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A lone white male robbed the Orono branch of the Canadian Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Commerce on Thursday afternoon. Police said the incident took place at 1:10 p.m. The 55 to 60-year-old man "handed a teller a note and indicated indicated that he had a weapon," said Staff Sgt Bob Peacock of the Durham Regional Police. After the robbery, the man fled into the ravine, to a trail behind the bank. Staff Set. Peacock said there was not a get-away vehicle vehicle in sight There were no injuries. While the amount of cash removed removed from the bank was rot disclosed, police said not a lot of money had been taken in the robbery. The dog from the Durham Regional Police canine unit was en route to the robbery scene for further investigation around 3:45 p.m. The Durham Regional Police Police Robbery Unit investigat- Clarington Community Backs New Police Bike Patrols Memorial Hospital, along with many local citizens, want assurances that a long-range health care plan for Durham Region won't preclude the possibility of growth at Memorial Memorial Hospital. This is one of the comments arising arising from a recent, meeting in which the Durham Region Acute Care Study was outlined to the public. There are concerns that provision must be made for local hospital services to expand, when required. The study does not call for major changes at Memorial Hospital Bowmanville. Bowmanville. Existing services would be retained. However, with the Clarington Clarington area facing a growth rate estimated estimated at 63 per cent, there are concerns concerns that provision must be made for local hospital services to expand, when required. "It does suggest there wouldn't be any more enhancement to services services that we don't already provide right now," said Eric Hanna, in describing describing the acute care study. Mr. Hanna is Executive Vice President of Memorial Hospital. In its formal response to the document, document, the hospital will be requesting requesting clarification of some of the recommendations recommendations and will review the concerns of the hospital and the community. At the June 9th public meeting in Bowman ville called to discuss the hospital report, citizens raised concerns concerns over the increasing role of Oshawa General Hospital in future health care delivery. Members of the public noted that the Oshawa facility is not as easily accessible to Clarington residents, especially in view of the fact that Clarington lacks a public transportation transportation system. Members of the public also objected objected to the fact that proposed growth would be permitted at Ajax and Pickering General Hospital, but Memorial Hospital would not have the same services available to its community, even though there will be more people living in Clarington than Ajax. The community indicated consideration consideration should be given to "at least the possibility of expanding" specialty specialty services at Bowmanville. The public is encouraged to offer its views on the health care study. Copies of the document are available available at the local libraries, at Memorial Memorial Hospital and from the Durham Region District Health Council. Written submissions by individuals individuals or groups should be addressed to: Lynda Hessey, Executive Director, Durham District Health Council, 1614 Dundas St. E., Suite 214, Whitby, Ont. L1N8Y8 ---- - «"v* X.V.UU.U.VU * uvu iiunijvmuL iuiu L/aiji uvugins, of 16 Division, are surrounded surrounded by the business people who contributed funds to launch the new bicycle patrol. They are (not in order of appearance in photo): Murray Taylor, Board of Management 'Downtown Orono;' Merrill Brown, Bowmanville Rotary Club; William Torino, William Torino Construction Ltd.; Jim Connell, Doreen Doreen Park and Norm Baker, Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 178 Bowmanville; Garth Gilpin, Bowmanville Bowmanville Business Improvement Area; Ron Hope, Newcastle Business Improvement Area; Tom Mcaleese, T- Mac Insulation Ltd.; Rick James, James Publishing; Paul Morris, Morris Funeral Chapel; and Norm Kane, Canadian Tire Corporation. Missing from the picture is a representative from The Kaitlin Group Ltd. Also in the photo is Inspector Jim Adams, of 16 Division in Bowmanville. w ttcCejbe*tcCe*tt 0 pùpen& A Sc P Canadian Tire* Graham's IGA* Miracle Food Mari; ('indicates partial distribution) For information about inserting flyers in The Independent, please contact our office at 623-3303 by Laura J. Richards Take two mountain bikes, add four constables who want to get fit and a municipality that is geographically geographically bigger than Metro Toronto. What have you got? It's the Clarington police bicycle patrol. On Wednesday morning, June 15, Inspector Jim Adams introduced introduced Constables Paul Hawry- chuk and Daryl Hodgins to the folks who made the Garington bike patrol possible -- the contributors. contributors. Eleven businesses and business business organizations helped make a dream come true for this sprawling municipality. Inspector Adams pointed out the idea for the patrol did not originate with him, but with Inspector Inspector Bruce Pugh last summer. It has taken almost a full year to bring the idea to fruition. The police officers on two-wheelers hit the streets about two weeks ago. Since then, they have discovered discovered there are more things to see when going at a slower pace. "The bicycles allow them to get into areas like parks, ravines and behind businesses," Inspector Inspector Adams noted. While the idea is "to get them (the free-wheeling officers) out as often as possible, it is not as often as we would like them to," Inspector Adams admitted. One of the main ideas behind the police-on-two-wheels is the visibility aspect. Right now, the officers have More the element of surprise added to the fact that they are on bikes. Some people have been caught off guard and tickets have been issued. The CCM mountain bikes were purchased at the local Canadian Canadian Tire store and equipment was purchased through another source. Turn to page 5 by Laura J. Richards Almost 80 signatures adorn a petition petition from Clarington residents wanting answers from the Director of Community Services over the allocation allocation of ice time at arenas. Initiated by Shirley Hatfield, the petitions, along with a letter sent by her to Clarington Council, discuss the lack of ice-time for youngsters from this area. "It is very frustrating when one drives to Grafton, Port Hope, Co- bourg or Manvers tor their child to practice and then discover that Oshawa has regular ice in Orono every Saturday morning and afternoon," afternoon," she wrote. "Whitby and Oshawa regularly use Newcastle as well,. Hatfield wants to know from the Clarington Community Services Department Department just who is getting the icetime icetime at the four arenas -- Darlington, Darlington, Orono, Bowmanville and New- TurntopageS