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_ This trip, although victims are being fed through humanitarian efforts, she noted a disturbing sense of acceptance of the situation. Man charged after woman threatened d threatened with a shotgun at a ronte apartment Sunday morning. °_A 38â€"yearâ€"old Oakville man is facing charges of assault and eapons dangerous after a 26â€"yearâ€" ;:ld woman was slapped in the face As the war has continued it has brought about devastating changes to the land and people in the camps. When she went in the summer, she Said, the refugees were hungry, but not starving. At that time, she said the women in the camps had a look of despair in their eyes. °_ She was particularly touched one incident in which she me woman in a refugee camp who rec nized her from her first visit and c like an old friend when she saw her _ "This time it‘s kind of a resigna tion. It‘s sad and it scares me more, she said. Bhabha, who made the trip at her own expense, said her latest expediâ€" tion was even more sad and moving than her first. This time she stayed with a family, rather than in a hotel, and became more attached to some of the people she met. "People cried when I gave them two pairs of underwear purchased at BiWay," she said and added that although she brought only woman‘s briefs, mothers were so desperate they even asked for a few pairs for their sons. Halton Regional Police officers esponded to a call from the victim it the apartment shortly after 9:30 i.m. Sunday, Jan. 17th. __Det. Sgt. Graham Barnes said the uspect then picked up a shotgun d uttered threats. Facing a charge of assault and session of weapons dangerous to e public peace is Thomas John toodley, 38, of Ontario Street.. She said the refugees, who often fled their homes with the clothes on their backs, were especially grateful for the underwear. + The underwear, along with boxes ef hotelâ€"sized soap, contributed by one Oakville citizen, were among the simple items treated like gold. She was touched by the generosity disâ€" played by local citizens and compaâ€" nies such as one in Oakville that donated 35 boxes of jeans. Police said the woman didn‘t eceive serious injuries, but had She said she also brought seven pieces of luggage â€" one suitcase for her and the rest full of clothes and underwear for the victims in the refugee camps. She said she expected to have to pay for the extra weight, but was relieved when the airline didn‘t charge her. This time, the Muslim woman had more than 40 tonnes of locally collectâ€" ed food, blankets, medicine and clothes, shipped over in containers. Bhabha, a member of the Bosnianâ€" Canadian Relief Association in Etobicoke, first went to the warâ€"torn region last August when she helped deliver more than eight tonnes of relief. een slapped across the face a "cou le of times." A local humanitarian worker who travelled to exâ€"Yugoslavia to deliver aid to refugee camp victims, recently returned to Oakville with horror stoâ€" ries including one about an 82â€"yearâ€" old rape victim. Mariam Bhabha arrived home just over a week ago following a monthâ€" long visit to Bosniaâ€"Herzegovina. She gave a slide presentation and spoke of her experience at a public forum last Saturday in Oakville Community Centre on Kerr Street. Human suffering in Bosnia incalculable says relief worker By SARA HOLLAND Special to The Beaver We are looking for children between the ages of 2 and 6 years, with mild asthma to take part in a clinical trial. The study involves using a safe nonâ€"steroid medication for a period of fifteen weeks. You will be supplied with all the medicines, and a nebulizer for the study. Your child will benefit from close monitoring of the asthma. DOES YOUR CHILD HAVE Remuneration will be paid upon completion of the study For more information, call Dr. Piyush Patel, M.D., FRCP(C) ASTHMA? Clinical Immunology Allergy & Asthma 569â€"8100 Oakville resident, Nevenka Ocvirk, a Croatian native who has four family members in the army, said she has been told frightening accounts of crimes against women. She said she has heard of women expecting babies as the result of rape, families being forced to commit incest and men being raped and casâ€" trated. She said Canadian news reports of the war are sanitized and do not give Many of the old people spend the hours sitting and waiting looking lost. Many of them have never been out of their communities and now may have none to return to. She said the children suffer the most along with the women who are full of shocking stories of rape and suffering. She said one 82â€"vearâ€"old woman The refugee camps are mostly full of women, children and older people who have no money and are depenâ€" dent on relief efforts, she said. she said one 82â€"yearâ€"old woman she met at a camp on Christmas Day told her she had been raped only six weeks before. Her recent mission included visits to camps and hospitals throughout the warâ€"tomm region that has seen two milâ€" lion left homeless. She was struck by the shocking amount of young men who have become amputees because of field mines. PVR EFETEK: KELDUUC T| ICOUINâ€" 35 IXUOJ KE VVILIE e eaaes‘s eX e aesesaes PERSONAL SHOPPING z_ _ ~% [ e ONLY e + mm mmmiees o. > “fi + ¥év FURTHER REDUCTION STOREWIDE CLEARANCEF! 10%to050%OFF Since returning, Bhabha has been trying to deal with all that she saw and adjust to life back at home. She said she has no plans yet for another ‘"Nobody‘s happy anymore," she said, her voice cracking with emotion. Bhabha said the rape stories she heard made her feel a special closeâ€" ness to the victims as a Canadian woman. "You just get to the point where you yourself feel violated," she said. the gory details. She said she gets trip, but "would go tomorrow if she much of her news in onceâ€"aâ€"week â€" could." phone calls to her family over there. in an 1e is l Py rak w L. Mariam Bhabha: recounting suffering in Bosnia , ooa ue atemen ce tm rorirgne 3 um enc arsaannt C x (eah 38 O N f EAT on t / S Meanwhile, the relief effort conâ€" tinues and the Bosnianâ€"Canadian Relief Association is now turning to collecting money, rather than clothes and food. She said it is cheaper to ship bulk aid from European counâ€" tries, rather than from Canada and will forge ahead with these efforts as the crisis continues. "It‘s worse than we think," she said and added nodding her head sadly: "It‘s 1993â€"when are we ever going to learn?" Goods Satisfactory or Monev Refunde Irene McCauley Chair of the Board A Mississauga man who came shopping for new cars in Oakville last weekend went home minus bis car phone after thieves stole the phone out of the man‘s car at a car dealership, 2 Halton Regional Police said the man was looking at new cars at Unique Motors at 1029 Speers Road between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 16th. lAAA The man had left his car unlocked while looking at the other vehicles and discovered his $300 cellular phone was missing when he returned to his own car. 7 WY New car shopping proves costly Parents and students are.invited to attend information sessions regarding programs and services offered in Halton‘s Catholic Secondary Schools. Please call the School Principal for further information Halton Catholic Secondary Schools, in partnership with home dedicated to providing excellence in education by developing individuals able to contribute to society. Loyola Catholic Secondary School 1550 Nottinghill Gate Principal: Mr. Ted Meyer Tel.: 847â€"0595 Date: Thursday, January 21st, 7:00 p.m. INFORMATION SESSIONS WILL BE HELD AS LISTED BELOW NOTICE TO PARENTS OF GRADE 8 STUDENTS INFORMATION SESSIONS AT CATHOLIC sEconDARY schools "SHARING THE SPIRIT THE HALTON ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOARD OAKVILLE St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School 124 Margaret Drive Principal: Mr. Don Grant Tel.: 842â€"9494 Date: Wednesday, January 27th, 7:30 p.m. 1 home and church, are rloping faithâ€"centered C. G. Bynes Director of Education