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B10 - The Terrace Slandard, Wednesday, December 18, 1996

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Checks deter billeters

CRIMINAL RECORD
checks may be deterring
polential volunteers from
signing up to billet athletes
at the upcoming Northem
Winter Games here in Feb-
mary,

Games vice-president Rod
Cox says billeting is going
very slowly.

"We've only got about
250 beds booked,’’ he says,
‘*We need about 1,800."’

Cox says people have told
him they are afraid to
volunteer to take athletes
because of the required
criminal record check.

“They're worried other
people will find out they
smoked pot when they were
19 or were caught shoplift-
ing,’ he says. ‘‘But that
can't happen.’’

Cox explains that when a
volunteer drops off an ap-
plication, it is immediately
put in an envelope and sent
to the RCMP.

The applicant is screened:
for any history of sexual
misconduct with minors,
and domestic or criminal
violence, along with charges
of impaired driving, assault
or theft that have occurred
within the past five years,

If the applicant fails, the .

police throw the form-away.

If it passes, it gets sent back

to the games office for pro-

cessing,

Games organizers never
feceive any criminal record
information. That informa-
lion is kept confidential by
the RCMP. Organizers only
gel the names of people who
pass the check,

“We started doing the
check whenever minors
were involved to give some
comfort to the parents,’’
Cox says. ‘‘But it’s also re-
quired now by law.”

Cox says people tradi-
tionally don’t volunteer un-
til the last minute, but he
says that won’t help things
this time around.

“The record checks take
lime and the police can’t
process hundreds at the last
minute,”’ he says. ‘And we
still have to match athletes
with billets and Ict everyone
know who’s staying where. .

. We need to get voluntecrs
~ ahead of time.” *

Cox says athletes and
coaches don’t have to take
part in the record checks,
but he points out most
coaches and officials in-
volved with minors have al-

THE NORTHERN BC Winter Games is getting great community financial support,
but it's fatling behind in volunteers offering to biilet athletes. The top photo shows
Valerie Gauvin from Terrace and District Credit Union and Ken Earl of Northern

Savings presenting a cheque to games president Steve Scott and vice president

Rod Cox on behalf of area Credit Unions, The bottom photo is Roger Harris and
Trevor Hendry of Terrace Men's Rep Hockey presenting a cheque of proceeds

from a recent AAA tournament to games office assistant Sonja Kruge.

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YOu BE THE JUDGE

by Claire Bernstein

Who Pays When Your Employee In a Fit
of Anger Hits Someone Over The Head? uf 2

Ken, caretaker of an old Victorian-
style rooming house, was just finishing
his dinner in the basement kitchen
when the phone rang.

it was the owner, Helen Romanoff.

“James, is that you? Just calling to
check up how things are going..How’'s
the new batch of tenants?” ‘

James took a deep breath. “Not too
good. Last week one guy-went nuts
and started shooting bullets outthe
window. Had to call the police to-selze
the gun and arrest him, Glad to get rid
of that maniac. Lucky he didn’t shoot
all of us up.”

Helen sucked in her breath. “Well
unfortunately, when you run a roaming
house, you are not attracting a high
class clientele. Any other trouble?"

“Yeah, we had another incident. One
of the tenants almost died from a drug
overdose. The ambulance came and
the attendants came in and carried
him out on a stretcher. | must say,
Helen, all these crazies are getting me
down. Some days | want to get hoid of
a gun and shoot them all dead."

Helen put on her soothing voice,
something she had to do once a
month with James.

“| know how you must be feeling.
Yours is not an easy job; But if you
weren't doing the job | hired you far,
controlling the tenants.and evicting
them when necessary, | couldn't own
the rooming house. Hang in there
James."

James was about to reply when he
heard screams. He banged down the
phone and ran up to the third floor.

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A tenant called Salazar was shouting
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Salazar started screaming at James.
James lost his temper, yanked out
the part of the handrail and hit Salazar
on the head. Salazar dropped to the

ground unconscious.

Salazar sued the owner of the
rooming house.

In court he still had bandages
around his head when he got up to
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