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euncucs, | CR #0 REGINA s. at Ens A The latest incident occurred earlier this month when police and park secuâ€" rity broke up a bush party on conservation grounds. The GRCA has asked the Waterloo Regional Police Service to help cut down on the number of encroachâ€" ments, especially in the wooded areas. With housing developâ€" ments starting to surround all sides of the 294â€"hectare property. the Grand River Conservation Area is reportâ€" ing an increase in the amount of iegal activity. including vandalism and trespassing, that‘s caused damage to parts of the park that are meant to stay in a natural state. recent crime spree at Alaurel Creek Conserâ€" vation Area is starting to worry the people who run the park. GRCA concerned over crime spree at Laurel Creek By Bos VrBanac Chronicle Staff Dave Schultz. a spokesman for the GRCA, said trespassing has been an ongoing concern at the conservation area, but with the number of developâ€" ments sprouting up around Iwo of the youths were banned from the park for a vear,. and a trespassing charge was laid against the driver of a van. Police were called in and several _ youths _ were charged. On May 6, they caught 15â€"20 people who entered the park ilegally and had started an open fire. Park staff staked out the area after finding evidence of fires, empty beer bottles and other garbage scattered around the area. That example followed weeks of reports of noise and open fires along the area abutting Conservation Drive: Uptown nightlife sports some sizzle with The Club Page 18 Continued on page 4 Serving your community since 1856 UW games museum opens new exhibit for animal lovers/Page 23 Balancing flavours takes some scientific flair/!Page 11 ARTS Playing for keeps KCI Raiders win first WCSSAA soccer title Page 26 SPORTS