4 MIKE Sorochan of CF&M Contract and Rooting strips old shingles off the band- SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN PHOTO, shell at George Little Park last-week. Pretty park is priority — .WITH JUST a week to go before Riverboat days, the band shell at George Little Park is getting a face lift. Crews were hard at work last week replacing the aging roof on the facility, which - will see classic rocker Jerry Doucette take to the stage Saturday, Aug. 5. “It’s part of the improve- -” , $475 for Tacoma, and payment and first payment ore details. Some conditions 875. ** For the 2006 Tacoma, LU42NM (A) Monthly lease ° -month walk away lease with $4,848 down at §.9% APR. Total - , 10e/km for Tacoma and 102/km for RAVA. The refundable security deposit is $250 for Corolla 1,510 for Tacoma, and $1,510 for RAV4. Federal and Provinciat sales taxes are not included. Down APR. Total lease obligations are $11,990. Cash purchase price is $17 RAV4, BD33VP (A) Monthly lease payments of $349 based on a 48 for Corolla yota Financial Services on approved credit to qualified retail lessees / purchasers. Visit your Toyota BC Dealer for m ments we plan to make at George Little Park over then next’ two to three years,” says city director of leisure ‘service Ross Milnthorp. : “The existing roof on the building was in very poor . shape and we felt it was im- portant to reroof it and pre- serve it for future years.” It’s one of several visible "improvements the, city -has made to the park this ‘sum- mer including upgrades to beds surrounding trees, the addition of wood chips to . those beds, and tree pruning: throughout the park: George Little Park:is one . Of several: priorities of the city’s for maintenance and ; upgrades. _— Get Goirig for Toyota's biggest event of the summer. Come in today, and see the full line-up of 2006 & 2007 Toyotas while the selection is at its best. fuel . efficient vehicles 3 Energuide.ca S) '(06| coro lla ‘o6|tacoma ee TACOMA 4X4 DCAB V6*" lease fram . found - guilty of - assault and assault last year Guilty man serves time in community | A LOCAL businessman sexual was sentenced in’ Terrace « Provincial Court July 18... Edward Johnson, 42, re- ceived a suspended sentence with one year of probation and. a conditional sentence for .18 months to, run con- currently for a total of 18 months.’ The sentencing comes af- ter Johnson was found guilty of assaulting a woman dur- : “ing a drive from Prince Ru- “pert to. Terrace on Dec. 12, 2003. The woman testified last year that Johnson also sexually assaulted her at the mobile home she lived in on Feb. 22, 2004. - a "On Sept. 13 2005, Judge Ed de Walle found Johnson guilty. The suspended sen-_ tence means. Johnson does” not Serve jail time but must follow a period of.probation - - for one year with conditions such as having no contact with the ‘victim, and attend- ing a respectful relationships counselling program and any “ other counselling as directed . by his probation officer. _ The conditional. sentence includes ‘house arrest for the first six months during which time Johnson must remain inside his“residence 24 hours a day seven days a _- ‘week. His |. probation officer ‘can give him permission to be off the premises for ac- tivities such as employment, provided he returns directly to his residence afterward. . In addition, Johnson must register .as:a sex. offender, attend a sex offender treat=* ‘ment program, provide a DNA sample to police and: be subject to a 10-year fire- arms prohibition. _ De Walle reminded John- son that if he fails to follow any of the conditions set, by , the court he will serve his re- maining time in jail. Crown | counsel would be appropriate. . Defence: counsel John Cheevers argued Johnson should receive a condition- al sentence of six ‘to’ nine months because jail time: would hurt his° close rela-: tionship with his two sons, _ whom he provides for. Johnson also manages a local hotel and without him, _ the business may have to be sold,. Cheevers told the court. “There's no reason to ,, send him straight into: pris- ” Cheevers said. i two. years, Johnson | has abided by the conditions _ of his release on bail with no © problems; he said. woe De Walle said he’ saw no’ reason why Johnson couldn’t serve his time in the com- munity as he did not believe: Johnson would be athreat'to | ‘public safety. He noted Johrison was a- first-time offender with no’ record and no history of vio- : lent behaviour. “I describe. the report to be favourable to Mr. John- ° ‘ ‘son,”.de Walle said about the . pre-sentence report, written - by a probation officer who’ interviewed Johnson and the ‘victim. u appeal his’ conviction. 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