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weekender november 29 1986 p3 markham mans blood had 13 ounces alcohol fatal mishap trial told by paula crowell staff reporter a markham man on trial for involvement in a headon collision which took the life of a six-year- old last year had the equivalent of 13 ounces of liquor in his blood stream at the time of the accident an expert witness estimates rita charlebois a specialist at the centre of forensic sciences in toronto calculated how much alcohol would be in the blood stream of a man weighing 130 pounds if he registered a breatha lyzer reading of 260 mg per 100 ml of blood she was testifying for the crown in the trial of tyron ker- rutt 47 of markham mr kerrutt is charged with cri minal negligence causing death failing to remain trespassing by night failing a breathalyzer and failing to surrender a drivers li cence his charges are in connection with an accident which took place sept 15 1985 on hwy 48 between major mackenzie dr and 18th ave mr kerrutt was convicted and sentenced to 30 days on an im paired driving charge last janu ary involving the same accident ontario provincial police say the accident involved a station wagon which was travelling northbound on hwy 48 at about 1030 pm it crossed the centre line and collided head on with a southbound sedan the backseat passenger in the sedan sixyearold neale hagan of scarborough died as a result of his injuries en route to hospital his father william and driver john jones were also injured in the crash mr kerrutt was found in a farm building near the accident shortly after it took place police say a suspect was seen leaving the scene on foot in earlier testimony opp con stable patrick hebert told the court he performed a breathalyz er test on mr kerrutt at the oak ridges office mr hebert who has done about 300 such tests said it showed the accused had a blood alcohol level of 262 mg per 100 ml of blood more than three times the legal limit of 80 mg a subsequent test done about half an hour later showed a read ing of 260 mg ms charlebois who works in the alcohol section of the toxicolo gy department made her esti mates of how much alcohol would be in a persons system if that per son weighed 130 pounds and had registered 260 mg of alcohol per 100 ml of blood figures which match mr kerrutt she admitted that tolerance plays a part in a persons ability to control the effects of alcohol but added theres no doubt in my mind that anyone regardless of an essay contest christmas is coming and with it an expanded essay- writing contest from the weekender and markville shopping centre the three previous yuletide competitions were limited to the markham economist sun this year its being thrown open to weekender readers in whitchurch- stouffville uxbridge and claremont too what were looking for are submissions from area youths detailing their most memor able christmas theres a 250- word limit for 7 to 12yearolds and a 350word maximum foi ls to 18yearolds the two winners get 50 markville gift certificates while 25 certificates go to the two runnerups in each age group entries should be dropped off at either the economist and sun 9 heritage road mar kham or the tribune 54 main st stouffville no later than 5 pm friday dec 12 winning essays will be pub lished in the dec 20 weeken der school entries are also welcome now start writing hey look it may not sound sweet but itll rid your house of inlaws tolerance would be impaired to some degree with that amount of alcohol in the bloodstream ms charlebois continued that a persons ability to drive with that much alcohol in the system is im paired while driving its very diffi cult for a person under the influ ence to concentrate on more than one thing at a time their ability to judge distance is reduced and reaction time is reduced defence lawyer david hobson asked ms charlebois if a person under the influence of alcohol is more likely to tell the truth she replied i dont rely too much on people whove had too much to drink they say whatever they feel on the spur of the mo ment and their memory is im paired mr hobson continued his cross examination along that line the witness told him a drunk person might tell the truth but only if they remember some times they think its the truth that theyre saying and its not be cause theyre lying but because they dont remember and they dont care mr hobson was referring to mr kerrutts statement to police and other emergency officials at the scene that he was not driving the station wagon involved in the accident the trial continues strip bylaw is approved by steve houston staff reporter in what could be the final blow to markhams controversial studio 134 the ontario municipal board omb this week upheld a town zon ing bylaw restricting such clubs to certain areas in markham the decision came a month after the supreme court of canada up held an osha wa licensing bylaw dis puted by a club owner there seeking exemption because his business was already established the markham bylaw allows adult entertainment parlors to operate only in the langstaff and mount joy industrial areas of the town town solicitor ray kallio said both the zoning and licencing bylaws are complementary to each other to reinforce the towns legal position on where the clubs will be permitted and the town of markham posing arguments similar to oshawa soli citor robert hollands said the town wants strip clubs separated from residential areas and schools the ruling on the oshawa case shows municipalities have the right to say the number of clubs allowed and where they will go said mr kallio he did not indicate the towns im mediate intentions regarding stu dio 134 in sherwood plaza but will await council direction on the matter mayor carole bell said she is overwhelmed with the decision and noted members knew this was the way we had to go in 1983 the town passed a bylaw forbidding strip clubs in markham and had it struck down by the ontar io court of appeals the court said the town was attempting to legislate morality a federal jurisdiction the successful bylaw designating strip clubs to two town districts was passed in february this year there are now two areas in the town of markham noted mayor bell i would suggest that any strip club should go in those areas distemper which can be mistaken for rabies seems to be on the upswing among raccoons in the area according to animal control officer jim ryan roberta di maio distemper reaches epidemic levels markhams raccoon popula tion is suffering an epidemic of distemper a disease that is fat al and shows all the symptoms of rabies according to jim ryan animal control officer mr ryan said six raccoons with the illness have been pick ed up within the last week and more are expected three of the animals were brought to the ministry of agriculture for tests because they had come into contact with dogs but according to mr ryan raccoons rarely contract rabies when a racoon has distem per hell lie very still and wont run away from people but may bite if someone tries to touch it it will sometimes convulse and froth at the mouth people think its rabies but its not explained mr ryan while the disease is not fatal for dogs it does endanger cats that have not been vaccinated against distemper the disease is airborne and can be con tracted through the lungs or by contact with an area that has been infected by a diseased animal the virus can linger up to an hour after the animal has gone mr ryan says the disease is at an epidemic level because land development north of steeles ave has pushed wild life northward increasing the population density of wild animals in the area he warns that children should not try to approach any racoon and asks that anyone seeing an animal they believe to have distemper call the animal control office at 887- 5012 or the ministry of natural resources counselling plan for hoard staff help is on the way for troubled employees at the public school board on monday trustees at the york region board of education agreed to hire warren shepell and associates inc to provide an em ployee assistance program start ing july 1 1987 the annual cost is 75000 bill mcvicar superintendent of human resources said the firm will be available to help em ployees suffering from physical or emotional problems services provided include marital family and financial counselling as well as help for any substance abuse such as alco hol the service is also available to employees families mr mcvicar said surveys re veal that on the average five per cent of employees at any work place suffer personal problems to the extent that it affects their job performance he noted that with 4200 em ployees the york region board of education cant possibly serve them properly under the present program warren shepell and associates have extensive experience with school boards and provide a 24- hour hotline and a number of workshops mr mcvicar explained that as well as helping troubled em ployees warren shepell and associates also train 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