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RCMP note fraud increase

THE NORTH Vancouver RCMP have reported

an in-

crease in the amount of eredit card frauds taking place in

the community.

The police therefore offer the fotlowing tips:
¢ When using your card, make sure you retain the car-

bon copy and destroy it.

¢ Do not leave credit cards in the glove compartment of
your car or at your work place unattended.
¢ Be cautious when ordering items over the telephone us-

ing your credit card.

© ff you lose your credit card or notice discrepancies on
your bank statement, report the incidents immediately.
For more information contact the North Vancouver

i RCMP at 985-1311.

Mian fined for UI claims

A NORTH Vancouver man was fined $2,200 in North
Vancouver provincial court May 24 for making multiple
false claims for unemployment insurance benefits.

Lloyd Laramee pleaded guilty to 11 counts of making
faise statements on his unemployment insurance report
cards between June 9, 1989 and Oct. 27, 1989. He had
stated falsely that he was unemployed during the five-

month period.

In addition, Laramee was ordered to pay $6,700 in
restitution to the unemployment program. He was also
placed on probation for 18 months.

Jim Mercier enters race
for Socred nomination

THE BROTHER of B.C. en-
vironment minister Dave Mercier
is seeking the Social Credit
nomination in North Vancouver-
Seymour.

The riding seat has been vacant
since the death in March of MLA
and Energy Mines And Petroleum
Resources Minister Jack Davis.

Said 49-year-old Jim Mercier,
“Our community has had very
‘trong representation in Victoria
in the past. My community in-
volvement and experience as an
alderman will greatly assist me in
providing the service North Van-
couver-Seymour residents expect
and deserve.’’

Mercier, a chartered accoun-
tant, has lived on the North Shore
for 15 years. He served two terms
as an alderman in Burnaby. While
on the North Shore he has served
as a director of the British Pro-
perties Homeowners’ Association
and as president of the Sentinel
Secondary School Parents Com-
mittee.

Mercier joins former Co-
quitlam-Maillardville MLA John
Parks and appraiser Gordon
Frampton in the race for the
North Vancouver-Seymour riding
nomination.

SOCRED NOMINEE Jim Mer-
cier.

The Socred constituency
association will nominate a can-
didate on Tuesday, June 18 at the
Coach House Inn in North Van-
couver. Registration is at 6:30
p.m. The meeting begins at 7:30
p.m.

The winning riding candidate
will be up against New Democrat
Dominique Roelants.

Priest felt pressure to
change position on issue

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pro-condom motion, made an im-
passioned speech to the meeting in
which he said that the great ma-
jority of those opposing the
machines had never had contact
with people with AIDS, while he.
as an Anglican priest, had.

“*The School Act states that we
as trustees are responsible for
health, and the condom is the on-
ly known method of reducing the
risk of acquiring AIDS,*’ he said.

Later in the debate, Dungey
said that he had come under
Pressure for his stand because of
his vocation, but that he had

decided to stand firm.

“Abstinence training is best
done somewhere other than in the
schools,’ Dungey added, but
many parents, especially single
mothers, are “too busy slogging
out @ living to teach their kids
about abstinence. So, we have a
health issue."”’

Pat Heal, tn supporting
Dungery, said, ‘The condom
machines are not telling the kids
to have sex, but how serious 2
health issue this is and how much
we as adults care.””

Trustee Anne Macdonald was
unable to attend the meeting on
Tuesdas.

NORTH VANCOUVER City
Council endorsed a letter Monday
night written by city Mayor Jack
Loucks protesting possible budeet
cuts to Queen Mary community
school programs.

By Pamela Lang
Contributing Writer

The letter urges the North Van-
couver District 44 Schoo! Board to
“take into account the vital role
of Queen Mary School...’" and
“the implications for city residents

should the community programs
be discontinued.”'
AS reported in the May 26

News, the District 44 board is
considering chopping its funding
of all nine community schools in
North Vancouver District and City
as part of budget cuts facing the
school district.

Queen Mary — the only com-
munity school in North Vancouver
City — provides facilities and
resources for community pro-
grams such as childcare, hot Jun-
ches, and a youth-worker pro-
gram.

NVSB budget cuts threaten the
loss of community school staff in-
cluding coordinators, who are
“essential to the operation of
these programs,”’ said Loucks.

“Community programs such as
those offered at Queen Mary
school meet essential social needs
which may not otherwise be ad-
dressed,”’ he wrote in his letter.

Ald. Barbara Sharp added that
for every dollar the schoo! gets,
the community gets back three
dollars in services.

Ald. Steila Jo Dean agreed, say-
ing that $180,000 worth of ser-
vices from a school board budget
of $60,000 is a good deal.

Queen Mary programs receive
money through fundraising, sub-
sidies and municipal tax dollars,
as well as an annual $60,000 from
the District 44 board.

According to Loucks’ letter, the
childcare program is subsidized by

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NVC protests possible school cuts

the Community School Assacia-
tion, while the youth-worker pro-
grant receives core funding from
the city.

He pointed out that Queen
Mary provides quality, ‘tafford-
able childcare in an area where
such services are severely lacking
and in high demand."

Loucks said that 60% to 70%
of residents who used the pro-
grams were low income and gov-
ernment subsidized.

“Loss of any one or all of these
programs would have serious con-

sequences for city residents,”’
Loucks added. “It is doubtful
whether all of these programs
could be replaced elsewhere

should they be discontinued."'

“Queen Mary fulfills a need in
an area where there are many
needs,’" said Ald. Barbara Per-
rault, who added that Loucks was
the principal at Queen Mary,
when in 1974 it became Canada’s
first community school.

Perrault: presented a notice of
motion calling for the ‘retention
of Queen Mary school as a com-
munity school."' Couacil will vote
on the motion on June 17.

Another motion presented by
Ald. Barbara Sharp for council's
immediate consideration failed to
get the unanimous consent needed
to be added to the agenda.

Sharp’s motion also called for
continued funding for Queen
Mary school.

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