2 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Wednesday, July 29,1992 The Week in Review- Victims Recall Horrific Experiences During Trial of Convicted Pedophile Building May Become Toxic Waste Plant On Friday, July 24, a 48-year-old Bowmanville man was sentenced to serve six years in a federal penitentiary penitentiary for sexually assaulting more than 50 young boys over a 25-year period. Gary B. Walker pleaded guilty to 17 charges of indecent assault and one charge!of buggery. Five victims, who had been boys when Mr. Walker had victimized them, recounted their experiences to Judge Donald Dodds and those gath- Student Show Ends Vacation Bible School : à V, p* ■. : 1 » : - 1 • y I u A We're On! These happy performers with light bulbs on their heads were part of a student show at Maranatha Christian Reformed Church on July 17th. The show marked the end of vacation bible school for nearly 75 kids. ALL THE INSTRUCTIONS YOU'LL NEED FOR YOUR NEW SURF &SNOW ' CAMCORDER FROM HITACHI... 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One man told Judge Dodds, "All the years of hell I went through -- sometimes I still get up in the morning and throw up." Judge Dodds imposed the six-year sentence after being requested by Crown attorney Tom Fitzgerald to jail Mr. Walker for a long time. Mr. Walker told the court that he never forced any of the children. "If they said 'Yes,' it was okay," he said. "I never threatened. I asked them to do it, I never forced them." He tried to be a role model for the young boys, he said on a video tape viewed by the courtroom. He also stayed away from anal intercourse, intercourse, because that was how he was introduced to homosexual pedophilia. pedophilia. "It happened to me when I was very young and I always remember the pain." . He told an investigating officer on the case that he had started assaulting boys in 1964. However, it wasn't until 10 years ago that.he thought of it as a sickness. "I sat down and had a serious look at myself. I described myself as a pedophile." pedophile." Two of the boys committed suicide as young adults. One of the suicides occurred as recently as last February. The victim had seen Mi - . Walker at the Bowmanville Mall when Mr. Walker was out on bail. The young man shot himself in the head with a rifle rifle after seeing Mr. Walker.' Mr. Walker received permission to speak to his victims before he was sentenced. He told the ones who were there that they had every right to hate him. And, to the mother who had lost her son to suicide, he said he would take her son's place, if he could. Police Seek Man In Sexual Assault On Tuesday, July 21, 1992, at about 1 p.m., a man went to an address address in the Courtice Road South area. He asked the female resident for direction to a dog grooming establishment establishment but was told there was none in the area. Don't Miss a Single Issue Catch all the news, sports and advertising that make up our community. Category 1 Subscribers who wish to pick up their own subscription at our offices after 11 a.m. Wednesday. %u will be given a card to present each week when you pick up your Statesman. Category 2 Subscribers within the 'Ibwn of Newcastle. Category 3 Subscribers outside the Town of Newcastle in Canada. Sub. Delivery G.S.T. Total $20 0 $1.40 $21.40 $20 $5 $1.75 $26.75 $20 $25 $3.15 $48.15 » 11 ' ',/m ; . \ \ . ... / ' - ' ■ . ■ . - .^ „ /A" The woman-thought he had left but the man entered the residence a short time later armed with a wooden wooden handled hunting knife with a six to seven-inch blade and sexually assaulted assaulted her. Shortly after, he fled the scene and was seen getting into a small silver silver colored car with faded paint, possibly a Chevette. The suspect is described as: a white male, 35 to 40 years of age, about 5 foot 10 inches, medium build, straight sandy blonde hair, shorter on the top and longer at the back. His moustache was slightly darker than his hair. He was wearing a white golf shirt, tan dress shorts, white socks and white running shoes. Anyone with any information of the identity of this suspect is asked to call the Durham Regional Police at 579-1520 or Crime Stoppers at 436-8477, From Page One According to a report received by Newcastle's Town Council on Monday Monday night, the waste handled in the Bowmanville site would come from industries and municipalities of Metro Metro Toronto, Durham, York, and Peterborough Peterborough County. After hearing of the proposal, Newcastle Council asked that the town's planning department review the discussion document submitted by the company in its bid to operate the waste processing and transfer station. "We will be going through the report, looking at all the issues," said Planning Director Frank Wu. A deadline of August 31 was set by the Ministry of the Environment for receiving comments. However, Mr. Wu will be asking that the Town of Newcastle be given more time to examine the proposal. According to a letter from die Ministry of the Environment on the agenda of Monday's council meeting, meeting, Detox Environmental Ltd. will not be required to go through an environmental environmental assessment. "We have concluded that a hearing hearing by the Environmental Assessment Assessment Board is not necessary, and we intend to recommend to the Director that a hearing not be held in this instance," instance," states a letter to the Town of Newcastle Council from R. Adams, Adams, Senior Environmental Officer with the York Durham District, Ministry of the Environment. Detox Environmental Ltd. has made an application to the Ministry of Environment, Central Region for a Provisional Certificate of Approval. Approval. According to the company's report report in the agenda, "process operations operations will consist of bulk, drum and laboratory pack storage, . waste blending and bulk storage, the mixing mixing of compatible acids and bases with subsequent settling and filtering filtering of precipitated solids, and receipt receipt and shipment of bulked wastes and residuals." The existing facility is located on 2.2 acres, is fenced and has only one gate, states die report given to councillors councillors in the agenda. The facility is one kilometre west of the Wilmot Creek Retirement Community. There are also- two farm residences three-quarters of a kilometre away on the south and south-west side of the facility. The facility is approximately 2,500 feet from Lake Ontario and is surrounded by agricultural land which has been zoned M2 Industrial. Industrial. ' : .yr, -t The present building consists of one 8,000 sqiiaro 1 foot ' concrete block main building and a 1,500 square foot office'extension. The facility facility can be expanded if necessary, says the document. The building was originally built Cryderman Joins Olympic Runners From Page One . the torch run of the host country. And Coca-Cola of Canada was especially proud of who they selected selected to represent the country. "Each division of Coca-Cola developed developed its own program. What we're really proud of here in Canada Canada is that we're the only country sending Special Olympians to run in this international event," said Tony Eames, president and chief executive executive officer of Coca-Cola Ltd. Along with Wass, of Stoney Creek, one Special Olympic athlete from each of Quebec, Newfoundland Newfoundland and Manitoba were selected to take part in the torch run. Cryderman was selected as one of four chaperones after being named Ontario Special Olympics Male Coach of the Year for 1991. He has dedicated over 10 years to volunteer work as both a coach and co-ordinator to Special Olympics programs. He is a teacher in the special education education department at Courtice Secondary Secondary School. as a paint and solvent blending facility facility and the east half of the building was designed to be explosion proof. A well supplies the plant's water. Sanitary sewage disposal is through a septic tank and tile bed. CurrenUy, the facility is used for vehicle parking, minor maintenance and equipment storage Wjth "some empty tanks stored in the facility in anticipation of future operations," states die report. To turn the facility into one which can handle the proposed waste, the company proposes to construct a spill containment berm on the southern boundary of the existing existing concrete pad at the south end of the existing building. "All existing cracks in the concrete concrete pad will be sealed using emulsified emulsified asphalt," states the discussion document. The explosion-proof part of the existing building will be home to the organic liquids and sludges to be processed into a "'fuel blend' within a targeted heat value range." ■ "Chlorinated solvents and sludges sludges will be stored and trans-shipped in bulk. Pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, pesticides and small volume aerosol cans will also be trans-shipped. "Laboratory packs (lab packs) may be handled differently depending depending on contents. If significant quantities quantities of solvents are contained within, within, the solvents may be withdrawn and blended and the remaining contents contents of the lab pack repackaged. • This operation would.be highly dependent dependent on the waste sources and quantity." Tank trucks, drums and lab packs will be unloaded at existing bays on llie south end of the building. Flam- able materials will be "stored in interior interior above ground tanks or on drum racks in the explosion proof east side." No more than 500 drums can be accommodated at one time. However, However, drum and lab pack storage capac : ity is dependent on market conditions, conditions, the report says. DURHAM DODGE CHRYSLER 799 BLOOR ST. W., OSHAWA 404-0525 NO GIMMICKS Van Belle Floral Shoppes ... much more than a flower store! 4 STORES ê * Highway No. 2 • King St. W., Oshawa • SlmcoeSt. N., Oshawa • 100 Dundas SI. W., Whitby Trademark ol Van Belle Gardens Lid. tlx Canadian Wsat P.O. Box 190,62 King Street West, Bowmanville, Ontario, I.1C3K9 Second Class Mail Permit No. 1561 ' Effective May 1,1992 HOBB GILLIES BAKKEB CHARTERED ACCOUNTAHTS (formerly Sutherland Hobb & Partners) announce their name change and the departure of Stephen Sutherland and John Patte who will pursue their separate Interests. We will continue to practice from our present locations In Oshawa and Bowmanville. 200 Bond Street West, Suite 208 118 King Street East Oshawa, Ontario LU 2L7 Bowmanville, Ontario L1C 1N5 Bus. (416) 579-5659 Fax (416) 579-8563 Partner: Robert L. Gillies Bus. (416) 623-9461 Fax (416) 623-9734 Partners: Peter A. Hobb Wilmar J. Bakkor Within the shipping and receiving receiving dock there will be a spill containment containment berm which will accommodate accommodate a spill of 3,000 gallons, if needed. The facility will also include a "quality assurance/quality control laboratory." Since much of what will be delivered delivered to Detox Environmental will be in drums, the company will clean the drums and will also crush them. The crushed drums will then be sent to a local scrap metal contractor. The facility is to operate five days per week with one shift per day. 'However, "approval is requested to provide maximum flexibility." As the demand increases for the services provided by the company, there is an expansion already being planned. To do this, the company, would need to make an application to the Ministry of the Environment to modify the Certificate of Approval. Approval. . The expansion would mean a 31 by 12 metre building addition on the west side of the existing facility. Roll-up truck doors would be located located at the north and south sides.of the expansion for truck access and exit. The floor would be grated and trenches would be dug to direct spills, leaks or washdown to an underground underground 10,000 gallon spill retention retention tank. Teddy Bear Picnic Planned for Aug. 4 In Newcastle Village Don't go into the woods today...but today...but do come to the Newcastle Village Branch of the Newcastle Public Public Library on Tuesday, August 4 from 1:30 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. for a Teddy Bear's Picnic! Children aged 3 to 5 are invited along with their teddy bears or other cuddly friends to bring a snack to this summer story time break. Please call 987-4844 for more information. LIBERTY PENTECOSTAL CHURCH Corner of Martin Road and Highway #2 SUNDAY, AUGUST 2ND DRIVE IN FILM AT DUSK! *** DOUBLE FEATURE *** "THE BIG LIE" plus... "THE APPOINTMENT" EVERYONE WELCOME! No Admission Fee 8 FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 623-5100 LIBERTY PENTECOSTAL CHURCH Corner of Martin Rd. and Hwy. #2, Bowmanville Guided by God's Wisdom Based on Proverbs and the life of Christ Vacation Bible School Games * Crafts * Songs * Snacks For Ages 4 to 12 years ' at Liberty Pentecostal Church Tuesday, Aug. 11 to Sunday, Aug. 16 i Weekday Times: 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. NO ADMISSION CHARGE V - Children may lx; prc-regislcrcd by phoning the church office at 623-5100