Feature Article February 27, 2003
LAND O' LAKES NewsWeb HomeS.T.O.P. officers sworn in at Snow Roadby Jule KochOn Feb 20, five dedicated civilian volunteers were sworn in at the Snow Road Snowmobile Clubhouse. Alice Gilchrist and her son Lloyd, John Lahaise, Kirk Dyer, Blain Mercier and Thomas Warwick have been training hard for 3 years to become S.T.O.P. officers. They assist the OPP in patrolling snowmobile trails, and sometimes cover up to 200 km in a single patrol, and may put in as many 20 hours a week. Warwick was absent from the swearing-in ceremony.