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«•***»« i ©MtâttWNl ' I ht % M# 4if A - r r\ y w <> y k xx 4A( rfW e^CX 4/4f H VMv Total Market Coverage ofClaringtonfrom the Publishers of The Canadian Statesman • A James Publishing Community Newspaper Saturday, August 15,1998 144th Year Circulation: 21,265 Bear by Lorraine Manfredo Staff Writer A young bear spotted trying to cross Hwy. 401 near Ncwtonvillc this week may get safe passage passage from some human friends. Motorists first noticed the animal on the north side of the highway Tuesday morning. According to witnesses, witnesses, it appeared to be trying to cross the busy road, but was frightened off by traffic. traffic. Ministry of Natural Resources say it's possible the mother may be on the other side. Local conservation officers were preparing to set up a live trap Wednesday or Thursday in the vicinity of the Esso Service Centre, hoping to trap and release the bear. Usually it's considered inefficient to set a trap in . an urban area because bears can be 30 miles away the next day. But, in this case, "the bear may represent a hazard hazard to traffic and the thought was that it's best to get it out of harm's way," says Bram Bosman of the MNR. "We think there's a pretty good chance of catching it." If there is evidence of a mama bear on the south side -- for instance, a recent sighting of an adult - the cub could be released on that side of the highway. highway. Otherwise, it could be let go further north, possibly possibly around Lindsay. By this time of year the cubs are weaned and can establish territory independently. independently. ' According to Mr. Bosman, any bears now in Clarington on the south of 401 may not remain permanent permanent residents but could find suitable habitat moving cast and north through sheltered valley areas. The Ministry has been getting sightings of black bears all summer, with about a dozen calls in the last month in the Newcastle and Newtonville area. There are an estimated 100,000 bears in Ontario. They arc common in the north and are also found in significant numbers in central regions, including Haliburton and Bancroft. Snoek Wins Silver Medal Bowmanvillc's Rob Snoek broke another Canadian record in the paralympic games taking taking . place in Birmingham, England. His time of 11.99 seconds in the 100 metres for amputee athletes set a Canadian record and earned him a silver medal. It was the first time he had broken the 12-second mark. The 100 metre event took place Wednesday, August 12. In addition, he set a personal best of 5.99 metres in the long jump, finishing just out of medal contention, in fourth place. Snoek was scheduled scheduled lo compete in the 200 metres Thursday, August 13. ON THE SCENE -- The Durham Regional Police tactical squad and two canine units searched RCMP headquarters bn Baseline Road after a break-in Tuesday night. A knife-wielding suspect wearing an armoured police vest struggled with law enforcement officers as they tried to arrest him, injuring a police constable and slashing the RCMP detachment commander in the face. A 30-year-old Oshawa man faces numerous charges. © Ratepayers Feel Pain of Downloading, Reassessment by Jennifer Stone Staff Writer Even a mid-meeting phone call from provincial Finance Minister Ernie Eves' office didn't help keep taxes down for Durham residents. The call came in the midst of Wednesday's Regional Council meeting. meeting. Councillors had hoped the province would be able to guarantee there would be no additional costs to taxpayers in 1998 as a result of downloading some provincial responsibilities. responsibilities. Clarington Regional Councillor John Mutton estimates the average Clarington ratepayer will pay an added $100 on the regional tax 1 bill due to provincial downloading - But, although the province did guarantee an extra $4.3 million dollars, the Finance Minister's office was not able to say there would be no additional additional costs to the region. According to the chair of the region's Finance and Administration Committee, Oshawa Councillor Brian Nicholson, the province's answer just isn't good enough. "They've given us $4.3 million to deal with a $28.6 million deficit. We're saying that's insufficient insufficient to hold the tax rate down." With no such guarantee forthcoming, and the province only pledging a portion of the money the Region had hoped for, many Durham residents -- especially in Oshawa and Whitby -- will be facing a large tax hike. That's a result of the province's new property tax assessment model. The new model is based on current market value of properties, and in some municipalities, properties hadn't been re-assessed for decades. Not so in Clarington, where properties had been reassessed relatively recently, in the 1980s. Here, many property own Turn to page IO Mountie Slashed/ Officer Injured While Making Arrest in RCMP Detachment Break-in by Lorraine Manfredo Staff Writer A RCMP inspector was slashed with a knife and a Durham Regional police constable constable suffered a possible fractured thumb after a violent struggle Tuesday night with a break-and-enter suspect outside the RCMP Bowmanvillc detachment. An Oshawa man was subdued and arrested at the scene and faces numerous charges. RCMP are still investigating how someone managed to gain entry into the detachment on Baseline Road. The incident began with a routine fire call. Clarington Fire Department crew, Ted Ruiter, Mark Ulrich and Graydon Brown, pulled up to the scene around 10:35 p.m. and were confronted by a man wearing police body armour. "We pulled in the east parking lot and heard someone hollering," said Brown . Because there were a couple of white trucks nearby, he assumed at first that the man was a hydro worker trying to warn them about a downed powcrline. But, as they got closer, they saw the man was wearing a blue armoured vest with RCMP written on it and he had a knife. "He was hollering and acting as if he didn't want us to go into the building for some reason. But I couldn't really understand understand what he was saying," says Brown. Moments later, RCMP Inspector William Roney, head of the detachment and a 32-year veteran with the force, arrived in response to the fire alarm call. The firefighters on the scene told the Inspector the man had a knife. As the Inspector attempted to arrest the man, the suspect slashed the officer on the forehead. The Inspector's 19-year-old son, who had accompanied his father on the call, jumped to his father's defence, as did the firefighters. 'ns soon as we saw he was in trouble we went to assist," said Brown. "He had a pretty deep cut and was bleeding severely. He lost a lot of blood." The firefighters and Roney's son were still wrestling with the suspect when the first two officers from Durham Regional Police arrived, took control and disarmed the man. During the struggle, Durham Police Constable Christina Walker, a 10-year veteran with the force, sustained a possible possible broken thumb. Roney was taken to Bowmanvillc Hospital where he received stitches to close his wound. After the arrest, the tactical unit and two canine units were called out to execute execute a complete search of the building to ensure that no one else was inside. The crime scene was staked out until 5:30 a.m. Two RCMP employees in the building left when the alarm sounded. According to Durham Regional Police, the station had been broken into through a rear door. Fire extinguishers had been sprayed on the main floor and there was other damage. damage. Police believe the suspect pulled the alarm himself. "We believe this was a random act," says Sergeant Jim Grimley of Durham Region Police, although the exact motivation motivation for the break and entry is unclear. Police have learned the suspect was driven to the area by a man who dropped him off and left. That person is not considered considered a suspect. Daniel Edward Cayley, age 30, of Oshawa, is charged with numerous offences: aggravated assault, assault to resist arrest, eight counts of assault, possession possession of dangerous weapon, assault with a weapon, break and enter and theft, mischief over $5,000 and possession of Turn to page two lad L Just Knew He'd be Going With Me." Insp., Al Roney by Jennifer Stone ■. : Staff Writer ... When his son answered the phone and found the fire alarm was sounding sounding at RCMP headquarters Tuesday, Inspector Al Roney jumped in his car with his wife and 18-year-old son, Bob. As he had done many times before, the officer in charge of the Bowmanville detachment went to see what was the matter. Insp. Roney figures he gets called in for similar alarms about eight or 10 times a year. But he was in no way prepared for what awaited him when he arrived at the Baseline Road office. After being told by firefighters there was a suspect nearby with a knife, Insp. Roney and his family returned to their vehicle. Within moments, the suspect was between the Roney car and the fire truck. Insp. Roney told his son he was going to take the suspect down, and to open his car door a crack to startle the suspect. He hoped the interior light would distract the man. Turn to page two nnr in77 The Jazz. Cats, (Ed Morton, Doug Matthews, Donna Barber, and Doug Watson) entertained al a Beef Barbecue in Orono Park on Wednesday to support the Orono Arena. An estimated 450 attended the outdoor picnic. Proceeds go toward improvements improvements and maintenance of the local recreation facility. /instate" jlHoma illxndwaio frr. 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