was smashed and two bottles of liquor were taken a report on the latest round of vandalism will be included on the local council agenda on april 30 said emmerson im not keen on the idea of a curfew i dont want to be a babysitter maybe we should offer a reward or host a public town hall meet ing perhaps i should go to the high school and ask the students what they want we have to do somediing its getting worse look at the church message the catliolic church never did any thing to hurt these kids this type of defacing is sad said emmerson immediately after the rash of damage was assessed york regional police officials assigned additional police officers to patrol downtown stouffville and area during the evening hours this includes plainclothes officers said police supt don kirk were trying to resolve the situation we have something more in progress while no suspects have been arrested the police have a pretty good idea of who the culprits are supt kirk suggested weve identified some i would think its the same people doing it and it the damage seems to be con centrated in the downtown area he said property damage was report ed on the following streets glad park thicketwood william burkholder jacob way and bernick theres a link between the message left on the church and the fact that it was easter week end said father leslie tamas the priest at st marks i think this was vindictive father tamas said the priest pointed out that not all youth is involved in crim inal acts the kids in stouffville are generally good at least 80 per cent are decent but we do have a 10 to 20 per cent that arent said father tamas antivandalism programs are taught at the elementary level york regional police cons steve morrell pointed out by the time they hit high school they should know vandalism is a criminal offense by this time they should have some respect for private property said morrell both const morrell and supt kirk stress that the majority of whitchurchstouffville teens are fine were dealing with a couple of bad apples said morrell major damage was done to the glass panels on the soon-to- open 75 pool complex the contractor has now hired a secu rity firm to guard the memorial park south project said kelly batt whitchurchstouffvilles manager of facilities and parks weve had thousands of dol lars worth of breakage said batt its very discouraging were all hurt by this the workers are affected by this they take pride in their work and to see it destroyed is difficult mmlm roberto de clara musiebirtqr gohductor presents 1iip featuring andante i sunrise assistedliving com ljare- w itko ut lomp ro mid e o mo stamitz f f concern j guest artist ingrid takahashi flautist v burton auditorium markham theatre 416 41 00860 v 905 3057469 york university 4700 keele st 171 to wri centre blvd vsatmy58q tickets adults 2dvsenjbrsstudenfs 15 under12 in partnership with the economist sun sportswear leisurewear officewear lycra jeans thousands of unique arrivals daily sportswear leisurewear officewear lycra jeans