Dope growing
nets fine

A 32-YEAR-OLD North Vancouver man was fined $1,000 Thurs-
day in North Vancouver provincial court after he pleaded guilty to
cultivating marijuana.

John Ross McKenzie was originally charged joindly with Debra
Louise McKenzie with one count of cultivating marijuana and one
count of possessing the drug for the purposes of trafficking.

The charges were laid in connection with an April 13 seizure of
35 marijuana plants worth an estimated $31,800, and $5,000 worth
of hydroponic gardening equipment from a Lynn Valley Home.

Apvearing before Judge J.D. Layton, McKenzie pleaded guilty
to the charge of cultivating a narcotic and was fined $1,000.

The Crown entered a stay of proceedings in the second charge
and entered a stay of proceedings in both charges against Debra
McKenzie.

In addition to the fine, McKenzie had his gardening equipment
confiscated.

Call firefighters
when alarm rings

WHEN THE fire alarm rings, call the fire department. That's the
message North Vancouver City Fire Department firefighters want
to hammer home to residents living in apartment buildings.

A fire department spokesman said many people wrongly believe
that when a fire alarm rings in an apartment building, the fire
department is automatically notified.

Said Insp. Dave Burgess: ‘‘We want people to phone us im-
mediately when the bells are ringing. Even if they’re not sure, we
want 2 call, Only a few buildings, like schools, municipal buildings,
hospitals and large industrial buildings are automatically con-
nected.’’

Firefighters responded toa call to a three-storey, 60-unit apart-
ment building in the 200-block of East 12th Street at approximately
4:30 a.m., July 16. Burgess said the fire alacm rang for five to 10
minutes before the fire department was notified.

Motorcyclist dies
on Highway 99

A MOTORCYCLIST died Wednesday morning when her south-
bound motorcycle went off the road on the Squamish Highway.

Delta resident Robin Stacey Walter, 26, was pronounced dead on
arrival at Lions Gate Hospital.

Foreign students
need hosts

f
THE COORDINATOR of a homestay program for 24 Japanese
exchange students is desperately seeking North and West Van-
couver families willing (o host them.

Said program organizer Susan Johnson: ‘‘The problem I am
having is that although the students are arriving on Aug. 3 to stay
until Aug. 24, only two families have expressed an interest in
hosting a student.

“This means that 22 students are arriving in our city without a
place to stay. I urgently need the help of some North and West
Vancouver families who would be willing to open up their homes to
a visiting college-age student.””

For more information contact Johason at 987-9562.

5 - Sunday, July 24, 1988 - North Shore News

Native government
in municipal union

UBCM PRESIDENT Mayor Bill
Whalley and the UBCM executive
have accepted the Sechelt Indian
District, government as a member
of the Union of B.C.
Municipatities.

Sechelt is the first Indian band
to access municipal-like powers.

The Indian band, through the
federal Sechelt Indian Band Seif-
Government Act and the provin-
cial Sechelt Indian Government

District Enabling Act, adopted
sections of the Municipal Act and
other provincial legislation which it
felt was necessary to govern itself
most effectively.

Sechelt now receives Municipal
Revenue Sharing grants and is a
member of the Sunshine Coast
Regional District.

With the Sechelt Indian District
membership, UBCM continues to
represent all 175 municipalities and

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