Beaver THE OAKVILLE Voted Ontario's Top Newspaper Four Years in a Row - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 CELEBRATING 26 YEARS! Character building Artscene FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2010 Between Kerr & Dorval YOUR FRIEND IN THE BUSINESS 175 Wyecroft Rd. Oakville 905.845.6653 www.lockwoodchrysler.com PRINTER EMPTY? REFILL AND SAVE UP TO 60% Upper Oakville Shopping Centre 905-842-5600 www.thinkrefill.ca refill A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 48 No. 26 "USING COMMUNICATION TO BUILD BETTER COMMUNITIES" 40 Pages $1.00 (plus GST) `That's my Hurt Locker boy' By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Ferrone and Oakville YMCA settle dispute Y acknowledges former CEO was dismissed without cause By Dominik Kurek OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF C lad in a full-body bomb suit, he walks slowly along a dusty dirt road towards a suspected Improvised Explosive Device (IED), which has been discovered at the side of a lonely country roadway. The road and the nearby farmer's fields have been cleared in all directions for several hundred feet. While other soldiers are nearby, the man in the bomb suit is alone as he approaches his challenge. The object is unassuming, wrapped in what appears to be a burlap blanket. As the man begins his work, the camera filming him fades to black, probably an attempt to keep the enemy from learning anything about how their bombs are disabled. When the video returns, the burlap bag has been removed revealing three very old and very dangerous-looking mortar bombs, which at one point were wired to explode, but now have been rendered safe. "That's my Hurt Locker boy," says Elizabeth Patrick as she watches a video of the man in the bomb suit on the computer of her Oakville home. What she is watching, however, is not an Oscar-winning Hollywood film, but a documentary entitled '30 Days Through Afghanistan.' The man in the bomb suit, featured on the `Day 12' portion of the documentary, is not an actor, but her son Patrick Moulden, 36, and the bomb he disables in the video is not a prop, but a very real IED. "I get an amazing feeling of pride from watching it," said Elizabeth, referring to the video. "It is also a bit frightening." Elizabeth said her son's job as a Canadian Forces Navy See Bomb page 3 SUPPLIED PHOTO ALL IN A DAY'S WORK: Canadian Armed Forces bomb expert Patrick Moulden carries a disarmed Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on his shoulder. The YMCA of Oakville admitted it terminated the employment of local businessman and former Toronto Argonaut Dan Ferrone without cause. Ferrone was let go on July 31, just shy of two months in his position as president and CEO of the local Y. At the time, the YMCA board of directors said Ferrone "was not the right fit" for the job. Ferrone took on the position June 1 and was on a three-month probationary period. A brief news release Dan Ferrone issued by the YMCA Thursday stated the organization and Ferrone "have reached an agreement regarding all matters relating to his employment in 2009." It continued, "The Oakville YMCA acknowledges that Dan's employment was terminated without cause." "We've agreed in this situation that we are not going to give any further comment on this issue," Jarvis Sheridan, second vice-chair of the YMCA's board of directors, told the Beaver, Thursday. "The whole statement of the Y is in the news release and we've agreed with Dan Ferrone to that effect." Sheridan would not comment if there was a financial settlement with Ferrone. See Parties page 2