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Tae Herald, Tuesday, September 18, 1977, Page s

Regional district to protest the land sale

__ By-ED YUDIN
Herald Staff Writer

to the provincial department of lands, parks and
housing over plans to sell and subdivide Crown land in
the Old Remo district. ;
Regional district director Les Watmough says the
government plans to sell the Crown lands regardless
of existing regional district bylaws and regulations.

The Regional District of KitimatStikine will protest

just going to go ahead and develop it contrary to all
your rules and bylaws just because we consider there
is a need, he said, ;

Sinee the land is owned by the Crown , regional
district bylaws hold no authority. As such they are
powerless inthe matter, according to Watmough. The
situation wouldn't be so bad if the lands, parks and
housing branch had bothered to make consultations
with local authorities beforehand, he feels.

‘They come ta see us when all the plans are drawn
up and the ink is pretty welldry and then they ask us if

“They're coming in and they're saying well we are

COURT NEWS

- Lester Ware was found not
guilty to a charge of
possession of a narcotic for
the purpose of trafficking in
Terrace provincial court
Monday.

- Constable Ken Leibel of
the Terrace RCMP detach-
ment told the court that on

May 2% be had searched
Ware atthe parking lot of the
Northern Motor Inn In

Thornhill and found him im
ponseasion of "a gram scale
end approximatsly 90 grams
af hashish ‘

Ware told the court he had
purchased the hashish about
me hour before being ap-
prehended by the RCMP and
that it was for his own use.

Ware also admitted to the
court that he usually pur-
chased the nareotle in small

antities but had received
amount ata good street
trice, :

Judge Darrall Collins
questioned Leibel as to
whether oe not he would be
surprised almost one
ounce of hashish on a person
rotknown as 4 trafficker and
Lelbel confirmed he would
be and it would cause him to
be suspicious, ..

Leibel alao fold the defetae
counsel Douglas “Halfyird
that he would be definitely
suspicious of Intent to traffic
when that quantity is found.

Halfyard argued in his
mibmission to the court that
only one of the seven packets
d@ hashish found on Ware
was analyzed. He also sald
the price confirmed by
Leibel as a large-quantity
street value fit what Ware
had stated he paid in

;testimony.- The seule’ could
"bit be’ used ‘is: it only would
weigh we to two grams and
the packages weighed four
grams and some even more.

Halfyard concluded in his
wibmission that if Ware had
not testHled and admitted he
bought it for himself there
would not have been any
widence.

Crown Counsel Ed de
Walle toki the court, in his
submiasion,
always carried the ecalea in
Hs pocket and had them
there to subdivide the
hashish for sale.

Judge Collins, in handing
down his judgement stated
that he ‘could not draw in-
ference from the quantity of
the hashish and stated there
was nothing to refute Ware's
evidence that he purchased
the narcotic for himself.

Collins also stated
suspicion on behalf of
Constable Leibe] was
definitely not enough to find
Ware guilty of possession for
the purpose of trafficking.

“T certainly would not for
me minute find fault with
the officer for having this
muspicion, "sald Coliins, “EH

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ware was found not gullty
af the charge of being in-
possession for the purpose of
trafficking, bul vee found

lity of possession

350 and in default 45 days.

James Duncan, 18,

leaded guilty to a charge of

ing a minor in possession
af liquor and was Fined $50,

Monday.

Kenvin Supernsult, 19,
pleaded gulty to a charge of

ving a blood alcohol
reading exceeding .06 Crown

Counsel] Tom Bishop told the

court Supernault had been

found ina parked car Aug 26

after receivng an

amonymous telephone call

Supermault was sentenced
to pay 5 $350, fine or 30 days
In default.

George Southall pleaded

ity toa charge of refusing
ah Tqwor eatablish-

to leave &
ment when requested to do
wo. Southall was creating a
disturbance and bothering
other patrons as he was inan
fntoxicated state on Sept 13
at the Lakelse Hotel, the
Crown Counsel told the
* qpurt,

Southall was fined $75.

Eddy Lecini appeared
before Judge Collim for
sentencing after he pleaded
rive Dale in pair ° "4
ei le im an
having a blood alcohol
reading exceeding .06.

Lecini was found not guilty
on the impaired charge and

pew bike.

that Ware |

puilty of being over .08 for
which he was ordered'to pay

6 fine of $250 or 21 days in-

default.
William Gerald Parnell
appeared in cuatody on

we have any complaints,” he explained.

charges of stealing a motar

vehicle, assgulting a police
dificer, conducting a, high
speed chase and being
unlawfully at large from the
Terrace’ Community
Correctional centre. Parnell
was remanded in custody
until Sept. 24.

Foppe Venema pleaded
not guilty to charges of
driving while impaired and
having a blood alcohol
reading over 06. Venema
was found not guilty of the
impaired charge but guilty
of being over the legal blood
@cohol Hmit of .08 ‘and

sentenced to pay a $300 fine

in default 30 days,

Douglas Munroe appeared
in court for presentence
report and sentencing on
break and entering charges.

On his way home from a
party April13 Munro had
broken into Northland Sales
andstolena dirt bike, helmet
end gloves, the court was
told. Later, after the theft,

‘Muaro tried to sell the bike

for $300 to another young
fellow, Crown counsel told
the court.

‘Bishop recommended to
the court a moderate term of
incarceration along with 2
yrobation order. Bishop also
Tecommended that
restitution be made to the
owners of the blke as con-
siderable damage had been

‘done and it was no longer a

Defense Counsel ‘Jack
Talstra slated he did nat
have any quarrel with Crown
counsel's submission as
Munro has some difficulty
settling down.

Talstra also told the court
it might be helpful if Munro
did spend some time at the
community correctional
centre as it might be a good
‘time for him to have some
guidance. a

Collins told Munro that he
exhibited a complete lack of
any sense of reponsibility
with no regard for the

i) of others.

Pen niditude that is all too
prevalent in our society,’’
said Collins. “A fine would
be nothing more than a slap
on the wrist,"'Collins added.

Collins also noted Munro's
complete disregard to
complete a 50-hour com-
munity work service he was
serving and tald Munro, “I
don’t make those orders to
hear myself talk.”

Collins added, “when I
make an order: for com-
munity work service to be
done it will be done.”

Munro waa sentenced to 90
days in prison to be
recommenied he serve it at
Terrace Community
Correciional Cetre, and aluo
that drug and alcohol abuse
counselling be provided.
Munro was also sentenced to
serve a one year probation
ater completing his 90 days
incarceration.

Debt counsellor contemplates his future after finding
out he doegn't have funds to continue bls work,

Watmough is also questioning the need for
development of the Old Remo lands. He added that if
there is a need it would be better determined by the
Regional District.

“We know what needs tobe done, where the demand
is and what the demand is.”’

The Regional District is hoping their letter is
received by a member of the ministry who will take
the protest seriously.

Another proposed subdivision was on the board’s
agenda on the weekend, A proposal to subdivide
Grouchy Beach was turned down. The Technical

planning committee advised against the development
because of the high risk of flooding. The Regional
dis trict agreed with this recommendation, though the
door wasn’t completely shut on future applications.
Grouchy beach is located on the northwest corner of
Lakelse Lake.

Plans to turn over the Klemtu area on the coast to
the Central Coast Regional District are going ahead.
The area now under the jurladiction of the Regional
District of Kitimat-Stikine is considered too far out of
the way to be properly administered.

Copper Mt. parents meet

By ED YUDIN
Herald Staff Writer

The Parent-Teacher
Liason Committee at
Copper Mountain
Elemeniary School will
be holding a general
meeting on Wednesday
Sept.26. Results of a
recent survey concerning
parents priorities will be

. Teleased at that time.

“The executive will
tally the results this
Wednesday, and the
committee will then
discuss them to help the
school further its
goals,''said school
principal Brian Phillips.

The questionaire
distributed to parents
asks them to outline their
priorities for children.
The list included high
academic standards, dog
control, school ground
improvement, and
discipline. The com-

mittee will work on those
priorities which attract
the most response.

The Parent-Teacher

‘Liason Committee at

Copper Mountain was
formed during the last
school year amid com-
plaints from some
parents of disciplinary
and other problems at the
school. The committee is
attempting to downplay
those complaints while
solving any existing
probelms.

“About 90 per cent of
the parents were sup-
portive of our school, it
was only a very vocal 10
per cent that are not
supportive,’* according to
Phillips.

He said the committee
has already showed its
unfulness by the recent
Regional district decislan
to hold a referendum on a
dog control bylaw for
Thornhill, Phillips said
this is ‘100 per cent the
work of the committee,”

POLICE NEWS|

‘It was a quiet day for
Kitimat RCMP, but the

‘lerrace police were kept

busy. At 3 p.m. Monday
afternoon a three-car
collission at Kelth and Kenny
resulted in a total of $3,200
damage to the vehicles,

An unidentified female
was taken to Mills Memorial
Hospital at about 6 p.m.
Monday evening. Her car
went into a ditch about %4
mile past the Kalum river on
Highway 16 West, RCMP
wre still inveatigating,

He also noted the
physical Improvements
oa the Copper Mountain
school grounds this year:
especially the new paint

Next Wednesday's
meeting will be held at 8
pm. in the school
gymnasium,

i “

Juvenile | :
told to do
his work

A Kitimat youth appeared
in Terrace juvenile court
Monday to say why he
wouldn't perform the
community work service he
had been sentenced to do.

Crown Counsel Tom
Bishop told Judge Derrall
Collins that the youth had
failed to do community work
service and told his
probation officer he would
not do it.

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Collins questioned the

REGIONAL DISTRICT OF KITIMAT-STIKINE
VOTERS’ LIST .
COURT OF REVISION

young man as to whether or
not his attitude was still the
same to which the youth
politiely admitted to Collins
it was not.

Collins was adamant in|
reminding the juvenile he
could make the order last
until he was 21 years of age
and that it would if his at-
titude did not change.

The youth was told to
report to the Kitimat
probation office by Tuesday
to make arrangements to
complete the community
work service he had
originally been sentenced to

He was alsoinstructed that
the work service was to be;
completed by the end
September, 1979.

Judge Collins caution
the young man that if
didn’t comply with the order
he may have to consider
having him serve a periad of
time in jail to remind him he
must obey his sentencing.

Child burned

A nine-year-old Terrace
youth was brought to Mills
Memorial hospital Monday,
suffering from‘: burns
received from a yet un
determined substance. The
youngster was last reported
to be in serious condition,

appeats have bean heard.

stated therein; or

or

voting: or

TAKE NOTICE that any person entitled to be
registered as an alecior In the Regional District of
Kitimat-Stlkine may make objection to the retention of
eny name appearing on the Iist of electors for the
Regional District, and the objection may be made on
ny ground that would disqualify the elector cr ap-
plicant from having his name retained or registered as
qn elector on the list of electors, This objection must be
Med the Regional District Office, before October 1,
v

A COURT OF REVISION has been appointed and
will sit at the Regional Disirist Office, 9.4644 Lazelle
Avenue, Terrace, 8,C. on October 1, 1979, batween the
hours of 9:00 a.m, and 12:00 noon, and will continue to
sit If required, from time to time thereafter unl) alt

Thie Court of Revision shail hear all! complaints and
correct and revise the list of electars; and may
(a) correct thenames of elactors in any way wrongly

(b} add the names of electors omitted from the list;

<¢) strike out the names of persons from the list who
are not entitled to vote or who are disquallfied fram

{d) correct any other manifest error thereln,
and shall add to tha list of electors ihe name of any
person who was qualifled to have his name enlered on
theo list of electara on the thirty-first day of Augusi,

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