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Perdita runs second to Priscilla BY SHAWN CAYLEY scayley@durhamregion.com TORONTO -- The rain was pouring down but nothing could rain on Priscilla Lopes- Schliep’s parade Thursday night. The Whitby resident battled her Durham counterpart in Pickering’s Perdita Felicien and the rain in the 100-metre hurdles event, where she crossed the line ahead of the pack to capture first place in front of a soaking wet, yet equally enthusiastic, crowd of 5,835 at Varsity Centre. Assigned to lane four, Ms. Lopes-Schliep found herself side-by-side with Ms. Felicien, who was in lane five and on the comeback trail after battling the injury bug. The two Durham stars remained shoulder-to-shoul- der through most of the way, with Lopes hit- ting the line in a time of 12.86 to Felicien’s 12.88. As close as it looked from the audience’s standpoint, it was just as close in the eyes of Ms. Lopes-Schliep. “I just kind of leaned for the line and when I saw my name up there it was so exciting,” she said after about her victory, while not- ing she felt her arm touch Ms. Felicien’s as they approached the line. While Ms. Lopes-Schliep, a 26-year-old former University of Nebraska-Lincoln star, See FELICIEN page 18 NEWS 2 Oh dear, a deer Straying animal captured in north Ajax HEALTH 3 It’s now a pandemic Durham to stay the course on H1N1 REPATRIATION 8 A teen’s perspective Ceremony emotional for Ajax student DURHAM ATHLETES GIVE CROWD EXCITING SHOW IN TORONTO OPEN 24 HOURS Kingston Rd & Westney Rd, Ajax 905.426.3355 newsdurhamregion.comNews Advertiser • June 12, 20092 AP Yearling buck cavorts in backyards, pool on Thursday morning, later relocated to Greenwood BY KRISTEN CALIS kcalis@durhamregion.com AJAX -- Police, Ajax and Whitby officials were able to safely capture and relocate a deer Thursday morning after they were on the scene in a north Ajax neighbour- hood for about three hours. Sergeant Nancy Van Rooy said Durham police were first called at about 7 a.m. Thursday about a deer on the loose. “It’s been in one complainant’s pool and it’s gone into various backyards in the Westney Road and Hwy. 2 area,” she said when the News Advertiser first heard the news, adding there were reports of the animal on Griffith Drive and Delaney Drive. But after all, the ending was happy after the yearling buck with spiked ears was tranquilized on Delaney Drive. The deer, in fact, had been spotted by residents in the area for the past week, said Town of Ajax spokeswoman Christie McLardie. The Ministry of Natural Resources, she said, advises that animal services do not relocate a deer in this situ- ation, unless it seems dangerous, and staff had told the residents the same. “They don’t transfer very well in cars so the idea is to let them find their way to their natu- ral setting,” she said. Ms. McLardie said the Town hadn’t heard from residents for a couple of days, but animal services was on the scene by 7:45 a.m. Thursday after receiving calls that the deer was bolting and seemed fearful and trapped. “At that time (animal services) have to determine what’s best for the animal and area residents,” Ms. McLardie said. The Town then consulted local veteri- narians and zoos, and the deer was even- tually tranquilized with the help of Whitby animal ser- vices. “The deer was relocated to Green- wood and the ani- mal services led the deer into a shaded area in tall grass and in all accounts the deer looks very healthy and is not injured and is happy to be back in its natural surround- ings,” she said. “In fact there was just another deer right by it. So we left it with a friend,” she added. Resident Derek Steed, who lives across the street from where the deer was orig- inally spotted Thursday, had heard the animal was tranquilized in his neigh- bour’s backyard, but ran across the street and ended up on Large Crescent. “There were no cars, otherwise (it) would have been killed,” he said. Ms. McLardie verified the deer had run through a few other yards before being caught. Resident Ricardo Lopez was having his morning coffee in the area when he heard “unusual noises” in the backyard, then saw it was a deer trying to get into his neighbour’s house. Ms. McLardie said it’s uncommon to have deer spotted in residential neigh- bourhoods. “Deer realize that they’re lost and they’re fearful of cars and people and they’ll find their way to where they should be,” she said. She wasn’t sure where he had come from since the area is heavily residential. Mr. Steed suggested maybe it came from Rossland Road since it runs over Duf- fins Creek, and Mr. Ricardo said he’s seen deer on Church Street at night. Resident Kathleen Forrester, also a wit- ness to the event, had her own theory. “With all the construction and building (of) new houses, they have nowhere to go,” she said. With files from Reka Szekely WATCH the video story @ newsdurhamregion.com RON PIETRONIRO / METROLAND AJAX -- Animal Control officers check on a deer caught and tranquilized in a North Ajax subdivision on Thursday morning. The animal was trucked to the Greenwood Conservation Area where it was carefully monitored and protected until it was healthy enough to be led back into its natural environment. WILDLIFE COMES TO TOWN Happy ending for deer in Ajax subdivision In fact there was just another deer right by it. So we left it with a friend. 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Nothing has changed,” said Regional health department spokeswoman Glendene Collins. “It’s the same level of activity we’ve been doing for the past six weeks.” The World Health Organization (WHO) declared a pandemic on Thursday, raising its alert level to Phase 6, the highest level. The last time a pandemic was declared was in 1968, due to the Hong Kong flu. Dr. David Williams, the acting chief medical officer of health for Ontario, said in a press conference Thursday afternoon that going to level 6 “is based on the spread of the virus and not on the severity of the virus.” Most who have contracted the flu suffered mild symp- toms and recovered, Dr. Williams added. As of Wednesday, there are 62 confirmed cases of H1N1 in Durham Region. All were mild and those infected recovered. Provincially, there have been more than 1,500 confirmed cases. Under the WHO’s plan, declaring a pandemic can be done once an illness has spread to more than one place in the world. The H1N1 virus has been found in 74 coun- tries, with almost 28,000 cases and 141 deaths. The 1968 Hong Kong flu killed about one million peo- ple. “It’s logical to move to Level 6. That’s the maximum level,” Dr. Williams said. “Functionally, we’ve been oper- ating at Level 6,” he added. “Other countries will have to step up their plans. It’s a bigger change for them. We’ve PANDEMIC STATUS ‘Business as usual’ for Durham in H1N1 flu battle been doing a lot of community surveillance.” By declaring a pandemic and moving to Level 6 it means a higher level of vigilance, more public communication and enhanced monitoring at the local level. The Province will work with the federal government and its provincial counterparts to deploy vaccine stocks and opening flu-shot clinics, Dr. Williams noted. For the most part, hospitals haven’t seen a heavy influx of peo- ple with the flu or suspected of having it, he said. “There hasn’t been a large load on the health care system. We’ll monitor the surge capacity.” Alison Stuart, the assistant deputy minister of public health, stated, “We’re not in a situation where hospitals have been com- promised by the load. If, however, that changed, we do have the tools in place to help hospitals.” Those tools include only hospitalizing those who “absolutely have to be there,” and cancelling elective surgeries, she noted. About 85 per cent of samples sent for H1N1 testing turn out to be negative for any kind of flu. Symptoms of the virus are similar to seasonal flu, and include, chills and cough followed by fever, loss of appetite, muscle aches and fatigue, runny nose, sneezing, watery eyes and throat irrita- tion. Nausea, vomiting and diarrhea may occur in adults as well as in children. In more severe cases, or in people with chronic conditions, complications such as pneumonia may develop. People who have symptoms of respiratory illness should con- tact their health care provider or call Telehealth Ontario at 1- 866-797-0000. newsdurhamregion.comNews Advertiser • June 12, 20094 AP Pickering Recreation Complex 1867 Valley Farm Road, Pickering Ontario Sunday June 14th Furniture & Mattress Preview: 12 Noon / Auction: 1 PM Hwy 40 1 Hwy #2 Finch Ave.Liv erpool Rd .Brock Rd .Val ley Farm Rd. 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A small group of parents and their children joined Dr. Carolyn McGregor Wednesday night at the Durham College board of gov- ernors meeting, in support of her request to delay the closing of its daycare to Dec. 23. “An extension would be nice,” Mr. Ther- tell said, following a presentation by Dr. McGregor, whose kids also attend the day- care. Dr. McGregor works for the University of Ontario Institute of Technology as its Canada research chair in health infor- matics and as acting dean of the faculty of business and IT. The approximate four-month exten- sion she requested would provide more time for a volunteer committee to develop a finan- cial plan to balance the daycare’s budget, and give parents more time to find new daycare in case a solution can’t be found. Parents learned of the planned closing of the college’s daycare last week after the board approved it as part of its 2009/2010 budget. The centre was projected to run a $280,000 deficit this year. The deficit has been growing over the past several years. “Whilst we understand the need for a bal- anced budget, we feel that Durham College has a moral obligation to do the right thing by all who have a role within the early learning centre,” Dr. McGregor said in her presenta- tion. Mr. Thertell got his son Brody Thertell, now age two, into the Durham College early learn- ing centre after he was traumatized by a day- care that got him in quickly. At the previous location, Brody’s personality changed right away and he’d cower every time he heard the word “bad”, convincing Mr. Thertell he was being scolded there. Within a couple of weeks at the Durham College daycare, Brody came out of his shell, Mr. Thertell said. To support the extension, a $50 to $100 additional monthly levy is proposed for each child, warranting an additional $15,000 to $30,000 during the four months, Dr. McGregor said. The levee is to be removed and replaced with a new fee system if a new operational plan can be achieved. The planning also includes the early learning centre reducing its opera- tional costs for those four months by $10,000. The college is committed to listening to their suggestions, said the school’s president, Don Lovisa, in an interview afterwards. A meeting is set up for today, Friday, June 12 between Durham College’s chief financial official, Dr. McGregor, and a volunteer who works with turning deficit-running daycares -- both unionized and non-unionized -- into profitable centres. MAKE ONE SMALL MONTHLY PAYMENT FOR ALL YOUR DEBTS! MONEY PROBL E MS? TM North York 1280 Finch Ave. W. Suite 411, M3J 3K6 416-650-1100 Scarborough 4433 Sheppard Ave E. Suite 201, M1S 1V3 416-754-0011 Mississauga 93 Dundas St. E. Suite 114, L5A 1W7 905-275-4200 Brampton 284 Queen St. E. 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DAYCARE CONTROVERSY Durham College blames union wages for closure An extension would be nice. Todd Thertell, parent CRYSTAL CRIMI / METROLAND DURHAM -- Todd Thertell and his son Brody, 2, were among a group requesting Durham College extend the timeline for closing its daycare. newsdurhamregion.comNews Advertiser • June 12, 20095 AP • Learn about the Petticoat Creek Watershed and howtodevelopaWatershedActionPlan. • Shareyourexperiences,concernsandideasfor the future of the watershed. • Open House from 6 p.m., presentation and informal discussion beginning at 7:30 p.m. You’re Invited to An Open House and Presentation! For more information, contact Andréa Dubé-Goss, 416-661-6600 ext. 5633 or adube-goss@trca.on.ca Tuesday, June 23, 2009 • 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. Petticoat Creek Watershed Action Plan Altona Rd. Community Church, 1367 Altona Rd., Pickering, ON Join us. You are invited to the 11th Annual General Meeting of Members of the Rouge ValleyHealth System (RVHS). 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He cited statistics that show 2,889 Canadians died in vehicle collisions in 2006 and speed was involved in two-thirds of the cases. Ajax councillor Colleen Jordan suggested council support Mr. Karygiannis. “I don’t know why automobiles are manu- factured and advertised to the great speeds they can be driven at,” said Coun. Jordan. Her colleagues agreed and the motion passed. POLITICS Ajax council supports speed limiters for cars DURHAM -- Two of 14 beaches in Dur- ham Region have been posted as unsafe for swimming. Newcastle Beach Central in Clarington and Pickering Beach in Ajax were found to have elevated levels of bacteria. Durham Region’s health department collects samples at area beaches during the summer. The provincial Ministry of Health conducts tests at a laboratory in Peterborough. Beaches that are still open include: Beaverton Beach North, Beaverton Beach South and Thorah Centennial Park in Brock Bowmanville Beach East and Bowmanville Beach West in Clarington Elgin Pond in Uxbridge Frenchman’s Bay East and Frenchman’s Bay West in Pickering Kinsmen Beach in Scugog Lakeview Beach East and Lakeview Beach West in Oshawa Whitby Beach Whitby Rotary Park Beach in Ajax is closed until further notice, based on current activities being done by the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority. BEACH POSTINGS Two Durham sites unsafe for swimming BREAKING NEWS: ALL DAY, EVERY DAY >>newsdurhamregion.com & A Metroland Media Group Ltd. 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Certain survival strategies have come into play since I’ve retired. I’ve found it important to make a clear distinction between want and need, to be ever vigilant that the line is not blurred. My gardening hobby has turned into a pas- sion, and need versus want has put many herbs and vegetables in my garden. I’ve also realized there is no shame in accepting help from others. While shopping for seeds at a small grocery, I noted some flowers were destined for the trash bin. I explained my situation to several employees, I asked for these cast-offs with- out payment. A hearty yes came from all, the manager being most generous in pointing out other plants that I should give a home. I have been the recipient of many small acts of kindness. When I see the bright flow- ers poking their heads above the veggies, I will think of these and my heartfelt apprecia- tion of good people in hard times. Debora McKay Oshawa AUTO SECTOR Tax cut would have been better than bailout To the editor: It seems logical that during a recession, the best approach to economic recovery is through encouraging consumer spending. That can be problematic when so many have either lost their job or are afraid of doing so. In order to stimulate the economy, and at the same time, assist the auto sector, wouldn’t a moratorium on sales tax on pur- chases of new vehicles have been more sen- sible than simply handing over billions to General Motors? The loss in tax revenue may have actually been less than this flagrant pil- lage of the public coffers. How will this mas- sive investment result in one more auto- mobile being purchased? So where will the money come from? Remember Premier Dalton McGuinty has just decided to implement a huge tax grab: the Harmonized Sales Tax -- essentially rais- ing taxes during a recession! Remember next time you’re staring at your ballot. Mark Denby Clarington SCHOOL WORK Educational assistant defends her training To the editor: Re: Best employees needed for special needs children, Sylvia Tompkins letter, June 3. I am a Level 1 Educational Assistant. I work in a Senior Associated Class and perform many of the duties and more than a Level 2 EA performs. I have my Develop- mental Services Worker Diploma as well as other relevant training and am confident when I say about 90 per cent of EA1s have a post-secondary education. I feel very insulted by the comment made by Sylvia Tompkins stating “unfortunate- ly it will be Educational Assistant Level One employees with good hearts and high school diplomas but no formal training in the field” to work with the students. I work with three other Level 1 Educa- tional Assistants all of which have post- secondary diplomas as well as other spe- cialty training. We come to work every day and face the same challenges if not more than EA2’s. We are faced with physical and men- tal strain and are involved in implement- ing programming for students who are assigned to us. Ms. Tompkins obviously did not do her research when she stated that no Level 1 EA’s have more than a high school diploma and a good heart. Krystal Donnison Whitby Eat local to help farmers, boost our environment The concept of growing your own food was routine only a few generations ago. Our forefathers thought nothing of hav- ing a garden out back, or at the very least, of getting farm-fresh produce and dairy and meat products grown within just a day’s travel from their dining table. Food was fresh because it had to be. But in the past century, given the devel- opment of agricultural and scientific technology, everything changed. Agribusiness and economies of scale have seen our supermarkets filled with goods flown, trucked or sent by rail thou- sands of kilometres and often stored for days, weeks and months at a time. We have best-before-dates on canned goods and dairy products that require a double- take to make sure we haven’t let our food lapse. But, there is another way, a way to go back to the future. It’s called the 100- mile menu and it’s catching on all over the planet. The concept is simple. The goal is that everything you eat be grown within a 100-mile radius of where you live. And right here in and around Durham, it’s possible to do just that because our farm- ers produce everything you could possi- bly want. In fact, each Thursday evening, local chef Sarah Groen and King’s Court Catering are teaming up at the Park- wood Tea House in Oshawa to put the 100-mile menu into action. Held at the famed McLaughlin estate in Oshawa, 250 Simcoe St. N., the chef and caterers work with 12 Durham farms for 13 Thursdays. They began the meals on June 4 and will continue right through until Aug. 27. Some of the well-known local farms include Pingle’s Farm Market, Archibald Orchard and Estate Winery, Algoma Orchards, Watson Farms, Price’s Coun- try Market and Hunters Farm. And some of the delicacies will include emu, mushrooms, pork, lamb and beef. All, of course, will be locally grown, prepared and served in a beautiful, classical set- ting. There are many benefits to eating local. Support for local farmers is essen- tial but cutting down on the massive transportation costs that hurt the envi- ronment and increase the cost of food is another part of the picture. Finally, eating fresh food untreated by excessive preservatives is a healthier way to treat yourself. If you want to buy local check out farmer’s markets in your area and search out fresh produce. And local restaurants and retailers should also put a little more local on their shelves and plates as well. It’s worth the effort. 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Prosecutor Mitchell Flagg is playing the statements at the trial, being heard by Supe- rior Court Justice David Salmers without a jury, in lieu of having the alleged victim, now 18, testify. Mr. Flagg said the witness will adopt the video statements as his testimony. In the video played Thursday, the boy said Mr. Collingham became his gymnastics coach when he was about 10 years old and that their relationship grew with Mr. Collin- gham befriending the boy’s mother and, over time, making sexual advances that began with children’s games. “He first started playing truth or dare with me,” the young man said on the video. “He asked me to touch his penis,” he said. The former Clarington resident, whose identity is protected by a court order, said he found Mr. Collingham’s advances upsetting. “I had no idea what was going on,” he said. “He was a great coach in gymnastics but out- side gymnastics he was a creep.” Mr. Collingham has pleaded not guilty to several offences allegedly involving the boy. The trial continues. CRIME Witness in Durham abuse trial alleges abuse by ‘creep’ He was a great coach in gymnastics, but outside gymnastics he was a creep. Alleged victim to police newsdurhamregion.comNews Advertiser • June 12, 20098 AP Casual fi ne dining in the heart of Pickering Elegant, modern decor, private rooms available, eclectic and traditional dishes ... 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Jordan, a Grade 12 student at Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School in Ajax, admits he doesn’t really know what the war in Afghanistan is about, but he likes the repa- triation ceremonies that occur when a Canadian soldier dies fighting there. “Because it’s about the soldier who died,” Jordan said, in an interview that occurred before the death of Private Alexandre Pel- oquin, killed Monday in Afghanistan. Pte. Peloquin, 20 years old, was based out of Valcartier, Quebec. He was killed while on foot patrol in southern Kandahar, bringing the number of Canadian soldiers who have died on the mission to 119. “I went to a bridge before to see (the repatriation) happen,” Jordan said. “It’s sad to see them drive by and know they graduated high school a couple years ago.” When some of the kids at his high school graduate, they’ll probably join the armed forces and end up fighting in Afghanistan, he added. “A girl at this school, her cousin was killed there,” he said. Once a week Jordan reads newspaper articles of interest. “But Afghanistan isn’t really a headliner,” Jordan said. “It’s something that’s happening and it’s been happening, but there’s no changes or improvements -- the only thing you really hear about is death,” he said. “I want to know what they’re actually fighting about,” Jordan added. The topic isn’t really discussed in class, he said. The issue of Canada’s role in Afghanistan is hard to go into because of the politics surrounding it, said Paul McNeil, Notre Dame’s head of history. “Usually when a soldier’s killed, we pray for them,” Mr. McNeil said. The curriculum doesn’t allow them to cover current events -- it starts with the world wars and ends in the 1980s, he said. Mr. McNeil doesn’t want to bring up Afghanistan too much in class and cause anxiety for people with relatives in the ser- vice, but tries to present opportunities for discussion just in case. “When they ask why we’re in Afghani- stan, it’s hard to explain,” Mr. McNeil said. “You’ve got to tell them the issues but you cannot tell them what side of the issue to stand on and that’s difficult.” When a soldier dies and repatriation occurs, it gives students a bit of a wake-up call about what’s going on in Afghanistan, but then it falls back in with the landscape, Mr. McNeil said. “It’s not a big issue for them and it’s not that they don’t care,” Mr. McNeil said, add- ing it’s because it’s part of their everyday life now. “If this recession lasts much lon- ger, we won’t be talking about it anymore.” AFGHANISTAN Repatriation ceremonies stand out for Ajax teen RON PIETRONIRO / METROLAND OSHAWA -- A member of the repatriation motorcade waves to the crowd on the Albert Street bridge on Thursday afternoon. 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Last November, Herb Rogers woke up in the middle of the night with breathing problems. His wife called 911 and emergency workers arrived quickly. “It seemed like hours, but it was probably two to three minutes, if that,” said Ms. Rogers. But even in that short time, Mr. Rogers’s vital signs were absent when emergency crews arrived. The next thing he remembers is waking up at Scarborough’s Centenary Hospital, three days later. It’s a similar story for Charles Greenough, of Scugog, who was out snowblowing in March 2008 when his heart attack occurred. He, too, only remembers waking up in a hos- pital. Months later, both men are among a group of cardiac arrest survivors who got a chance to thank the people who saved their lives, during a ceremony Monday at the Deer Creek banquet facility in Ajax. Each of the survivors shook hands and gave a lightning bolt pin to their rescuers. Among them were paramedics, firefighters, police officers and people trained in the use of public access defibrillators, including staff from the Great Blue Heron Casino in Scugog and the Gen- eral Motors plant in Oshawa. The group of survivors beat the odds. Dur- ham had about 280 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests last year. A third were the type where defibrillators could be used and of those cases, about 25 per cent of the patients were saved in Durham, making the 32 survivors honoured at the ceremony a lucky group. Still, that’s a better rate than in other munic- ipalities where it can be as low as two to 10 per cent. Bowmanville resident Marion Lankin knows how lucky she is, she says, and was surrounded by her family at the event. “It wasn’t you that cut off my housecoat, was it,” she joked when Clarington firefighter Alf All- dread stops to say hello. Ms. Lankin’s heart attack occurred last August as she was watching television. Both she and her husband say they were very impressed with the emergency workers. “Just, thank you,” she said, just as the other survivors said over and over. And it’s not just the survivors’ families who attended, but the rescuers’ families too. When Whitby firefighter Neil Powell was honoured on behalf of two survivors, his two-and-a-half-year-old daughter Marissa called out excitedly to him as he shook hands during the ceremony. Her mother, Michelle Powell, has tried to explain to her what her father does. “We told her that these people were in trouble and daddy helped,” she said. Mr. Powell said he came out to support the survivors and see how they’re doing. “We don’t really get to meet them except in the worst of circumstances and we like to support them,” he said. COMMUNITY Heart attack survivors shake hands with rescuers WALTER PASSARELLA PHOTO AJAX -- The Cardiac Safe Community Program presented Survivor Day 2009 at the Deer Creek Golf and Banquet Facility on Monday. The event brought together sur- vivors such as Marion Lankin with the emergency workers who saved their lives. She posed with her great-grandson Nathan Hardy while waiting for a group photo. newsdurhamregion.comNews Advertiser • June 12, 200915 P newsdurhamregion.comNews Advertiser • June 12, 200916 AP VIEW ON-LINE AT... WWW.HOMES.DURHAMREGION.COM • THIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY ~Find your new home with~OPEN HOUSES ,- 3ALES 2EPRESENTATIVE äxÈ{ä{£x£ 6 -Ê"Ê * Ê, %XCELLENT 6ALUE #USTOM $ESIGNED &OUR "EDROOM (OME WITH #ATHEDRAL #EILINGS &LOOR TO #EILING &IREPLACE (ARDWOOD &LOORS "ACKS /NTO 2AVINE 4WO /RNAMENTAL 0ONDS $ECKS AND #OZY #OURTYARD 4HOUSANDS 3PENT ON 2ECENT 5PGRADES "* Ê"1- Ê-1 9ÊÓ{ £Ó{xÊ 9Ê," ] * , ! 4RADITION OF %XCELLENCE 3ELLING &INE 0ROPERTIES 3INCE 2%!,49 ,)-)4%$ "ROKERAGE SAT/SUN, JUNE 13 & 14 2-4 PM 87 HIALEAH CRES., WHITBY $27 9, 9 0 0 “Simply Charming! Beautifully Updated Home. Neutral Decor & Gorgeous Perennial Gardens By Bryden. 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Dr. Keyes is team captain of the therapy tent at the halfway point, where he and 50 other chiropractors and massage thera- pists will use their skills to keep the cyclists fit for the road. He said he’s motivated by his stepsister Erin, a six-year pancreatic cancer survivor who was treated at the Princess Margaret Hospital. She participated last year when the ride raised $14 million and will do so again this year. To sponsor Dr. Keyes, visit www.conquercancer.ca. Click on Ontario and then donate and then enter his name into the search field. is running at the top of her game, Ms. Felicien was satisfied with her run as she looks to re-establish herself as one of the top track-and-field athletes in the coun- try in preparation for the world champi- onships this summer. “I absolutely feel on target,” said the 28- year-old. “To me this race solidifies that I am on target.” American Damu Cheery finished third. Some 50 Olympians were on hand for the event, with Usain Bolt of Jamaica serving as the main attraction. After a pair of false starts, the world record hold- er in the 100-metre men’s sprint didn’t disappoint, running an even 10 seconds to finish first. Pickering’s Anson Henry, rebounding from an injury, finished sixth in a time of 10.57. This was the first-ever Festival of Excel- lence track and field event. From page 1 Felicien a close second place TRACK AND FIELD Pickering’s Anson Henry happy where he’s at Sprinter finishes sixth at Festival of Excellence BY SHAWN CAYLEY scayley@durhamregion.com TORONTO -- It wasn’t the finish he was looking for, but Pickering’s Anson Henry was anything but dejected after the con- clusion of the Festival of Excellence. Henry lined up in the feature event of the inaugural track-and-field festival, the men’s 100-metre race, headlined by Olym- pic champion and world record hold- er Usain Bolt, of Jamaica. And while Mr. Henry crossed the line sixth in a time of 10.57, well behind Mr. Bolt’s winning time of 10 seconds flat, the 30-year-old was happy to see where he stood. “This was my first race in a while ... I had an injury that I was dealing with earlier and this was one of my first races back,” said Mr. Henry, who represented Canada at the Olympic Games last summer. “Coming off the injury, this is like getting tossed into the fire. It was good though to see where I am at.” Under the lights and the rain Thursday, Mr. Henry would have liked to shave some time off his run, but he wasn’t about to make excuses. “Yeah, (the weather) made it tough, but it did for everybody,” he said, of running through the rain. “I won’t say that I would have finished better if the weather was bet- ter. I won’t use it as an excuse.” As much as he was on the track as a com- petitor, Mr. Henry couldn’t ignore the main draw of the event, which of course was Mr. Bolt. “It’s nice for fans to see what the best in the world can do. They will hold that in their memory for the rest of their lives,” Mr. Henry said. Mr. Bolt, who jogged a victory lap, slap- ping hands with many of the spectators on the far side of the track, felt a little indiffer- ent with regards to his showing. “It felt good,” he said of being back in competition, as this event served as his first major run of the 2009 season. “I think I should have done a little bit better, but for me it was alright.” JASON LIEBREGTS/ METROLAND TORONTO -- Anson Henry, centre, competed in the 100-metre race in the Festival of Excellence held at the University of Toronto’s Varsity Centre. He finished sixth. newsdurhamregion.comNews Advertiser • June 12, 200919 Money BackMoney Back on Youron Your Home Renovations!Home Renovations! 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Repurpose Plastic for Extended Use New shelter will be built on a two-acre lot BY PARVANEH PESSIAN ppessian@durhamregion.com WHITBY -- Humane Society of Durham Region staff can start building a new home now that council has put the final stamp of approval on the project. Town councillors voted unanimously on Monday in favour of an application to amend a zoning bylaw to permit the devel- opment of a 550-square-metre building at the southeast corner of William Smith Drive and Wentworth Street in Whitby. “All I can say to you, from the bottom of my heart, is welcome to Whitby,” Mayor Pat Perkins told shelter staff members present at the meeting. “We are a community that cares and we will work with you to make this possible.” Staff has been working diligently to obtain a new location since the society’s previous building on Waterloo Street in Oshawa was destroyed in a fire in Decem- ber. Several properties were considered but the decision to settle on the Whitby land came down to the increased space and easier access to all members of the region due to the centralized location. The society is currently looking after about 70 animals. Some are at a tempo- rary location established at 79 Taunton Rd. W. while others are scattered across the region at various kennels, foster homes or animal services locations. Office space for the staff has been set up at the Oshawa Civic Auditorium Complex. Staff will be launching a campaign soon to raise the $1.5 million needed to build the new shelter. A flurry of fundraisers held over the past five months has already raised about $200,000. “Thank you for pushing this through as quickly as you did,” society president Karin Martens said, addressing the coun- cillors. “It’s so important to us and maybe we’ll be there by Christmas.” To make a donation: CALL 905-433-2022 (Humane Society of Durham Region) EMAIL humanedurham@auracom.com VISIT www.humanedurham.com newsdurhamregion.comNews Advertiser • June 12, 200920 AP PICKERING TOWN CENTRE • UPPER LEVEL • SEARS WING WE’VE GOT YOUR SIZE Sizes 4-15 Widths AA-EEE COMFORT FROM ITALY DURHAM REGION Whitby approves construction of new humane society METROLAND FILE PHOTO OSHAWA -- Linda O’Neill, of the Durham Humane Society, cuddled Logan the bunny at society’s temporary shelter recently. Logan and other unwanted pets will locate to a new shelter to be built at the southeast corner of William Smith Drive and Wentworth Street in Whitby. It will replace the old Oshawa shelter destroyed by fire. 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For more information: CALL 905-683-4000 ext. 8813 (to register) COMMUNITY Seniors invited to tea at Ajax library June 17 BREAKING NEWS: ALL DAY, EVERY DAY >>newsdurhamregion.com newsdurhamregion.comNews Advertiser • June 12, 200922 AP Calendar FRIDAY 12 SERENITY GROUP. 12 step recov- ery meeting. Bayfair Baptist Church, 817 Kingston Rd. 8 P.M. Pickering. Call Jim at 905-428-9431 for more informa- tion. Meets every Friday. THE 2009 SASS GALA. D.A. Wil- son Secondary School, 681 Rossland Rd. W. from 7 to 10 p.m. The evening will feature performances from the top 12 contest winners in the 2009 SASS World Peace Song Contest. Tick- ets are $5 and available at the door or you may reserve though e-mail at sass@sasscanada.net. For informa- tion call Artemis Chartier at 905-259- 9540 or Dale Russell at 905-903- 3130. SATURDAY 13 MATSUYAMA BONSAI SOCI- ETY. Holds its annual Bonsai Show (no charge) on June 13-14, 10-4 p.m. at the Carriage House, Parkwood, 250 Simcoe St. N., Oshawa. as part of the Peony Festival. All welcome. PARKING LOT SALE. Cedarcroft Place Retirement Residence. 649 King St. E. Oshawa. Resident Social Club is holding its annual sale from 8 am. to 2 p.m. CHARITY YARD SALE. Very gen- tly used baby and kids gear from more than 40 families, including strollers, cribs, booster seats, toys, bikes, more than 250 books, new and gently used clothing and much more. Themed gift basket draws. The sale is at 51 Elder Cres. in Brooklin from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. (rain date June 14) and all proceeds go to The Hospital for Sick Children’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. PEONY COLLECTION. Cele- brate Canada’s largest contemporary peony collection; featuring more than 300 peonies at Oshawa Valley Botani- cal Gardens, 155 Arena St., Oshawa. Free admission to the garden; advice, displays, activities. Cafe 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Don’t forget to bring your camera for the eye popping displays; groups welcome. For more information visit www.ovbgoshawa.ca, www.parkwood- estate.com or call 905-436-5636 ext. 2107. Runs today and tomorrow (June 14). SATURDAY 20 THE LORELEY SINGERS. The group is holding a yard and bake sale fund- raiser today at Club Loreley, 389 Dean Ave. in Oshawa from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. MONDAY 22 ALZHEIMER DURHAM. The orga- nization is presenting an enlighten- ing hour with Richard Taylor, a retired psychologist who was diagnosed with dementia at age 58. Now 66, he is a champion for individuals with early- stage and early-onset Alzheimer’s dis- ease. The presentation takes place at the Oshawa and District Shrine Club, 1626 Simcoe St. N. Registra- tion is requested, please call 905- 576-2567 or 1-888-301-1106 or e- mail info@alzheimerdurham.com. No admission fee; donations gratefully accepted. SUNDAY 28 ANNUAL MEMORIAL SERVICE. This event takes place today at Salem Cemetery in Greenwood beginning at 2:30 p.m. All are welcome. E-mail your community calendar notices to Tim Kelly, tkelly@durhamregion.com. newsdurhamregion.comNews Advertiser • June 12, 200923 AP ART SHOW Mike Ruta Entertainment Editor mruta@durhamregion.com newsdurhamregion.comEntertainment MUSEUM THEATRE ACT takes the stage in Ajax Ajax thrift store re-opens with art Local artist shows work on June 13 AJAX -- Ajax artist Natalie Laplaine is showing her original artwork at the re- opening of a local thrift store. The show is at the Bread Pudd’n store at 76 Harwood Ave. S on June 13 and Laplaine will be at the store from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. “I work in various mediums but at the grand opening of Bread Pudd’n I will be showcasing original pieces mainly in acrylic, charcoal and pen and ink,” she says. “The custom artwork I have created for past clients ranges from portraiture (pencil sketches to acrylic on canvas), business logo design, themed artwork to create an atmosphere in terms of interior design and individual pieces of various subjects for families, gifts and offices.” Laplaine says her background is in design and architectural technology and that she often employs the skills and knowledge she has acquired in her art. Her aim is “to create unique pieces that tell a story.” The works will be for sale. Pickering museum welcomes speaker on Rebellion Boxes PICKERING -- Learn about the his- tory of Rebellion Boxes on June 17 in Pickering. The Pickering Museum Village Foundation welcomes guest speaker Darryl Withrow, a member of the PMV’s Woodwright’s Guild, to its annual gen- eral meeting for a presentation on his study of the boxes. They were created by Canadian prisoners in the 1830-to-1840 time period and Withrow will explain how the boxes, some of them incredibly small, were created and why. He recently co-wrote a book on the boxes, From Hands Now Striving to be Free. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. in the museum’s Redman House Program Centre. The business portion of the meeting ends at 7:30 p.m., when With- row begins his presentation. There will be many replica boxes at the meeting. The Pickering Museum Village is in Greenwood, three kilometres east of Brock Road and just west of Westney Road on Hwy. 7. You don’t have to be a member to attend this free event. For more information, visit www. pmvf.ca or call Pat Dunnill at 905-839- 4672. New community theatre starts this fall BY MIKE RUTA mruta@durhamregion.com AJAX -- Ajax Community Theatre is busy preparing for its first sea- son of offering drama to audienc- es in Ajax, Pickering, Durham and beyond. The group is taking the reins at the Village Community Centre the- atre in Pickering Village and ACT makes its debut with Greater Tuna from Oct. 29 to Nov. 7, followed by Dangerous Obsession from Jan. 21 to 30, 2010, and Sylvia from April 8 to 17. “They’re three plays that you probably don’t see too often; we’re trying not to do things that are per- formed a lot in community theatre,” says ACT president Dave Edwards, noting there will be open auditions for all of the plays ACT puts on. “We’re trying to get a lot of com- munity involvement in this and in all aspects,” he says, adding that residents who wish to be involved in set construction, costumes, lighting, sound and any other role are encouraged to contact ACT. “The more the merrier.” Ken Bond’s StoneCircle Theatre has performed at the venue for the last five years. But the Courtice res- ident has decided to broaden its focus and StoneCircle will no lon- ger be based at the Ajax theatre. Bond gave ACT a welcome boost by donating all of StoneCircle’s equipment to the fledgling theatre. Edwards, who, with Bond and Gillian Woodhouse, founded StoneCircle Theatre, says that just before it was established, he had been preparing to set up a com- munity theatre in Ajax. So it wasn’t actually a snap decision to do so at this time. “I basically resurrected what I had put together five years ago,” he says. Edwards emphasizes that he’s not calling the shots at ACT. “What we’ve set up so far is a board decision; we’ve got five peo- ple on the board,” he says. “It isn’t the Dave Edwards show, for sure.” In addition to Edwards, an Ajax resident, the board members are fellow theatre veterans Heather Warkentin (vice-president/publi- cist), from Whitby, Nancy Palumbo (treasurer), of Pickering and Shari Thorne (Ajax) and Tim Westhead (Whitby), both members-at-large. StoneCircle’s equipment will stay at the Village Theatre for use by ACT and Edwards says ACT has obtained some corporate sponsor- ship. As well, he says it’s received a lot of support from the Town of Ajax and is setting up at various events, including Saturday’s This is Our Ajax!, where you can meet Warkentin. The event is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the McLean Com- munity Centre, 95 Magill Dr. To get involved in ACT, send an e-mail to info@ajaxcommunityth eatre.com. The group has a web- site, ajaxcommunitytheatre.com, that will be expanded in the com- ing weeks and months. JASON LIEBREGTS / METROLAND AJAX -- Dave Edwards and Heather Warkentin are president and vice-president, respectively, of Ajax Community Theatre, a new theatre group whose first play is Greater Tuna, coming to the Village Community Centre theatre in Ajax this fall. FAST FACTS Be a part of history: ACT looking for actors for first play Ajax Community Theatre presents Great- er Tuna from Oct. 29 to Nov. 7 at the Vil- lage Community Centre theatre, 22 Sher- wood Rd. W., Ajax. Auditions are Sunday, June 14 from 1 to 5 p.m. and Tuesday, June 16, 7 to 10 p.m. No appointments are necessary. “ We’re trying to get a lot of community involvement in this and in all aspects. The more the merrier. Dave Edwards “A taste of Africa returns to Durham AJAX -- After concerts in Pickering and Oshawa three months ago, a Ugandan choir that travels the world is back in Durham on June 19. The Watoto Children’s Choir brings its message of hope to Ajax for a free, 7 p.m. concert at Forest Brook Community Church. The all-ages performance fea- tures African rhythms and har- monies, beautiful costumes and remarkable stories from the kids of Watoto Children’s Villages. The church is at 60 Kearney Dr. (near Church Street and Kingston Road). A free-will offering will be taken. For more information on the choir, visit www.watoto.com. MUSIC newsdurhamregion.comNews Advertiser • June 12, 200924 AP “Rock n’ Roll Drive-In” June 18th to July 11th Port Hope Festival Theatre Sponsored By 800.434.5092 / phft.ca Relive the fi lms, hits & dances of the 50s & 60s Fund Raising Dance Doors open at 7:30 ‘til 1am. $15 per person for non-members. Disc Jockey and Themed Buf- fet is served. Dress Code in effect - No sports wear. All are welcome. www.opfa.net The One Parent Families Assoc. Dance Pickering Rec. Complex, 1867 Valley Farm Rd. June 13, 2009 $15 per person Ajax artist’s show opens June 14 BY MIKE RUTA mruta@durhamregion.com AJAX -- Ajax artist Sharon Stein- haus walks along the lakefront a lot, sketching. As she does so, cyclists and inline skaters whiz by, many wearing earphones and listening to music. When some of these people see her work, they often comment, ‘Oh I like that, where is that?’ It makes her chuckle, as they, like her, have two eyes and have been in the same places. They’re just not seeing them as she does. Hence the name of her show at the Cultural Expressions Art Gallery, running June 14 through June 27. “Do You See What I See is an art- ist’s eye looking at something,” she says. “We look with a different eye. If I could paint what’s in my mind I would be very famous because we visualize things and try to portray them ... it’s very hard.” She’s well-known for her land- scapes and her two favourite sub- jects are Ajax and her native Cape Breton Island. A corner at Ross- land and Audley roads haunts her and it’s a place she often returns to in her work. Most people would pass the empty lot, with a dead tree where a farm used to be, with- out a second glance or thought. But she’s captivated by the locale. “I look at it and I almost go off the road,” Steinhaus says of driv- ing by. Abstracts are a relatively new addition to her artistic palette and she admits it took her a while to warm up to them. “I didn’t have an appreciation for them until talking to a number of artists and seeing them work,” she says, referring to time spent at the Ajax Creative Arts club in Pickering Village, where artists come to paint and share ideas every Wednesday and Thursday. “I learned something from try- ing to do them,” Steinhaus says. “Abstracts aren’t done, they hap- pen. It just comes out.” She is on the executive of both Ajax Creative Arts and the Oshawa Art Association and volunteered to give each club a page on her web- site, www.steinhausstudio.com. The Cultural Expressions Art Gallery is at 62 Old Kingston Rd. in Pickering Village (Ajax). Meet Steinhaus at the opening recep- tion on June 14 from 1 to 4 p.m. For more information on the gallery, visit www.culturalexpres- sions.ca. ART EXHIBIT The world through Sharon Steinhaus’s eyes PHOTO BY WALTER PASSARELLA AJAX -- Artist Sharon Steinhaus relaxed in her home studio on June 8. Her show, Do You See What I See, runs at Cultural Expressions in Pickering Village from June 14 to 27. 24/7 LOCAL BREAKING NEWS, SPORTS, PHOTOS, VIDEO AND WEATHER: ALL DAY, EVERY DAY WHEN YOU WANT IT.>>newsdurhamregion.com Enjoy some tea at Pickering Museum Village PICKERING -- Pickering Museum Village visitors can now take a tea break when they visit. This summer, for the first time, the museum village features light teas for guests during their tour. There’s a choice of tea, coffee or lemonade along with a fresh scone with jam and sweets, pre- pared and served up by the Vin- tage Victuals volunteers. The refreshments are offered on June 13, July 25, Aug. 8 and Sept. 5 from 1 to 4 p.m. The Pickering Museum Village is in Greenwood, three kilometres east of Brock Road and just west of Westney Road on Hwy. 7. For more information, visit www.cityofpickering.com/muse- um. newsdurhamregion.comNews Advertiser • June 12, 200925 APSportsBrad Kelly Sports Editor bkelly@durhamregion.com newsdurhamregion.com HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL Pickering falls in final again RICK MADONIK / TORONTO STAR TORONTO -- Players on the Pickering High School Trojans were dejected after losing the Prentice Cup baseball championship to Birchmount Park by a 4-2 score Wednesday at Rogers Centre. Trojans drop 4-2 decision to Birchmount Park BY BRAD KELLY bkelly@durhamregion.com AJAX -- Pickering High School head baseball coach Scott Rob- inson knew the message he was delivering following his team’s loss in the championship game of the Prentice Cup was probably going in one ear and out the other of his players. The magnitude of the message probably didn’t sink in until a day, or two, after. For the second year in a row, Pickering advanced all the way to the championship game, only to suffer a heartbreaking loss. Last year it was against Notre Dame (Burlington), and Wednes- day afternoon at Rogers Centre it came to Birchmount Park in a 4-2 setback. “They have to understand that they had a fantastic season and they got to a place that no one thought they would get to,” said Robinson of the speech he gave. “Most people didn’t think we would get out of LOSSA because Sinclair was so strong. “They have got to understand they should be very proud of themselves for a great season. It’s tough to tell guys that after they just lost a heartbreaker like that. You can tell them that, but you know they are turning a deaf ear toward that.” Pickering jumped out to a 2- 0 lead in the third inning when Phil Diedrick hit a triple, but in the fourth, Birchmount scored all of the runs it would need without so much as a base hit. Pickering pitcher Shane Murli surrendered five walks and hit another, while the defence committed an error, resulting in four runs for Birch- mount Park. Murli did manage to strike out eight, but the walks came back to haunt him. The run to the championship game was an exciting one for Pickering. After qualifying for the East Regional tournament as one of two representatives of LOSSA (St. Mary of Pickering was the other), the Trojans dropped a 2- 1 decision to St. Joseph’s (NCS- SAA). Another loss would have ended the season for the ball club, but it never happened, as the team reeled in wins of 3-0 over St. Andrews, 14-1 over York Mills, 8- 4 over St. Joseph’s (EOSSAA) and 5-0 against St. Edmund to get to the semifinals on Tuesday in Eto- bicoke. A 2-0 blanking of Water- down behind the pitching of Wayne Feltham put Pickering into the championship game. Robinson, who is a former play- er with Pickering as well as Team Ontario, said the team will gradu- ate a number of seniors from this year’s roster. But, he noted, the school did the same last year after reaching the Prentice Cup final, so don’t count them out in 2010. “There is always only one thing on our mind and that is to get back to OFSAA,” he said. Pine Ridge scores top-10 finishes at OFSAA PICKERING -- The OFSAA track- and-field championships proved to be a positive experience for the Pine Ridge Pumas track-and-field team. Pine Ridge sent 30 athletes to the championships at the Uni- versity of Toronto Varsity Stadi- um. Competing against the top track-and-field athletes in Ontar- io, 15 Puma athletes placed in the top 10 in their respective events which represents the school’s best showing at this premier event. Leading the way for Pine Ridge were Shona Dunkley, Ayesha Rumble and Omar McGregor. Dunkley captured the silver medal in the senior girls’ 100m hurdles with a time of 14.00. Rumble finished fifth in the senior girls’ 400m in a time of 57.88. In the senior girls’ 4x100m relay, Dunkley and Rumble teamed with Chantel Malcolm and Tavia Anderson and won a silver medal in a school record and seasonal best time of 49.39. Omar Mcgregor finished fifth in the junior boys’ high jump with a personal-best leap of 1.90m and sixth in the 300m hurdles in a personal-best time of 40.76. Both of those marks represent new school records as well. Other team results included: Midget Boys Tevin Da Costa: 15th, 200m, 23.88 PB; Jordan Gill: 10th, 300m hurdles, 44.11 PB; 4x100m relay: 9th, 46.49 SB Midget Girls Brittany Lee: 13th, discuss, 23.81m Junior Boys Omar Mcgregor: 10th, 100m hurdles, 14.61 PB; Jake Eagles: 14th, high jump, 1.75m; 4x100m relay: 10th, 45.64 SB Junior Girls Tavia Anderson: 18th, 100m, 13.06 PB; Chantel Malcolm: 21st, 100m, 13.27; Taylor Buenting: 21st, 3000m, 11:41.12 Senior Boys 4x100m relay: 10th, 43.70 SB The OFSAA championships caps off another successful sea- son for the Pine Ridge Puma track team. Coach Amanda Miles-Berry continues to build a strong repu- tation for the school. In 1O meets this season, the team earned 23 school records, 91 personal bests and numerous gold, silver and bronze medals. 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