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THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, SEPTEMBER 19,2001 PAGE 5 Durham rescue team ready for New York HYJACQUIE MclNNES Staff Writer DURHAM - A Durham- based emergency rescue group is at tire ready, preparing for a call from New York to assist in the recovery recovery mission at the World Trade Centre. OVERT (Ontario Volunteer Emergency Response Team) has been placed on stand-by with the provincial Emergency Measures Ontario office to assist crews in New York working to uncover bodies buried in the nibble of last Tuesday's terrorist attack. OVERT will join the City of Toronto's Heavy Urban Rescue Team, says Brad Cooper, OVERT spokesman. The organization organization is seeking public financial assistance to aid these efforts, he says. "The whole team is on standby. standby. Deployment would probably involve about 30 members," Mr. Cooper explains, noting it will Students ; can apply for $500 DURHAM - Students from Durham Region, enrolled in their second, third or fourth year at a post-secondary institution or agricultural college college are eligible for a $500 scholarship scholarship through the East Central Soil and Crop Improvement Association. Selection takes into account account year-one academic performance, performance, leadership leadership and contribution contribution to community, community, and involvement involvement in rural youth organizations, organizations, especially especially those with' emphasis on conservation and environmental environmental goals. Application Application forms are available by contacting contacting Getha Sherry, Secretary Secretary Treasurer of the East Central Soil and Crop improvement Association, 966 Oriole Drive, Peterborough, Peterborough, K9H 6K7, by phone at 705.-745-9748, or by fax at 705- 745-3749. Deadline. Deadline. for applications applications is Oct. 15. depend which skills arc needed as to which team members will travel with the contingent. "There's a high probability we will get the call," he says. Currently there are several rescue groups on site but those organizations will need reinforcements reinforcements as mental and physical physical fatigue set in, says Mr. Cooper, Cooper, who notes the recovery of the thousands of missing persons believed believed to be buried under the buildings' debris "will be a long process." There arc a number of pieces of specialized equipment the team will need to lake with it when it makes the trip, says Mr. Cooper. As well, due to conditions conditions at the site, Mr. Cooper says the teams' uniforms and personal equipment may not return with it following the mission. When OVERT undertakes a mission, the non-profit organization organization provides all the equipment and supplies it requires, lie says. OVERT is hoping the public will assist financially to allow the organization organization to make the required purchases for the trip. In the event OVERT is not called upon to assist in New York or if more funds arc raised than arc required for this excursion, any money raised will be used to equip future future rescue efforts locally or where the rescue group is called upon to assist. In the past, OVERT has assisted Durham Regional Police Services on several several missing persons searches as well as assisting in other body recovery recovery missions in other parts of Ontario. Anyone interested in donating to OVERT's rescue efforts can send a cheque or money order to: OVERT, P.O. Box 54062,8 King St. E„ Oshawa, LI I I 1A9. Anyone Anyone seeking further information can leave a message on the team phone line at 905-404-2889. Autumn means... Scarecrows and 2002 Chrysjers Over 50 factory-fresh 2002 models 1 now ready for immediate delivery . ii'wi< Macintosh Chrysler WJM331 PARK ROAD SOUTH, OSHAWA 905-728-4638 Serving you since 1968 www.macintoshchrysler.com CHKY3UER Fax it Clarington This Week Elj t Cattabiau Statesman admin/classified 905-579-2238 newsroom 905-623-6161 composing 905-579-9273 YOU CAN EXERCISE YOUR 5*--O /Su.--/ f OPTIONS Y A 2-Week General Unlimited Pass for only $19.95 At the Durham Family YMCA Comer of Mary St. N. and William St. in Oshawa 905-438-YMCA September 17 to October 14,2001 mmm P> : )) yAvyj 1 ( n i l I n\ 1 . i 1 v'