Four face narcotics charges FOUR NORTH Shore residents face charges of possession of a narcotic for the purpose of trafficking following a West Vancouver Police seizure of 360 grams of cocaine. The seizure and arrests were made Oct. 9 after police acted on a citizen's complaint of people acting suspiciously in a vehicle parked in an area near 18th Street and Marine Drive. Police attended, searched the suspects and seized $10,000 worth of cocaine. A subsequent search of a residence resulted in the seizure of $10,000 cash. Charged are West Vancouver residents Jeff Martin, 35, Jac- queline Dimmock, 30, Cameron Cusiu, 25, and 25-year-old Michael Wong of North Vancouver. Reformers ready for Senate fight THE REFORM Party of Canada is ready to fight a Senate election in B.C., if, or when, Premier Bill Vander Zatm calls one, according to the party’s vice-chairman, Gordon Shaw, of West Vancouver. Senate reform, through the implementation of an elected upper house, is one of the Reform Party’s major policy pianks. There is no B.C. Senate vacancy at present, but Vander Zalm is on record as suggesting he would seriously consider calling a vote if there is a need to fill a seat. Shaw, a retired oil company executive, minimizes speculation the? he might run if B.C. calls a Senate vote. The Reform Party vice-chairman admits that the chances of a vacancy occurring in B.C. are slim. ‘Pierre Trudeau appointed so many Liberals of younger age to ensure a Liberal majority in the Senste for 2 protracted period, that B.C. may be stuck with what we have for some years,’’ Shaw said. Senate vacancies occur only when senators die, reach the age of 75, or resign. [Police dog tracks B&E suspect A WEST Vancouver man has been charged with break and enter after West Vancouver Police were called to the 1000-block Es- quimalt Avenue on Sept. 21. Police arrived on the scene to investigate a report of a suspicious male prowling around houses in the area. Police dog Trooper was released in an area where the suspect had last been seen. Police found the front door of a house closed. The back door was open. Police thea found the front door open and located a men walk- ing down the street nearby. Trooper tracked from the house to the suspect and the man was arrested. Charged with one count of bresk and enter is 28-year-old Paul Lewis Maxwell. Amnesty group marks week FHE NORTH Shore group of Amnesty International will be hosting an information table Sunday, Oct. 22 at Loasdale Quay market to mark Amnesty International Week, this week. This year’s theme is human rights violations against children. The main objectives of the week are to raise public awareness and to organize appeals and widespread publicity on behalf of the children’s cases featured during the week. The group will provide a wide range of material for the public, including pre-written letters of appeal, petitions, posters, informa- tion sheets and photographs. Group members will be on hand to answer questions and provide further information. The North Shore group was formed in 1983. its membership in- cludes teachers, students, government employees and senior citi; zens. The group meets on the last Monday of every month at Highlands United Church, 3255 Edgemont Blvd, North Vancouver. § - Friday, October 20, 1989 - North Shore News Block Parents raise awareness IT’S NATIONAL Block Farent Week from Oct. 23 to Oct. 29, and locally the North Vancouver Block Parent Program counts participa- tion from approximately 1,600 homes. By MICHAEL BECKER News Reporter The citizen’s action program is based at the community level. It’s run by volunteers and is supported by local police, school boards and school associations. Although the program is primarily designed to provide the community with a method of protecting its children, it also offers assistance to adults in emergencies. The program has been in North Vancouver since 1976. All Block Parent applicants are screened by police for criminal re- cords. Block Parents already in- volved in the program, including people living in the house who are over the age of 18, are rescreened every three years. “So that way you know, once they’ve been approved, that that’s a safe house,"’ said Sharon Falls, North Vancouver Block Parent Program coordinator. A Block Parent sign, displayed in the window of a home, is a sign that immediate help is available at that location. In coming weeks, metal signs designating neighborhoods as Block Parent enclaves will be posted at North “ancouver schools. The signs have been fund- ed by local Lions ciubs. Said Falls, ‘‘We’ve had cases where elderly people with Alzheimer’s disease have been located. Some people have been Block Parents for more than 10 years. Some people haven’t been used, but we work quietly as well by ac- ting as a deterrent to criminals. In Whitehorse the main reason for the Block Parents program is the danger of wild dogs and frostbite. Here the concern might be bears, bullies, accidents, illness and lost people,” she said. Carisbrooke area Block Parent coordinator Benson Jarzyna has seen the program work in his neighborhood. Eighteen months ago a four- year-old boy went missing one morming and local Block Parent volunteers were instrumental in finding the youngster. “Te was quite funny,’’ Jarzyna said. ‘‘People were running around in hair nets and pajamas. But ir- respective of what they wore, they did the job.”” The first Block Parent program started in London, Ontario in 1968. The program was a com- munity response to concerns about incidents of child molestation. The MOTORHOMES FOR SALE Exceilent late model used motorhomes and vans. 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