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1 11 ICfUI • SINCE 1854 • AMALGAMATED 1999 WITH CLARINGTON THIS WEEK • for Integra Wheels Pullout Waste report surprises no one MAYOR JOHN MUTTON Clean-up of site is 'going to happen.' Port Granby news is old news: Mayor BY JENNIFER STONE Staff Writer CLARINGTON - Toxic waste - including uranium, arsenic arsenic and cadmium - is being discharged into Lake Ontario from a Ciarington site housing low-level radioactive waste, says a report issued this week by a Toronto-based lake watchdog watchdog group. But Clarington's mayor says the situation at the Port Granby site has long been less than ideal, and that a plan to contain the waste, which currently sits in the ground south of Lakcshorc Road along Lake Ontario, is already in its beginning beginning stages. "It's been a problem for years down there, and we know right now that what's there is not suitable," says Mayor John Mutton of the site. This week's report, authored by the Lake Ontario Keeper (LOK) organization, is spawn of a three-year study by the watchdog group, says LOK's Mark Mattson. Mr. Mattson, who has toured the area several times by boat, says he "got sick of looking at it (waste) leaking into.the lake." But Jim Lcveque, spokesman for the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, which regulates the site, says sampling at the site is carried out weekly, and quarterly reports reports arc issued. "The results of monitoring that we have on Port Granby... show contamination levels arc well below regulatory limits,"-he says. The LOK report includes information information from both independent independent studies and government sources, says Mr. Mattson. "I wish they would have come forward a few years ago, when we really needed a push with the federal government," says Mayor Mutton. But an agreement recently signed by Ciarington, Port Hope and Hope, and the federal government government has set the wheels in motion motion to begin the $260 million clean-up and containment of the waste. Ciarington received $10 million in compensation in See CLEAN-UP page 4 Celebration ends in mutilation Torn scrotum a 'mistake' BY MARTIN DERBYSHIRE Staff Writer PICKERING - In a bizarre domestic dispute involving the genital mutilation of a Pickering Pickering man on his birthday, his common-law wife has been charged with aggravated assault. assault. Barrington Wynn, in an interview interview outside the Oshawa courthouse on Tuesday, said he came home drunk after ! a.m. Monday morning, following a birthday celebration at a friend's home in Pickering, and began "slapping around" the couple's 15-year-old son because because he had let an acquaintance acquaintance of Mr. Wynn's inside the home, despite instructions not to do so. Mr. Wynn, 46, said his 42- year-old wife then grabbed his genitals to try and stop him resulting resulting in the ripping open of his scrotum. Mr. Wynn said he was only wearing jockey shorts at the time. Durham Regional Police Sgt. Paul Malik said officers received received a call shortly after 3 a.m. Monday and upon their arrival on the scene, immediately rushed Mr. Wynn to Rouge Valley Valley Ajax and Pickering hospital. Mr. Wynn said although doctors doctors initially told him he would require surgery, he received 100 stitches and was released from hospital Monday. He said he felt fine. Mr. Wynn, who was in court for his wife's bail hearing, de- ACCREDITED TEST & REPAIR FACILITY ♦An official murk of tin* Province of, Ontario used under licence. Whitby - Oshawa 1110 DUNDAS. ST. E., WHITBY--, LOCAL (90S) IMf 666-1772 Horaim-i BARRINGTON WYNN Described the incident as accidental. scribed the incident as accidental accidental and said he did not want to press charges against his common-law common-law wife. "'My wife made a mistake," he said. "This is a nightmare and I wish I could wake up. I want them to withdraw the charge." However, his wife's lawyer, Colin Adams, said the Crown may still pursue charges, claiming claiming the wishes of victims in domestic domestic disputes are often not respected. respected. "As with most domestic situations situations in a long-standing relationship relationship there are two sets of feelings involved," he said. "There appears to be more to this than meets the eye at the moment." He said the accused is also a victim in this case and has a strong self-defence argument. See PICKERING page 4 Inside file Stettiman WHERE TO FIND IT Editorial Page 6 Classified 9 Sports 14 GIVE US A CALL General.. .905-623-3303 Distribution ... ; 905-579-4407 Death Notices 905-683-3005 Sincerely Yours 1-800-662-8423 Web site .... .durhamregion.com email jbobbitt@durhamregion.com FAX 905-623-6161 CELIA BRONKHORST/ Statesman photo The perfect coat for competition ENNISKILLEN - Aaron Bowman, 13, of Enniskillen care- Holstein he entered in the 4-H competition at the Black- fttlly trims the coat of his calf, Cloud, an eight-month old stock Fair. Aaron's a member of the Durham 4-H Club. i Bowmanville girl on a mission j AJ. GROEN/ Statesman photo Allison Madgett, who has juvenile diabetes, tests her blood sugar level with a glucose meter. She's raising money for the Charles H. Best centre in an upcoming walk-a-thon. Seven-year-old collecting pledges for diabetes walk-a-thon BY JACQUIE MclNNES Staff Writer BOWMANVILLE - She will probably never forget the day she was so sick her mother mother rushed her to the hospital and her life changed forever. But seven-year-old Allison Madgett isn't dwelling on the past, she's looking to the future future and a time when kids like her won't need to take daily injections of insulin to survive the effects of juvenile diabetes. diabetes. To that end, Allison is preparing for an Oct. 14 walk- a-thon in support of a Durham-based outreach centre centre for children and youth living living with the disease. Allison's association with diabetes began this past April, when the Bowmanville girl became violently ill, recalls her mom, Tracy. "She was really really sick and throwing up. We thought she had the flu. She was drinking a lot and she had severe vomiting. She woke up in the morning with big, dark circles under her eyes and I knew she was dehydrated." Allison became extremely ill very quickly and when her mother took her to Lakeridge Health Oshawa for dehydration dehydration treatment, Allison was transferred to Sick Kids Hospital. Hospital. Little did her mother realize realize when she took her daughter to the hospital for what she thought was a side effect to the flu that she was actually suffering from type one diabetes. "I knew she was dehydrated. dehydrated. I never in my wildest dreams was thinking she would be diabetic." Type one diabetes is an autoimmune autoimmune disease primarily affecting children and youth, unlike type two diabetes, which affects adults and is lifestyle and often genetically See CENTRE page 4 IT SUMMER , SPECIAL! I mme the $ as <4 Order a small, medium or large pizza with up to (i toppings, and got 10 chicken wings * ■ >and a mini Tabasco bottle! tton a ME if luilmi r nr i tu wmxmtKffatimumeattarnsssxm ona rocncaata