TheReview Wednesday, January 31,1990 — A3

BEING HOISTED FROM the deck of a §
fishing vessel under construction at the
government wharf at Tsehum Harbour,
off Resthaven Drive and Bowerbank
Road, is a 32-year-old Langford man
who fell about nine-feet from the deck
into the hold. Richard Merrifield suffered
back injuries from the fall and was

GLENN WERKMAN photo

carefully liffed off fhe boat and info an
ambulance. Wet fiberglass resin inside
the hold hampered the rescue effort.
Apparenily Merrifield fell after a piece of
plywood he was walking on collapsed,
about 12:18 p.m. Wednesday. He was
treated and released from hospital.

Health policy
should cover
*diabetic needs

Prescription supplies required
by a diabetic should be covered by

Medicare or Pharmacare, North
Saanich council agreed Jan. 15.

Council members backed a res-
® olution by the City of Nanaimo

calling on the provincial govern-
. ment to change the Pharmacare

"Bpolicy.

— Sidney council decided Jan. 22
to solicit comments from the local

diabetes association chapter.

“TI can assure you they (the
chapter) would like to see this

happen,” Mayor Norma Sealey
told council.

@ /t came up during the CRD’s

needle exchange program debate,
| she said. Diabetics pay for sup-

| plies, while “drug addicts are
> getting their needles for free.”

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Pole not guilty

A shattered telephone pole, a van in a ditch and signs of
intoxication are sufficient grounds for a breathalyzer test, Judge
Stephen Denroche ruled in Sidney provincial court Thursday.

Denroche dismissed a defence claim that police did not have
sufficient grounds to suspect impaired driving. He found Peter
Westman guilty of driving with a blood-alcohol reading over .08
per cent.

“7 hardly think the telephone pole was in the wrong,” the judge
said.

He fined the 28-year-old Victoria man $450 and suspended his
licence for a year.

A Central Saanich man said he heard the sound of a crash about
5:30 p.m. July 17. Running to the scene, he saw a brown van in the
ditch and Westman, in the driver’s seat, reaching over the console
for a cigarette.

Constable Peter Snell of Central Saanich Police Department said
Westman admitted drinking about three pints of beer before the
accident. The man said he had been in the hotel from 12 noon
until 5 p.m.

Westman told police the accident occurred when he leaned over
to light a cigarette.

Westman gave two breathalyzer readings of .14 per cent. He has
no previous record.

Defence lawyer Harold Rusk said his client lost a van valued at
$3,000 which was used in Westman’s floor-laying business. Rusk
suspected Westman would also be charged for the damage to the
pole.

Denroche told Westman he should have made other arrange-

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