Kids' walkathon
feet forward tomorrow morning for a sponsored walkathon.
The four-year-olds, accompanied by their parents, will set off from King's Square, St. George's, at 7.30 a.m. They will return around two hours later for a family breakfast at the preschool headquarters.
The Family Health Month event will help raise funds to buy playground equipment for the preschool.
Teacher in charge Mrs. Liris Hodgson said she hoped it would prove a great day for the youngsters.
EXCHANGE CHARGES CTS Exchange charges A 31-year-old man has been charged in Magistrates' Court with 27 counts of violating exchange control regulations.
The court heard that between January and June, Lorance Butterfield allegedly obtained US$39,000 from local banks by stating on his Bermuda Monetary Authority Form E that he was going abroad.
But it is the Crown's case that Butterfield never went abroad.
Butterfield was not required to plead because the charges must be tried in Supreme Court.
Senior Magistrate the Wor. Will Francis bailed him in the sum of $5,000 plus a like surety and ordered him not to fill out anymore Form Es.
OFFICES RAIDED CRM Offices raided Three businesses in Parliament Street, Hamilton, have been targeted by thieves.
They escaped with $674 from a petty cash box and eight pairs of spectacles from one office.
And from another they took three dollars from a cash box. It is not thought anything was stolen from the third office.
Police spokesman Sgt. John Dale said untidy searches had been made of all three offices.
Meanwhile, thieves made off with cash from a cigarette machine at a Front Street restaurant.
They also ransacked several cupboards, and tried to open a safe during the Tuesday morning break-in.
A liquor store and a real estate office, both in Front Street, were also hit by intruders. Nothing, however, is believed to have been stolen.
FIRE IN PARK FIR Fire in park Firefighters put out a small brush fire in Bernard Park, Pembroke yesterday.
They dealt with the fire quickly and had returned to the station within 15 minutes.
They were also called to Sonesta Beach where workmen had set off the fire alarms by creating dust.
A mystery blaze swept through a 30ft by 10ft patch of grass off Slip Point Lane, St. George's on Tuesday night. Firefighters from the US Naval Air Station joined Hamilton firemen to extinguish the blaze.
TOOLS STOLEN CRM Tools stolen A power chisel has been taken from a building site in Glebe Hill, Hamilton Parish. Anyone with information should contact Pc Dawson Dates, at St.
George's.
A thief also stole a green Makita saw from a building site on Rocklands Crescent, Warwick. Anyone with information on the theft should contact CID at Somerset.
CABBIE ROBBED CRM Cabbie robbed A taxi fare dodger is unlikely to be sleeping easily these days -- because his face is firmly imprinted on the cabbie's mind.
The trickster pulled a fast one on the cabbie when he failed to emerge from the house he had been taken to, leaving the $13.45 fare unpaid.
The incident occurred early yesterday morning after the man had asked to be driven to Wellman Lane, Warwick.
Police say, however, the cabbie has insisted he can identify the man.
"Hopefully he will be seeing him again,'' commented Police spokesman Sgt.
John Dale.
PROWLER REPORT CRM Prowler report Police were called out following reports of a prowler at a home in Grasmere Road, Pembroke, at around 10.45 p.m. on Wednesday.
The prowler, however, had disappeared by the time officers arrived, said Police spokesman Sgt. John Dale.
GAS LEAK FIR Gas leak A faulty valve has been blamed for a gas cylinder leak at a property in Angle Street, Hamilton. Five firemen were called out on Tuesday night to deal with the leak.
