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Last Mack Truck will roll onto Oakville assembly line Friday By SAL BOMMARITO Special to the Oakville Beaver The realization has finally set in ', Mack Truck closes its doors for the the North Service Road Ea_st_plant. Todads A Metroland Community Newspaper INSIDE Bauer Dr. Alan Byrne, of Oakville, says his month-h Somalia was like four weeks of house arrest. "Three-day music festival starts Friday SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS Woolco. National Sports, Oakville Jazz Festival 184 Lakeshore Rd. E., Oakville 845-5582 389 Pearl St., Burlington 639-137 2 L,B99tt.,e, Page 20 DayCarilhean Cruise set in for the 170 employees who will lose their jobs when for the last time August 6th, according to union officials at The last truck is set to roll down the assembly line beginning Friday, and will be completed next Tuesday. Once the last truck has been assembled, remaining assembly parts will be packaged and shipped out. The last week has been set aside to give employ- ees the opportunity to take part in skills training and job search tech- niques. "There's no doubt about it" that the realization has set in, said Brian Short, spokesman for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), which represents assembly line workers at the plant. Short praised the work of Mack's adjustment committee which is comprised of representa- tives of the IAM, the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) - which represents office workers at the plant - and members of the provincial and federal govern- Burglar attacks woman sleeping in living room A woman asleep on her own living room couch was attacked Sunday night by a man who broke into her home, The 33 year old female was sleeping in her Pilgrims Way condo. minium when around l0:40 pm. a man gained access through a ground floor screen door and grabbed the woman's upper body. In the ensuing fight the intruder was scared off and fled on foot. A search by Halton Regional Police officers and the canine unit turned up nothing. The man police are looking for is white, 35 to 40 years of age. five- foot seven with a slight but muscular build and dark curly hair. At the time of the attack he was wearing a bright orange tank top and faded 'iji-Jrit ' ILtGottotitt, WWW "CCNA Better Vol. 31 No. 86 iiiGliil)itlivvtltlrett fP.f * with Savings Galore this * FRIDAY NIGHT UNTIL MIDNIGHT . i 'Joinustor ' * i MIDNIGHT MADNESS 20TH ANNIVERSARY The committee's function is to make sure displaced workers have the skills and training to fmd new employment, said Mary Foley, a ment CAW spokesperson who sits on the committee. "We're trying to focus our energies on the challenge that's ahead and use all the resources which are available to help our people find jobs." said Foley. "It's going to be a sad day for Oakville and for Canada when the last truck rolls off the assembly line. But we would like the com- munity to understand our people have taken extensive training to help them ftnd other jobs." she said. A company spokesperson was in Allentown. Pa. until Thursday and not available for comment. Despite hearing of the plant's demise several weeks ago. Short said assembly plant employees (See “m page 4) By HEATHER STRUCKEN Special to the Beaver Volunteer surgeon faced month of highs and lows bumps L nrdmn small child lies swiped. his skull bated Am the elements and to the flies. An emaciated boy displays a row of small bumps on his abdomen, indication of where the medicine man attempted to treat the growth on his groin. A truck driver exposes three gaping wounds where a bullet ricocheted around his neck and shoulder. The father of a boy with a hair lip begs for treatment for his son. ThesearesomeofthecasesthatfucedDr. Alan Byme during his mouth in Baidoa, Somalia. The young Oakville surgeon had vol- unteered his medical services for the month of May to the international Medical Corps - an internationally sponsored agency that has been attempting to supply war torn Somalia with medical help. Byrne's territory encompassed 900,000 people. He was the only general sur- geon, though the hospital had an orthopaedic S urge on For Byme, the month ahead was to be a month challenges - of fighting the heat and flies - frustrations of trying to cope with inadequate facilities and unsanitary conditions of living always with terror. it was also to be a month of iovs and satisfactions, knowing that WEDNl n IE oe ur e radiated the fe Newspope be Lil - Darren Vivian entertains a group of youngsters with his juggling abilities during the celebration of 100 years of Provincial Parks at Bronte Creek Provincial Park on Saturday. The day-long cele- bration featured performances by the Dumebag Theatre troupe, horse and wagon rides, a birth- day cake, tree planting ceremony, time capsule burial, face painting, old-fashioned Victoria Games and historical and environmental activities. (Photo by Flizielo Venom) BYE " “I pleasure that he had brought to the boy and his father. The scalped child was a victim of the tribal wars that have disrupted law and order and sev- ered all services and food supplies in Somalia, leaving thousands homeless and hungry. Already more than 400,000 people have died from famine in this former Italian colony. in a land where warring clans have left bodies strewn everywhere, wild dogs have developed a taste for human flesh. The small child asleep in the dust outside its makeshift hut was easy prey for a marauding hound. Terrible dog bites are a common sight. Dr. Alan Byrne with one of the armed guards that accompanied him everywhere. '.opittg in Somalia RBC CALL "FOR ,p,,eji)ii,'_ i‘ COMPLIME {Y DOMINION GUIDE _ SECURITIES TO ESTATE PLANNING so Pa: 10$ This was one of many medical scenarios that were completely new to the young doctor. "I did what I could with a number of skin grafts," said Byrne. "I haven't done much grafting since I was in residency. In Canada, that is usually handled by plastic surgeons." Another first was when Byrne had to remove the diseased eye of a young boy. Here, he was helped by a surgeon serving with the nearby French UN peacekeeping force. "There was a lot of cooperation between medical units We loaned them some supplies and they responded two-fold." When Byrne arrived at Baidoa airport, he was met by three people. One was an official from the hospital and the other two were armed guards. The guards were to be his constant companions for the next month. They stood outside his operating room. They travelled with him on the 15-minute drive from the hospital to his residence. They guarded his room in the walled compound he shared with 12 other for- eign medical workers. "lt was like four weeks of house arrest," said Byme. At 6 p.m. each day, darkness fell and the hospital generators shutdown. Byme and other medical workers returned to their compound and were not allowed out until the next mom- ing; it was just too dangerous. Anyone brought into the hospital after six o'clock either died or was treated by the duty nurse. Nurses, all "dltfiuNul,.,,,ti:,1,",),u.D Grgut rutl'll)it hrs comma to, omwnue soon" (See 'Guards' page 2) ‘5 Cents (CST Fun In odail ttG%