Jail terms for drivers A 26-YEAR-OLD man was recently jailed 45 days for stealing a motorcycle in North Vancouver City. Robert John Berrigan, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to the charge stemming from a June 28 incident. Berrigan’s jail sentence was to run consecutively to any sentence he was serving. Judge Doug Moss sentenced Berrigan in North Vancouver provincial court on July 26. In a seperate incident, a 26- year-old North Vancouver man was recently jailed five months in connection with two charges of driving while pro- hibited. Danie} Gilbert Bernard pleaded guilty to the charges. His driver's licence was sus- pended for two years. One charged involved a Feb. 26 incident in Agassiz. The other charge related to an Aug. 16 incident in West Vancouver. NEWS photo Mike Wakotield WEST VANCOUVER Block Watch captain Jane Holden and Const. Glen Mason are ali smiles after receiving a Block Watch van courtesy of Dick Irwin Chev Olds’ lease division. The vehicle will be used to promote Block Watch awareness by the Community Policing section of the West Vancouver force. Convicted phone scammer talks IN A recent interview with the Better _ Business Bureau of Cleveland, Ohio, con- victed felon Damian Vondamico gave a chilling behind-the-scenes look at the world of fraudulent telemarketers. Vondamico, whe pled guilty in 1993 to tele- marketing fraud in California, was known as one of the most successful telephone con men in the business. In eight months during 1991 and 1992 he bilked a staggering $874,000 from just 72 repeat victims. ON PUTTING CONSUMERS ‘UNDER THE ETHER” .- (How telemarketing scams operate) “To begin with,’ said Vondamico, “you call the consumers several times just to talk. 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Telemarketers call it being under the ether.” ON ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS TO STEM TELEMARKETING FRAUD “Enforcement agencies need to go after ‘reloaders’, the people who con individuals over and over again, not just owners. As long as there are reloaders available, telemarketing operations can continue. Real owners often put firms in employees’ names (unbeknownst to them) so often, the ‘owners’ who are busted are not really the brains behind the scheme. The real owners go on and set up new cons in another location.” ON HOW TO RECOGNIZE THAT YOUR LOVED ONE IS A VICTIM Vondamico concluded by stating, “Numerous prize and sweepstakes mail pieces in the house, shipments of unnecessary merchandise, strange cheque book and credit card bill entries, indica- tions of financial trouble, and comments about a ‘nice man’ or ‘nice lady’ who calls are all signs that your elderly loved one is being victimized by a telemarketing con artist.” gl 989 JEEP YJ ford te bist top.detchobl cnet, mogt WH DyeDH $90 975 "1989 ASTRO VAN fow kms. ONLY 15,475 ‘ AT. blue, ir. Currently scheduled B.C. ferry sailings THE FOLLOWING are the current schedules for BC Ferry Corporation routes between the main- land, Vancouver Island and Langdale: Horseshoe Bay to Nanaimo and Nanaimo to Horseshoe Bay: Effective until Sept. 6: Leave Horseshoe Bay daily at 7 a.m., 9 a.m., 10 am., I! am., 1 pam, 2 p.m. 3 p.m., 5 p.m., 6 p.m., 7 p.m., 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. Leave Nanaimo daily at 7 am., 8 am. 9 am., 11 am, noon, | p.m., 3 p.m., 4 p.m., 5 p.m., 7 p.m. 8 p.m., and 9 p.m. Horseshoe Bay to Langdale and Langdale to Horseshoe Bay: Effective until Sept. 6: Leave Horseshoe Bay at 7:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 14:30 a.m., 1:15 p.m.,.3:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 7:25 p.m, and 9:15 p.m., also on Fridays, Sundays, holiday Mondays only at 10:10 p.m. Leave Langdale at 6:20 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 12:25 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 4:30 p-m., 6:30 p.m. and 8:20 p.m. also on Fridays, Sundays and holiday Mondays only at 10:10 p.m. ; Horseshoe Bay to Bowen Island and Bowen Island to Horseshoe Bay: Effective until further notice: Leave Horseshoe Bay at 6:05 a.m., 7 a.m., 8 a.m., 8:55 a.m. (the Thursday sailing will be replaced by 2 danger- ous cargo sailing at which time no passengers will be allowed to board), 9:50 a.m., 14:15 am., 12:05 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 4:25 p.m., 5:25 p.m., 6:25 p.m., 7:45 p-m., 8:35 p.m. and 9:25 p.m. Leave Bowen Island at 5:45 a.m. (daily except Sundays and statutory holi- days), 6:35 a.m., 7:35 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 9:25 a.m., 10:50 a.m., 11:40 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 3 p.m., 3:55 p.m. (the Thursday sailing will be replaced by a dangerous cargo sailing at which time no passengers will be allowed to board), 4:50 p.m., 5:54 p.m., 7:20 p.m., 8:10 p.m. 9 pam. and 9:45 p.m. Tsawwassen to Swartz Bay and Swartz Bay to Tsawwassen: Leave Tsawwassen every hour on the hour from 7 a.m. until 10 p.m. Until Aug. 31 (except Aug. 12 only) there are extra sailings at 5:30 a.m.. 9:30 a.m... 5:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Leave Swartz Bay every hour on the hour from 7 a.m. until 10 p.m. Until Aug. 31 (except Aug. 12 only) there are extra sailings at 7:30 am., $1230 a.m... 7:30 p.m. and “11:30 pam.