Kelowna Capital News, July 09, 2013

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Reckless driving results in 90 day jail sentence

Cheryl Wierda

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A “youthful” and “inexperienced” driver who missed a sharp corner on Boucherie Road and slammed into a pedestrian, causing serious injuries, has been sentenced to 90 days in jail. Jordan Maurice Schaubroeck, now 21, was celebrating the end of term exams at a house party and, as he had not been drinking, drove some classmates home in the early morning hours of Dec. 11, 2010. With friends in both the cab and box of his truck, he headed down Boucherie Road hill, which features a sharp, almost 90 degree turn at the bottom. The court heard that individuals in the truck were telling Schaubroeck to slow down. Then, as he approached the curve located near Montigny Road, a vehicle pulled out and Schaubroeck braked, “skidding in a completely straight line” toward some cement barriers, said Judge Brad Chapman. Classmate Levi Sapach was walking there at the time, headed home from the party, and was struck by the truck. “Mr. Sapach was significantly and seriously injured,” said Chapman, noting injuries included four pelvis fractures, a fractured tailbone, a fractured vertebrae and a laceration to his leg. Sapach required surgery and was also unable to walk for two months. Schaubroeck originally fled the scene of the crash and was arrested later. Accident analysis indicates he was doing “no less than 79 km/hour” when he started to skid prior to the crash. The speed limit on that road is 60 km/hr, and the limit for the curve is 30 km/hr. Chapman noted that Schaubroeck did not “intend” to cause harm to Sapach, but instead his inexperience as a driver—he received his novice driver’s licence nine months earlier—and his potential lack of knowledge of the road contributed to the crash. Schaubroeck pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing bodily harm back in November, and his lawyer suggested a suspended sentence and probation for the young man, who has no previous criminal or motor vehicle act record. See Reckless A8

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NDP Westside-Kelowna candidate Carole Gordon (left) greets supporters during a small rally in Westbank Monday morning.

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Gordon hammers at hydro rate issue Alistair Waters ASSISTANT EDITOR

As the Westside-Kelowna byelection campaign winds down, NDP candidate Carole Gordon is refusing to let the issue of possible B.C. Hydro rate hikes for riding residents disappear. Gordon rallied 33 of her supporters along Highway 97 in Westbank Monday to publicly demand the Liberal candidate, Premier Christy Clark, say if there will be hydro rate hikes for locals or not.

Standing across the road from Clark’s campaign office, Gordon’s demand elicited a chant of “yes or no,” from her supporters. “The people need to know—is it yes or is it no,” said Gordon. “And they need to know before the byelection. The byelection goes Wednesday, pitting Gordon against Clark and six other challengers. Clark is trying to win the Westside-Kelowna seat that Ben Stewart gave up, after she lost her own Vancouver-Point Grey seat in the

May 14 general election while leading her party to a majority government victory. Last week, Clark said she was keeping B.C. rate hikes down for B.C. Hydro customers, such as the ones who live on the west side of Okanagan Lake. But just a few days later, her energy minister Bill Bennett appeared to contradict her when he said “everyone” in government knew that there would have to be hydro rate increases because of B.C. Hydro’s debt situation.

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Last week, during an all-candidates debate, Gordon repeatedly challenged Clark to directly address the B.C. Hydro rate hike issue but Clark wouldn’t bite. (See story on A5.) “I think it shows how disconnected she is with the people of the riding and the people of the province,” said Gordon. The NDP candidate also returned to her familiar message that a vote for her would be a vote for a “local” representative in Victoria. A vote for Clark, on

the other hand, would be a vote for someone not from here, won’t be here and in Gordon’s words won’t even have a live person on the other end of the phone if constituents call in to her riding office. Gordon said if she is elected she will either be in Victoria when needed or back here in the riding-period. “This is my home. This is where my family is. This is where I live,” she said.

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