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. Crime does pay for some of us â€" with this program Chronicle Staff Organized crime will be heavily involved with any legalized casino gambling in , unless the province sets up a regulating commission, Waterloo Regional Police Chief Harold Basse. dent of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police P the problems during a speech to the 35th annual association convention at Kitchener‘s Valhalla Inn last week. d Basse‘s call for a provincial commission comes on the heels of Bill Câ€"81, an amendment to the Criminal Code which relaxed gaming rules and removed the federal government from gambling involvement. Because of the amendment, said Basse, organized crime has begun to stockpile gambling equipment so it can start quickly if the Ontario government ever allows casino gambling. _ "Organized crimes are preparing for the day it (casino gambling) becomes legal in the province. Without a commission you‘ll never keep them out," Basse said in a telephone interview Friday. We feel even though the premier of today says he will never allow it (casino gambling), who‘s to say what the next premier will have to say about it." The gambling commission, he said, would guarantee organized crime is not involved in any wouldâ€"be casinos, as well as providing a mechanism for stringent enforcentent of regulations. Do _ Basse also reaffirmed statements made earlier in the week that he was aware of property in the province, purchased by organized crime, that was just waiting for the goâ€"ahead to build casinos. Organized crime‘s role in casino gambling was just one of many controversial issues discussed at the fourâ€"day convention last week. Along with internal issues such as pensions, recreation, drug abuse, communications and research, the police chief‘s conference also formed a unified opinion on police chases. "‘We feel if the police are restrictedâ€"if we can only chase those who have committed serious crimesâ€"it will cause more of a danger to the public,‘ said Basse, who predicted a ban on chases would encourage motorists to flee apprehension. The chief said two motorcyclists who fled from police last week said they had done so because "they hadâ€"heard it was illegal for police to chase them" . ~ Basse said the only way to handle the issue is by allowing police to use their "good judgement." Can‘t keep out organized crime from legalized casinos: Basse Chronicle Staff What a way to make a few quick bucksâ€"help local police solve a crime and get paid for it in the process. _ e Created in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Crime Stoppers is a threeâ€"way coâ€"operative effort between police, citizens and local media. By reâ€"enacting an unsolved crime on television and radio, as well as using published newspaper stories, police hope citizens will come forward with information on the case. If the tip proves fruitful, it will earn you between $50 and $1,000. Besides the healthy payday, the program guarantees complete anonymity to participants. By implementing a 1â€"800 number that is independent of the police phone system and having a preâ€"arranged mod of payment, there is no reason for police to gain a caller‘s ty . According to local Crime Stoppers coâ€"ordinator Const, Robin fi::rlve. the force is heading into the program with a great deal of mism. "It‘s been a very successful program. A lot of stolen property and drugs have been recovered because of it," she said. In Windsor, the program has lead to 137 arrests and has cleared 285 cases since it was implemented in April of 1985. In ther&tocul. Windsor Crime Storn have pl:&out $12,500 in rewards while recovering $268,863 in stolen property and $105,320 in narcotics. That‘s exactly what will happen this January as the Waterloo regional police force taps into the highly successful Crime Stoppers program that has been sweeping the continent. recovering $268,863 in stolen property and $105,320 in narcotics. The next step in the process, says Schrive, is the establishment of a 15520 member civilian board, which: will eventually determine the amount of money to be paid to each tipster. Their first task, however, will be to solicit local businessés, industries and individuals to put up the reward money for the program. M%nud in the "initial stages", Schrive says a meeting between and representatives from the Waterloo, Kitchener and Ca-w Chambers of Commerce, has been set up in late July to "do a brainstorming.‘Besides. Windsor, successful Crime W'- pe â€"mffiw r l”m;‘.hlm.‘mn Chronicle Staff Sometimes these two guys are the most popular fellas in all of Waterloo Region; other m they‘re viewed as two of its greatest vilâ€" ‘The dual role is just something Andy Taylor and Tony Chir have had to learn to live with. As meteorologists at the Waterlooâ€"Wellingâ€" ton Weather Office, Taylor and Chir are the gentlemen who inform us that a beautiful weekend is on the horizon. They are also the same pair who inform you that your longâ€" a:i;ited holiday will be five straight days of rain. ~**Yeah, sometimes you have to take the heat for the weather. People sometimes forget that we just report it, we don‘t make it," said Taylor, a Waterloo resident. _ _ _ AndyTayla(lofi)andTonyChlrapondalotofflmoonthophocmupatofm role at the Wateriooâ€"Wellington Weather Office. The pair also keep local media up to date on weather happenings. ~ Mark Bryson photo The pair were in good spirits recently, however, as they played host to past employâ€" ees of the office who gathered for 20th anniversary celebrations. Needliess to say the weather played an important â€"role in the evening‘s conversations. * 3 ‘"The only time I feel really bad is if the weather turns out to be worse than predicted: There is the odd day we mess up you know," said Taylor. Despite the odd slip, Taylor and Chir still manage to boast an 80 to 90 per cent efficiency ratio in predicting same and next day weather. Anything after the next day, drops to a 50 per cent clip.. 2oL _ During a normal 11â€"hour work day, alternatâ€" ed between the two, each is responsible for informing three daily newspapers and doing 20 radio reports. There is also the task of briefing CKCO television weather man Dave McDonâ€" ald, a former weather office employee himâ€" self, for the six 0‘ clock news. 1. _ Besides the hourly weather readings, the rest of the day is never the same. During the summer months, the office is swamped with calls from constructiol} compaâ€" nies, pavers, roofers, farmers and people heading for the Blue Jay game, says Taylo{. Faithful meteorologists weather the storm Waterloo MP Walter McLean will be returning to the House of Commons backbenches as a result of a major Cabinet shuffle announced Monday by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. McLean had been appointed Minister of State by Mulroney when the Prime Minister established his first Cabinet, and last year was :mted to Minister of State for Immigration. The Waterloo MP , who I not be reached for comment, said in a prepared statement that he was "‘disappointed" by Mulroney‘s decision to drop him from the Cabinet, but was "grateful‘"‘ to have had the opportunity to serve his country as a Minister during the past two years. Chronicle Staff â€" The shuffie, clearly a move by Mulroney to boister his government‘s failing popularity, was one of the most lextensive in parliamentary history. In all, 27 changes were made: eight new ministers were added to the Cabinet, including four from Quebeé¢, McLean ousted in big shuffle During the winter it tends to be snow plowing outfits, people making long journeys and ski enthusiasts. To help out with the log jam of calls the office was receiving from people wanting a quick forecast, a special line was set up in February to handle such inquiries. Taylor says the 648â€"2144 number has been a welcome addition. "It has certainly taken a lot of pressure off us. We were receiving an average of 300 calls per day," he said. The tape machine, which operates both day and night with updates from the Toronto Weather Centre, received over 500 calls last Monday. There is also the task of keeping up to date and complete logs on the weather activity, which is compiled into monthly reports. The former employees gathered for last week‘s getâ€"together pointed out the tape machine wasn‘t the only change the facility has seen in the past 20 years. weather office from 1969 to 1982, says the major function has also changed. "When I started here at least 70 per cent of the daily workload was informing (aircraft) pilots about conditions. The rest was tourism and agriculture. When I left in 1982, I‘d say that number had shrunk to 30 per cent," said Millar, who over the past four years has spent 18 months in Resolute Bay, 900 miles south of the North Pole. â€" Taylor estimated only 15 per cent of today‘s inquiries are from pilots. Millar, who now works in the Toronto weather office, says the whole scope of the weather has changed over the years. ‘‘We‘re really more weatherâ€"conscious today. It seems no matter who you are, the weather in some way affects you," he said. _â€"There is one thing that remains the same however. â€" _ “v‘v"l'g.l;eés people have always had a tendency to blame the weatherman," said Millar. "It‘s doubtful that will ever change." 19806 â€" PAGE 3