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www.durhamregion.com THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, NOVEMBER 6,2002 PAGE 3 i Police Beat NOV 6. 2002 Pair robs gas bar employee NEWCASTLE - Police ,are investigating investigating after two men in ski masks robbed a gas bar attendant Sunday night. At approximately 10 p.m., Durham Regional Police were called to the Cango gas station at 3545 Hwy. 35/115 in Newcastle. Two men, one who had a steel bar, first approached the male employee outside outside the store. They then robbed him of a quantity of cash and other items, police said. The attendant wasn't injured. The police canine unit traced the suspects through a cornfield south of the gas station but lost'track in a subdivision subdivision south of the scene. Officers recovered a few stolen items from the gas bar nearby. Police investigate nursing home arson BOWMANVILLE - Police are investigating after a fire was deliberately deliberately set at a Bowmanville nursing home Friday night. Clarington Emergency and Fire Services and Durham Regional Police Police were called to Strathaven Life- care Centre on King Street East at approximately 10 p.m. after nursing home staff reported a fire in a second-floor second-floor storage room. Police said a cotton gown on a wooden shelf was deliberately set on fire. Flames travelled travelled from the shelf along the concrete concrete wall of the room and ignited drop-ceiling panels, police said. Staff threw water on the blaze and extinguished it before firefighters arrived. arrived. No one was injured. Damage was limited to a few singed ceiling tiles. "We've labelled it as an arson," said Staff Sergeant Alan Mack of the Clarington Community Police Office. Office. Police and the Ontario Fire Marshal's Marshal's office arc actively investigating investigating the blaze. Find answers to queries DURHAM - Alzheimer questions? Find out the real answers. answers. On Thursday, Nov. 28 from 5:30 to 8 p.m., the Alzheimer Society Society of Durham Region is' hosting an Alzheimer Public Public Information Night. This event is open to the. public and is being held at Strathaven Lifccarc Centre, Centre, 262 King St. E., Bowmanville. Bowmanville. The evening will separate the myths from the facts about A1 z h c i m c r s Disease, related dementia and memory loss. The information information being covered covered includes an overview of Alzheimer Disease, Disease, and how to distinguish from normal memory loss, genetic and other risk factors. factors. Find out the latest news on prevention and treatments. To register, call the Alzheimer Society Society of Durham Region at 905-576- 2567 or 1-888- 301-1106. Cafeteria money helps students in poverty $50,000 to be directed toward poverty intervention programs at area schools BY NATALIE MILLER Staff Writer CLARINGTON - The public school board is setting aside $50,000 to fill rumbling tummies, purchase school supplies and clothe its students who live in poverty. The Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board receives an annual commission commission from Chartwells, the company company that provides cafeteria services to the board's secondary schools. The board recently approved a recommendation recommendation from its resource committee to direct the cash towards poverty intervention intervention programs at each of the 15 schools. Susan McCaig-Campbell, attendance attendance and counselling services super- Angela Lloyd: "Committed to doing everything we can to provide our students with . - extra assistance." visor with the board, says the money helps pupils in a variety of ways. "It's initially to support students living in poverty," says Ms. McCaig- Campbell. Many of the board's high schools Band festival asks for help BY JACQUIE MclNNES Staff Writer DURHAM - After zoning regulations regulations threatened to shut down the Great Canadian Town Band Festival this spring, organizers are asking the municipality municipality to help them do things by the book. David Climenhagc, chairman of the festival, is asking council to approve a temporary rezoning of Silvanus Gardens Gardens in Orono to allow the three-day annual festival to proceed on the agriculturally-zoned agriculturally-zoned land. In June, the festival almost found itself itself looking for a new venue at the last minute because it could not meet zoning zoning requirements for tents required for some of the band and wind instrument performances on the Silvanus property. With some co-operation from municipal municipal staff and downgrading on the size of the tents, the festival found ways for the show to go on at the venue. The event attracts performers and visitors from across North America and has continued to grow over the three years it has operated, Mr. Climenhage told councillors Monday. This year, de spite "the worst weather conditions of the summer" the event drew more than 2,500 visitors, said Mr. Climenhage. "Advance ticket sales were double previous previous years," he said. The event cleared $14,000 in 2002 allowing the festival organizers to repay the remaining $12,000 of a $17,000 municipal loan. The festival's temporary rezoning request was sent back to municipal planning staff for further processing. There appears to be no concerns regarding regarding the application and if approved, the event would have the go-ahead for one weekend a year for the next three years. However, additional plans by the organizers organizers to create a permanent band museum on the Silvanus Gardens property property could be more complicated, says Tony Cannella, director of engineering. Mr. Climenhage said the festival organizers organizers would like to use some of the existing buildings on the property to create a museum and a performance hall for a "resident" band. As well, in the future there is a hope to hold band camps and other activities on the premises. Please recycle INTOWNE GALLERY & GIFT SHOPPE Meet Laura Berry Sat. Nov. 16th, lp.m.-3p.m. Have your print personalized in gold leaf by Laura. .Ideal for gift giving or add to I purçdkction . 7 King St. E., Historic Downtown Bowmanville (905)623-6411 Open House! Durham College Skills Training Centre Thursday, November 14, 2002 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. Whitby Campus 1610 Champlain Avenue 905-721-3300 Meet the students, faculty and tour the campus to learn all about the following programs: ■ Automotive Service Technician ■ Electrical Techniques ■ Forklift Training ■ Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning ■ Management & Computer Training ■ Mechanical Techniques - Industrial Maintenance Mechanic - Precision Machining 1 Network Administration Specialist 1 Pre-Service Firefighter Education & Training Program 1 Power Engineering Technician 1 Primary Care Paramedic 1 Welder-Fitter Techniques and centres for independent studies offer breakfast programs for students so they can get a positive start to their school day. All students are welcome to participate. "It's meant to be inclusive and invisible," invisible," says Ms. McCaig-Campbell. While numbers of users vary from school to school, generally in schools of 800 to 1,100 students, 75 students regularly frequent the program. It's not always the same 75, she adds. Board money goes towards the start-up costs of the program. The breakfast clubs are maintained by the individual schools and partnerships with businesses in the community, like Quaker Oats. The schools are always always looking to expand those corporate corporate partnerships, Ms. McCaig-Campbell McCaig-Campbell adds. Some of the help the board provides provides is on a more individual basis. It usually starts in the classroom. "Classroom teachers are aware of students students struggling with financial issues," issues," she says. A student's behaviour, comments, excuses and lack of mate rials often speak volumes. That's when the teacher can step in to provide art supplies for art class or a pair of running shoes so a student can participate in gym. "It's done with receipts...in as private of a way as possible," possible," Ms. McCaig-Campbell notes. Permission forms for out-of-school excursions are worded carefully to be inclusive. On the form, students who can't attend a trip for religious, cultural, cultural, physical or financial reasons arc directed directed to talk to their teacher. Poverty intervention programs work on a trust basis. "We don't do a test. We tend to believe them," Ms. McCaig-Campbell says. The board will receive $205,400 in cafeteria commissions for the 2003- 2004 school year. The board is sending sending $30,000 directly to the schools and $20,000 to a central poverty intervention intervention fund. "We are'eommitted to doing everything everything we can to provide our students with extra assistance to help them succeed," succeed," says Angela Lloyd, vice-chairman vice-chairman of the board. JUST LIKE MAGIC! WAY TO GO THOMAS!! Thomas lost 60lbs. in just 6 Months. 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