Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 22, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 8 Winnipeg free press monday june recording system blamed for extra fee on parking Fine by Brian Cole provincial court officials say some Winnipeg motorists Are being charged an extra fee when paying outstand ing parking fines because of an inadequate recording system. Attempts to determine the status of parking tickets however revealed Many offenders could have avoided the extra fee if they were Given proper information by clerks and magistrates working in the Public safety building. The problem revolves around the method of collecting fines for parking tickets and the willingness of some clerks and magistrates to locate information relating to an outstanding lick Wayne free press City it or advise an offender How the Fine May be paid. Under the current system an offender who ignores or misplace a ticket will be sent a yellow notice Sheet which if ignored will be followed by a Green summons containing the Date set for a hearing into the charge. If the Motorist fails to attend the hearing the court May Issue a warrant for arrest or set a Date for an sex Parte hearing. The summons states the charge can be disposed of with a guilty plea during court office hours. But because records of this nature Are filed manually by the ticket number a person is unable to pay the Fine and avoid going to court unless he presents the summons or knows the exact court Date or original ticket number. Officially the staff in the clerk of the court s office is supposed to search the files for information relating to the ticket or advise the offender of one of several other ways to avoid incurring an additional Fine said Dan Dow Benko chief magistrate in the clerk of the court s office. For example a person who has mis placed his summons could be advised to make weekly checks with the clerk s office to see if his Case is being dealt on traffic court Day which is usually tuesday. Dowbenko also said if a person misses the court Date stated on the summons the staff could hold on to the summons and allow the person to pay the Fine before the charge is dealt with at an sex Parte hearing. Dowbenko added that an exception to this Rule May be made Tor a person who has a negative attitude or does t Supply the clerk with enough information. But several employees in the clerk s office including one magistrate who refused to give her name have said at various times during the last year that there was no alternative to paying the extra Fine. Instead they said an offender must wait until he receives a White letter informing him of the sex Parte hearing. Because the person who issued the ticket usually must testify at the hear ing he is paid a witness fee of a fee which is passed on to the offender. As Well following the conversation with Dowbenko a request to two of the people working in the office that a Check be made on whether there were any tickets awaiting an sex Parte hear ing was rejected. One clerk denied that such checks could be made. Another said it was t up to her to Check for any matters set aside for sex Parte hearings. Deputy administrator of court ser vices Wally flattery agreed some of fenders were being refused a Chance to pay fines at a lower rate and blamed the system for the problem. We know what the problem is and we feel completely frustrated about it and we re trying to get rid of he said in an interview. He explained that the courts do not keep track of tickets or summons by the name of the offender and that a person would have to manually search their files for hours in order to locate the summons. However he said officials were attempting to eliminate the problem by computerizing the entire process so All tickets would be keyed on the name of the offender. In the meantime flattery and Dow Benko say every Effort is made to accommodate a Motorist who wants to pay a Fine. Aircraft extends of Law rom pilots in Winnipeg among the busiest in Force s Fleet St. John ambulance staff sergeants Al Sabey left and Peter Kember with their twin Otter aircraft. Lorimer to miss meetings Winnipeg school division s new chief superintendent won t be attending school Board meetings on a regular basis. Wes Lorimer was appointed interim superintendent last month to replace Harold Pollock who left the Post by Mutual agreement with the school Board. Board chairman Mira spi Vak said in an interview that while Lorimer is the Divi Sion s chief executive offi cer he works for the division half time and is not obliged to attend the Board s weekly meetings. Spivak said Lorimer is paid on a daily rate rather than a salary but the rate is based on the same salary Range As Pollock a to a year. No doubt Spivak said she has no doubt Lorimer can serve As interim chief executive offi cer without attending Board meetings at which trustees set policy because other superintendents will be there. Lorimer was division superintendent from 1953 to 1967. As Well Lorimer will be represented at Board meet Ings by Dave Downie his executive assistant. Dowrie said he will be the chief operating officer on a Day to Day basis because Lorimer also has responsibilities As chairman of the provincial universities Grants commission. Spivak said she Hopes the division can hire a new superintendent to replace pol lock by the end of the year. By John Mcmanus the regulations say ramp members must be willing to serve in isolated posts for prolonged periods. It May still hold True for mounties who Are the official presence in the settlements and hamlets far beyond the Fence of civilization but aircraft during the last 50 years have reduced the hardships of dog and Canoe travel to Arctic posts and scattered isolated communities. The ramp through its Affinity with communities beyond the roads came to see the air plane As Northern people do As just a better faster vehicle for getting from place to place. The ramp first used an air plane in 1921, a year after it had changed its name from the Royal Northwest mounted police. Planes did t immediately end the Long patrols by do team in the vast emptiness Between Hudson s Bay and Alaska but it heralded a Radical change in Supply and enforcement of Law in regions which ticked not to time but to seasons. Circus like reputation in the late 1930s, the air plane had graduated from the circus like reputation established by roaring twenties air heroes and the ramp formed its air division. It was to become a lifeline to isolation which would be interrupted Only by the second world War when its pilots and aircraft engineers transferred to the Royal Canadian air Force. It regrouped in 1946 with a few aircraft and a dozen pilots. Today it has 22 aircraft and helicopters based from Gander to Vancou ver Island. One of the forces Fleet a twin Otter is based at Winnipeg to serve the vast stretch trailer occupant injured in Blaze Arnie Hofer a resident of Spruce Wood Hutt Erite Colony near Brookdale suffered Burns to 30 per cent of his body in a fire which destroyed his House trailer at about 6 . Yesterday. Hofer was taken to Carberry Hospital which refused to disclose his condition last night. Police said Hofer s wife and four children received minor Burns in the Blaze. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Or. C. G. Chapman the St. John ambulance Council for Manitoba is pleased to announce the appointment of or. C. G. 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Peter Kember and Al Sabey both pilots with the rank of staff sergeant have had their share of isolation. Kember said he has lived in eight provinces Sabey flew out of Yellowknife for five years in the Northwest territories and Learned to live with 24 hour Daylight and darkness. Kember 40, who is in charge of the three Man air division detachment at Winnipeg International Airport is a native of North Vancouver where he earned his commercial licence at 19, then joined the Force in 1962 and the air division in 1966. Sabey 38, is from Vancouver Island and joined the Force in 1984, moving to air division in 1971. The Anchor of the Trio is Ray Fields an aircraft Engineer who maintains and overhauls the 20-seat Otter and the new hangar off Saskatchewan Avenue. Kember and Sabey even though they could be plucked out of comfortable suburban living and a Job that almost guarantees they Are Home every night would t Trade air division flying for civilian aviation. This Job is a Cross Between a Bush Pilot and an executive Kember said. Sixty per cent of their work is comprised of taking ramp members from detachments at Lac Dubonnet and Norway House on Cabin Cabin patrol is ramp argot for a tour of duty on native reserves in the detachment areas. For instance members from Norway House Are picked up and dropped for a three Day tour of duty at Oxford House gods Lake Narrows Garden Hill or Poplar River. The mounties also fan out on secondary patrols by boat or Sidoo to smaller Settle ments j the pilots say they operate much like a scheduled Carrier As they Are generally airborne every morning about eight o clock carrying various inspection groups to far Flung detachments or transporting prisoners Between Winnipeg and Prince Albert Penitentiary. In addition they Are involved in search and Rescue work looking for lost persons or stolen vehicles. As a break from Bush flying the twin Otter regularly makes official trips to other provinces. Aircraft Well maintained Kember said the aircraft based Here flys about 130 hours a month and is the busiest air plane in the ramp we could t do much of our work without our own aircraft he said. Our aircraft and Crews Are All up to Date both operating on the highest Stan Dards and he said Sabey said if you chartered a Cess a 185 four seats including Pilot for the Miles we flew last year it would Cost if you chartered a twin Otter like this one it would Cost Between and both pilots and aircraft Are rated to Fly on instruments. About the Only thing that stops us Are violent thunderstorms and Zero Zero for Kember says. 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