12 - Wednesday, July 6, 1994 - North Shore News Kevin Gillies INQUIRING REPORTER THE FOLLOWING people appeared in North and West Vancouver courts recently to face various charges: Before Judge Jerome Paradis in North Vancouver provincial court on May 18: Jason Ronald Walsh, 22, of North Vancouver, received nine months’ probation after he pleaded guilty to committing mischief by damaging a telephone, door and chair belonging to the North Shore Association for the Mentally Handicapped. The incident occurred between Feb. 21 and Feb. 24, * Walsh was required to pay $350 restitution by Aug. 31. Nancy Carole Graydon, 34, of North Vancouver,.received six HERE’S A flash. O.J. Simpson could potentially be tried for murdering his former wife and her friend, That would mean 2 full-blown trial on top of the current ~reliminary hearing. No matter where you are, the media — newspaper, radio and television —— are bombarding the masses with every dripping detail of the whole affair. The specialization of TV channels like CNN, Trial TV (in the United States), A&E, and newspapers like the National Enquirer, coupled with the growth of tabloid TV, has produced a media- blitzed society. I¢ seems the media have become more sensa- tionalistic as they fight to hold onto diminishing market shares. For the past week, no fewer than four or five chan- nels were covering Simpson’s preliminary hearing live and making it their top stories at the end of the night. Simpson will nccupy TV screens and headlines for a while. And his trial hasn’t even started yet. Are you fed up with the O.J. Simpson hearings yet? aly: Lynn Donatdsonr North Vancouver No, I'm going to follow it through to the end. r Luca Riccio North Vancouver Not really because I don’t watch it too much. Gary O'Doherty North Vancouver No. It seems like what media do now. It's blindingly quick, It's going to be hard to find a jury who hasn’t heard Shawn Ternan North Vancouver No. {’m not really watching. I've seen it once or twice. of it yet. aad received six months’ probation after she pleaded guilty to assaulting a female on June 3, 1993, in North Vancouver City. Michael Henry Andrews, 38, of North Vancouver, was fined $500 after he pleaded guilty to breaching probation by attending a male's res- idence on Feb. 18 in North Vancouver City. Before Judge Carl Walker in months’ probation after she pleaded “jj guilty- to stealing a quantity of mer- chandise belonging to Canada Safeway on Feb. 22 in North Vancouver City. A probation term order states that Graydon is not to be found in any Canada Safeway store in the province. Georgina Trisha Castle, 20, of North Vancouver, was fined $150 New Savoury Summertime Menu Food on the lighter side rn laps xt] 926-8922 445 - 13th Street, a 6 West Vancouver [ SOREN SPECTALST | - PROPANE FRIDGES, : | STOVES & LIGHTS (NEW & USED) — + New Fridges — Test Fired & Checked * Tanks - Tubing — Fittings . * Instant Hot Water Tanks $299 + Propane Tanks Re-dated + Propane Repairs + Servel Fridge Parts & Repair PROPANE APPLIABCES | : & WOODSTOVES LTD, fl 2371 Be 3 BA. Hckoad (north end of No 3. ha Patierns 0% off reg. 7 341 Lonsdale, North Vancouver provincial court on May 16: Jennifer Lynn Eckert, 24, of Surrey, received six months’ proba- tion after she pleaded guilty to steal- ing merchandise belonging to Zellers on Sept. 1, 1993, in North Vancouver District. A probation term order states that Eckert is not to be found in the Zellers store at 1175 Lynn Valley Before Judge Reginald Grandison in West Vancouver provincial court on May 3: James Ka Leung Chu, 31, of Vancouver, received nine months’ probation after he pleaded guilty to obtaining an Eaton’s gift certificate by false pretences on May 29, 1993, in West Vancouver. Chu was required to pay $100 restitution in connection with the charge. Bernadette Avila North Vancouver Yes, it's too much. It's unfair because if he wasn't a famous foot- ball star, it would juste be another blurb on the evening news, Before Judge Reginald Grandison in West Vancouver provincial court on April 27: Brian Crowe, 51, of West Vancouver, was fined $150 and received 12 months’ probation after he pleaded guilty to committing mischief by damaging a motor vehi- cle belonging to a person on Jan. 27, 1993, in West Vancouver. Crowe was required to pay a $5 victim surcharge. Some prices in effect at |