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/yfW ! io (I laîîtirrî v vUtUU^I • Total Market Coverage of Clarington from the Publishers of The Canadian Statesman • 11 |>i girl ^ v A James Publishing Community Newspaper Residents Still Up In Arms Over Hunting by Lorraine Manfredo Staff Writer Kendal area residents were back at the Town Hall Monday to ask councillors councillors to stop playing "Russian roulette" with their lives and slap a total ban on hunting south of the 8th Concession. A delegation of concerned concerned property owners first appeared before Municipal Council back in April. Unsatisfied with Council's action to date, they aim to keep up the pressure until something is done about trespassing and careless hunters. Eric Atkins, from ^ Concession 6, was the first to re-open the issue with councillors on Monday, July 13. "This is about the safety safety of human life, and there should be no higher priority priority for Council," he told Clarington's elected officials. officials. He asked councillors to re-read a stack of 65 letters letters from neighbours documenting documenting close calls with hunters. • And he showed them a bag of 12-gauge shotgun shells found on his and neighbours' property. He said they were left by trespassers. trespassers. "I do not want to put a _stop to hunting, I only ask "that it be moved further north where it is less populated, populated, as Whitby and Oshawa have dçne," he said. "You arc playing Russian Roulette with somebody's life." Other residents reminded Council that two conservation officers were accidently shot in 1995 while on duty. They say a ban should be put in place before another tragic event occurs. Brent Divell, also of Continued on page 2 Saturday, July 18, 1998 144th Year Circulation: 21,265 Deighton Hosts For Deighton Associates Limited of Bowmanville welcomed 43 clients from around the world to its 1998 User Conference at the Howard Johnson Hotel (formerly the Flying Dutchman) on Monday, July 13, Participants make room in their hectic business schedules each year to learn about the latest information tools developed by Deighton and to share ideas on software use. Deighton, which develops computer computer software for use in the pavement pavement management field, hosts the conference annually to launch new versions of tools and to solicit input from the users to make improvements improvements to its existing line of products and services. Since 1983, Deighton, has BammstmmmammiaxmBwapBaBBinKBaawxaasat^Biacsa^aaaBKaaBami Sure Beats the Heat! When the temperature edged up over 30 degrees on Wednesday afternoon Blakcr decided to cool off in the wading pool at Bowmanvillc's Memorial Park i her three sisters and some friends, ■photo by Lorraine Manfredo Kandace : along with n*. ■Wm I 15 Durham Says Farewell To First Police Dog by Jennifer Stone Staff Writer Unless you count it in dog years, it was a relatively relatively short career. Leo, the Durham Regional Police Canine Unit's first police dog, retired Tuesday, after just less than five years of service. service. In that time, he has managed to make over 150 apprehensions while biting only one suspect. "The dog is a use of force, and to actually deliver a bite is the highest level of force," said Leo's partner and handler, Durham Regional Police Constable Peter Vanderduim. Vanderduim championed championed the idea of adding a Canine Unit to Durham's police department for quite some time before the Oshawa Central Lions Club came forward to fund the endeavor. In 1993, Leo and PC Vanderduim graduated graduated from the Toronto Police Canine Unit. While most police dogs' careers end by the time the dog reaches five or six years of age, Leo is now nine. "There's a series of agility tests that we do on the dog. If you watch the dog long enough,, you'll see that he's not doing them as sharply as he was doing them at one time, or he's getting slower doing it. This fella's unfortunately unfortunately getting a little slower," said PC Vanderduim, adding Leo has had a surprisingly surprisingly long career. "He's a big dog and the history of large dogs to break down that much faster i is well-known. So, for him to last as long as he has and stay as healthy as he has, and as involved and intense, is unique to the dog," said PC Vanderduim. Durham's Canine Unit is now comprised of four dogs, not including Leo. That's mostly due to the involvement of the community, community, as was shown at Leo's retirement. Three Durham citizens - Steve Perry of Perry Fuels, Dennis Verspeeten of Verspeeten Cartage Limited, and Gerry Johnston of Ontario Guard Services - donated a Pontiac Transport van which will be used to carry the canine unit. Peter VanHemmen of VanHemmen Tire presented presented the police with a cheque made up of funds raised at a recent golf tournament. Durham's Police Services Board Chair Bob Boychyn says that kind of cooperation cooperation is necessary. "We're in tough finan cial circumstances,. Everybody wants to keep our budgets down, the same as anywhere else. And I think it helps the community achieve a sense of ownership in achieving the safety of the community," said Boychyn. PC Dave Mounstevc joined the Canine Unit las year with his dog, Chase He says the retiring team will be sorely missed. "We can't replace him Continued on page Growth Funding But Amount Falls $200,000 Short of Expectations by Jennifer Stone Staff Writer PARTNERS -- Leo, the Durham Regional Police Canine Unit's first police dog, will enjoy his retirement at the home of his long-time partner, Peter Vanderduim. -- Photo by Jennifer Stone designed, developed and implemented implemented systems for 16 US state departments departments of transportation, five Canadian provinces and territories and numerous agencies worldwide. In addition to pavement management management systems, users have adapted these systems for bridges, airports, sidewalks, sewers, watermains, railway railway tracks and traffic safety. Memorial Hospital Bowmanville got an injection of cash earlier this week when the provincial government announced funding for hospitals in areas experiencing unusually high population growth. Durham East MPP John O'Toole announced Memorial Hospital will receive $304,000. Other area hospitals getting additional funding include Oshawa General, Port Perry Community Memorial and Whitby General. Of the $20 million dollars in growth funding announced, $17 million will be spent in the Greater Toronto Area. But the $304,000 is somewhat less than the Hospital was expecting. Hospital CEO Tom Schonberg said they had been assured by high level Ministry of Health officials officials that Bowmanville would receive about the same amount as it did last year to accommodate growth. However, this year's growth funding fell short by approximately $200,000. "Last year, the amount we received did nicely cover off our growth pressures," said Schonberg, adding that while any funding is appreciated, "the full amount is required to adequately look after demands." Both Schonberg and O'Toole arc looking into the shortfall and hope to have an answer from the Ministry Continued on page 2 Library Sounds Wake-Up Call for Overdue Borrowers Some delinquen library book holders in Clarington were up in plenty of time to return their books las Wednesday. Although "it's no something we like to boast about," library spokesperson Margie Singleton admitted several several people in the area accidentally received very 'early cbmputer- generated phone calls reminding them to return overdue books. Some calls were received before six a.m. The system "is supposed supposed to run from five till nine p.m., but it ran in the a.m." instead, said a slightly embarrassed Singleton. "Let's just call it a hiccup in the system." Library staff became aware of the glitch as soon as they arrived at work. "When we came in this morning, there was a message from one of our staff members who was called at 5:45," Singleton said Wednesday. 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