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Black lapel ribbon is worn to honor the memory of those who have been killed
or injured by an impaired driver.
It is a gesture of remembrance and awareness.
Each year more than 100 names are added to the list of impaired driving victims in Alberta. The agony behind the tragedy is that these deaths are preventable.
Wear the ribbon, talk about the issue and you can make a difference.
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| Even at a very young age Julie understood the need for caring and nurturing. You could see it in the love she had for small and precious things. She enthusiastically participated in swimming, skiing and dance, and loved doing things as a family. Julie was struck down around 8 p.m. on May 31, 1991, while crossing the street at a marked crosswalk. The 33-year-old impaired driver who killed Julie had 11 previous impaired-driving convictions. He pleaded guilty and received a five-year sentence. |
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| In 1991, David was the founding father of the Calgary chapter of the Kappa Alpha Literary Society. In 1992 David, who loved all the arts, received the John Hart Hunter Award for Literacy Excellence. David's life was cut short by a hit-and-run driver on April 3, 1995. The 23-year-old driver was sentenced to 30 months for dangerous driving causing death and an additional six months for leaving the scene. Words cannot describe how deeply David is missed by his parents and two older sisters. |
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| Michelle was a beautiful, gentle young woman who was just beginning to fulfil her hopes and dreams. She owned an Appaloosa stallion, had a good career, had married her sweetheart and was just pregnant with their first child when she was killed by an impaired driver on Feb. 22, 1986. The first case in Alberta to be tried under what was referred to as the "new, tougher laws," the impaired driver pleaded guilty to impaired driving causing death and was sentenced to 18 months. |
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| On July 20, 1988, a wife lost her husband of 19 years, two girls (12 and 14) lost their father, a mother lost her eldest child, a sister lost her only brother, the U of A lost a professor, Canada lost a senior research scientist and Chris lost his life. Chris was hit from behind while jogging at 8 a.m. The impaired driver was in hospital before Chris's body was discovered. The impaired driver was sentenced to 30 months. He was on day parole after seven months. The Scarfe family was sentenced for life. |
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| Ken Wagensveld and Susan MacLeod were engaged to be married. Susan and Ken were very close to their families and looked forward to raising their own. Susan and Ken were killed by a cocaine-impaired driver on Sept. 6, 1991. After appeal by the Crown the impaired driver was sentenced to seven years for criminal negligence causing death and additional year for leaving the scene. He was also banned from driving for 20 years after his release. |
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| Scott had a vibrant zest for life. From the age of four he was involved in sports and received many awards for his athletic abilities. A warm, affectionate, out-going young man, Scott's life came to an abrupt and tragic end during the early morning hours of Dec. 31, 1993. Scott and two of his friends were walking home on the sidewalk when they were struck from behind by a van and then left to die in the snow. The driver was sentenced to two years less a day which included six months for hit and run. |