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S5SS ,//, />/Y v'"-f i 55 IV 7v V V \VvA W V'v' # X 10 ft œil if A S M 1 hU SZ&4, 1 I M S' 14 4 S<l E> S^i Clarington's Community Newspaper Since 1854 • A -# A James Publishing Community Newspaper Wednesday, September 9, 1998 144th Year Issue 36 700 + 50 G.S.T. = 750 Two Ambulance Attendants Charged With Sexual Assault by Jennifer Stone ! Staff Writer.. Two Bownianville ambulance attendants were charged Thursday with several counts of sexual sexual assault. The charges stem from allegations made by three teenaged girls who were in a co-op program at a Bowmanville ambulance station. Durham Regional Police began their investigation investigation after one of the students, students, a 17-year-old girl, alleged she was sexually assaulted by one of the men in June of this year while the three girls were, drinking at a farm house ' party in Clarington, The assaults were alleged to have continued while the three girls, two 17-year- olds and an 18-year-old, were working nights at the .ambulance station as part of the co-op program. Charged with, eight counts of sexual assault and five counts of sexual exploitation is Frederick Kenneth Mota, 34, of Oshawa. Dale Allison, 38, of Bowmanville, has been charged with one count of sexual assault and one count of sexual exploitation. exploitation. Mota appeared in Bail Court Friday morning in Oshawa while Allison was charged and released with a court date of Oct. 2. IT Catholic High School Students Receive Extended Vacation by Jennifer Stone Staff Writer mV ivJJL dll This Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, all roads lead to Orono for the Durham Central Agricultural Society's annual Orono Fair. Attractions range from the midway to livestock shows, crafts, commercial displays, displays, music, a car show, a demolition derby, and much more. One of the highlights of the fair is the Orono Hall Board's piglet races. Here, volunteers Danielle James and Chantal McDonald make sure the piglets gèt.a hearty meal aS pari of their training regime. They've named thé young ;;ngs Ch'irlenc./.Spotty.and Shadow. Summer break for Clarington's Catholic secondary school students won't be over until at least Friday. Talks between the Peterborough, Victoria, Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board, teachers and a mediator broke off at noon last Friday, says Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association local president Patricia Bell. The main issue is extra teaching time prescribed by Bill 160, the province's Education Improvement Act. Teachers across the province arc currently negotiating new collective agreements under the new law. Under the legislation, all teachers' contracts expired Sept. 1. Bell says teachers who were required to teach an extra class under the legislation had planned not to teach the class, as a strike sanction. But, after a Board meeting held Sunday night, the sanction proved unnecessary. According to a media release sent by the Board, "staff not teaching their assigned instructional period created great concern for the students' academic programs (as did) the potential risk that students face in unsupervised classrooms." Businesses For 1998 Chamber Awards by Jennifer Stone Staff Writer When the Oshawa- Clarington Chamber of r. LIBERTY ST. CRASH -- A single car crash that occurred Monday night on Liberty Street has claimed the life of the 69-ycar-old driver. The northbound northbound vehicle, a 1994 Camaro, apparently rolled a number of times before hitting a tree in the west ditch. Dead is James Bishop, owner of Lacrosse International, based in Bowmanville. -- Photo by Doug P Riggs Green Gaels Founder Dies in Car Crash James Bishop, the 69-ycar-old founder of the Green Gaels lacrosse team, died on Monday from injuries sustained in a car crash north of Bowmanville, As the lone occupant in the 1994 Chevrolet Camaro, Bishop was travelling northbound on Liberty Street, north of the 3rd Concession, around 10:50 p.m. Police said the vehicle crossed the roadway and rolled several times before striking a tree in the west ditch. The driver was transported to Lakcridgc Health Corporation in Bowmanville where lie died of his injuries. Mr. Bishop was a successful entrepreneur and owner of Lacrosse International located in Bowmanville, Me was named to the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1969. Commerce holds its Third Annual Business Awards Gala later this month, three Clarington business proprietors will be in the crowd, waiting with baited breath. "I'm looking forward to it and I think I'd be lying if I said we weren't nervous," nervous," says Alan Webb. Webb and his brother, David Webb, own Wcbco Crane and Hoist in Bowmanville. They've been nominated as a finalist finalist in the Business of the Year (20+ Employees) category. category. He says he thinks one of the reasons they were nominated is the high satisfaction rate among Webco employees. "There's no real magic secret, except people. We don't have a big turnover - people seem to enjoy working here," says Webb. Wcbco moved to Bowmanville in 1990, after opening in 1987. In the past year, the company has crcaicd two additional divisions to handle business. business. The Bowmanville facility is 20,000 square feet, and the Webbs recently recently opened a similarly-sized facility in Vermont to handle handle increasing demand in the US. Webb says he and his brother play off each other well. "We had strengths in different places. His weaknesses weaknesses were my strengths and vice versa," says Webb. Two out of three busi nesses nominated in the Business of the Year (1 - 19 employees) category are from Clarington. Wilinot Orchards in Newcastle and Evergreen Farm and Garden Limited in Orono have both been nominated. Judi Stevens of Wilmot Orchards says being nominated nominated was "a surprise, but a pleasant surprise." She says she's especially pleased to sec à farm- based business nominated. "One reaction was that we were pleased for the recognition of agriculture being considered a business. business. It's hard for people who are not in the field of agriculture to consider it not just a lifestyle, but a business," says Stevens. Wilmot Orchards was opened 22 years ago by Charles and Judi Stevens. It has grown from 12 acres of apples in 1976 to 104 acres in 1997, and from 1.5 acres of blueberries in 1983 to 14 acres in 1997. Though the Stevenses were told blueberries would never work as a crop in this area, the couple, couple, both of whom possess Master's Degrees, have become the largest commercial commercial growers of blueberries blueberries in Eastern Ontario. Stevens also believes Wilmot Orchards was nominated, in part, due to the level of community involvement displayed by the owners. "Both Charles and I arc actively involved in a num ber of associations. Part of of being in business is not just considering ourselves, but considering the community," community," says Stevens. Continued on page 3 The concern prompted the Board to move three Professional Activity Days to this week. The school board will use the time to attempt to reach an agreement agreement with the teachers. This means the earliest Catholic secondary students students will return to class is Friday. According to announcement announcement from the school . board, "if an agreement is not reached by Thursday, Sept. 10th at 4 p.m. the Board will impose a lockout lockout at all four secondary schools (including St. Stephen's Secondary School in Bowmanville) in response to the partial strike already declared by OECTA." "Secondary teachers this week are in school for the P.A. Days," says Bell, adding elementary teachers are currently working to rule, which means they will not participate in extra curricular activities or meetings taking place out Continued on page 3 Cinderella Robber? Police discovered a couple of house burglars left behind a shoe at the scene of a robbery Saturday morning Police seized a size seven and a half, blue and white, Adidas shoe apparently dropped at an apartment on Saturday, after intruders were scared off by tenants at the Townline Road apartment building. Residents alerted Durham Regional Police around 6:40 a.m. on September 5 th after being , awakened by the noise of the thieves. By the time officers arrived, the culprits had fled. In their hurry to get away, the crooks left behind a shoe. Thieves had broken into two apartments and made off with cash. School's in ... For Some A student gets off the bus at Knox Christian School on the first day of school on Tuesday, Students arc back to class at all elementary schools in the area, while Catholic High School students are waiting until Thursday to find out when they'll return to class. Classes are continuing at local public high schools. LawobitJ Shop the Rest pi Buy from the Best! PONTIAC •OUICKLW. mmsmmMmSB Your local General Motors dealer for the past 25 years, Man 166 King St, E. Tolopliono 623-3396 James PubaBsharag COMPANY LIMITED Printing Professionals Since 1854 Telephone: 623-3303 62 King St. West Bowmanville Bowmanville's Movers for 50 Years. 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