i YOUR COMMUNITY | #7 y a = se se: = Distribution 986-1347 NEWS photo Terry Peters WITH PLENTY of fun teft up on the local mountains, Maureen Maidrum, left, and Lisa Fenton, right, soak up the sunshine for sume quick tanning action at Mount Seymour Monday. Cro ssed wire caution CONTINUING conmesations atthe North Stare Seas coutd cesutt in tossed: comimiecation wires Manday morniog when anes ted phone sastens os tasdatled on ete newspapers TV bane Uate Avenue budding. Vs owith any such mapor swaishoves nintcantced tobe cutin tall totes. Neos reception stall, therelare, wish fo apologize an ads ane’ for anys fost calls, tnmecessars busy tones of other assorted contason pat roighe iaitiaths ve compas (he new system. But please den tainwe ag we'll be waiting for sour cally, juewsparer since 69 Liassitied vacation feature: 43 the electrons begs anit gbetehes are yet UY + oy UR at ve SLI Parents pleased driver faces stiffer penalties THE PARENTS of a teenager killed after being struck by a car on his way home from school say they are pleased stricter drunk-driving related charges have been laid agains{ Robert Dale Ternes. The 33-year-old) North = Van- couver man was originally charged with impaired driving causing death, after the Feb. 11 accident that killed Steven Barry Oakley and sent another youth to hospital. But three additional charges have now been laid against Ternes. The dead boy's parents, Mary and Barry Oakley, sat stoically near the front row of a crowded North Vancouver provincial court- roam Friday to hear the further charges being laid. Crown counsel Kerr Clark said Ternes now faces a charge of crim- inal negligence causing death, which carries a life sentence; im- paired driving causing bodily harm; and criminal negligence causing bodily harm to Craig Pot- ter, who was critically injured in the accident. Oakley and Potter, both 14, were among a group of students walking home from school when a car jumped a= sidewalk and ploughed into them in the 1000- block of Montroyai Boulevard. Oakley died instantiy and Potter was rushed to Lions Gate Hospi- tal, suffering multiple fractures and abdominal trauma. He re- mains in hospital in critical condi- tion. “We feel a tremendous sense of loss,’’ said Barry Oakley, outside the courtroom. “Nothing is going to replace Steven, but we want to make sure this kind of thing doesn’t happen. “We want to make sure the courts implement as many penalties cn the man, and it serves as an example so other people won't drink and drive.’* Ternes did not enter a plea dur- ing Friday’s court appearance. A day after the accident he was released from jail on his own recognizance after $5,000 bail was posted. The same bail fee still stands for the additional charges. Judge J. D. Layton scheduled a preliminary hearing for May 14 and 15 and a trial date for May 21 and 22, Friends of the youths were also in court Friday. Camille Friedl, §5, and Alannah Fletcher, 16, who witnessed the accident, said they believe more classmates from Handsworth Sec- ondary School will attend Ternes’ tial. ‘6 ROBERT DALE Ternes...charged with impaired driving causing death. “A lot of people are planning to go because they feel it’s impor- tant,”’ said Friedl. ‘Steven was a part of our school. The thing is we'll never forget Craiz’s moaning and seeing Steve’s body. Craig was in a pool of blood.’’ Fletcher said at the time of the accident, the students were talking about what they planned to do that weekend. “| can't believe it happened,’’ she said. ‘‘It could have been us. Every time I walk past the spot where Steve died | can still see his body lying there."” Oukley is survived by his parents and his 18-year-old sister Laura.