toffitoe vjuly 17 1991i p3 robbery up 94 per cent over lost year juuecaspersen staff reporter robberies are on the rise in york region york region police jreport a 94 per cent hike in robberies during the first half of this year compared to the same time in 1990 theyve almost doubled said sgt nom miles police spokesman he described rob bery as theft with violence and said most culprits turn to robbery to support a drug habit or a family or are people with a gener al unwillingness to work the robbery surge tops increases from pre vious years 46 per cent in 1990 and 48 per cent in 1989 miles said crime in general is up 23 per cent included in this statistic is a 38 per cent increase in motor vehicle thefts and 45 per cent hike in incidents of fraud c jo both break arid enters and thefts over 1000 climbed 21 percent last year 5 dis trict covering the south end of whitchurch- stouffville reported the highest break in rate with 25 per cent of residential and commer cial burglaries the same as the previous year although the actual number of break ins jumped from 902 occurrences to 1222 o police saw a per cent jump in the assault rate while the number of sexual assaults surged by 30 pier cent f the number of incidents involving drugs and weapons subsided last year the morality bureau which grew from 12 members to 18 seized 22896760 worth of illegal drugs in 1990 s so far this year four people have been murdered in york region although none occurred in stouffville n in 1990 york region police investigated five murders traffic fatalities jumped by 65 per cent in 1990 most of them attributed to alcohol arid failure to wear seatbelts in order to boost awareness of the importance of seatbelts the traffic unit staged a twoweek crackdown june 17 to 30 of the 38 fatal collisions on regional roads that killed 43 people three took place in whitchurchstouffville all on bloomington rd within a twoweek period mn 1990 police handed but 47039 speed ing tickets arid nabbed 6704 people who werent wearing seatbelts according to the 1990 annual police report the population of york region grew by 45 per cent with the department increasing in size by 61 per cent stouffville woman in dispute with local video store alan shackleton tribune staff a stouffville woman is outraged over a dispute with a video store con- ceming a number of nintendo games purchased by her developmentally handicapped brother last week anna diliddo said the store movies plus on winona drive should not have sold the games to her younger brother david she is upset that the store will not take the six game car tridges and game genie backhand will not refund the purchase price of approximately 393 she said she plans to picket in front of the store if the matter isnt resolved however store owners ron and brenda mcquaker said they cant understand why the diliddo family is so angry weve broken no rules or regula tions said brenda weve done nothing wrong i see no reason for why she anna is upset the dispute centres around whether 19yearold dave diliddo who has a developmental handicap called prad erwilli syndrome should have been allowed to spend the amount of money he did on the games anna said that on monday july 8 she saw dave leaving a local bank when she questioned her brother as to what he intended to do with the money he had withdrawn he told her he was going to buy the video games she told him not to at which point she said he had a temper tantrum he said he was going for a bike rid earlier in the day and then i caught him coming out of the bank said anna the van from the video store was parked waiting for him i couldnt get dave to come with me but i told him not to go to the store since dave was becoming increas ingly upset she let him leave in the van assuming that driver ron mcquaker was going to take him home at that point anna decided to go to the video store herself and ask them not to sell the games to dave i thought id be smart and head him off at the store she said i couldnt get dave to come with me so i went to the store and told the lady brenda that he cant buy the games however according to anna breiv- da mcquaker told her that the games had been ordered more than a month ago at which time dave had put photoaian shackleton anna diliddo holds the nintendo and game genie her brother dave bought at a local store for students down an 89 deposit and the sale had already been made the next morning daves mother carmen brought the games back to the store to return them for a refund car men and anna said that brenda refused to accept the games because they were no longer in their boxes and there was no receipt she brenda said the boxes were gone and she couldnt take them back said carmen i was speechless i didnt know what to say the diliddos said that dave was given neither the boxes nor a receipt for the games the mcquakers say that isnt the case at all ron said that he gave david the games in the van and they were in their boxes and he also gave david a receipt i gave him a receipt but he threw it away said ron he took the games out of the boxes at the end of his own driveway in an interview with dave last friday at his home he said that he was offered the receipt but refused it i said no for the receipt but he should have given it to me anyway said dave he wasnt exactly sure what happened to the boxes at one point he said the games were in the boxes and then he said they had been taken out in the van brenda mcquaker said the games cant be taken back because they are older games which the store would have trouble renting or selling to anyone else and they were ordered specially for dave i told his mother and sister they cant have the money back because it was a specialty order she said the mcquakers pointed out that dave is often in the store and has ordered nintendo games without any problems many times in the past they said that if the diliddo family didnt want dave ordering games then they should have informed the store previously are we not supposed to sell to handi capped people asked ron isnt that discrimination anna though said the family members are regular customers at the store and the owners were well aware of daves condition the mcquakers said they feel they are being used as scapegoats in a family dispute among the dilid dos however anna said it is now a matter of principle to her and she intends to push the issue as far as possible this is no fun for us either she said its been a lot of heartache and hassle but its the principle of the thing preliminary hearing set in grimshaw case september 16 is the new date for the preliminary hearing in the court case involving stouffvilles ed grimshaw grimshaw charged with misappropriation of funds while serving as treasurer with the wfutchurch-stouf- fville minor hockey association wsmha in 1990 appeared in newmarket court june 28 the case has been stayed on several occasions with the charges initially laid in the fall of last year grimshaw a longtime executive member of the wsmha is currently serving his second year as presi dent of the ontario minor hockey association jobs few far between roger belgrave staff reporter its dog eat dog in the student job market this year thats the assessment thus far this summer from dora valentini super visor for one of york regions cana da employment centres for stu dents the number of students finding employment through the centre has increased over last year she indicat ed placements are up because stu dents are just more aggressive this year valentini said the office located at the south east comer of 16th avenue and hwy 48 was opened in late april stouf fville students began pouring in shortly after the doors were open for the summer they were in the office earlier this year and trying to secure jobs she pointed out students were chobsier last year and they had more to choose from and the whole econo my is different there was a dramatic increase in the number of placements early in the summer compared to the same time last year but the number is misleading because a large propor tion of the jobs were census related in may this year there were 177 jobs posted at the office compared to 214 last year while students filled 136 of those jobs this year only 54 were taken during the same time last year however last month the num bers were much closer to last years statistics last month the number of jobs available rose only about 4 per cent compared to june 1990 there were 171 vacancies last month in contrast to 164 in june 1990 but the number of positions filled remained the same at 145 the centre offers a wide range of job postings from clerical and sales jobs to camp and warehouse labor positions some of the jobs the centre finds for students are odd jobs said valentini the centre offers an odd job squad which allows students to come in and add there name to a spe cial list whenever citizens or com panies ask for someone to perform odd jobs like babysitting or lawn cutting individuals on the list are notified job seekers can come into the office and peruse the job boards if a student sees a vacancy theyre inter ested iriah they have to do is make a note of the information and pursue the lead themselves there is no longer any need for the students to register at the office before seeking a job its just faster this way valentini explained on any given day traffic through the office can be light or heavy but there is always a constant stream of people checking the boards fi valentini and two student place- rnent officers also offer various sem inars to help the students chances of acquiring a job the programs cover such things as resume writing job search and interviewing skills staff at the centre make calls to businesses daily trying to find job openings but unlike past years its an employers market this year stu dents really have to settle for what ever they can get said jennifer zubik a student placement officer if students are looking for 10 an hour summer jobs they may have to settle for work paying between six and eight dollars two years ago johnathan kenny found a job as a camp councillor through the centre just back home for the summer from the university of giielph kennyy21 is hoping the centre will help find him another job after a few minutes scanning the board he found a job opening and decided to apply settling is some thing 21yearold shawna morrow a graphic design student at durham college is prepared to do she has been fishing in the employment waters fora while trying to get any thing she said her search recently passed through the employment cen tre its really hard finding a job she added this makes it a little eas ier with details like wages work hours and location included on the job posting its easier for students to decide if they want to pursue a posi tion v 1 kids 1 earn 1 extra money become a carrier today call 6402100 stouffville 8529741 uxbridge or 2948244 markham x -v- attention flyer advertisers we can 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