Drug bust
Two tonnes
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A LEXANDRIA
of trash collected
Two people have been charged after
police seized illicit drugs valued at $3,500
be planted, with another 10,000 to be
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at a Kincardine Street, Alexandria residence
planted along Highways 401 and 416 in
P LANTAGENET
May 6.
partnership with the Ontario Ministry of
Gordon Hodges, 24, was charged with
Transportation. A $7,200 donation from
Volunteers collected about two tonnes
two counts of possession for the purpose of
the Hydro One ’Tree For Tree Program’
of garbage during a recent bee at 17 sites
trafficking and one count of possession of a
will result in 16,000 trees planted on land
around the Jessup’s Falls Conservation
controlled substance. A young person was
in Berwick donated to SNC by the McLeod
Area near Plantagenet, reports South
also charged with possession of marijuana.
family.
Nation Conservation.
Police seized over three quarters of a
SNC Parks
The second Cache In-Trash Out event,
pound of marijuana, a quantity of
The day-use conservation areas and
organized by the Geocachers of Eastern
methamphetamine (speed) and MDMA
trails operated by South Nation
Ontario, attracted nearly 100 volunteers
(Ecstasy). Police also seized debt lists and a
Conservation will be open on or before the
to Alfred-Plantagenet. Supported by a $500
digital scale.
Victoria Day holiday weekend.
SNC grant, the event also marked the
The projected street value of the seized
Get your permits
introduction of the 2011 SNC Geocoin. For
drugs is estimated at over $3,500.
Five permits issued in accordance with
more information, or to purchase a new
Hodges is scheduled to appear in
provincial legislation were approved at
geocoin, call Tim Jackson at 877-984-2948,
Alexandria court July 6.
the April meeting of the conservation
extension 291.
The seizure was carried out by members
authority board.
More trees
of the Ontario Provincial Police Organized
Watershed residents planning work in
As part of the International Year of
Crime Enforcement Bureau, Drug
Photo Richard Mahoney
or around watercourses or wetlands should
Forests, SNC will join with partners to
Enforcement Unit, Project Paradigm,
Low water levels resulted in some
contact SNC for a review of their projects.
plant thousands of trees across the
Emergency Response Team as well as
Staff can let you know if permits are
unpleasant discoveries along the
watershed in May. Along the Prescott-
members of the Alexandria detachment.
required. Contact Geoff Owens at 877-984-
Ottawa River east of Hawkesbury
Russell Recreational Trail, 4,500 trees will
2948, extension 240.
this week.
Money
scam alert
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Fraud artists continue to devise new
ways to capitalize on people’s generosity,
warns the Stormont-Dundas-Glengarry
Ontario Provincial Police detachment.
The detachment recently received a
complaint of a scam where a suspect
contacted an unsuspecting person,
identifying himself as a relative who is sick
and is in dire need of cash to be wired
through Western Union for medical
expenses. Police remind people to be very
careful when anyone requests that they
wire money to assist an injured relative. In
another scheme, the caller claims to have
been arrested and needs bail money.
There are also several other scams where
people are told they have won money but
need to send some money first to secure
their prize. Others want you to hold onto
millions of dollars as their country is under
siege.
Do not wire anyone any money if you
are not sure who they really are. Obtain as
much information about the caller, such as
phone numbers, addresses, etc., as possible.
Contact police if you are unsure or contact
another family member to verify if indeed
the call is genuine.
Fife returns as police
board chair
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N ORTH S TORMONT
Dennis Fife, the mayor of North
Stormont Township, will serve another
term as chair as the Stormont-Dundas-
Glengarry Ontario Provincial Police
Services Board. However, the body has a
new vice-chair.
South Stormont Mayor Bryan McGillis
has been named vice-chair, succeeding
Charles Sangster, of Bainsville.
Fife and McGillis represent the united
counties of Stormont-Dundas-Glengarry on
the board. Bryan McEwan is a community
appointment. The Ingleside resident has had
a career as an elementary school teacher and
principal and was employed by the Stormont,
Dundas and Glengarry County Board of
Education. Provincial appointees are Kirsten
Gardner and John Hope. Gardner is a
resident of Ingleside and is currently
Manager of Visitor Services at the St.
Lawrence Parks Commission.
Hope, a resident of South Glengarry, owns
and operates a commercial leasing and real
estate management company in Alexandria.
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