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Last MADD is done ter fold. Mike D’Amour “It’s sad and I’m disGazette staff appointed, but I think The last Vancouver Island it’s a disappointment chapter of Mothers Against to the community as Drunk Driving is about to well,” he said, noting shut its doors for good. MADD often helped Citing low interest, the police. president said he recently “For every RCMP made the decision to close detachment from the local chapter of MADD. Sayward north, we’ve “I’m going to have to fold bought at least one — it up because there aren’t if not two — breathaenough people to sit as lyzers and we had burdirectors,” said Norm Prince Norm Prince saries for students at of the chapter he helped ‘It’s sad and I’m disap- both high schools.” start in 2001. Local police said “Everybody sees the need pointed’ they appreciated the for MADD, but to take that extra step to become responsible for efforts of MADD. “They were definitely a welcome running it, it doesn’t seem to work.” Prince said he held a meeting March help,” said Port McNeill RCMP Sgt. 8 looking for new blood for the chapter, Phil Lue. “We did do stuff with Norm and the but there just wasn’t any interest in continuing the organization dedicated to part they did help us and Port Hardy out increase public awareness of the prob- with is they were able to purchase and lem of drinking and drugged driving provide four or five roadside screening and to help victims of crimes by people devices, which is obviously a big help driving under the influence of alcohol in our campaign against drinking and driving,” he said. or drugs. “They also helped out the police tons “MADD national has rules in terms of making sure there are fresh people and with getting the drinking and driving they gave me extra permission to stay message out there.” Prince is moving south soon, but said on to keep it going but I can’t get anyhe still has a couple of MADD-related one to sit on the board,” said Prince. “I need five directors and I have a tasks to complete before he leaves. “I’m in the process of cutting off the vice-president, but I don’t have a secrephones and we’re moving the office out tary, I don’t have a treasurer, etc.” Prince said it’s tough to see the chap- at the end of the month,” he said.
From pole to pole Sagel Wilson of Port Hardy fights his way through a thicket of poles during the obstacle course race during Kids Fest at Mount Cain Ski Area Saturday. More on page 15. J.R. Rardon
Not the greatest name, but Stink Creek Park stays Mike D’Amour Gazette staff A creek by any other name would smell as sour. With apologies to the Bard, Stink Creek Park will remain as is, despite a move to rename the downtown Port Hardy landmark. The challenge to the name came in the form of an email from Dale Dorward — husband of Coun. Janet Dorward — to Port Hardy council when he asked the name of
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the park be changed to Edith Cadwallader Memorial Park. Several councillors argued against the name change — Coun. Dorward left the meeting at that point because of a possible conflict of interest issue — and, in the end, council agreed to leave it as Stink Creek Park “There’s a history here and we’ve actually asked our Historical Society if they can dig it all up for us because all have bits and pieces,” said Mayor Bev Parnham,
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outside chambers. “When the downtown was being built around the park, there was a move then to change the name to something a little easier on the ears, perhaps, but there was a bit of an uproar from the people who lived here always, the people who were born and raised in this community, one of them being Buster Cadwallader,” she said. “I remember having a discussion with him about it and he said it was named that for a reason, it’s about the skunk cabbages
— it’s just full of them in the spring and he said it stinks, thus the name.” Parnham said she doesn’t have a problem with the name, but acknowledged there are people who would like to see it changed. “As council, we have to look at those suggestions and what we have asked for is a bit of a history of the park and if people understand a little bit more about that they may be a little more welcoming or take a little more pride in the name,” she said, unable to stifle a chuckle.
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