B16 Terrace Review — Wednesday, October 31, 1990 | In T errace Court The following convictions took place in Terrace adult criminal provincial court on the dates indicated according to information provided by the court registry. Thursday, September 13 | Thomas Duncan was fined a total of $225 on two counts of illegal possession of a narcotic. Duncan was also fined $100 for failure to. appear in court and $100 for breach of recognizance. Friday, September 14 Samantha Stella Stewart was fined $200 and sentenced to one day in jail for illegal possession of narcotics. Monday, September 17 "Mark Joseph Valcourt was fined $500 for obstructing a police ' Officer. John Stanley Dennis was fined $400 and placed on conditional probation for one year for assault. Thuraday, September 20 Stephen Troy Monkman was fined $150 for committing mischief in relation to property. Peter Linteris was fined $500 and given a one-year driver’s licence . suspension for impaired driving. Glen Stacy was fined $100 for a violation of the Wildlife Act. Monday, September 24 Michael David Wells was fined $450 for driving with a blood alcohol content over the legal limit. Steven Roger Hoving was fined $200 for failing to remain at the scene of an accident. Thursday, September 27 Frank Samalik was fined $350 and given a one-year driver’s licence suspension for impaired driving. ; Raymond Edward Blighton was . Sentenced to three months in jail for possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking and one month in jail for illegal possession of narcotics. Carmen Fred Grandison was fined $600 and prohibited from driving for one year for driving with a blood alcohol content over the legal limit. Marcel Joseph Bussiere was fined $650 and given a one-year driver’s licence suspension for driving with a blood alcohol content over the legal limit. Alan Gilbert Peerless was fined . $300 for driving while prohibited to do so. oe John Kenneth Kirsch was fined $800 and given a one-year driver's licence suspension for driving with a blood alcohol content over the legal limit. Friday, September 26 “Ambrose Robert Wright was fined $650 and given a one-year + driver's licence “Suspension for . impaired driving, : Amold Ralston Wright was fined $50 for theft. Frank Doel! was fined $400 and given a one-year driver's licence suspension for impaired driving. _ Wednesday, October 10 Brett James Murray was fined $750 and given a one-year driver’s licence suspension for impaired driving. Montgomery Wilfred Scott was given a six-month suspended jail sentence with conditions for committing mischief in relation to property. Thursday, October 1% James Ronald Clarke was fined $300. and placed on probation for six months for illegal possession of narcotics. . Friday, October 12 Bradley John Daye was fined $500 and given a one-year drivers’ licence suspension for driving with a blood alcohol content over the legal limit. William Joseph Roy was fined $500 and given a one-year drivers’ licence suspension for impaired driving. Jenny Emily Beaudoin was fined $300 and given a one-year driver's licence suspension for impaired driving. Dale Lorne MacDonald was given three concurrent six-month sentences in jail and three concurrent terms on three counts of possession of property obtained by crime. two-year probation Drivers dropping off elderly and handicapped patients at downtown medical clinics and dentist offices don’t have a parking problem, ‘ according to the text of a recom- mendation from Terrace city coun- cil’s Planning and Public Works Committee. Yes they do, say alder- men Darryl Laurent, Danny Sheridan and Dave Hull. No one seems to know who's right, so this -issue has been sent back to the committee for another look. Planning and Public Works Com- mittee chairman Ruth Hallock told city council last week that her committee had consulted staff at local clinics and they were told that there is no apparent parking problem at this time. Therefore, ’ the committee’s recommendation that no action be taken to provide drop-off zones in front of down- town medical buildings. This, however, brought a quick reaction from her peers. "Then why are people double parking at the Emerson Clinic?" asked cars there for over 15 minutes.” The committee has been asked to take a second look to see if there is in fact a place where. local drivers and the HandiDART bus service can drop off and pick up } Council told parking not - a problem at clinics | : elderly and disabled patients at local clinics. if they come back with a different verdict this time, there could soon be at least one parking spot in front of each clinic designated as a drop-off and pick- up point only. Ul reclaims benefits Investigators for the Terrace Canada Employment Centre recovered $128,205 in benefit overpayments and uncovered 92 fraudulent and abusive claims in the region during the third quarter of 1990. Investigation and Control Officer John Jack stated last week that his unit looked into 271 claims during July, August and September and levied penalties of $47,534 on those found to be fraudulent, Clai- mants who deliberately make false statements on their report cards to collect benefits for which they are Laurent. "It’s the same on Greig § Avenue," said Sheridan. "I think there is a problem." And from | Hull, "Numerous times there are | Youth confer on traffic safety _ Three hundred and fifty student delegates from 40 northern schools, Terrace included, are expected to attend ICBC’s annual traffic safety conference in Prince George Nov. 15 - 17. For the third | consecutive year, ICBC is hosting } not entitled can be penalized for up to 300 percent of the amount they fraudulently obtain. Jack noted in the statement that voluntary disclosure of fraudulent claims made before an investiga- tion starts will protect the claimant from being penalized. A common error among claimants during the summer is leaving the area and failing to report it, he added. The Terrace Canada Employment Centre is the regional administra- tive office for Terrace, Kitimat and communities eastward to Houston. The system is getting easier... 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