Page 6 Learning keyboardlng - These Grade 4 students at Castlaton Public School are learning what used/o be called touch typing, now called keyboarding, T these small, inexpensive com- puter monitors. Teacher JaneIIIVIOEk sraysrtrher); an; -ijdarid'/dd, stLVJEIVerits‘In 'i/ru/U/aa is Kevin Kristensen and beside him is Holly Walsh. Photo by Eileen Argyris Police report Brighton OPP report minor damage to the door of the Castleton General Store, sustained in an attempted break-in that occurred during the night of Wednesday, Feb. 9. "dniarvrliaspects tried to pry the door open, but mLentry was gained. Theré wereuno suspects at press time. but the OPP are still investigating. Breukvin It Goons Sometime between 9 pan. Monday. Feb. T, and 8:30 a.m. the following day, culprits forced their way into the storage room of Geens Petro-Canada station at Percy Street and Big Apple Drive and tried to pry open coin boxes. The would-be thieves were not successful, according to the police report. but damage is esti- Attempted break-in at Castleton 655/72 The Colborne Chronicle, Tuesday, February 15, 1994 Two youths are being sought by police In con- necuon with a break-in that occurred Sunday afternoon at the Victoria Opera House Tavern in Colborne. mated at $200. The inves- tigation continues. Police say otitcers were disatched to the restau- rant and, upon their arrival. they found the owner of the business and a Iii-year-old male on the premises. The cash register, a vac- uum cleaner. six cases of beer and six part-bottles of liquor were recovered. Illegal smokes Saturday. a 47-year-old female was arrested when police found eight cases of A The teen was arrested and later released to a thinly me_mber. Youths sought in break- The vehicle sustained moderate damage, accord- ing to the report. There were no charges. Car rolls in ditch A Colborne woman escaped serious injury when her 1990 Chevrolet reportedly went. out of control on County Road 28. Police say Kerri Palmer, 23, was treated and released at Trenton Hospital after her car went into a ditch and rolled over Sunday around 4 World War II, baseball mementnes stolen Investigation" is cuntinu- ing into a break and eater at a residence at RR 3 Colborne in which an estr- Police say the veggie-“Was stopped for a minor tramc violation. contraband cigarettes in the punk of her vehicle. - Mr" “a; 1,ii,iiesijj,l(r.'s: 13.34511: Q50 mm Not! Go sGW'a,IC5 - cl 'iVH','iii'is1f.,o,,r2 ['ustr'e'iitrz'rb',?,' kHiii “a and Police say a Bl-year-old Warkworth man was driv- ing his van westbound on Little Lake Road in Cramahe Township, when the vehicle slid on ice and struck the wires. The vehicle sustained severe damage and the driver was arrested and charged with impaired driving, driving without insurance, and driving while his licence was under suspension. The total value of illegal cigarettes detected in this manner was $434.000. Total value of seized liquor was not given In the report, _-. Power outage caused by crash About 40 homes in the Little Lake area sustained a power outage when a vehicle struck the guy wires for a hydro pole. The impact caused a power cut. He rs-scheduled to gppear in court on March Altogether 192 cases of cigarettes and 10 cases of loose tobacco have been seized. All 12 vehicles were Impounded by pollce and a total of 16 suspects were arrested. Police catching cigarette smugglers Brighton OPP report that, since Nov. 10. 1993. they have stopped a total of 12 vehicles for offences under the Excise Act. mated $3.000 worth of goods are reported miss, ing, _ Among the stolen items is a portable stereo, answering machine, cord- less phone, World War II and major league baseball memorabilia. There were no suspects at press time. Two vehicles were involved in carrying con- traband liquor; 10 were carrying cases of cigarettes or tobacco prod- ucts, - Eileen Arggris