nae yet ay ‘ f i‘ is ah Rt i a Ea te Gite est Neeadeal os AeA A Pen "21-YEAR-OLD Sherry-Lee enjoys piaying base- ball on’ sunny days. She dislikes rain, spiders and slow drivers. Her favorite movie is Nowhere fo Aun, (SNA) 1993 Marketing and - Promotion Contest. The News won the three top spots for best intemal communication. Carrier Handbook, The Carrier’s Voice and the Our News monthly in-house newsletter took first, second and third places for best internal communication. ODGE News wins several awards in ’93 SNA competition -: THE NORTH Shore News recent- ly won several awards in the 1993 Suburban Newspapers of America The News also picked up first place in the category for best pro- motion to build circulation or increase readership with a Focus on Education special feature. In the best advertising sales pro- motional materials category, the News placed third with a media kit package and a rate card provided to customers. More than 1,100 newspapers are SNA members. CARAVAN! * Based on 48no. ease with $2,225 down & rebate ($1,000) TP $16,677 Pus taes OAC, GRE CRE A DIVORCED dad involved ipa child support payment wranghe has had an 4-day jail seatence upheld by the eC. Supreme Court, By Brent Mudry Contributing Writer Lorne Duncan MeLeod quit his $36,000 per year job in 187, ong month after recerving: a secand court order requiring child support payments. The North Vancouver man has nov been steadity canployed since. His cxewile las been strugpding fo support their bea children, now aged [and 12, That same your, be forined a support group called FACTS, Fathers Acting and Caring Together Society. “So far as Doan tell fron his tes- tintony and his caample, this group provides counselling and support to fathers who are subjected to the emotional trauma of being required to support their children.” noted Justice Peter Fraser in a judgement released Monday in Vancouver, The judge summed Meleod up its a “self-righteous. unrepentant individual, on whon leniency was unlikely to make an impression,” Said McLeod to another of the seven judges he's now appeared before, “I feel my duty is to my children first and foremost as a par- ent, not as u payeheque.” McLeod. who refused to pay $440 monthly payments for over six years, was jailed in 1990 for seven days, and was sentenced to a further 84 days, the effective maxi- mum, by North Vancouver Provincial Court Judge Douglas Campbell in 1992. Judge Reginald Grandison had earlier set the prison penalty at seven days for each monthly default. Judge Campbell levied McLeod against an arbitrary 12-month peri- od, to reach the maximum 90-day sentence allowable. The judge dismissed McLeod’s claims of having good intentions 4 Friday, January 21, 1994 ~ North Shore News - 44 NV dad faces jail time in child maintenance dispute 66 That same year, he formed a support group called FACTS, Fathers Acting and Caring Together Society. 99 but litle money, observing “it just KiNs vou... to pay the money to your es wife.” Inthe hatest three-day bear, whieh ended Dec. 7, and cost taa- pavers aiminimun of $5,000 in court costs alone, Justice Fraser thress out several constitutional veruments andl deait solely with the propriety ot the sentence, McLeod claimed after he quit his job. he gota $50,900 “govern- nent grant” in 1987 fo start busi- Ness, but the venture fell apart in six months, He then went on the dole, chiming Unemployment Insurance for 1s anenths, ending in December, 1988. He claims to have made little money since. Justice Fraser noted McLeod made ne payments for his children, eacemt for a token $4258 one Christmas, and $140 for summer school and two $20 pifts to his daughter. The judge ioted MeLeod spent the initial seven days in jail, and a further 30 days behind bars, with- out paying any child support. McLeod paid up on the first day of the fatest court hearing. FROM GAS GUZZLERS TO GROCERY GETTERS ANYTHING CAN BE DONE 985-5022 1485 RUPERT ST. NORTH VAN 1 BLOCK “NORTH OF MAIN OFF MIN. HWY: PEACE OF MIND CAN COST SO LITTLE. py Take advantage of these ECONO BRAKE, TRANSMISSION & MUFFLER supe boeuf a yea —Custom & dual exhaust —Automatic & standard transmissions 1 —Clutches, rear ends & front ends | —25 Ton motorhome & truck hoist —Suspension repairs —All work guaranteed in writing i. E: DISCOUNT ON ALL IRCAPRE REPAIR 985-1008 |