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Parents urged to fight for busing through an undeveloped ravine area where she said they would be a long way from any homes. "If any emergency should happen these kids A Georgetown woman is urging the parents of (could be) in grave danger," said Kase. She is also worried about speeders on Eighth Christ the King students in jeopardy of losing Line. their bus service to attend the Halton Catholic A petition signed by 256 people opposed to District School Board meeting May 1 to eliminating the busing was recently prelet trustees know how they feel. sented to trustees. Nicole Kase asks parents of current Halton Hills HCDSB Trustee Rosanna and future CTK students who live in Palmieri said a vote was taken on the Stewart's Mill, Arbor Glen and the busing issue at the last board meeting affected Moore Park area to contact her and the outcome was 6-3 in favour of at 905-873-7003. If 30 or more people keeping the bus service, however, board intend to go to the board meeting she chair Al Bailey ruled a 75 per cent plans to arrange a bus to take them to majority was required. the board office in Burlington, she said. Palmieri said she understood a simThe board is considering making ROSANNA ple majority was required and in the end changes to its transportation policy to PALMIERI the issue was tabled until the next meeteliminate busing for the 34 students ing on May 1 at the board office, 802 who live in Trafalgar Country/Moore Drury Lane (at Fairview St.) in Burlington, at 8 Park (Georgetown West) area and the 65 students who live in the Arbor Glen and Stewart's p.m. Palmieri said she agrees with the parents that Mill developments. busing should not be cancelled in West In both instances the students have been bused to and from school as exceptions to the Georgetown or Arbor Glen and Stewart's Mill areas Board's policy as they all live within the board's and will be presenting a motion to that effect. "Some of these distances are quite long and designated walking area-- a 3.2 km radius-- especially in the bad weather there's difficulty according to a board staff report. Kase said her daughter, currently in Grade 10 walking there," said Palmieri. She admits it will be difficult to get all the at CtK, would have to walk 3.9 km to the school and when they walked the route-- 15 Sideroad, trustees on side, as the outcome has to be fair to Eighth Line, Maple Ave. and Hwy. 7-- recently all other areas in the region as well. She believes the board should undertake a during good weather, it took 62 minutes. review of its transportation policy and include She and other parents in that area are most concerned about the safety of their children hav- some flexibility for rural areas where there is no ing to make that daily two-way trek largely public transit. LISA TALLYN Staff Writer Pedestrian killed A 64-year-old man visiting Georgetown from China died as a result of injuries he suffered when he was struck by a car (left) while crossing Mountainview Rd. S. Saturday morning. The man was airlifted to Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto where he died Sunday night. Photo by Jon Borgstrom Damage set at $30,000 Truck destroyed in blaze near Acton Halton Hills firefighters were called to a home on Gordon Creek, south of Acton, at 11:30 p.m. Thursday for a truck fire. A Toyota Tacoma parked in the driveway was destroyed in the blaze. Damage is estimated at $30,000. Halton Police are investigating the incident. Temperature `excruciating' inside vehicle, officer testifies Continued from pg. 1 "It was extremely hot, it was one of the hottest days of the summer," said Black. "She was in the back seat leaning over the driver's seat to the bit of window that was open," said Black. Black said she guessed the window was open approximately five inches, at which point Bonnie leaned over in court and said something to her daughter Kimberly. Bonnie repeated that behaviour a number of times throughout the day. Black said Arnott told them she needed to go to the bathroom. "She obviously seemed upset and very weak," said Black. She said Arnott was not capable of getting out of the vehicle on her own, and was "unable to communicate BONNIE BOUCLAIR with us." They wanted to help, but were unsure what to do. She said the SUV's doors were locked and they didn't want to set off the alarm. They decided to go back to Kelsey's to see if they could find the owner of the SUV, but had no luck. She said her son and daughterin-law had gone to Wal-Mart to see if the owner was there, and an announcement was made over the public address system. They returned to the SUV and a Kelsey's employee was able to reach in and gency services)? You should mind open the door of the vehicle. He your own business,'" Dan stated provided Arnott with water. Bonnie said to them. "She downed the bottle of water He estimated 45 minutes had immediately," Black said. She passed since they noticed Arnott, believed they had provided her and when the Bouclairs returned to with three bottles. A 911 call was their SUV. When pressed by then made. Darroch, he said it could have been Black estimated about an hour less than 45 minutes, but more than had passed since they first saw 30. KIMBERLY Arnott to when the Bouclairs Paramedics were the first to returned to the SUV. respond. BOUCLAIR Steven Darroch, defence lawyer EMS officer Dave Parsons said for the Bouclairs, asked Black if Arnott had Arnott appeared to be "dehydrated and a litcomplained to them about the heat. tle bit confused" when they arrived. "She had a very blank look on her face," Parsons said Arnott didn't want to go to said Black. the hospital but they wanted to take her for Darroch also asked if they had asked her own safety. Arnott to open the doors of the SUV. Darroch asked if they were cautious when "It didn't look like she could manage on making a decision on whether to take a her own," said Black. patient to hospital. Parsons agreed they were He also stressed that Arnott had never more likely to err on the side of caution. said she wanted to be removed from the EMS officer Ryan Kenti said Arnott was vehicle and that they didn't know what her wearing a fleece tracksuit and long thermal condition was before they first saw her. underwear. "Because she was old and frail you conKenti said Arnott's blood pressure was cluded she wasn't able to manage on her slightly elevated, and respiration rate slightly own," said Darroch. fast. Black's son Dan described Arnott as Assistant Crown attorney Jim Coppolino "totally out of it" and "very confused." asked if Arnott's life was in danger being in He said when they were leaving to go the hot vehicle. home from the plaza parking lot Bonnie "Prolonged heat exposure can jeopardize Bouclair confronted them through the win- someone's life," said Kenti. "(In) one hour dow of their car. (you) may start to see changes in her vital "`Are you the ones who called (emer- signs. The longer you're in the heat the more trouble you're in." Halton Police Const. Mike Cairns said the "temperature was excruciating" inside the SUV when he was looking for the ownership. He said police were there 11 minutes before the Bouclairs returned from Wal-Mart pushing a shopping cart. He said Bonnie asked what he was doing in their truck and where her mother was. He said he told her she was being treated for heat exhaustion. Cairns said Bonnie said, "`Oh, she's fine. I left the windows rolled down. You guys are just making a big deal of this.'" He said Bonnie told him to get out of the way and let her see her mother and she would get her out of the ambulance. He said she showed no signs of remorse or regret for her mother being in that situation and she threatened to sue police. "(She said) we should be doing better things like arresting impaired drivers driving through her neighbourhood," said Cairns. Darroch said Bonnie had wanted to speak with her mother and make sure she was okay but Cairns told her not to interfere with the ambulance attendants. Darroch asked him if he had been angry. "I wouldn't say I was angry, I was trying to explain to them what they had done wrong. Most people wouldn't leave their dogs in that condition," said Cairns. The trial continues August 10.