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• SINCE 1854 • AMALGAMATED 1999 WITH CLARINGTON THIS WEEK • Prcssrun 21,900 16 Pali's Wednesday, August 1, 2001 For the love of skunks News, page 7 I Æ Optional 4 week delivery $5/$l newsstand Remembering a legend Sports, page 14 Old bones found in Courtice Believed to be 800 years old BY STEPHEN SHAW Staff Writer COURTICE - Human bones, believed to be those of a woman dating back 800 years, have been unearthed alongside centuries-old native artifacts during an archeological excavation excavation near the Oshawa-Clar- ington border. The ancient remains, including including a' skull, were dug up Monday by a team of archaeologists archaeologists on land just east of Townline Road, south of Bloor Street. Bowmanville man's accused murderers appear in court Preliminary trial could start in January for two men accused of school owner's murder BY JENNIFER STONE Staff Writer BOWMANVILLE - Two men accused in the kidnapping kidnapping and murder of a Bowmanville Bowmanville school owner will be back in court Sept, 4. Zhiyang Suo, 19; and Feng Wang, 20, both of Scarborough, Scarborough, were in Brampton . court Friday for a pre-trial and will remain in custody pending their next appearance, appearance, Sept. 4. A preliminary trial date has been tentatively set for Jan. 28. The pair face charges of first-degree murder, kidnapping, kidnapping, forcible confinement, robbery and extortion in relation relation to the death of Thomas Ku, owner of Great Lakes College, which has campuses in Bowmanville and Toronto. Both Mr. Suo and Mr. Wang were former students of Mr. Ku, whose school' is largely attended by students from Hon£ Kong, China and Taiwan, working toward admission admission to North American universities. Mr. Ku went missing May 15, when he called home from the Bowmanville cam- ACCREDITED TEST & REPAIR FACILITY •An official mark of the Province of Ontario used under licence. Whitby - Oshawa 1110 DUNDAS. ST. B., WHITBY LOCAL (905) Donna Morrison, a consultant consultant archeologist with Advance Archeology of Port Hope, said the remains are likely those of an older native woman from 800 to 1200A.D. The firm was hired by Halminen Homes to complete an archeological assessment, required as part of an environ mental assessment of the land since it is close to water. A residential residential subdivision is planned for the property, Ms. Morrison said, adding the excavation is about 95 per cent complete. Ms. Morrison said the fragmented fragmented bones - a skull, arms and smaller pieces - were found in a small 'cluster' roughly a foot below the topsoil. topsoil. "It's part of what's called a 'bundle burial.' It appears to have been an older, adult woman based on the teeth and other features of the skull. "They were probably originally originally buried elsewhere and the bones later collected and re buried. It was a cultural practice," practice," Ms. Morrison said. With a nearby creek and Second Marsh, the land would have been an ideal site for a seasonal settlement, occupied in the spring and summer for fishing, hunting and horticul- See REMAINS page 2 The Canadian Statesman has earned recognition from the Canadian Community Newspaper Association, with a first- place award for best editorial page and a second-place award for best all-round community newspaper in its circulation circulation class. From left are advertising sales representatives WALTER PASSARELLA/Statesman photo Laverne Morrison and Christian-Ann Goulet, reporter Jaccjttie Mclnnes, managing editor Jttdi Bobbitt, advertising manager Brian Purdy, classified sales representative Nancy Pleasance-Sturman, reporter Jennifer Stone, classified sales representative Junia Hodge and sports editor Brad Kelly. I : THOMAS KU Great Lakes College owner's body was found north of Clarington May 31. pus, indicating he was on his way home to Mississauga. About an hour after that phone call, his car was in the driveway of his $800,000 Mississauga home, but he was nowhere to be found. Shortly after his disappearance, disappearance, Mr. Ku's family began receiving phone calls, demanding demanding ransom for his safe return. Mr. Ku's body was found in a wooded area just north of Clarington May 31. Police believe he died shortly after being abducted. Inside Statesman WHERE TO FIND IT Editorial Page 6 Classified 9 Sports 13 GIVE US A CALL General.. .905-623-3303 Distribution 905-579-4407 Death Notices ..' 905-683-3005 Sincerely Yours 1-800-662-8423 Web site durhamregion.com email jbobbitt@durhamregion.com FAX 905-623-6161 Statesman earns national awards CLARINGTON - The Canadian Statesman has won national recognition for general general excellence from the Canadian Canadian Community Newspaper Association. Association. At an awards ceremony in Saskatoon, held Thursday, July 19, the Canadian Statesman Statesman claimed first place for best editorial page and second place for best all-round community community newspaper in the circulation circulation class 12,500 to 24,999. The national recognition comes on the heels of a provincial first-place award from the Ontario Community Newspaper Association (OCNA) this spring for general general excellence in the same circulation circulation class. At the OCNA awards ceremony, held in May, the Statesman also received a third-place award for best news story. Also, earlier this year, the Suburban Newspapers of America awarded the Statesman Statesman second-place recognition for best sports section. The Statesman's sister paper, Oshawa-Whitby This Week, captured five first-place national CCNA awards including including best all-round newspaper in the 25,000-and-over circulation circulation class, best editorial page, best national. editorial, best special section and best local editorial cartoon. That paper also received second place for best front page and third place for best feature photo. Lakeridge Health on the grow with new maternity programs A premature baby is cared for in the neonatal intensive care unit at Lakeridge Health Oshawa. Pediatrics and maternity units expand to offer care for children throughout Durham BY CHRISTY CHASE Staff Writer OSHAWA - While Lakeridge Health Oshawa undergoes massive massive changes, the pediatric/maternity pediatric/maternity programs are labouring through their own transformations. transformations. Both are expanding as new regional regional centres, providing special care for newborn infants and older children through Durham Region and beyond. This allows more children to be cared for closer to home, rather than being transferred to Toronto or other communities. The pediatrics unit has been declared a regional children's health centre. There's also a neonatal intensive care unit, advanced advanced level two, which cares for many newborns who in the past were transferred to the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. A child and adolescent mental health unit, four beds in the fall, 10 when fully open, is being set up. The pediatrics unit will also have a special unit, geared just for short stays. "We're in a growth phase," says Lorraine Sunstrum Mann, a nurse and program leader for the maternal newborn program. Once the hospital redevelopment redevelopment is complete, pediatrics/NICU and the maternal-newborn maternal-newborn units will be located on the top of the new cancer cen tre. In the meantime, they're located located on the fourth and third floors of G wing, sometimes sharing their space with other sections of the hospital, dislodged dislodged by construction. Maternal-newborn includes birthing suite, obstetrical clinics, mother-baby and breast-feeding clinics. The pediatric unit, including its separate day surgery program continues to operate with 1S beds in the summer, 24 in the winter, but that will be increased by 10 when the mental health unit opens. "One of the biggest needs is services for mental health for kids anywhere from zero to 18," she says. 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