News AdvertiserSERVING PICKERING SINCE 1965 PRESSRUN 47,600 ✦ 60 PAGES ✦ WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 2004 ✦ durhamregion.com ✦ OPTIONAL DELIVERY $6/$1 NEWSSTAND LID LIFTER TAKING HER SHOT Cadillac re-emerges Chandler skates south on U.S. as a luxury leader collegiate hockey scholarship Wheels, pullout Sports, B1 Briefly... Ajax: A number of rug hooking groups are travelling to Ajax this week to show off their skills at a Charges ‘Hookin.’ The Ajax Rug Hookers have in- vited a number of sister groups to town and are inviting anyone else interested in the craft to join them all at the special event. The Satur- dropped day, May 15 Hookin runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the St. Andrew’s Friendship Centre, 46 Exeter Rd., Ajax. Guest speaker Lyndsey McKenna, of Pickering Museum Vil- in attack lage, discusses natural dyeing. There is a $2 charge and rug But grandmother with and recently pleaded hooking supplies are available from guilty to three Uxbridge the nine vendors attending. For pleads guilty to Township bylaw charges more information, call 905-839- under the Provincial Of- 7953. bylaw infractions in Pickering fences Act. Pickering: Elizabeth B. Phin Public “One was having too many School is offering up fun and prizes girl’s mauling dogs, the second was for fail- this month. ing to licence the dogs she The school, at 1500 Rouge- By Crystal Crimi had, and the third one was mount Dr. in Pickering, holds a fun Staff Writer failing to obtain a kennel li- fair Saturday, May 29 from 10 a.m. DURHAM – Criminal charges cence and there was a $500 to 2 p.m. have been dropped against a fine for each,” said Alex There will be a gigantic inflat- woman in connection with a Grant, Uxbridge Township’s able obstacle course, silent auc- vicious dog attack on her chief administrative officer. tion, a balloon splash, beat the granddaughter, following a Four of Mrs. Laverdiere’s goalie, fish pond, tattoos, candy guilty plea to bylaw charges. dogs have been put down and floss, a bake sale, mini putt, a lol- Heather Laverdiere, living she was ordered not to own lipop pull and more. in Goodwood at the time of or look after a dog in There will also be raffles for two Toronto Maple Leaf jerseys and the attack, was originally Uxbridge Township for five a bicycle. charged with attempt to ob- years. On May 6, days after For more information, call the struct justice and obstruct her guilty plea, the criminal school at 905-509-2277. police after several of her charges against her were French mastiffs brutally at- withdrawn. tacked Jynnie Kent, of Pick- What’s On... ering. She was also charged ✦ See Guilty page A4 Ajax: The Durham Tamil community is preparing for its annual cultural festival. Jail time for The Durham Tamil Association is a non-profit, organization, Ron Pietroniro/ News Advertiser photo formed in 2000 with a goal of pro- viding an opportunity for Durham former Crown Tamil youth and adults to unite and participate in activities that en- They’re in the money Brian Davies ther of two fell from grace for hance their culture. a second time in his career The association has successful- PICKERING –– Tina Casey, left, and Jacob Bradley let $1,200 in Canadian Tire money fly as they get set for sentenced in when he pleaded guilty in ly organized several cultural, com- a fun fair this Saturday, May 15, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Sir John A. Macdonald Public School, 777 Balaton fraud and breach February to defrauding trust munity and sports events in the Ave. There will be carnival-type games, a car wash and silent auction. The money was used to purchase funds and negotiating crimi- past four years. prizes for the auction. of trust case nal plea bargains in return for The Tamil Cultural Festival 2004 money. features cultural music, dance, and By Jane McDonald Dressed in black, the tall, drama, all performed by local tal- Couple killed in head-on crash Staff Writer thin, former jurist, his clean- ent. DURHAM – Former assistant shaven head bowed through- It is Saturday, May 15 at 5:30 PICKERING – A Scarborough and his wife, Wilda Brimi- members of the Durham Re- Crown attorney Bryan Davies out most of the proceeding, p.m., at Notre Dame Catholic Sec- couple was killed in a car ac- combe, 71, from Birkdale gional Police’s traffic services was sentenced May 10 to two sat almost motionless beside ondary School in Ajax, 1355 Har- cident in north Pickering on Road, in Scarborough were branch collision investiga- years less a day in jail, follow- his defence attorney, fingers wood Ave. N. Friday. pronounced dead at the tion unit examined the ing fraud and breach of trust fidgeting, his hand shaking Everyone is welcome at the At approximately 4 p.m. scene. scene. convictions earlier this year. slightly as he awaited his sen- free festival. For more information, visit May 7, a burgundy Oldsmo- The driver of the lumber Alcohol and road condi- Judge Mary Devlin brought tence. www.durhamtamils.com. bile eastbound on Regional truck was not seriously in- tions are not believed to be a down the decision in an Os- Before sentencing, the Road 5, east of Westney jured. factor in the collision, police hawa courthouse Monday Court heard Mr. Davies has Road in Pickering, lost con- The 40-year-old Stouffville say. morning, a venue where Mr. completed full restitution, Index... trol and collided head on man had minor injuries and Witnesses are asked to call Davies was once respected as paying back an outstanding with a lumber truck, west- was treated at Uxbridge Cot- Constable David Cormack of one of the best and brightest amount of $18,336.14 of the Editorial Page, A6 bound on the road. tage Hospital. traffic services at 905-579- members of the local legal money he misappropriated Sports, B1 The driver of the Oldsmo- Regional Road 5 was 1520 (toll free at 1-888-579- community. But the 45-year- Entertainment, B3 bile, Harold Brimicombe, 74, closed for six hours, while 1520) ext. 5267. old Whitby husband and fa- ✦ See Davies page A2 Classified, B6 Give us a call... Times change, care a constant General 905-683-5110 Distribution 905-683-5117 Nursing week ing since February. General FAX 905-683-7363 She is one of countless Newsroom FAX 905-683-0386 highlights changes nurses who have honed their and growth of skills at the hospital over its the profession 50-year history. With National ANNANDALE Nursing Week running May 10 to 16, Rouge Valley and other COUNTRY CLUB By Danielle Milley hospitals across the country Staff Writer. All New Look for 2004 are celebrating the profes- NOW EVEN BETTER VALUE DURHAM – There have been sion’s contribution to health DAILY GOLF many changes over the years care. GOLF RATES TOURNAMENTS to how the job of nursing is Betty Fullerton worked at Mon. to Fri...$37 AND DINNER Sat., Sun. PACKAGE performed, from technology the Ajax hospital even before & Holidays...$42 Weekdays.......$52 to training, but the one con- the current building was Twilight ....... 1/2 Price Weekends ...... $57 stant is the desire to help peo- opened. She started in 1961 at taxes included per person + grat. & taxes Church St. At Bayly, Ajax, 905-683-3210 ple. the cottage hospital, working “You have to have that nur- in obstetrics. turing mentality. You have to “It was interesting. We had want to take care of some- leaks in the place, it was one body,” said Marie Oke. “I don’t of those old wartime places,” FINE CHINESE CUISINE think that much has changed said the 78-year-old. “I had my & DINING LOUNGE as far as nursing goes, you still last child there and there was For Reservations have to want to take care of a bucket beside the delivery •OR• somebody.” bed to catch condensation.” Great Take-Out Mrs. Oke graduated in De- Mrs. Fullerton was glad to cember from Centennial Col- see the new building open. 509-9888509-9888 lege and has been working as “It was almost like we’d died A.J. Groen/ News Advertiser photo a registered nurse on the and gone to heaven,” she said. Marie Oke, left, and Betty Fullerton are a great snapshot of the changes to the nursing profession over the 376 Kingston Rd., Pickering medical surgical floor at years at Rouge Valley Ajax and Pickering hospital. Ms. Fullerton first started working in Ajax in 1961, while (NE corner of Rougemount & Hwy. #2) Rouge Valley Ajax and Picker- ✦ See Helping page A2 Mrs. Oke is relatively new to the profession, having graduated in December. A/P PAGE A2 NEWS ADVERTISER, WEDNESDAY EDITION, May 12, 2004 www.durhamregion.com Fund-raiser for Davies convictions cause damage shooting victim to justice community, judge rules AJAX – Durham residents can support Toronto drive-by shooting victim Louisa Russo this weekend. ✦ Davies from page A1 dant, who was in private practice in Humphrey following the 45-minute Mrs. Russo’s Bell Canada co- Port Perry at the time. hearing. “Her honour was concerned workers have organized a fund- from trusts and individuals. But as In explaining her decision for jail about the effect of the defendant’s raiser Saturday, May 15 at 1 p.m. at serious as she said the fraud charges time rather than house arrest, which conduct on the justice community ... The Puck and Beaver Pub, 172 were, Judge Devlin said the breach of was requested by the defence, Judge a significant sentence has been im- Hunt St.