ARCTIC OBITER

MAKING A SPLASH FOR CHARITY
Yellowknife lawyers, under the team name “Beyond a
Reasonable Trout”, netted $3097.00 for the Yellowknife
Association for Community Living (YACL) at its
annual Gumboot Rally on April 27.
The 21 st annual Gumboot Rally raised a total of
$15,877.50 for the YACL, now in its 50 th anniversary
year. The funds help support excellent projects for the
intellectually disabled.
The team hooked 91 individual donators from the
legal community. One member, Karen Lajoie, boasts
her 12-year personal best of $1000 in donations. “It is
the continued support of the legal community that
enables us to do so well each year,” she said, “and all
of us Trout are very thankful for the financial support
we receive each and every year.”
This marks the third consecutive year that the Trout
were the top fundraising team, this time besting 16
other teams. The team also takes 3rd place in athletics,
marking yet another first.
WADING TO EXCEL: [from left] Karen Lajoie, Bernice Dillman, Sue Glowach,
Sylvia Haener and Caroline Wawzonek (and Bean).
ADIEU TO YOU
March 31 is a time for all members to consider their
practice in the NWT, and the time we say goodbye to
some members before the new membership year.
Worth mentioning this year are the resignations of
long-standing members Kenneth Bailey, QC (called
August 1979), George Bowker, QC (June 1978), John J.
Marshall, QC (April 1975), and the Hon. Justice M.
Ali Adam of the High Court of Zimbabwe (August
1974). Also of note are Sir Francis C.R. Price (April
1978) and John L. McDougall, QC (March 1980), who
have opted to change their status to inactive.
The Law Society wishes them well in their continued
practices and, when applicable, their well-deserved
retirements.
For a complete listing of resignations, changes of
status, suspensions, reinstatements and more, visit the
Law Society website:
www.lawsociety.nt.ca/regulation/notices.html
LAY-MEMBERS NEEDED
The Law Society is seeking suggestions for laypersons
to serve on the Discipline Committee. Members are
encouraged to recommend the position to any member
of the public. Those interested in serving on the
Committee and/or those wishing to find out more are
asked to contact the Law Society directly.
MEMBER NEWS
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