12 - Wednesday, July 27, 1994 - North Shore News

INQUIRING REPORTER

THE FOLLOWING people appeared in North and West Vancouver courts recently to face various Charges:

Before Judge K.J. Libby in North Vancouver provincial court on June 17;

Frank Ton Fun Choy, 65, of North Vuncouver, received 12 months’ probation after he plead- ed guilty to assaulting a person on Dec. 30, 1993, in North

Photo: Cindy May

CANADIAN FOOTBALL has taken the big let: of expanding inte the United States during the last two seasons with comimissioner Larry Smith hinting that the Canadian game's invasion of mid-sized American towns may continue. One of the newest Canadian Football League (CFL) teams, Baltimore, inhabits a former National Football League (NFL) stronghold and is currently embroiled in a legal battle over rights to the team’s chosen name of the Colts. The Vancouver Province reported Monday that NIL commissioner Paul Tagtiabue

antd, “Toronto and Vancouver would be on anyone's short list (fer NEL expansion)" during a conference call with reporters, Needless to say, BC. Lions owner Bi! Comrie reacted strongly, saying the Lions have sole rights to professional football in Vancouver and B.C, Place Stadium. He added that he alone had the right to allow NFL football into the city. Vancouver seems to have a problem supporting the Lions so it's questionable whether the city could suppor! an NFL franchise.

Are you in favor of American football expanding into Canada?

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Mohammed Farokhi West Vancouver

I think it’s great because B.C. kids get an oppor- tunity to enjoy the games and there's lots of good football players here who could get opportunities to play.

Bob Godolphin

North Vancouver

No, I don’t think so. Leave Canadian football alone. | mean, we're already playing in the States. Someday I'm sure it will all be one big league anyway.

Jim Garside Vancouver

It really doesn’t matter to me. As fong as they've got the facility, they should use it to take the burden off of the tax- payers. But it doesn’t matter to me.

- lan Divitt

North Vancouver Personally I'm in favor of the least amount of anything American coming to Canada.

Stephan Greczkowski Toronto

Yes, because I believe it’s inevitable that American football will come into the larger Canadian markets just as baseball and basket- ball have already.

Vancouver District.

Before Judge Jerome Paradis in North Vancouver provincial court on June 16:

Andrew M. Funaro, 25, of Burnaby, wus fined a total of $200 after he pleaded guilty to two charges of driving without a vatid licence. One charge stemmed from a May 15 incident in North Vancouver City; the other charge related to an April 4 incident in

North Vancouver District.

Before Judge Bill Rodgers in North Vancouver provincial court on June 14:

Jay Dean Commodore, 36, of North Vancouver, received [2 months’ probation after he pleaded guilty to assaulting a person on May 20 in North Vancouver City.

Darren Mark Peppard, 27, of North Vancouver, was fined $750

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after he pleaded guilty to driving without a valid licence on Jan, 22.

Peppard’s driver's licence was suspended for one year in connec- tion with the charge.

Before Judge Jerome Paradis in North Vancouver provincial court on June 14:

Robert Blair Nisbet, 25, of Vancouver, was fined $1,000 and received nine months’ probation after he pleaded guilty to possessing

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cocaine for the purpose of trat'fick- ing on Jan, 23, 1993, in Vancouver.

Drug squad members from the North Vancouver RCMP and West Vancouver Police were involved in the arrest that led to the charge.

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Lorne Vern Whitehead, 27, of Coquitlam, was fined $350 and reccived six months’ probation after

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