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a Township .... Vol. 3, No. 17 Tuesday, November 9, 1993 Scugog Township paid tribute to its men who fell in battle as the annual Remembrance Day Service was held at the Cenotaph in front of Port Perry Legion Bggnch 419 Sunday morning. CIRC. 12,000 Scugog resident gored by elephant at Zoo Scugog resident Nick Rensink is im Scarborough Centennary Hospital pays tribute to the fallen It was perhhps fitting on this sombre occasion that the overhead skies were dull slate grey and a bitterly cold northwest wind numbed the crowd of veterans, Legion members and all who attended the service John Bagton read the honour role---the names of Scugog and area men who gave their lives in the two world wars this century. Those names inscribed on the Cenotaph Piper Keith Jones of the Oshawa Legion Branch 43 Pipe Band and Colour Party the Lament on the pipes as flags are were lowered in tribute to the fallen More than a dozen wreaths were placed at the base of the Cenotaph on behalf of various and organizations and Roy Pove escorted those placing wreaths past the Colour Guard to the groups Steve Grove Cenotaph, and they were recovering from surgery after sted t nner Kevir ass C y su er vi he was gored by an elephant " Y Ber d W Zénglein of Port Perry. He is while working Sunday at the Metro Toronto Zoo JRensink, 26, underwent emergency surgery after his upper thigh was torn open by the four-inch long of a 25 year old female elephant Rensink's father, Nick Sr, a long time resident of Scugog, told the Citizen Monday morning he was able to visit his son after the operation "He's going to be OK, but we stationed at CFB Petawawa with the 2nd Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, and on the left side of his tunic ge wore the UN medal for h peackeeping duties in Cyprus He's been in the service three vears 8nd has been assisting on Remembrance Day for the last six years Wreaths were placed from the and federal provincial municipal governments don't know how long hell be in Scugog Firefighters, Dgrharf the hospital," he said Police, the Seperate School Mr. Rensink declined to Board Ggardian Drugs, the make any further comments Veterans Ass saying he had been instructed 419, Branch 419 not to speak to the media. The Legion Zone F1 Toronto Star reported Monday Silver Cross mothers, and cubs that Rensink had been asking scouts and bgavers from the for months for a transfer to First Port Per and First another area of the zoo Scugog group because he did not feel The service began shortly comfortable working with after 10.00 AM Sunday elephants. And it was only morning at the Scugog after a series of complaints by Memorial Library where the Union that a secohd Branch 419 president Fred keeper was assigned to work with the elephants That may have Rensink's life. He had stepped between the female saved two McMann and Poppy chairman Heidi Cushing placedea wreath in front of fhe Your of Remembrance and Honour Roll the nanent display ir foyer elephants to try to break ap A | ted shoving match where was b I "» . y ibrary and made ts way gored A Branch 419 on Bay Street, led Fellow wetter Mark Bongelli pulled him bleeding but still conscious from the area he was rushed to Hospital Bongelli is being hailed by Union officials for his swift action in getting Rensink to hospital, according to news reports Monday Nick Jr. has worked at the Zoo for the past six years, his father said and Port Perry Legion member and veteran Jack Lee salutes fallen comrades and all Canadians who lost their lives In two World Wars and Korea, after placing a wreath at the base of the Cenotaph during Remembrance Day Services held at the Legion Sunday morning. Wreaths honouring the memory of the war dead were placed by more than a dozen ditterenf organizations. More photos page 12. by the pipe and drum band, the Colour Guard, and a hardy contingent of veterans, Legion Scugog firefighters scouts, cubs and beavers members A Remembrance service will be held this coming Thursday 11 in the Cartwright Recreation Hall starting at 10:30 with a wreath laying at the Cenotaph in Blackstock at 11:00 AM - morning (Nov NAME THE WINTER CARNIVAL - SEE PAGE 20