ORCHESTRA STRAUSS PROGRAM SUPPORTS HAITI RELIEF EFFORT
LONDON – Orchestra London joins other London organizations in the Haitian Relief effort, this Saturday evening during its Spectacular Strauss concert at Centennial Hall. Donations will be collected from the approximately 700 attendees for the Canadian Red Cross, in support of the ongoing efforts to provide emergency relief and long-term recovery for Haitians devastated by last week’s earthquake.
“Since the earthquake we’ve received many calls from our musicians and volunteers, asking what Orchestra London can do to help in the wake of such a horrible disaster,” says Joe Swan, Managing Director for Orchestra London. “We are counting on our audience to help us provide the Canadian Red Cross with much-needed financial support for the victims of Haiti,” he adds.
On Tuesday January 19 2010 at 5:40 pm the London Police Service Guns and Drugs Section executed a search warrant to a residence on Arbour Glenn Crescent and arrested seven males and a female.
Police seized a .40 caliber handgun along with a magazine containing 10 rounds of .40 caliber ammunition.
Major Drug/Firearms Arrest off Kipps Lane on Arbour Glen Crescent
There was a small quantity of marihuana located in the residence. When one of the arrested males was searched Police located a small quantity of marihuana along with individually wrapped pieces of crack cocaine on his person ($940 worth crack cocaine). The following persons are charged;
To call Frank Chauvin a local hero is an understatement as long as the Detroit River. After a visit to Haiti in 1988 he chose to take early retirement from the Windsor Police Services and found Le Foyer des Filles de Dieu ( The Home for Girls of God), an orphanage in Port-au-Prince.
I recall Mr. Chauvin's visit to a United Church that I attended in the nineties when I still lived in Windsor. He described the work in Haiti and spoke of the obstacles that were in his way. He is humble and devoted to this mission. This wasn't just a Catholic Mission. It soon became a Windsor Mission with high school students travelling to Haiti on Spring Break to work with children and help on building projects.
London Police Service are investigating multiple stabbings that occurred on Friday January 15 2010. At 11:30 pm Police were called for a disturbance on Bonaventure Drive near Admiral Drive involving a crowd of 30 -50 youth.
Groups within that crowd were fighting and the altercation involved knives and glass bottles being used as weapons. Five males (17, 15, 28, 20 and 18 years old) received stab wounds. A 20 year old female was also struck on the head with a glass bottle.
The following five robberies within the city are believed to be related;
INCIDENT #1
On January 16, 2010 at approximately 12:30am, a 19 year old male and a 19 year old female were walking east on Fanshawe Park Rd east of North Centre Rd when they were approached by two male suspects who brandished a knife. A quantity of property was taken from the victims, who did not sustain any injuries as a results. The suspects fled on foot.
The first suspect is described as a native male, 16-20 years old, 5’7” with a slim build and wearing a black hoody and black jogging pants. His face was covered by a black bandana.The second suspect is described as black male, also 16-20 years old, 5’7”, with a slim build and wearing a grey hoody and grey jogging pants. His face was covered with a red bandana.
INCIDENT #2
On January 16, 2010 at approximately 12:50am an 18 year old male was walking westbound on Philbrook Dr from Adelaide St when he was approached from behind. The suspects held a knife to his stomach. They obtained a quantity of property and fled on foot. The victim was not injured.
London Police are investigating the first traffic fatality of 2010. On Thursday January 14th at approximately 6:40pm a 68 yr old female pedestrian was walking northbound on Elizabeth Street at Lorne Avenue.
The pedestrian had just stepped off the curb, in the crosswalk area when she was struck by an eastbound vehicle driven by a 28yr old male. This location is governed by a “four way” stop sign system. Police continue to investigate.Sgt Tom O’Brien
