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wMtfaiauntmi / Police Struck By Bat Two police officers were injured Tuesday afternoon at a Bowmanvillc home Durham Regional Police say one of the officers, 32-ycar-old Robert Reid, suffered a broken broken nose and bite wounds to one arm. Constable Paul Martin. 34, required lour stitches to close a head wound. Police said they were summoned to a residence on West Beach Rd., in Bowmanvillc shortly shortly before one p.m. after a caller reported a man was barricaded in a bedroom. At 2:30 p.m., tactical support officers were in the process of "gearing up" when a man charged from the nearby residence, threatening several officers with a small wooden bat. The officers fired two rubber rounds that hit the man, but failed to stop him. He then struck two officers before being restrained. The injured officers and suspect were taken to Lakcridge Health Bowmanvillc. The suspect suspect did not require medical treatment. MSIDE TODAY 5 ISSUE News pgs. 2-3 Editorial pg* 4 Sports pgs. 6-7 Lifestyles pg. 9 Year in Review. pg. 14 a BOWMANVILLE LIBRARY / 62 TEMPERANCE STREET i bow MANVILLE ONTARIO L1C3AR ! EXPIRY DATE: AUGUST 26 1999 •"■Ny *ltrf illai Clarington's Community Newspaper Since 1854 A James Publishing Community Newspaper Wednesday, January 6,1999 145th Year Issue 1 70tf + 50 G.S.T. = 750 Clarington Digs Out by Michelle Wyton Staff Writer The weekend storm brought out more than just shovels as Clarington residents had to dig out from the year's first major snowfall. While there was work to be done clearing driveways, there was also some time to enjoy other outdoor outdoor activities. At Soper Creek Park in Bowmanvillc, Ed Rozema, and his daughter, Rachel, took advantage of the snow to do some GT Snow Racing. The Canadian flag in the background provides a fitting backdrop as we begin to get a taste of a typical winter in the Great White North. b --Photo by Brad Kelly The first major winter storm of the season hit southern Ontario hard and left Clarington residents digging their way out of about 26 centimeters of snow. Although it was the first time the town had to bring out the entire fleet of plows, Clarington's director of public works, Stephen Yokes, said the process went smoothly. "It was the first event of the season where we used the snow plows municipality-wide municipality-wide and it went very well," he said. "We started clearing the streets at 4 a.m. Sunday morning and by 5 p.m. everybody was ploughed out." With the number of new drivers on staff, Mr. Yokes said there were a couple couple of streets that were missed the first time around. But, as residents let the department know, the remaining streets were quickly cleared. "With all the snow falling at once it was particularly challenging. When we get a snowfall this large we go around once to make sure people have access," he said, "then we go around again to widen the streets and clean the courts better." - Cleaning up tiie snow is almost a week-long job. Once the streets are cleared, the crews start removing the snow from the downtown areas. "Snow removal in downtown Bowmanvillc started on Tuesday night and we will move on to Newcastle and Orono once Bowmanvillc is complete," complete," said Mr. Yokes. With no accidents involving the plows and few breakdowns, the only thing slowing down the process was parked cars. Cars left on the street during during a major snowfall are always a problem, but Mr. Yokes said this year wasn't any worse than past years. "We go around the ones we can and tLa Two Cases of Influenza A Reported in Bowmanyille B 1 Tim cpncnn'c first rase of Influenza A Ontario. With children returning to But, Dr. Donna Reynolds, Durban Flu is Back The season's first case of Influenza A has been confirmed in Durham Region. Two cases from Bowmanvillc were reported to the Durham Region Health Department during the last week of December. "Influenza usually begins in November and peaks in January- Fcbruary," says Alex Connor, Environmental Health Manager with the Health Department. "So far, very little influenza activity has been reported in Ontario. With children returning to school and adults going back to work, more cases of influenza will likely occur soon." Outbreaks of influenza arc often first seen in day cares and schools, and then spread to long-term care facilities. Symptoms of the illness include fever, headache, muscle aches, fatigue, runny nosç, sore throat and cough. Influenza A usually lasts from two to seven days, with most people fully recovering. But, Dr. Donna Reynolds, Durham Region's Associate Medical Officer of Health, cautions, "some people can develop serious complications from influenza such as pneumonia, worsening emphysema, or death from heart or respiratory respiratory failure. The elderly and chronically chronically ill are considered at higher risk for these complications." Fortunately, a media release from the Health'Unit says, a flu shot can lessen Continued on page 2 tow the ones we can't get by," he said. "It's a standard problem with a snowfall snowfall of this magnitude." The cost for the clean-up of a storm this size should sit at about $50,000, said Mr. Yokes, with the money coming coming out of the 1999 budget. Last year was an unusually mild one and the 1998 snow clearing budget was left with about $250,000 in it. About $1 Continued on page 2 Police on the Look-out Waverley Hit by Break-ins by Jennifer Stone Staff Writer; Durham Regional Police in Clarington tiré asking lot the public's. assistance in solving a rash of break- ins over the past couple of weeks in Bowmanville's Waverley Road subdivision. subdivision. Police say at least nine break-jns have occurred in the area since December 15. Each of the thefts has happened in the afternoon or early evening. Most often, jewellery, liquor and electronic equipment have been stolen. The most recent break-ins happened happened New Year's Day on Lawrence Crescent and Little Avenue, while residents were briefly away from, home. In each case, the kitchen cup-: boards were all found open, and, entry was gained through the base-' ment window, says DRP Clarington- Sgt. Ted Dionne. Items taken during the New Year's ! Day break-ins included: a number of: bottles of liquor; cash, a scanner, jewellery, a hunting knife, and a brand new video recorder, which had been received as a Christmas gift. "Be on the look-out for anyone suspicious," asks Dionne. Police are asking anyone with any information that could relate to the break-ins to call Det. Craig Greentrce at (905) 579-1520 or Durham Region Crimestoppcrs at 436-TIPS. The Road to Recovery Over the years, Clarington's fire department has rescued rescued many people. But, not all of them come back to the lire station to say thank you. One of those who has done so is Theresa Lyle. Since she was critically injured in 1988, she has dropped by the lire hall to chat with the firefighters and keep them posted on her progress, She also wants to thank them for all that they did that day in October when she was rushed to hospital from an accident at a Bowmanvillc factory. Without them, she "wouldn't be here today," she says. To mark the tenth anniversary of that accident, Theresa and her mother, Barbara Lyle, dropped by the Bowmanvillc Fire Station on Highway Two last month. At the lire hall, she met Captains Graydon Brown and Gary Oliver, who were two of the three firemen that responded to a call at Dennison Manufacturing on October 27, 1988. The third firefighter was Trent Elyca, a former Clarington Fire Department Captain who is now Deputy Chief of the Orillia Fire Department. "There's always hope," said Graydon Brown, in describing the approach firefighters lake when responding responding to an accident such as the one that injured Theresa. But, when they saw her predicament, hope may have seemed beyond reach. Theresa had been pinned against a shelving unit by a hydraulic lift. She suffered numerous injuries, including a broken shoulder and collar bones, punctured lungs and paralyzed paralyzed vocal chords. But, most serious was a head injury which left her without oxygen to the brain for an unknown length of time. Graydon Brown and Gary Oliver recall that a chain hoist was used to lice Theresa, although the details arc pretty vague after 10 years, "You don't remember what you did. You just do it," Oliver adds. The rescue was Continued on page 2 HER HEROES -- Theresa Lyle hugs Captains Graydon Brown and Gary Oliver in a recent visit to the Bowmanvillc Fire Station. About 10 years ago, they were two of the firelighters who responded to an industrial accident in which she sustained sustained major injuries. UISJ Shop the Rest (J sth Buy from the Best! 1 BHnsnznJi POHMC ■ IWICK LTD. Your lot:ul General Motor* dealer for the past 25 year*. 106 King St. E. Tolophono 023-3390 James Publish COMPANY LIMITED Printing Professionals Since 1854 Telephone: 623-3303 62 King St, West Bowmanvillc Bowmanville's Movers for 50 Years. 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