YOU are just sitting down to dianer with the family and the doorbell oes. It’s not your son’s football friends looking for leftovers but some drowned wretch soliciting for Greenpeace, or the Salvation Army, or Mothers March for Dimes. Worthy causes all and whether you give depends on circumstances — both financial and immediate, scimetimes timin: thing. But what if you have never heard of the chari- ty. Does it have a registered tax number? Does the per- son on your porch carry identification inguiving is every- rominently displayed? Are charitable tax receipts offered from a book that ki a duplicate copy? Is a telephone nuzaber provided for information purposes? If the answers to these questions is yes, it’s likely the moncy is going to a good cause. Rut is the cause working locally? Last week concerns were a door-to-door collection campai ed over on behalf of the Canadian Charity Assist Society, whose single parent food banks are not located on the North Shore. NORTH SHORE BEMOGRAPHICS Hozseshoe Bay Dundarave/Ambleside = rites ies Norgate/Pemberton Heights YES £7% : Cepilano/Delbrook Highlands - 6% _. Lawer Lonsdale Central and U; Lonsdale Cove THE following people have appeared in -Nerth Vancouver - ‘Before - Judge ° Jerome aradis on July 7: | -§andra“ Carole Sinclair, 1, of New Westminster, wes . ined $1,000 after she plead- not’ guilty. to impaired,. driving. but: insicad pleaded guilcy to the lesser or includ- d offence of driving without ue care and attention. °° | NO DON NO opINION KNO' 2% a BFF R Marria Gaulcy North Vancouver If the people had the appro- priate identity and informa- tion about the organization and left me a pamphlet, I might, yes. Ellison North Vancouver Not unless they were ordi- nary folk. 1 wouldn’t con- tribute to professional can- vassers. I wouldn't. I don’t know if they actually represent the . charity and § also don’t like being bothered at my homie by peaple I don’: know. SES z The original charge stenmed from a July 28, 1998 incident in’ North Vancouver District. ee 6 “Joshua Hofer, 38, of Vancouver,’ was jailed 30 days, received two months’ proba- tion after he pleaded guilty to driving while” prohibited on; Jan. 12 in North Vancouver District. ; » The jail sentence, was to ‘be served on weekends. - fined $300 and - .Mark Naden Lazeo,. 24, of North Vancouver, was. fined $150 and was place on probation until December after he pleaded guilty to two probation breaches of: failing to report to a probe- tion officer on June 8, 1998 in Saanich; ‘ Efailing to do 60 hours of community work by-Dec. 31, 1998. - _ Lazeo was required to - perform 60 hours of commu- nity work. eee Now, for the first time, youl can get top quality locally made boards. Before’ Judge Doug Moss on July 6: : " Glen Arthur Dewit, 38, of North Vancouver, -was fined $345 “and hed_his- driver's licence. suspended | for. 60 ‘days after ilty: to impaired ‘driving, ¢ - pleaded ‘not ut instead pleaded guilty to the lesser or included offence ‘of driving without due care ~ and attentio wt “otiginal » charge | stemmed from 4° March :23, _ 1998 + incident: in’ .N rth © . Vancouver Cit my incl ud-