12 - Wednesday, March 10, 1993 - North Shore News Kevin Gillies Hy INQUIRING F REPORTER _ WITH THE recent release of the 1993-94 operating budgets from North Vancouver Scho) District 44 and West Vancouver School District 45 comes the news that both North Shore districts will have to slash spending despite projected enrolment increases. District 44 will Is the provincial government providing adequate funding for education? Gord Ramses North Vancouver Administrative _ salaries are too high. I think that they could possibly reallocate some money from the .administrative side to the education level, which is where the money needs to be spent. Tara Griffin. North Vancouver As a student, I think we need more teachers, more classrooms, and therefore, nore funding. Because 1 was one of the thousands of students who were turned away from Capilano College, | had to scramble to find a school with room, tions Natasha Kidd North Vancouver I think that the provin- cial government should supply more funding to our colleges and univer- sities, make student loans easier Lo get, and provide more funding for the continuing education program. Joci DePourq North Vancouver I think the secondary school system should be privatized, with cach school specializing in dif- ferent areas of education, and students given vouchers for allotted funding. That way stu- dents would receive an education directed A DAY IN COURT received six months’ probation [ THE FOLLOWING people ap- peared ‘in North and West Van- couver’ courts recently to: face various charges: Before’ Jutige Jerome Paradis in North Vancouver provincial court oa March 2: James William Beckstead, 38, of. Langley, - was. fined $250 and received six months’ probation afte he pleaded guilty to stealing: food belonging to Stong’ s Market on Dec, 31, 1992, in North Vanc- ouver District, . Before Judge BI Rodgers ‘in North Vancouver Provincial court on Feb. 26: Donovan Lee. Horse, 21, of North Vancouver, received a seven-day jail. sentence after ‘he pleaded guilty to failing to comply with’a probation order by being outside his residence between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m, in Burnaby on “Oct. 31,1992, | Horse’s jail sentence is’ to run concurrent with the one he is cur- rently serving. Before Judge Jerome Paradis in ‘North Vancouver provincial court an Feb. 25: Lorna Madeline Williams, 44, of Maple. Ridge, received six months’ probation after she pleaded guilty to stealing a purse belonging to Sears in North Van- couver City on Aug. 12, 1992, Williams is required to perform 25 ‘hours of community work ser- vice by April 16, Before Judge Jerome Paradis in. North Vanccuver provincial court on Feb. 24: : ’ Gordon Alexander Grohne, 32, of Vancouver, received 233 days’ » probation after he pleaded guilty to failing to comply with a proba- tion order by. being found on Bowen Island on Jan. 12. The probation runs concurrent with another sentence, @e#oo Kirk Charles Kelly, 29, of Van- couver, was fined $100 and ‘Safeway 30-day jail Canon “ COLOR COPIES after he pleaded guilty to stealing merchandise from Canada in North Vancouver District on Feb. 4. ; in addition, Kelly was required to pay a $1 victim surcharge. And “he {fs not to be found in: any Canada Safeway store ‘in .B.C. during his probation term. gee Manuel: Gordon Guerrero, 28, of North Vancouver, received a 14-day jail sentence and was fined $300 after he pleaded guilty to driving 4 motor vehicle on Mis- sion Road and West 3rd Street while he was prohibited from driving on Oct 31, 1992, in North Vancouver City, Guerrero’s jail sentence is to be served on. an intermittent basis, . and he was required to pay $100 _ recognizance with the requiremen? that he keep the peace until his - sentence is served on March 25, . eee Denzil Delong, 21, received six months’ after he pleaded guilty to stealing a purse and its contents belonging to a woman on March 11, 1992, in North Vancouver City. A condition of Delong's proba- tion states that Delong is ‘‘not to be on the premises of any drink- ing establishmetnt on the Lower Mainland.” Before Judge Bill Rodgers in North Vancouver provincial court on Feb. 23: Stephen Richard Davidson, 36, of no. fixed’ address, received a sentence and 12 months’ probation after he plead- ed not guilty to break and enter, but instead, pleaded guilty to the lesser included offence of theft. In addition, Davidson pleaded guilty to stealing money from two people and attempting to steal “something” from a motor vehi- cle belonging to a man on Feb. *23 in North Vancouver District. of Delta, Wilh This coupon probation - . toward their interests. lose its $2,567,714 special-purpose grant, while District 45 will lose its $602,895 grant. 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