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News/ Tragedy of Sept. 11 attack remembered Sports/ Caruana expected to carry the load CLARINGTON'S AWARD-WINNING NEWSPAPER SINCE 1854 WHAT'S ON Saturday: Sick Kids Fun Day from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. upstairs upstairs at Bowmanville Loblavvs. A penny toss, draw, and much more will help raise money for the Hospital for Sick Children. Sunday: The Bowmanville Eagles host the Kingston Voyageurs in the Provincial Junior Junior A Hockey League regular season home opener at the Garnet Garnet B. Rickard Recreation Complex. Game time is 6:30 p.m. For more details on the Eagles, see today's sports section. section. Monday: Regular council meeting at 7 p.m. in the Clar- ington Municipal Centre's council chambers on 32 Temperance Temperance St., Bowmanville. Phone 905-623-3379. Wednesday: Blood Donor Clinic in the auditorium of the Clarington Beech Centre on 26 Beech Ave. from 1-7:30 p.m. INSIDE Wheels: To stand out in the crowd, Volvo is relying on its sharp and aggressive, aggressive, yet elegant familial styling, including the egg-crate grille, broad-shouldered flanks and full-length vertical taillamps for its XC90 SUV. Read all about it in today's edition of 'Wheels' inside today's paper. ' INDEX Editorial Page A6 Sports B1 Classified B3 GIVE US A CALL General 905-579-4400 Distribution 905-579-4407 Death Notices 905-683-3005 Sincerely Yours 1-800-662-8423 General FAX 905-579-2238 Newsroom FAX 905-579-1809 durhamregion .com •SERVICE • PARTS • NEW & USED SALES & LEASING EXTENDED SERVICE HOURS MON., TUES., THURS., FRI. 7:30 - 6:00 WED. - 7:30-9:00 SAT.-9:00-1:00 ACCREDITED TEST & REPAIR FACILITY •An nfllcliil murk of Hie Province of Onlurlo used under licence, Whitby,- Oshawa H onda 1110 DUNDAS. ST. E., WHITBY fvr--iT\ I.OCAUVII5) 666-1772 howha Make your MOOve A.J. GR0EN/ Statesman photo The 150th edition of the Orono Fair featured all of the usual attractions, including rides, games of chance, exhibits and an agricultural element including a petting zoo. Waiting for instructions during the jersey cow show competition competition arc, from left, Glenn Barkey, Lisa Millson and Sharon Sargent. Orono Fair attendance on the rise Fifth year in a row for 1,000-1,200 increase BY CRYSTAL CRIMI Staff Writer DURHAM - It may have seemed a little emptier than usual but the Durham Central Fair actually celebrated another another huge increase in visitors this year. In its 150th year, the agriculture agriculture fair situated in Orono attracted 15,095 people. "We're up about 1,000 (visitors) (visitors) again," said Darlene Brown, promotions manager for the fair. She said it appeared appeared as though there were less people at the fair from Sept. 5 to 8, but that's because there was less congestion. "We had multiple things at multiple times and we had a lot of outdoor booths," she added. "There Was a lot for people to do rather than sit in the grandstand or go to the midway. They were really moving away." For the last five years the fair's crowd has grown each year by about 1,000 to 1,200 people. Ms. Brown said the attraction attraction might have something to do with the great weather on fair weekends. "Even the entries in the class for example, the horse- pulls they had eight teams - that's a lot, the most I've ever seen there. Even the truck and tractor pulls ran until midnight because there was so many entries," entries," she said. "The demolition demolition derby on Sunday night was excellent. The heats took a long time. There was a lot of action." Some of the biggest crowd attractions were the Hell Drivers Drivers stunt show on Thursday, the Hall of History, and outdoor outdoor booths. The midway had an excellent year as well, she said. "We probably did a better job of promotions this year," Ms. Brown added. "This year, people are travelling shorter distances and doing a little more sticking around, doing things closer to home." As for what attractions will be at the fair next year, Ms. Brown said it's too early to know. ITER site to be assessed Scientists and diplomats coming to Clarington BY JACQUIE MclNNES Staff Writer CLARINGTON - Canada's Canada's bid to host a $12-billion energy research project in Durham will be in the spotlight this month when international scientists and diplomats come to assess the Clarington site in the countdown to a final decision. decision. This week"is the first meeting meeting of the assessment team that will be looking at the various sites," says Murray Stewart, director director of Iter Canada, the organization organization spearheading this country's bid for the facility. The assessment team will then travel to Japan in October then France and Spain in November to evaluate the three other competing sites, Dr. Stewart says. "A few weeks ago we agreed on the site selection criteria. criteria. The first formal site assessment assessment is on the Clarington site Thursday, Sept. 12 through to Monday, Sept. 16," he says. "It's a chance for them to kick the tires on the site," and to get a good look at the socio-cultur- al components of the community, community, says Dr. Stewart. The technical aspects of the site, located located between the Darlington Generating Station and St. Mary's Cement in Bowmanville, Bowmanville, will be a significant part of the assessment. As well, the surrounding community community will be considered in the assessment process, notes Dr. Stewart. "There will be a number number of whistle-stops they are going to be seeing in the community community and in Toronto." The ITER (International See INTERNATIONAL page A8. Memories of Sept. 11 will never be erased Dontonique Sciulli wrapped herself in the Stars and Stripes during a candle light vigil in Pickering honouring the victims victims of the U.S. terrorist attacks days after the tragedy. One year later, Durham still feels impact BY LESLEY B0VIE Staff Writer DURHAM - We called it 'Terrifying Tuesday.' A year ago today, the events of Sept. 11 ripped through the fabric of community life as we know it at 'This Week,' 'The Times Journal' and 'News Advertiser' Advertiser' newspapers. Like you, we were glued to the newsroom television set trying trying to make sense of the horrifying horrifying images. It was a deadline day, which usually means a massive massive rush to meet the 11 a.m. copy deadline, but suddenly local council stories and community community calendar didn't seem to have quite as much significance. As reports of another plane crashing in Pennsylvania and then the Pentagon came to light, we wondered, "what next?" On tario Power Generation immediately immediately began beefing up security at its two nuclear stations in Pickering and Darlington that morning. In the days that followed, it became clear how close some in Durham Region had come to losing losing it all that terrifying Tuesday. Chris Fehcrtoi, of Whitby, managed managed to get out of the first tower before it collapsed. He was on the 25th floor. A foreign exchange exchange worker for UK company Gar ban Capital Markets, Mr. Fc- hertoi has since relocated to New York with his family. Dave Marquardt, a technician witli Bell subsidiary Expcrtcch, was working a block away from the World Trade Center when the first plane hit. The Ajax native quickly ran back into his office and grabbed a camera. One of his images is included in this piece. He spent the days following trying to get word to his family anti co-workers in Canada about his safely through emails, "The smoke is still rising from where the World Trade Center used to be," he wrote Sept. 12, 2001 at 12:50 p.m. "Tire smoke is like a dirty white cloud that goes on as far as I can see past New Jersey against a blue sunny sky." Today, Mr. Marquardt is back on the job in New York. Still countless others, like Tom Bonanno, were frantically checking on their relatives in New York. The chief executive officer at Scugog Memorial Public Public Library found his brother, nephew and cousin's daughter safe and sound. One year later, posterity finds a slightly different Durham, where life lias gone on after Sept. 11 hut in some ways is forever changed. Security at the region's two nuclear plants has turned a corner since the tragedies, says Neil Weaver, director of nuclear safety for both Picketing and Darlington plants, Soc TRAGEDY page M TT OKJ a 15G IBS 0 ® « (W 166 King St. E., iSiii * 'HiIom n pk* tom, Ikww ffld KtmMtMWnlM. 2000 GMC SONOMA V0, nulo, oxlontiod 3 door. A/C, nlum. whoola, CD playor. 00,125 km, 1999 GMC JIMMY 2DR. SLS 4X4 Loaded, power nun rool, alum, whoola, CD playor, powur rioal. 44,7£3<l km, IP! 1999 GMC EXT. 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