November I December 1989

vol 21#3

Public Gaming
Branch bets on
theJIBC

Jeffrey Mitchell (right) with Jackie Goodwin of the Fire Academy

Critical incident stress
conference
Emergency medical assistant
Howard Chatham could barely
restrain the tears as he described
the call: "It was the worst case of
child abuse I've ever seen. Two
years later and I still have
dreams about it." Fire fighter
Roger Smith recalls, "All I could
do was look for my son. Someone
noticed me wandering around and
took me out of action." The names
are fictitious; the events are real.
Two instances of critical incident
stress (CIS), an occupational risk
for all emergency workers.
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a coal miner's ability to work, CIS
can be a devastating influence in
an emergency worker's life. To
mitigate the damage caused by
CIS, debriefing teams comprised
of a mental health professional
and peer support, work with emergency workers after a particularly
horrifying incident.
Jeffrey T. Mitchell, leader in
the field of critical incident stress,
spoke to emergency workers
about symptoms and intervention
techniques for treating CIS
during a two-day conference
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Gaming has been organized in
B.C. so that voluntary organizations can raise money to support
their charitable objectives (as opposed to commercial profit as is
the case in Reno and Las Vegas).
Some might not be familiar with
the term "gaming," which refers
to legalized gambling such as
casinos and bingos, and not hunting! For charitable fund raising to
work, members of voluntary organizations must take an active
part in conducting the gaming
event, be it bingo or a casino.
But conducting a gaming event
requires careful attention to
detail, in this case accounting for
thousands of dollars. In the
gaming event, money is also represented by bingo cards and chips,
and all of it has to be kept track of
and then tallied at the end of the
event with the cash on hand. No
easy task for volunteers who have
typically put in a full day at home
or work, who are not accustomed
to being responsible for so much
money and in a strange environment, who have to stay alert
throughout the 6 - 8 hours of the
event, who must balance off the
proceeds after the event is closed,
and who then resume a regular
day's activities .after very few
hours of sleep.That's where the JI
comes in.
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Fire Academy • Police Academy • Corrections Academy • Finance and Administration Division
Educational Services Division • Emergency Health Services Academy • Provincial Emergency Programs Academy

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held at the Plaza 500 on November 16 and 17. The conference was
sponsored by Extension Programs
with representatives from various
academies and outside agencies,
and was attended by Fire and
EHS personnel, police, emergency
room nurses, air traffic controllers, Coast Guard personnel,
social workers and others. Participants received two days of instruction on the need for
debriefing teams and how to function as peer debriefers. Many of
these individuals will now act as
core personnel for debriefing
teams in their own particular
emergency fields.
At the JI, the Police Academy
includes a CIS component in all
first level supervisor courses and
stress management components
in supervisory, management and
special courses. A CIS video is in
the planning stages. Fire and
Emergency Health Services
(EHS) Academies have both
produced videos on CIS with the
assistance of stress consultant
Toby Snellgrove. Toby has also
led seminars with Fire and EHS
Academies and conducted debriefings in several areas of the
province. D

This combined
November/December
issue is the last
JI News this year.
Deadline for the first
issue in the new year
will be January 15,
1990.
Until then, thank you
all for your
contributions and
supportin1989,and
have a very happy
holiday season.
Patricia McNelll, editor

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Staff of the Pub/le Gaming Branch have piloted the new gaming course, so get
ready to place your bets, folks.

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Branch approached the JI to
develop a training course for
volunteers of those charitable organizations which had been
granted a gaming licence. (These
licences are issued by the B.C.
Gaming Commission, the body
that regulates gaming in the
· province.) The intent of the
course is to prepare volunteers for
their specific roles and responsibilities within the gaming event.
The first course to be developed
was for casino gaming; it was
piloted during the last week of
November in Victoria to both
charitable organizations and members of the Public Gaming Branch
and the Gaming Commission.

Course developer, Sheila MacCullum, presented the course on
four occasions, and the evaluations were positive. The training
of casino licencees, i.e. charitable
organizations, will begin in
earnest in February, with bingo
licencees to follow a few months
later. The number of volunteers
to be trained is considerable, at
least 2 000 in 1990. The courses,
developed and delivered by the
Educational Services Division,
will bring the JI into contact with
literally hundreds of charitable organizations throughout the
province. Indications are that the
Public Gaming Branch's bet is already a winner. D

Who's who at the JI?
Have you ever walked past a fellow staff person in the hallway or
looked at someone in the staff
lounge and thought to yourself,
"Gee, I just can't put a name to
that face and I'm not really sure
what they do here at the JI."
If you are not comfortable
enough to approach people and
ask them directly who they are
and what they do here, a second
option will be available for you
early in the new year. The JI Executive Committee, from an idea

flowing out of the JI's strategic
plan, has approved a project to
create two JIBC board/staff picture boards to be displayed in appropriate locations in Lawrence
Hall and Blake Hall.
Pat Ross is co-ordinating the
project and with the help of the
media centre staff has collected
"mug shots" of all JIBC board and
staff members. The finished
product will be mounted in a
professionally built case enclosed
by sliding glass locked doors. D

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••.•SPOTLIGHT•••
On Staff
Changes...
Jariet Hamm has been hired
on a permanent part-time basis
to cover the secretarial duties for
the office of Emergency Health
Services (EHS) Director, Tony
Williams. Janet's hours are Monday - Friday, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm.
Office Assistant Genie Regalado
has also joined EHS; she too will
work half time.
Finance and Administration
Division has announced the arrival of new Blake Hall Switchboard/Receptionist Lori Ovens to
replace Kathy Kelsberg. Lori
will work from 8:30 am to 5:00
pm daily; Kathy Jung will assist
during the hours of 8:00 am to
1:00 pm, Monday to Thursday
and all day on Friday; and Mary
Watson will serve as backup.
In Educational Services
Division, Extension Programs
has hired Judy Zacharuk as
part-time, on-call, photocopier.
Still in Extension Programs,
Lynn Kohout has resigned
from her six-month term
appointment to spend more time
at home with her infant son.
Lynn's last day will be December
21. Michael Dawson has
joined the Media Centre as

auxiliary photo arts technician.
Corrections Academy's new Institutional Instructor, Paul
Erickson, has worked in BC correctional institutions for approximately 13 years. For two
years he served as program officer for the electronic monitoring
pilot project. Paul's most recent
duties included supervision, assessment and training of line
staff.
November saw the departure
of two key staff from Police
Academy. Sgt. Gary Bateman,
Program Director responsible for
Advanced Programs, completed
his secondment and returned to
the Vancouver Police Department. The reputation and success
of Police Academy programs over
the past three years were due in
large measure to Gary's dedication and effort. Cst. Darrell
Kean also completed his secondment in November. As Human
Relations instructor Darrell
helped pioneer a Provincial
Adolescent Sex Offender Network. He recently received national recognition when he was
chosen in a national competition
to undertake a major research
project on police disciplinary dismissals for the RCMP External
Review Committee under the
chair of Judge Rene Marin. Cst.
Mark Johnstorie, Vancouver
Police Department, has replaced
Darrell Kean in Human Relations.

EHS Academy visitors from Hong Kong,
here to discuss JI paramedic training.

cal and ambulance practicums.
EHS's third visitor was Dr.
Peter Nicoll from the Brisbane
Hospitals Board in Queensland,
Australia. The Board is negotiating for the purchase of the Jl's
total accreditation package.
Police Academy has also had
some distinguished visitors. On
October 31, the Honourable
Dick Fowler, Solicitor General
of Alberta, accompanied by his
Deputy Minister Bob King,
Director of Law Enforcement Ed
Hahn, and Ministerial Assistant
John Szumlas visited the JI to
review police training. They
would like to establish a similar
model in Alberta, where they
have a Solicitor General Staff College, but have yet to persuade Edmonton and Calgary City Police
to buy into the concept. 0

On visitors
Emergency Health Services
(EHS) Academy has had three
recent visitors. Hong Kong
Deputy Fire Chief Peter Lai and
Assistant Chief Ambulance Officer Dominic Cheung paid a
return visit to the JI on behalf of
their agencies to discuss details
of an arrangement that could include sending EHS ambulance instructors to Hong Kong for Block
I of the Paramedic Training. Participants in the training would
then come to Vancouver for clini-

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Second
International
Conference
on Prison
Education is
held in Oxford
Paul Pershick, Program Director, Corrections Academy, attended the Second International
Conference on Prison Education
on behalf of the Justice Institute
and Corrections Branch. The conference was held in Wadham College, Oxford, England, September
25-28. Registration was restricted
to only 85 participants, who came
from Canada, United States and
15 other countries.
Founded in 1610, Wadham College was built on the site of a
monastic foundation just outside
the old city's Smith Gate. The college is a fine example of 17th century architecture and has
beautiful gardens. All sessions
were held in the Holywell Music
Room, which is considered to be
the earliest purpose-built concert
hall in Europe.
Opening address was given by
Ian Dunbar, Regional Director,
Southwest Region, Prison Service.
Mr. Dunbar will be a guest of the
British Columbia Corrections
Branch at the Corrections Education International Conference to
be held in Vancouver in July, 1990.
Presentations at evening sessions were given by representatives various countries. Paul
Pershick spoke on the management training programs offered
through Corrections Academy,
and the conflict resolution programs offered through Extension
Programs. It is anticipated that a
good contingent of delegates will
take some of the conflict resolution courses when they attend the
July conference in Vancouver. 0

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Hockey night in jail:
Vancouver Canucks Old Timers and
JI Police Academy recruits battle it
out on the ice

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Keystone cops hustle an over-eager fan back Into the stands at "Hockey Night in Jail."

At 8:00 pm on November 11 at
Queens Park Arena in New
Westminster, a very exciting icehockey event took place. It was
called "Hockey Night in Jail,"
and the teams involved were
the Vancouver Canucks Old
Timers and JI Police Academy
recruits.
The Canucks squeaked by with
a score of 9 to 6, and the game
was thoroughly enjoyed by the
500 or so spectators. Not only was
there great hockey, but Keystone
cops appeared in full regalia, slipping and sliding on the ice while
chasing crooks. Cinda Lose, a
police team member, displayed
her self defence skills in control-

ling a burley Canuck during one
of the heated moments of the
game. She was pulled off him
before. she could do any real
damage.
The event raised $2 214 for the
CKNW Orphans' Fund for needy
kids, and with the Christmas
season fast approaching the
money will be put to good use.
Many thanks to all who participated as players, Keystone
cops, ticket sellers and supporters. The event was organized
by Police recruits Jamie Gibson,
Grant Fredericks and Jim Fiddler
and was a great success. They
should all be commended for their
efforts. 0

"Dovetailing" of care a priority for
first responders' training
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When people are sick or injured
they are often treated first by a
police officer, then by a fire
fighter, and finally by an emergency medical assistant. It is critical that these treatments
dovetail. This dovetailing of care

was highlight~d recently in a
report to the Deputy Minister of
Health by Chief Coroner, Vince
Cain. Cain emphasized the need
for all three services to be trained
within the same framework and
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Gardening for the Solicitor General

Ingrid Plpk•

In August, Ingrid Pipke, Program
Developer, Police Academy, became the first JI employee to be
seconded by the federal government in Ottawa. Ingrid will
spend two years with the federal
Solicitor General's ministry where
she is helping to design and
develop a series of training
programs for federal law enforcement personnel. In the article
that follows, Ingrid fills us in on
what she's been doing in Ottawa
for the past four months.
There's a new flower (FLEUR)
growing in the federal Solicitor
General's garden. It's a hybrid,
bilingual of course, with petals of
many colours. Gardeners from
the various federal departments,
whose mandates include law enforcement functions, are watching
with keen interest to see if this
somewhat exotic plant will survive the rigours of the Ottawa
bureaucratic climate.
FLEUR (Federal Law Enforcement Under Review) began its
mandate as a study established to
review the activities, policies and
procedures of 14 departments
responsible for major federal law
enforcement. These are: Agriculture; Communications; Employment and Immigration; Energy,
Mines and Resources; Environment; Fisheries and Oceans;
Health and Welfare; Labour; National Defence; Customs and Excise; Taxation; RCMP; Solicitor

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General; and Transport. Crown
corporations such as Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., Canada Post,
CN, Canada Ports Corporation,
National Museums of Canada,
and St. Lawrence Seaway
Authority are also represented.
The FLEUR Secretariat, which
evolved out of the study, is the
principle working group of the Interdepartmental Committee of
Deputy Ministers Responsible for
Federal Law Enforcement,
chaired by the Deputy Solicitor
General Joe Stanford.
Staff in the FLEUR
Secretariat, most of whom are
seconded, are as varied as the
departments they represent. Staff
members are: Chuck Collingridge
(Customs), Gene Shinkle (Taxation), Fernande Rainville-Laforte
(Justice), Bob Malo (Solicitor
General), S/Sgt. Eric Ross
(RCMP), Gene Whitney
(Canadian Wildlife Service), Bob
Hudon (Immigration), Ingrid
Pipke (Police Academy, JIBC)
and Nicole Lafleur and Celine
Dorion (support staff). Each is
working on a variety of projects
related to federal law enforcement, including: powers and accountability (to clarify powers of
federal law enforcement officers
and the mechanisms whfoh
govern accountability for their
use); firearms guidelines (to establish guidelines relating to acquisition, storage and training in the
use of firearms); activity reporting (to establish a federal offence
system in conjunction with the
Canadian Centre for Justice
Statistics); physical fitness standards (to determine levels of fitness required for law enforcement
officer recruits); interdepartmental co-ordination (the Interdepartmental Committee of Law
Enforcement Management meets
regularly to discuss issues of joint

concern); and training program
and standards (to establish minimum standards for federal law enforcement officer training).
Where do I fit into this garden?
Well, my petal is the training program and standards project. Just
back from a four week stint at the
Transport Canada Training
Centre in Cornwall (If you think
the air in Ottawa is rarified, the
Cornwall air is enough to shrivel
even the hardiest plant due to the
local pulp and paper mills!), I'm
now compiling evaluation data collected from our first basic law enforcement officer training course.
New to the arena of federal law
enforcement, the course was as interesting for me as for the 15 participants. These individuals
represented Parks Canada (Did
you know it's illegal to remove a
stone from a federal park?),
Canadian Wildlife Service (Do
you realize the extent of the illegal importation of endangered
species?), Customs (Next to
police, customs officers have the
most far-reaching powers.), Immigration, Fisheries and Oceans
(Fish poaching is a major problem.), CN Police, and Ports
Canada Police.
Living in residence for four
weeks (Each room had its own
TV!), eating cafeteria food (A challenge at the best of times but
even more so for a vegetarian!),
breathing re-cycled air (Buildings
here are "environmentally controlled.") were counter-balanced by
the excitement and enthusiasm of
the class participants. For each, it
was a unique experience to learn
from and work with (and, of
course, party with) law enforcement officers from other agencies - something which happens rarely
in the federal jurisdiction. The
consensus was that, even though
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FLEUR•••
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not all of the training components were applicable in the
same degree to all of the departments, the experience of "crosssystems" training was definitely
worthwhile.
Now, back in my Ottawa office
(I do miss the view from my
Police Academy window!), we're
focusing on the next training endeavour; a task analysis for
federal law enforcement investigators begins in a few weeks.
Will the FLEUR hybrid survive? The various projects suggest that there is a need for
inter-departmental consistency
and co-operation. There's also considerable interest and enthusiasm within the different
departments, at different levels
within the bureaucracies, for the
concept. The weather office unfortunately can't predict the
bureaucratic climate.
The expectation is that some
west coast flora will bring a new,
different, if not slightly outlandish, perspective to this garden in
central Canada. Will this rain
forest transplant survive? It
hasn't snowed yet. But I do have
a full length down coat, woolen
hat and gloves, and my ubiquitous running shoes! 0

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to ensure that there is a continuum of care provided ·on the
streets.
The Chief Coroner pointed to
the Justice Institute as the ideal
place for this integrated training,
and Larry Goble immediately
struck a steering committee consisting of representatives from
the three services to develop a
plan. "It is critical that this program relates to the job our police,
fire fighters and ambulance
people do on the streets. I am
looking to the steering committee
to ensure we capture those tasks,"
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PTEC conducts first North
America tests of mobility aids
for the disabled

"Dummy" passengers at:slst with crash tests.

The latest addition to the Pacific
Traffic Education Centre's
(PTEC) facility at Boundary Bay
is a 100 ton crash barrier built of
cement blocks. The barrier was
funded by the Motor Vehicle
Branch and constructed under the
direction of Mike McNabb, an accident investigator with UBC's Accident Research Team. The crash
barrier adds to PTEC's list of unique features. PTEC is now the
only place in Western Canada
where high speed crash barrier
testing of vehicles and equipment
can be conducted.
Within days of the barrier
being constructed, B.C. Transit coordinated four days of crash tests
on motorized scooters and wheelchairs used by disabled people.
Manufacturers and suppliers ·
from across North America
brought their products to be
tested at the PTEC facility. B.C.
Transit invited representatives
from Transport Canada, the
Canadian Standards Association
and the B.C. Motor Vehicle
Branch, all of whom are inter-

ested in setting standards for the
safe transportation of disabled
people.
Test "dummies" were used as
passengers in wheelchairs and on
the scooters. The dummies were
secured in B.C. Transit handidart
vans, similar to those used to
transport disabled people. The
vans were then crashed into the
barrier at varying speeds to determine the effect of the crash on
restraint equipment and "passengers." B.C. Transit, manufacturers and suppliers worked as a
team to suggest modifications to
the equipment and retest to ·
measure improvements.
.
These tests represent the first
crash testing of mobility aids for
the disabled anywhere in North
America. The data provided bY.
the tests will be used by both the
manufacturers and B.C. Transit
to improve the safety and security
of disabled people. Extensive data
collected by video cameras and
recording equipment will be
analyzed in detail by researchers
in the coming months. 0

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Finesse and
control, not
speed, are the
focus of a new
program for Fire
Service
emergency
vehicle drivers
A new program for Fire Service
emergency vehicle drivers was
piloted on November 14and15.
The program, delivered co-operatively by Fire Academy and Pacific
Traffic Education Centre (PTEC),
received excellent reviews by the
students involved.
Fire Emergency Vehicle Driver,
is targeted to fire fighters and officers who drive emergency
vehicles to and from the scene of
emergencies. Rather than emphasizing speed, the program
trains drivers to think and drive
in terms of finesse and total control.
The program has three levels.
Level 1, Hazard Avoidance Training (HAT) is a one-day course
taken as a prerequisite to levels II
and III. HAT, offered in conjunction with the B.C. Safety Council,
can be offered in the students'
local area. The main objectives are
for the driver to provide space
around the vehicle, time to
respond to traffic condititions, and
visibility for the driver.
Level II is offered at the Boundary Bay location of PTEC. Teamtaught by PTEC and Fire
Academy instructors, this level
emphasizes braking, steering and
acceleration under controlled driving conditions. Using sedans,
drivers experience and learn their
maximum limitations and
capabilities and the maximum
limits and capabilities of the
vehicles they operate. This level is
generic to police, emergency
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Jail 'n bail: "I was 'framed'
{for a good cause)"

Paul Persh/ck mak9s a frantic call to raise ball for his release.

On October 4, 1989, Paul Pershick, Program Director, Corrections Academy, was served with a
summons to appear at a mock
court set up by the Canadian Cancer Society in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery. The charge
Paul appeared on was impersonating a peace officer, for which he
was told to raise $250 in bail
Thanks to the generosity of the
staff at the Justice Institute and

Corrections Branch, Paul was
able to raise $350 in less than one
hour and be released to return to
work. Special thanks should also
go out to Mr. Dave Bahr, Regional
Director of Corrections Branch,
who made a considerable donation to Paul's release. Mr. Bahr
was not available at the time of
Paul's frantic telephone call, but
his office staff were very obliging
on his behalf. CJ

emergency and/or protective services.
Level III deals with the operation of heavy fire vehicles under
emergency driving conditions. Students at this level operate a fire
engine (pumper) loaded with 1125
litres (300 gallons) of water, as
well as a medium-size rescue
truck.
For the pilot program, special
thanks are in order to Delta Fire
Department, which supplied a
pumper, and congratulations are
extended to Fire Departments

from the following communities
that took part in the pilot program of this new venture: District
of North Vancouver, Surrey,
Langley City, North Saanich,
Central Saanich, Delta, Sidney,
Maple Bay and University Endowment Lands.
Our instincts and experience,
as well as the comments from students and observers, lead us to
believe that the program represents a breakthrough for the Justice Institute and the Fire Service
ofB.C. CJ

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•••NOTES & .N 0 T I C E S • • •
Board/staff Christmas party
scheduled
Members of the JIBC Board
have invited all staff members to
a wine and cheese Christmas
Party on Tuesday, December 19,
from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. in the
North Room (Cafeteria Building).
The occasion will provide an opportunity for members of board
and staff to celebrate the season
and meet and talk with each
other informally. In addition,
Board Chairman Bob Stewart

will make a short address and
will present the 1989 Ten Year JI
Pins.

size is six participants. The fee is
$80/day. Register with the
Central Registration Office.

Staff training opportunities:
Wordperfect and Lotus

Are there any poets at the JI?

The JI Information Systems
Group has contracted with Sue
Birtwell & Associates to instruct
JI staff in Wordperfect and Lotus
skills. Wordperfect for the Nontypist will be held on Wednesday,
January 3; and Lotus 1-2-3 Basic
on January 4. Maximum class

If so, you may be interested in
the American Poetry
Association's contest. With a
Grand Prize of $1000, it may be
worth your while to polish your
poems in time for the December
31 entry deadline. For contest
details, call Patricia McNeill,
local 229. CJ

402 attend adolescent sex offender conference

From November 6-8, the first national conference on adolescent
sex offenders was held at the
Four Seasons Hotel in Vancouver.
Co-ordinated and managed by the
Justice Institute, the conference
was put together by a planning
committee representing key social
service and criminal justice
professionals from British Columbia, Washington and Oregon.
The purpose of the conference
was to bring together a wide
range of practitioners who super-

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vise or manage programs that involve adolescent sex offenders, or
who treat offenders. The aim was
to provide them with practical
skills and knowledge for working
in these fields.
Current research shows that
the majority of adults who commit sexual offenses against
children can trace their sexual offending history to their adolescent years. If professionals
working with adolescents are able
to recognize this behaviour and

start to treat these young people,
there is a much better chance
that the number of adults who offend can be reduced. While conference presenters stressed the
importance of intervening as
early as possible, none of them offered any magic formulas. "We
are only in our infancy in this
field," said internationally known
family violence researcher, David
Finkelhor.
The response to the conference
was overwhelming: 402 participants registered, coming from
as far away as the eastern Arctic
and London, England. While
participants, at times, were
overwhelmed by the enormity of
the problem and the range of
treatment options, the overall
response to the conference
was extremely positive. On the
last day, the most frequently
asked question was: "When is the
Justice Institute planning the
next one?"
Special thanks must be extended to Kerry Gruber and Lorraine Ordano iii the registration
office who handled the overwhelming number of calls and
stoicly refused all bribes offered
to them in exchange for registering "just one more." CJ

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