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• SINCE • AMALGAMATED WITH CLARINGTON imBB Andrew Dell, top, and Jason Hindmarsh, surrendered surrendered to police following a shooting in Courtice. Courtice | shooting I suspects I surrender ; BY STEPHEN SHAW t Staff Writer i OSHAVVA - Two suspects ' sought in connection with the recent shooting of an Os- havva man outside a Courtice residence have surrendered to police. Durham Regional Police Sergeant Paul Malik said a fight over a girl resulted in the 27-year-old victim being shot outside a home on Var- coe Road about 1 a.m. on July 21. "There was a gathering of some people at the residence when the two wanted men allegedly allegedly were involved in the dispute over a girl, which escalated escalated into a fight with the victim," said Sgt. Malik, po- .Mice spokesman. » "They took it outside and the guns came out." Sgt. Malik alleged both suspects were armed with handguns and fired the weapons. The victim was hit once in the shoulder. He was treated at hospital for non-lifethreatening injuries injuries and released. Detectives last week issued issued arrest warrants for the two suspects, both Scarborough Scarborough men whose photographs photographs were released by . police to the public. ; : Accompanied by their lawyers, the pair turned themselves in at police hcad- • quarters in Osltawa scparatc- • ly in recent days, Sgt. Malik ! said. Jason Hindmarsh, 24, was arrested Friday and charged with aggravated assault and mischief. Andrew Dell, 25, was arrested arrested Monday and charged with aggravated assault and discharge of a firearm with intent to wound. They were detained pending pending bail hearings in Osltawa provincial court. Police arc continuing the investigation into the shooting shooting and are asking anyone with information to call detectives detectives at 905-579-1520, ext. 1691, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. : - v -,. : j - ...•. ~--- x v. Joan and Joe Wray sit in front of their home during a brief break from taping taping during the Decorating Challenge television show. The Wray's swapped A.J. GROEN/ Statesman photo places with neighbour Jake Verhoog as the Clarington residents re-decorat- ed rooms in each other's houses. Couples take the challenge Decorating Challenge television show films in Courtice BY JACQU1E MclNNES Staff Writer COURTICE - Jake Verhoog will soon have a new kitchen and just maybe, a new wife. A Courtice couple decided to invite their bachelor neighbour neighbour to participate in the Decorating Decorating Challenge, a television show seen across North America America where friends swap homes for two days to redecorate one room in each other's houses. But Joan and Joe Wray had more on their mind than just giving their friend a new colour scheme and accessories. They hope to find him a mate. "We're trying to give him a kitchen that will get him a wife," jokes decorator David MacPhee of David MacPhee Design Services, as he outlines the romantic French provincial theme he has created for the room. Mr. MacPhee was the designer designer on the show's pilot when it aired five years ago. Since then, viewers across North America have followed him and the show's other designers as they helped friends create a new living space for each other be fore revealing the transformation transformation at the end of two nine-hour days. For viewers the same result result is revealed at the end of the half-hour show. About 95 per cent of the time, the homeowners homeowners are thrilled with the results, says the show's producer Courtney Campbell. "Of the other five per cent, three per cent come away with things they can work with and then there are the two per cent who should never have agreed to participate. You have to have an open mind," she explains. Mr. Verhoog and his sister, Linda, worked to recreate the ambiance of an old country train station, which the house once served as, in the Wray's living room, using an old ticket window as the main attraction. Old carpeting was torn up to make way for a plank floor made from wood found out in the barn. The walls, transformed transformed with a country-red paint would soon have shelves filled with "artifacts and old things." Newspapers from the past, found in another part of the home, would also be incorporated incorporated into the room's décor. "We're playing off the rus- See NEIGHBOURS page 7 Signs of the times Store will 'meet needs of those less fortunate' New St. Vincent de Paul for Bowmanville DURHAM - They're "just a bunch of Christians trying to help those less fortunate" any way they can but the people who make up St. Vincent de Paul hope a new Bowmanville storefront will be another tool to do God's handiwork. The Bowmanville area St. Vincent de Paul branch will be opening a new 6,000-square- foot store at 79 King St. E. later this summer as a way to add on to services already provided in the community, says the Bowmanville Bowmanville area president Bob Burke. "Basically we are out to meet the needs of those less fortunate fortunate any way we can," he says. The storefront, which includes includes 2,000 square feet of main floor space and an additional additional 4,000 square feet in the basement, will provide a place to store clothing and furniture that is sold at a nominal cost. BOB BURKE Store will add on to services already provided. "A substantial amount we virtually give away," says Mr. Burke. What's left is sold at a low price to the community. The store will also serve as a training ground for students and those in need of skills training, he adds. The organization will work with Durham Social Services to assist Ontario Works recipients receive training that could lead to jobs in the retail sector, says Mr. Burke. One full-time manager manager will be hired but the rest of the staff will be volunteers, students students looking to serve community community hours for their high school diploma and Ontario Works recipients recipients looking for training, he says. Giving people valuable job skills is another way to help the community beyond providing providing clothing and furniture, he notes. The organization is planning for a clothing and furniture drive in late August and an official official opening will be held Sept. 28 when Bishop James Doyle of the Peterborough Archdiocese Archdiocese will provide a blessing. St. Vincent dc Paul was first formed in 1833 as an organization organization for lay people to serve in the community. Other efforts of the Bowmanville branch include include operation of a food bank out of St. Joseph's Church in Bowmanville. Currently St, Vincent dc Paul operates 25 stores throughout Ontario including one in Osltawa where the organization organization operates a soup kitchen as well. New school signs 'much brighter' CLARINGTON - The walk to school should be safer thanks to thousands of dollars spent on new crossing signs. Recently 200 florcscent yellow yellow student-crossing signs have sprung up around schools in the community. At an additional additional $14,000 for the signs, double the price of traditional blue and white ones, the investment investment should make zones more visible to drivers. "It's a much brighter sign, even in the daytime, it seems to glow," said Ron Baker, traffic co-ordinator for the municipality. municipality. "There's always the concern concern that when anything is new it's more noticeable, but these things arc certainly brighter Inside If* âtettiman WHERE TO FIND IT Editorial Page 6 Classified 8 Sports 12 GIVE US A CALL General 579-4400 Distribution .. .579-4407 Death Notices .683-3005 Sincerely Yours 1-800-662-8423 Web site.... durhamregion.com General FAX .. .579-2238 Newsroom FAX .579-1809 and will have a positive impact." impact." All the signs were installed within four days and Mr. Baker said he has received a lot of positive feedback regarding the more expensive signs. One of the signs has gone missing, and another on Ontario Street in Bowmanville had a skateboard spray-painted underneath the picture of the student. Whether the signs will make a huge difference, is something the municipality doesn't yet know. "We don't really have accidents accidents in front of schools, but we've had a lot of complaints from parents (about speeding)," speeding)," explained Mr. Baker. 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