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But the amount of rubble from the fall- en buildings, tent cities and the stench of garbage as a result of the earthquake that devastated Haiti and took more than 200,000 lives only eight months ago, is something words, pictures and even videos can’t fully describe. “It’s unbelievable. And all the rubble is still there,” said the head pastor of the Safe Haven Worship Centre in Pickering and the president of the Arms of Jesus Children’s Mission. JASON LIEBREGTS / METROLAND PICKERING -- Dr. Sam Martin, founder of the Arms of Jesus, has just returned from a relief mission in Haiti. facebook.com/newsdurham twitter.com/newsdurham See DONATIONS page 4 Th ursday, September 9, 2010 HEALTH 3 Parkinson’s walk Raise funds this weekend ART 8 On your plate Getting a picture of the joy of eating local food ELECTION 10 We need questions Send in queries for mayoral candidates BEAUTIFUL SKIN can be yours! 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Then, last Saturday, Mr. Fox-McLean showed up at a house in Pickering for a pre-arranged pick-up. The homeowner stared blank- ly when Mr. Fox-MacLean said he was the collector who’d arranged to pick up some scrap metal. “He’s like, ‘The guy was already here’,” Mr. Fox- MacLean, of Oshawa, recalled. “He said he was the scrap guy and his name was Brent. “I’m thinking, what the heck is going on? How is this happening?” Mr. Fox-MacLean began to wonder if somehow, someone was eavesdrop- ping on the business calls he took on his BlackBerry, then beating him to pick- ups in order to scoop up loads of lucrative scrap metal. “It’s a cut-throat busi- ness,” he said. “It just seemed like someone was one step ahead of me. I would get there and the stuff would be gone.” Mr. Fox-MacLean talk- ed to Durham police, who told him it might be pos- sible someone had tapped into his cellphone and was able to listen in. He did an Internet search for cell- phone surveillance, and found dozens of compa- nies advertising software that purports to give users the ability to monitor cell- phone calls and text mes- sages without being detect- ed. He’s since changed the settings and cards on his cellphone and disconnect- ed the Blue Tooth option. Since then, he’s not been beaten to a pre-arranged pickup. Mr. Fox-MacLean admits the notion someone was monitoring his business calls is far-fetched, and that he has no proof it actu- ally happened. But the incidents left him shaken and wondering about the security of the devices he uses each day. He listed his cellphone number in all his advertising so it was avail- able to anyone, he said. “I can’t prove anything,” he said. “You think you’re going crazy -- you honestly do.” Durham police Sergeant Nancy van Rooy said police are cognizant of develop- ing software such as sur- veillance programs being offered for sale. “This technology is on the horizon and potentially available,” she said. Unauthorized surveil- lance is illegal, Sgt. van Rooy said. “You cannot intercept private conversations with- out judicial authorization,” she said. “It would be like a phone tap without your permission or knowledge - - that’s illegal.” durhamregion.comNews Advertiser • September 9, 20102 AP It’s so big... itdoesn’tfitinthisad! BigBlue iscominginSeptember toacurbnearyou. For more information visit www.durhamregionwaste.ca or call 1-800-667-5671. 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Walkers will hit the pave- ment at 2 p.m. Among them, Pickering resident Rocio Korytkowski will be walking in memory of her mother Bertha Guevara, who died last November. “My mother had the dis- ease for 20 years, and near the end she had deteriorat- ed so bad I felt I had to do something,” said Ms. Koryt- kowski. Parkinson’s is a progressive neurological disease where cells in the brain which pro- duce the chemical dopa- mine die. Symptoms include tremors or shaking, slowness in movements, muscle stiff- ness and problems with bal- ance. People affected by the disease also experience dif- ficulty with speech and writ- ing, sleep disorders, depres- sion and cognitive changes. Currently there is no known cause or cure and the Super- Walk donations are used to fund research and help peo- ple living with disease. This will be Ms. Koryt- kowski’s third fundraiser for Parkinson’s. She started three years ago with shav- ing her head for the cause. Since then she has grown her team to 10 people and raised $35,000. She plans to keep going in her mother’s memory. “I’m determined and peo- ple can hear my passion and know I believe in this and I can make a difference,” she said. Ms. Korytkowski said it was devastating to watch her mother lose the ability to do things she did when Ms. Korytkowski and her sib- lings were children, such as cook a dinner. “When she was diag- nosed, my mother cried a lot because when she went to the clinic, she saw people at the advanced stages,” she said. She says many of the peo- ple who support her in her fundraising or participate in the SuperWalk have person- al experience with the dis- ease. “Hopefully with a lot of research, they’ll come up with new medications or they’ll come up with a cure.” The Durham walk had 350 participants last year with more than $75,000 raised. The Parkinson Society of Canada is hoping to raise $3 million this year. 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