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Whitby Free Press, 12 Jun 1996, p. 19

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WhIIby Fiee Pieu, We&mdascy, June 12, 199. Pag e F96-c Dive.team Winners WILLIAM LAWSON (right) and'Lauri Faughnan (shown 'wth husband Tom) won pnizes (balloon ride, cellular phone) In a raffle at 6Ws year's Community Day. More prizes aire Up for gr"b at this year's event Sunday. NyFeePofieOW Treats for kids Block Pare n m Whitby/Brooklin Block Parentsa will have a booth at the Durham Regional Police Community Day '9 on Suraday, June, 16. Kids,*oen cool off with a frozen treat whlle parents update their membership file wlth a Block- Parent executive member.-' Applications 'will also be available for anyone wishing to become a Block Parent. For further Information on, the Whitby/Brooklin Block Parent progran, Calil Loi at 666-5069. on land for u.blic. display By Juliet Youngf He says the dive team. unit, is rubbéi suit, to keep the' dirty Alth uh the Durham more dagerous than'the others water' from getting« in contact Regional Police dive' team unit because. tth. officers must, deal with thei faces -and .bodies. normal ly uses its equipment in ivith càa"ae wtrfle Batns? there is less risk the- water,- -the -officers will be with sewage and chemicals. when the members practise good, displaying it on landi -at-Comn- The team members use a rb-judgeetn olwterls muntyDa. .~br-sui t kepthe dirty~ water idvn~ 't hap- The fiv-membe voluneer fr m dilcg-contact withtheir Pen. because ofma oni unit, searches for bodies, cars and faces nd bodfies. ý equîpment -- Wse diver 'in- any-,other evidence that may be ' «And-a, lot of times there's no experience,» he says. «(The-- ba i h wtrs isbiy so we're -searchmng -by dvr)hV-i-u extend them- «We're not a rescue' unit» feel,»" he says. mThere's a lot of selves. beyonid- thefî-épabiliieýs says Constable Gary Branton, sharp'obj*ects at the bottom 111w or corne to'the surfaceý too, the team leader. metal and wire.» qLuî*ck....Safety' what it's ail At the event, the unit will set The. team members wear. a about.» up two tables displaying tanks, ropes, weiet beits and an oxy- gen first-aid. D rsIrt gBranton will also be showing d vÉIair underneath the water inrasl d pt prer o ein aolitbjewct aothes surface.. Branton, who has been on theof tf iS team for five years-says the unit responds teabut hve to 10 cals a year -i Lake Simcoe, Lake Scuçg, Lake Ontarioas wellas creks an&drnds. exhibit Sunday He says th. unit doesn't have their own- boat due te «budget By Juliet Young Bates says he will be showin problems» and muet-rely on the Sergeant Rick Bates will b. people the. unitfs cruiser wcg, boats of the . marine unit-or the available at Community' Day to 'carnies specialty equipment for RC~tM 1> etoro* > a anwerany questions that people accidents, asuch, asmkeasur* boW. hoemay hv about the' Durham tapa and a «drag éerue o i etibr October,» h Regional police traffc mage measure friction on the roads. says ment unit. aae He will also be displaying pho- Branton says the. police board The six-member unit investi- tes of serious fatalities. has already approvd his pro-.. 1ates ail fatal motor vehicle ýcol- The unit responds te about two ~oa fra 22-foot inflatable lisions, senious in-ur hi-and- fatal moter vehicle collisions a zoia» oa sitbl frany run accidents and co-ordinates inonth and six serlous yr colis~ions a rnonth, maya I5ates, This page sponsored by, 0*VICKINSURANCE (1988) INC. P.O. Box 570, 214 Dundas St. East Whitby, Ontario *LiN 5V3 VICK INSURANCE Supports Durham Regional Police WHITBY OFFICE (905) 668-3579 HALIIBURTON OFFICE (705) 754-4721 Support the Durham Regional Polie on Commuunity Day and everydayf THE PAINTr STORE PLUS INO. 701 Rosland'.Rd., E. (Rossland & Gardon. Plaza) 430-3398 0à, THE TRAFFIC TICKET SPECIALISTS g .*."s ectya.......at owRd heDieat s"4 wa Your frinS IR the OshoaDurhum Home Buildors' Association support the Durham Regional Police REIMAX Summit Realty (1991) Ltd., Reaitor BARRY LENNOX 668-3800 ý77 0, loulak taity L%4"rj prugram. -MkýM*k»WA dvq - - - - - -ý 9 MAIMIL ýw

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