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• i -rM ■ . . I Breaking Down Social Barriers îooooooooocooooooooooooooooo; MS. 3 f 5=SSS5 S - > Iff S rlf I fif fl V.'J -V3 l l I I F« rtSlM tëf 10 4Z ii/ Clarington 's Community Newspaper Since 1854 A James Publishing Community Newspaper Wednesday, August 5,1998 144th Year Issue 31 700 + 50 G.S.T. = 750 Woman Killed in Knife Attack Iff- ^2? AT THE SCENE -- Sergeant Jim Grimley of the Durham Regional Police fields questions from reporters at the scene of a fatal stabbing in downtown Bowmanville Tuesday morning. A 24-ycar-old woman on her way to work at the National Trust bank at the King Street plaza received multiple stab wounds and died from her injuries. Witnesses at the scene followed a suspect who gave himself up to police a short time later. The suspect was scheduled to appear in court today. - photo by Lorraine Manfredo Hospital Amalgamation Complete Five Local Hospitals Now Under One Umbrella by Jennifer Stone Staff Writer Durham Region's five hospitals have amalgamated. amalgamated. Following directions from the province's Health Services Restructuring Commission (HSRC), Bowmanville's Community Memorial Hospital, along with facilities facilities in Oshawa, Whitby, \ Port Perry and Uxbridge, have united under one umbrella, to be known as the Lakeridge Health Corporation. The Corporation and its new logo were launched last Friday at a ceremony held at Trillium Trails in Raglan. Lakeridge Health Corporation will be governed governed by a single 26-mcm- ber Board of Trustees, which includes five merti- bers from Clarington. Victoria Girling, of Courtine, is the 1st Vice- Chair, while other local members include Beverly Oda of Orono, Barbara Olsen of Courticc, and Michael Patrick and Steve Wilson, both of Bowmanville. As a result oTthe amalgamation, amalgamation, the hospitals will no longer be known by their former local names. For example, Community Memorial Hospital in Bowmanville will now be known as Lakeridge Health Bowmanville. Girling, immediate past chair of Memorial Hospital, unveiled the new logo. She is confident the new corporation will work well for everyone involved. "We want to promote health and deliver excellence excellence in care. The vision is to put patients first," she said Friday, adding, "This is the best way you can bring the best health care to all the communities" in the Region. The new logo is blue and green, and symbolizes the geography of the Victim Escapes Abductor Highland Swing Heidi and Heather Douglas entertained in front of an appreciative crowd at' Rotary Park last Thursday evening. Their highland dancing was part of line-iip that featured the Bowmanville Legion Pipes and Drums and the Harmonie Brass Band. Above, the two dancers performed a number they choreographed themselves. themselves. They also performed several traditional dances. A woman who was abducted in Toronto and sexually assaulted was able to escape her attacker in Bowmanville near the 5th Wheel Truck Stop. According to Staff Sergeant Ted Dionne of the Durham Regional Police in Clarington, the 28-year-old woman entered the 5th Wheel restaurant in obvious obvious distress sometime before 2:30 n.m. on August I and was assisted by night workers workers there. Apparently, the attacker released the woman after she told him she had to use the washroom. When the woman was safely inside the restaurant, the police were alerted and the victim was able to describe her attacker's vehicle to investigators, Around 2:30 a.m. plainclothes police constables spotted the suspect's car on highway 401 and followed. The suspect pulled over at Hwy. 401 and Mill Street in Newcastle and the officers held him for uniformed officers to arrest. A 29-ycar old Belleville man was turned over to Metro Toronto Police. by Lorraine Manfredo Staff Writer region, said Girling. Former Oshawa Councillor and past president president of the Oshawa YWCA Judy Spring will chair the new Board of Trustees. Spring, a Durham College instructor, instructor, has also served, among other things, as Chair of the Oshawa Public Works committee and Oshawa Transit Commissioner. "This facility, through the merging of resources, will become one of the largest health care providers in Ontario," said Spring. The new corporation corporation will have an annual operating budget of $150 million. A new Chief Executive Officer will be named to the corporation in August. Until then, an interim executive council, made up of the former CEO's of the five local hospitals includ- Continued on page 2 A 24-year-old Courticc woman died after being attacked by a knile-wielding man as she arrived at her job at National Trust in Bowmanville The fatal stabbing occurred around 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, August 4th, at the Vcltri Complex King Street plaza at 68 King Street East, where the bank branch is located. Police were not able to release the victim's name at press time because her next of kin had not been notified. Her parents were out of the country on vacation. According to police, the bank employee was entering the building from the rear entrance near the parking lot and was in the entrance hallway when she was attacked. "We don't know if he followed her in or if he was in the building already," said Durham Regional Police Sergeant Jim Grimley. Police and ambulance received the call about a woman being stabbed at 8:20 a.m. The woman was rushed by ambulance to Bowmanville Memorial Hospital where she later died of her injuries. Police say a suspect who was taken into custody was known to the victim, but were unable to say for certain if he was an ex-boyfriend. "It appears there was a past relationship involving these two people," said Sgt. Grimley. A 28-year-old suspect was apprehended shortly after the attack, thanks in part to several citizens who tailed a man from the scene. Bystanders who witnessed the incident followed a man who fled the scene on foot. They then flagged down a cruiser responding to the initial crime scene and the man gave himself up to police at King and Scugog Streets Inspector Jim Grimley had praise for all the citizens who assisted. "We arc crediting the actions of witnesses for the cjuick arrest," he said. ' : ' A weapon, described as a large kitchen knife, was recovered in some bushes about four blocks from the crime scene after police retraced the steps of the suspect. Witnesses to the incident were being interviewed by police at the scene during the morning while many others others outside the building were visibly shaken by what had occurred. People gathered on both sides of the street were clearly clearly upset at the news of the killing. "We moved from the city to the suburbs years ago to have a nice place for our family, " said one local shop owner. "But it looks like this (violence) is everywhere. It looks like no place is immune." The suspect, an Oshawa resident who police arc not identifying at this point, is due to appear at a bail hearing at Oshawa Provincial Court this morning (Wednesday, August 5th) at 9:00 a.m. The victim was transported to Oshawa General Hospital, where an autopsy will be conducted today. >■£ . i Ë 1 \ ) , fs' : , ...... 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