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G a tu k fa * C cw tm m ty P U m ytupw * CCNA m m NEWSPAPERS CGMPeWlON 2000 I Q a k v m e LAW N M O W ER T U N E U P S C D 111 ) Pickup and ^-5__J^0eli»ery A vailable CURRENT POWER MACHNERYMC. -- ^ $4 4 . P Jrts Guitar Man A rts & entertainment Canoeing for good causes Focus www.ookviHebeovftr.com 52 Pages M ercedes-B enz 1661 lakesbne R d .W .M ississauga 18224211 A Metroland Publication Vol. 38 No. 95 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9,2000 75 Cents (plus GST) ADAPT celebrates 25 years of success By Wilma Blokhuis House fire causes $ 135,000 dam age Although the cause of Sunday's Stanbury Road house fire remains under investigation, total damage has been assessed at $135,000. According to the Oakville Fire Department, the homeowners' parents arrived at 1367 Stanbury around 12:30 p.m. and saw smoke billowing from the garage. They immediately pounded on the door and made sure everyone was out (the owners' son had already left) and then called 911. The fire department received the call around 12:44 p.m. and when they arrived at the detached dwelling they found the garage and the west side of the home frilly involved in fire. The blaze was brought under con trol quickly, however, and damage was largely restricted to the west side of the home. Firefighters used a special video imaging camera, which helps fire fighters see through smoke and allows them to search for possible victims and trace the course of fire through walls and ceilings. The last crew left around 5 p.m. and damage was assessed at $100,000 for the structure and $35,000 for the con tents. It appears as though the fire origi nated in the garage, but at press time the Fire Prevention Bureau was still investigating. OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Halton ADAPT, a drug, alcohol and gambling counseling agency which opened its first office in Oakville, is celebrating its 25th anniversary. The acronym stands for Alcohol Drug & Gambling Assessment Prevention & Treatment - gambling counseling was added to its mandate two years ago. To mark this anniversary, ADAPT will hold a barbecue and fundraiser on Friday, Aug. 11th at Burlington City Hall on Brant Street from noon to 1 p.m. A Silver Celebration display can be viewed at the city hall display case until Aug.21st. "ADAPT would like to thank the people of Halton for their support throughout our first 25 years, a period during which thousands of clients have gained assistance through our ser vices," states a press release announc ing details of the agency's anniversary celebrations. "A large number of community res idents, staff, volunteers, and profes sional colleagues have played instru mental roles in the development and success of the agency. We now look forward to the challenges ahead and remain firmly committed to the provi sion of professional, confidential, no fee addictions services to the commu nities of Halton Region." ADAPT opened its first office in Oakville in 1975, said Glen Ricketts, ADAPT's Problem Gambling Counselor, noting the agency still maintains an Oakville office. The agency received government funding to provide a new outpatient model of addictions treatment. Initially with a staff of three, services were delivered through space donated at local hospitals. Throughout the years, ADAPT increased its services, and in 1988, it received funding to provided special ized youth services.' It receives the bulk of its funding from the Ontario Ministry of Health. Two years ago, treatment for prob lem gambling was added. Individuals who become addicted to gambling via casinos, bingos, lottery tickets, horse track betting, sports pools, slot machines, day trading and stock spec ulation, can ruin their family relation ships, financial situations, their employment or education, their social life and physical well-being. The agency has helped thousands of people, "with over 500 clients per (S e e `A d ap t' p a g e 4) Motorcyclist injured fleeing RIDE spotcheck A 46-year-old Oakville man is facing a battery of charges in the wake of a high speed motorcycle chase through Burlington, Friday night. According to Halton Regional Police, the incident started around 11:40 p.m. as officers were conducting RIDE spotchecks on Plains Road near Spring Garden Drive in Burlington. A motorcy cle approached the spotcheck but then fled when its rider was directed to stop. The motorcycle accelerated eastbound on Plains Road at a high rate of speed, then the rider attempted to pass between two other vehicles that were stopped at a red light at Shade land Avenue. As the motorcycle struck the rear of one vehicle, the rider was thrown into the other stopped car and he suffered facial injuries. He was taken to Joseph Brant Hospital where he was treated and later released. The other vehicles involved sustained minor damage, but no one else was injured. Stephen Russell of Oakhaven Drive in Oakville has been charged with impaired driving, dangerous driving, evading police by flight and breach of probation. Photo by Julie Fairrie D A N G L IN G A R T : Charles Snell checked out a pair of dangling earrings at Art in the Park on Monday in Bronte's Waterfront Heritage Park. For more pictures on this annual fund-raising event for the Oakville Art Society, see page B2. H elping the forgotten rape victim s By Claudia D'Souza SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER They are the forgotten ones - the partners and friends of survivors of sex ual abuse. Their experiences are always eerily similar. As someone close to them bat tles with past traumas and the recovery process, they cope with a host of com plicated issues. Their loved one may push them away emotionally or may overwhelm them with every detail of their past. They may become distrustful and see those closest to them as the enemy. Or, they may be riding an emotional roller coaster in the aftermath of confronting their abuser, making day-to-day life unpredictable and chaotic. The situation can be isolating, con- S pecial Report fusing and trying, and the statistics show most marriages and friendships end painfully along this healing path. First, because the partners and friends can't cope with the survivor's changing emotional needs and secondly, because there are few places to turn for help. At the Halton Rape Crisis Centre, a confidential and free support group simply called the Partners and Friends Group, has become a safe haven for many in the Halton community. Its main goal is to allow participants to share their feelings amongst those going through similar situations, and to get the support and encouragement they need. "So many partners find it difficult to cope," notes peer coun recovery. sellor Cathie Holland "I've always felt who runs the group with "Every tim e I tried to there was something Nancy Wienburg, also a make things better, they wrong but I could never peer counsellor. "It's an usually ended up worse put my finger on it, says extremely private issue and I was getting Stan (not his real few want to discuss espe blamed for things I did name), a father of two cially the fact that sex is sons in their 20s. "My almost non-existent in n 't do or even know wife would become 90% of these marriages. about. " remote or emotional for It's crucial that they get -- Stan, a Partners and no apparent reason. support outside the rela Friends Group member Every time I tried to tionship to enable them to make things better, they communicate their feel usually ended up worse ings and move forward." and I was getting blamed for things I Recently, three members of the didn't do or even know about. The group, one from Oakville, one from stress on the family and our marriage Burlington and one from Milton, kept building. To be honest, I didn't reflected on how the Partners and deal with it well." Friends Group continues to help them. When Stan learned about the Their wives are all in different stages of (S e e `G roup' page 4) IN S ID E t o d a y 's p a p e r Edrtorials.______ Fonts .................. Entertainment............... A fi R1 ............ Rfi Spnrts.......................... ............. m Cft Automotive,................. 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