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Thousands of hopeful keyholders and their supporters jammed the Aspen Springs housing development development on Sunday morning anxiously waiting to see who would win the house that Q107 radio personality Brother Jake Edwards built. Five hundred keys were given to lucky callers over the past two months, and after 334 attempts, Kelly Bouchard of Burlington opened the door to the home valued at close to $250,000. $250,000 Dream Home Pete and Laurie Lomax of Orono were lucky to be one of the 500 contestants to try their key on the house that Jake built. Unfortunately, the door didn't open. They are shown above being interviewed prior to the contest by CFTO news reporter Pat Foran and camera operator Jeff Wood. 20 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanvillc, Wednesday, November 9,1994 Family Wins the House Jake Built Continued from Page One of food for food banks. Thousands gathered at the site on Sunday, with the first of the 500 key holders trying their key at about 2 p.m. Bouchard was the 334th person to try her key more than two hours later. Because of the huge crowd, a giant TV screen tracked the progress of those trying their keys. The gala event was like a giant family picnic, with the sponsors hoping hoping to raise more than $10,000 for the Bowmanvillc Memorial Hospital. There were castles and kiddy games, face painters, pony rides, balloons balloons and candy floss for kids. Licks, the burger chain, sold burgers with the proceeds going to the Bowman- ville Memorial Hospital Foundation: The value of the home, with all its furnishings and equipment, is estimated estimated to be about $250,000. The furnishings and equipment include include furniture and appliances, computer computer equipment, household applianc es, exercise equipment, workshop power tools, two mountain bikes, interlocking interlocking brick driveway and dozens of other items. Because of the crowds, a special parking area was designated away from the development. Shuttle buses ran all day between the parking area and the site of the event. Police Ask for Help to Curb Vandalism The Durham Regional Police are hoping to enlist the general public in an effort to reduce the incidents of theft and vandalism in Clarington. Staff Sgt. Sandy Ryrie, who is in charge of media relations for the Durham Regional Police, told The Statesman last week: "Our resources are being strained. We need the public public to be the eyes and ears of the police. police. "If people suspect suspicious activity, activity, they should call 911. That's what it's there for," St. Sgt. Ryrie explained. "We can't do it by ourselves." That is exactly why the volunteer-driven volunteer-driven Crime Stoppers program is so popular with those who want to help but don't want to identify themselves. Sgt. Grant Arnold, the police coordinator coordinator of Crime Stoppers agrees. "Crime Stoppers can save hours and hours of investigation time through tips," Sgt. Arnold noted. Durham Regional Police Report Monday, Nov.7 A representative of Tridel Homes Ltd., reported a house on Fox Hunt Trail was broken into and there was $4,000 worth of damage. A Highway Two, Bowmanvillc, resident reported his 1990 Pontiac 6000, four-door was stolen from where it was parked on King Street in Bowmanvillc. A representative of Courtice Secondary Secondary School reported that someone someone attempted to burn a shed at the school. An employee of Pay Rite gas station, station, located at the comer of King and Brown Street, Bowmanvillc, reported reported being held up. The person who robbed the gas bar said he had a gun. A window was broken on the south side of Bowmanvillc High School. A person has given the police police a description of two suspects seen inside the building. A representative of Halminen Homes reported that a house on Auburn Auburn Lane in Courtice, currently under under construction, had been entered. A representative of Square Boy Pizza located at 39 King St. E., Newcastle, reported someone had entered the business by kicking in. the side door. No money was taken, but the damage to the door is estimated estimated at $200. Sunday, Nov. 6 A Bowmanvillc youth had a copper copper pipe seized after information was received regarding damage that had been done to a home under construction construction in Aspen Springs. A Poolton Crescent, Courtice, resident's home was entered and some jewelry was taken. Saturday, Nov. 5 Two young offenders were charged with shoplifting and possession possession of stolen goods from the Met Mart in Bowmanvillc Mall. Representatives of Old Mill Country Crafts and Shoppers Drug Mart Ltd., located in the Bowman- ville Mall, reported the theft of a small number of items from their respective respective stores. A 42-ycar-old Campbellford man and a 38-year-old Bowmanvillc resident resident were arrested after a car was driven at some mail boxes. An Andrew Street, Newcastle, resident reported that sometime overnight a beer bottle was thrown at his windshield which was broken during the incident. Five bicycles were stolen from Birchficld Court and Cenlrcfield Drive in Courtice and Kingscourt and Loscombe Drive in Bowmanvillc Bowmanvillc overnight. A Courtice man reported his wife had walked away from their home. She was later located by police at a women's shelter. OPENING MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH 30 King Street West Bowmanvillc (former Shorney's Optical location) Mon. - Thuvs, 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Friday 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. 623-3132 Hour © "Some are helpful and some aren't," he said, regarding the success success rate. As of the end of October, and since 1988, Crime Stoppers has helped with 907 arrests. "We have cleared 1,232 cases, laid 1,232 charges. We have recovered recovered $1.8 million worth of property and seized $4.1 million worth of drugs." All of this was because of 6,259 calls from people who might otherwise otherwise not have called the police with a tip. Crime Stoppers is an all- volunteer community program run by a board of directors who meet once a month, Sgt. Arnold explained. explained. "We're people-friendly and we try to put people at ease when they call." However, people arc not asked to give their names. "We don't want to know who they are and it's to our benefit that we don't know," Sgt. Arnold noted. People who call Crime Stoppers arc given a code number which will match up with a file. If the person's tip leads to an arrest, arrest, the tipster is eligible for a reward reward established by board. According to Sgt. Arnold, the amount of a reward depends a variety variety of factors including if the person who tipped them was at risk, the seriousness seriousness of the crime and how many cases arc cleared up. Since the beginning of Crime Stoppers in Durham Region, $60,000 has been given out to tipsters. tipsters. Not all Crime Stoppers callers collect on their tips. "Some people arc quite happy to know that they have helped," Sgt. Arnold said. raies! Over AIDS Article by Lorraine Manfredo Disagreement over a school newspaper article dealing with AIDS sparked a protest Friday morning outside the gates of St. Stephen's High School in Bow- manville. The authors of the article and about two dozen supporters held up signs to passing vehicles and chanted "Save our future" shortly after morning classes began. Demonstrators were angry after after the principal requested a series series of facts and figures dealing with the sexually transmitted disease disease be put into the context of relationships. relationships. "Her primary objection to the article was that it contained descriptive descriptive words and she didn't think it was our responsibility to educate," said one student carrying carrying a petition advocating publication publication of the piece. "We want to sec that the article article runs. If people arc going to be ignorant about teens having sex we won't get the truth." However, Principal Mary- Calhcrinc Kelly said she had no objection to the newspaper promoting promoting better AIDS awareness, but asked that the subject be ap proached with a view of the "whole person." "We do have AIDS education in our classes where we deal with it in a Catholic perspective. It's not just facts and figures. We also talk about values and relationships." relationships." She added that the article she was asked to approve was just a scries of statistics. "They never did produce an article. They wrote out some statistics, but not in the context of an article." As for just printing statistics, she said: "Personally, I would struggle with that. We deal with the whole person in Catholic education." education." In the end, a satisfactory resolution resolution was reached after Kelly spoke with the protesters for about ten minutes. A new St. Stephen's Stephen's AIDS Committee was formed and many students signed up. Brccsic McCrudden, editor of the school paper entitled "Stuff on Paper," was pleased with the outcome and glad the students got their point across. "We want to let everybody know the facts. 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