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1.1.07 Orono Town Hall x BOWMANVILLE LIBRARY •163 Church Street Bowmanville, Ont. L1C Volume 69, Number 32 $1.00 GST Included Wednesday August 23,2006 Trial date set for Clarington Mayor Mayor John Mutton's will plead 'not guilty' to his two assault charges when he goes to trial on January 29 and 31. .Clarington's Mayor was represented represented ,by his lawyer, Mr. Murray Shore in an Oshawa courtroom on Tuesday. morning where the dates were set for the two. day trial. Mutton was charged charged with two counts of assault on June 24, 2006, from incidents which occurned on June the 10th. He was arrested The court has issued a publication publication ban on the bail hearing, hearing, including the conditions of Mutton's bail release, which (according to police) is standard procedure in these cases and is to protect the victims. In court on Tuesday Tuesday August 22nd, Mutton's lawyer told Justice of the Peace, Ms. Dolly Mecoy, that his client wishes to proceed to trial on the basis of "not guilty". Mayor John Mutton Mutton filed his nomination Clarington Mayor John Mutton - by Durham Regional police on Friday, June 23 and held overnight for a bail hearing the next morning. At that time, a court date of July 11 was set. On the. 11th, an agent of Mutton's lawyer requested an adjournment to August 8, and on the 8th they requested another adjournment to the 22nd. papers on January 3,2006 for this year's municipal election. He is seeking A third term as Mayor of Clarington in the November 13th election. If , Mutton is re-elected Mayor of Clarington, and found guilty of the charges at his trial in January, he can continue in . political office provided he is not sentenced to jail. Motorcyclist killed at Mosport A 56-year-old Nestleton man was killed last Thursday morning while driving his vintage motorcycle at Mosport. Durham Regionaf Police were called to the track at approximately 10:19 a.m. regarding a' motorcyclist who had skidded off the track and into the grassy centre oval area. The male was practising "Blood, it's in you to give!" see page 4 at the time on his 1970 vintage motorcycle and there were only a few other motorcycles on the track at the time. He was considered an experienced experienced driver. .. Investigators from the Traffic Services Branch Collision. Investigations Unit arrived at the scene to conduct an investigation. Emergency services were on the scene and the male was rushed to nearby Lakeridge Health Bowmanville Bowmanville with vital signs absent.: The Nestleton man involved involved in the tragic motorcycle motorcycle accident at Mosport yesterday yesterday has been identified as Patrick Fox, age 56, of Highway 7A in Nestleton. The autopsy indicated that Mr. Fox died of blunt force trauma, consistent with a fall from a moving motorcycle. Foul play has been ruled out as a possible ,cause. Anyone at. the track that day who has not spoken with police is asked to call Cst. Cormack of the Traffic Services Branch at (905) 579- 1520 ext. 5267. Cor Mostert received the Judges' Choice award for his vegetable display at Orono's Horticulture Club Show, held last Thursday evening at the Orono United Church. His sister Minnie Zegers won the annual CIBC award for having the most points in the show. w I : ... 1 ' iL- ; ■S r- niftiF"-' - "ftwm HP s'■ S-'.itg jjpPg ■ illnBP I 6 BfiKJ VI !i fj m L* M kw ill! v u Vf * : Ifi. ; r? 1 jjJ B H il /IfWv it !» 1 wVuWnl U-nl À ■ ■tf •?' t :* ■ r" :: - ■ lit., 1 F| ' ijf- Î ; 1 Dead bird from Clarington tests positive for WNV WHITBY, ON, August 17, 2006 - Durham Region Health Department has received confirmation confirmation that a dead bird picked up in Clarington has tested positive for West Nile vims (WNV). The bird was picked up on Wednesday, August 9 and submitted for testing to the Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre in Guelph on August 10. This now brings the number number of positive birds in the Region to three as the Health Department reported two positive positive birds from Oshawa on August 1 and August 10. In addition, four pools (batches) of mosquitoes trapped during the week of August 8 have also tested pos- x itive for the vims. Two pools were from Ajax, one from Oshawa and one from Pickering, this now brings the number of positive mosquito pools in the Region to six. Previous positive mosquito pools from Oshawa and Ajax were reported on August 10. To date, the province reports 51 positive mosquito pools and 159 positive birds. "These positive test results indicate that West Nile vims is now widespread in the community," community," said Dr. Robert Kyle, Durham Region Medical Officer of Health. "Therefore, the likelihood of mosquitoes passing on the vims to humans is increasing. This reinforces the importance for all Durham Region residents to take precautions to protect themselves 1 against mosquito bites." So far this season, no human cases of WNV have been reported in Durham Region. The first confirmed case of WNV in the Region was recorded in September 2001 when a dead crow picked up in Wliiby on August 29th of that year tested posative for the virus WNV is a mosquito-borne disease that is spread to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito. Mosquit oes become infected by feeding feeding on the blood of a bird that carries the vims. The vims , is named after the West Nile region of Uganda, where it was first isolated isolated in 1937. The disease is not passed from person to person or from bird to person. Mosquitos feeding on birds infected with the WNV can transmit the virus to humans and animals when taking a blood meal. Most peple who become infected with WNV do not develop symptoms, or, if they do, they are vey mild. Symptoms appear three to 15 days following the bite of an infected mosquito and can range from a mild fever, headache and mild flu-like illness illness to rapid onset of severe headache, high fever, stiff neck, musle weakness and disorientation. disorientation. Severe symptoms are more likely to occur in the elderly, the very young and those with weakened immune WEST NILE see page 3