I hope
everyone’s summer months were happy and healthy. There were no meetings in July and August
although our members were very busy attending parades in St. Albert,
Morinville, Bon Accord, Gibbons and Legal.
All were well attended. Cpl Robb
helped us out by driving the RCMP truck pulling our float in the Gibbons
parade. We thank him for that.
As you
remember, our communications director and webmaster have both retired and we
continue to be in the process of transitioning to both new positions. We are in
need of one or two volunteers – one volunteer can do both communications and
the website or a volunteer in each position.
You will be provided with training.
These positions need to be filled rather quickly as it is two non-members
who have been filling them since May. Please contact me if you or anyone you
know is interested. I may be reached at president@sturgeonruralcrimewatch.org or 780-939-4572. I really hope that with so many members in
the county and towns that one or two people could volunteer to help us
out. All the updating has been done by
our zone directors so the volunteers are essentially beginning with a clean
slate.
Our Zone director for Zone 9 (Highway 28 – to
Highway 37 and from Secondary Highway 803 to RR 233) retired in May – if anyone
is interested in filling the position or would like more information please
contact me.
In July I asked Sgt Suleman if we could be
added to the news media press release list and because we are not news media we
are not allowed. That being said, I
think it is time to make some changes.
We fan out as many messages as we receive
from the RCMP but we know there is much more criminal activity going on in the
County and the Towns. S/Sgt Suleman
stated in his report to the County that theft and property crime is at a four
year high. I think it is time we put the
onus on our members to help each other
-- I am asking that if you are aware of thefts, mailbox damage, property
damage or anything else, that once the incident has been reported to the RCMP
that you e-mail or call me and let me know. All we need is the address and a
brief report of the incident. Once we have your permission, we will fan out the
information. This way all of our members will receive the information within a
reasonable length of time.
As I
mentioned before, our zone directors have contacted all the members in their
areas and updated their information. We
currently have 754 updated members. I
will remind everyone that SRCWA is not only for the rural area but it includes
the towns, villages and hamlets within our boundaries. We would like to see our memberships increase
as the more “eyes and ears” we have in the communities the better.
September
has been very busy with many events booked – Sept 7 some of our members
attended Meet the Community in Gibbons, Sept 10 was the Picnic in the Park in
Legal and Sept 15 was Meet the Community in Bon Accord. All events were
excellent opportunities to re-acquaint ourselves with our current members and
to meet prospective members.
On September the 8th, Cpl Gulash,
Cst Tearle and myself gave presentations to the Seniors Workshop in
Redwater. Cpl Gulash spoke on frauds and
scams affecting mostly seniors and Cst Tearle spoke on Environmental Home
Protection and I gave an overall description of SRCWA. All of our presentations were well received
and the RCMP were available to answer questions. The attendees were very
receptive to our messages.
We received
a donation from the County and our group as always is very appreciative of the
support we receive from the Mayor and County Councillors, from riding on the
floats, to donations, to attending our meetings.
The Sturgeon
County Volunteer Dinner was held on September 14th and John Danake
was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award. John was an active member with SRCWA for many
years and we Thank him for his many years of service.
We have 24”
x 24” aluminum reflective signs that the County maintenance crew will install. You may contact me with the location and a
contact person and I will forward the information to Ken.
As there
have been a number of mailbox break-ins in the county and towns I would remind
you to pick up your mail every day or if you are away to have the post office
hold it for you. There is so much
information in your mailbox that the criminals could use to their advantage. Don’t
make it easy for them.
If you have
any questions, comments or concerns please feel free to contact me at president@sturgeonruralcrimewatch.org
Talk to you
later
Francoise
Meunier
President
Sturgeon Rural Crime Watch Association
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John Danake is the recipient of the Life Time Achievement Award presented by
the Sturgeon County. The Volunteer Dinner was held on September 15th. We
Thank John for his many years of service to SRCWA.
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The Sturgeon Rural Crime Watch Association (SRCWA) members participated in
Fete au Village in Legal, AB on July 23, 2016 with 13 members riding on thefloat and handing out candy.
Photo by Dolly Bolen, the Free Press
Morinville AB 
SRCWA #2016-098
This message is made possible by the Sturgeon Rural Crime Watch Association in partnership with the Morinville RCMP.
If you have any information in respect to the above or any crime or criminal activity, please call the Morinville RCMP at 780-939-4550 or Toll Free at 780-459-7689.
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, PLEASE CALL 9-1-1.
