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V ITS": rp| News/3 Garden to get $25,000 upgrade Sports/12 Sporting greats get call to the Hall CLARINGTON'S AWARD-WINNING NEWSPAPER SINCE 1854 ATV crash injures man, daughter Accident happened south of Wilcox Road in Newcastle CLARINGTON - A Bow- manville man and an 11-year- old girl were injured Sunday when they were thrown from an ATV while riding in Ganaraska Forest. Durham Regional Police said the 42-year-old man was riding his Polaris 700, with his daughter, a passenger, at about 4 p.m. Sunday in the area south of Wilcox Road in Newcastle. When he tried to leave the trail on a steep incline, the ATV flipped over and both were thrown from the vehicle, police said. The lather was pinned underneath underneath the machine. Police and paramedics were called out to the forest and the man was airlifted to Sunny- brook Health Sciences Centre. As of Monday, he was listed in stable condition with undisclosed undisclosed injuries. The 11 -year-old was treated at the scene for minor injuries, police said. The Collision Investigation Unit is investigating. Anyone with information can call Constable Constable Andre Wyatt at 905-579- 1520, ext. 5226. Police are cautioning ATV enthusiasts not to ride with passengers passengers as the additional weight in the rear creates a danger the vehicles may Hip over backwards. backwards. 'INDEX "Editorial Page 6 ■Classified 8 Sports .12 GIVE US A CALL General 905-579-4400 Distribution 905-579-4407 General FAX 905-579-2238 Newsroom FAX 905-579-1809 durhamreggoini.com yS'c3v a -- ONTARIO'S DRIVE CLEAN • SERVICE • PARTS • NEW & USED SALES & LEASING EXTENDED SERVICE HOURS MON., TUES., THURS., FRI. 7:30 - 6:00 WED.- 7:30-9:00 SAT.-9:00-1:00 ACCREDITED TEST & REPAIR FACILITY ♦An vlllvitil ntttik nl lhv Province uF Onlm lo used Minier llmue. I Whitby - Oshawa 1110 DUNDAS. ST. E. WHITBY LOCAL (V05) 666-1772 honda www.hondn1.com A.J. GR0EN/ Statesman photo Look up... waaay up COURT1CE - Austin Van Den Bogaavd has to strain his neck to meet the eyes of uni- cyclist Johnny Toronto at the Courtice Community Centre Family Day held Saturday. Students aren't getting Young student entrepreneurs are working for themselves this summer BY MIKE RUTA Staff Writer DURHAM - Russell Hawley's Hawley's summer job involves a lot of pickin' and strummiiV. The 17-year-old Orono resident resident set up his own business. Insightful Instruction, and is teaching guitar. He's among eight Durham youths who arc working for themselves this summer. The students from Ajax, Whitby, Prince Albert and Orono were selected to take part in Summer Company. The ministry of enterprise, opportunity opportunity and innovation program is for 15-29 year olds who are returning returning to school full time in the fall and teaches them the ins and outs of being in business for themselves. Navada Sargent, business information information officer and youth coordinator coordinator at Business Advisory Centre Durham (BACD), says 25 local students applied for the program, compared to 10 last year. Each must first enter a business plan competition, after which the list of applicants is narrowed down and the remaining remaining candidates are interviewed before the final selection, "Hopefully they get to experience experience entrepreneurship and they get to experience all the aspects aspects of running a business," she says. "We hope it influences influences them to consider entrepreneurship entrepreneurship as a viable career option in the future." The chosen youths receive up to $3,000, half to start their business and half when they return return to school, and about 12 hours of business training, As well, Ms. Sergeant says each participant is assigned a mentor, mentor, a Durham Region professional professional they can call upon if they need help. The pair is supposed to meet at least four times over the summer. Mr. Hawley says he read about Summer Company in Clarington This Week. A guitar player for seven years, the Clarke High School student is in a local band called 'Torsion,' playing Aug. I at the Orono band shell. "It was a great opportunity to get something started," said Mr. Hawley of the program. "I've got lots of time between now and college." Teaching guitar was "pretty much the first thing l considered" considered" for his summer job. He advertised by putting up posters in Orono, Newcastle and Bow- manville and so far has six clients, generally his age or a bit younger. Mr. Hawley teaches in the basement of his home. With his Blood reserves dangerously low Lives depend on blood donors' generosity: blood services BY JANE MCDONALD Staff Writer DURHAM - Although he was wearing a summer shirt, Jim Loveless 'rolled up his sleeves' for the 98th time Monday afternoon in answer to an urgent call. The 61-year-old Whitby man has been donating blood for more than 30 years. "I donate because it's good for everybody who needs blood," said Mr. Loveless, whose wife once needed a transfusion. "I'm concerned that people people ■reed blood and 1 I'm always always willing to do it. 1 look forward to it every time and soon I'll get my MOO' donation donation card, at the end of this year. An urgent call went out to Durham Region residents this week asking them to take time out from their summer activities to give blood. "We don't even have a week's supply," said Sue Harris, Harris, clinic recruitment co-or- dinator at the July 28 blood donor clinic in Whitby. The area needing blood donations covers the Greater Toronto Region. "That includes Napanee, up to Haliburton and all through Barrie, over to Oakville and the GTA," explained explained Ms. Harris. "That's what we are looking at now." Dwindling blood supplies of only three days have Canadian Canadian Blood Services on the move to shore up the number of units required by the geographical geographical region, which includes includes Durham Region. Realistically, Realistically, there should be a four-day inventory to meet core hospital requirements in the Greater Toronto Region. Much of the problem has to do with the summer months when people are on holiday. "People are on vacation and not in their normal routines," routines," she said. "But even if you are on vacation, chances are there are blood donor clinics in your location." Blood services is trying to collect 650 units of blood a day throughout the extended area for six weeks,, up until Labour Day. The agency gathers approximately 165,000 units per year. "Summers are always traditionally traditionally hard, but we only have a three-day supply and that is not good. Blood stores don't go that low. Not very often does this happen," added Ms. Harris. The need for blood never ends. Accidents, surgeries and treatments using blood and blood products do not take a respite. But as crucial as the current current drive is, part of the appeal appeal is to make people more aware of the importance of giving blood. Ms. Harris hopes teenagers, (blood dona- See BLOOD page 7 bossed around RON PIETR0NIR0/ Statesman photo Russell Hawley is a young entrepreneur giving guitar lessons from his Orono home this summer. start up money he bought music editing equipment that allows him to lay down a track so it can be replayed and a student can play along during a lesson. His business had a hit of a late start. "The very day 1 got a call See STUDENTS page 7 L* COWAN PONTIAC BUICK GMC 166 King St. E. Bowmanville 905-623-3396 Prices are plus taxes, license, administration loo 2001 OLDS INTRIGUE Loaded - ONLY 16,200 kms. Comes with extended warranty, *17,999 IBM PONTIAC BOMNGVII.U- Loaded, leather, 3.8 V6. 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