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Lions was placed last Wednesday on the front lawn of the Ajax-Pickering Salvation Army House of Hope, which serves as the food bank and provides family services. REKA SZEKELY “We’ve had it out every year for at least the last eight [email protected] facebook.com/newsdurham years,” he said. “They’re heavy items, but every year we put them out because it signifies what Christmas AJAX -- A symbol of the true meaning of Christmas is all about.” twitter.com/newsdurham for the people who help some of Ajax and Pickering’s The concrete figures are up to two feet tall and they neediest families was left shattered last weekend were a gift from Dr. Blenos Pederson, who died in SABRINA BYRNES / METROLAND Pressrun 54,400 • 28 pages after vandals smashed the nativity scene outside the 2002. 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We were made to spend the rest Aaron McDonald proposed to his girlfriend of our lives together. Will you marry me?” Christina Green of Pickering in front of a Ms. Green said yes. crowd of hundreds at the Christmas Magic Mr. McDonald, from Cobourg, said he in Cobourg event at wanted to propose Memorial Park on after the light-up in Nov. 25. The propos- Christina, we were the park. A friend al took many in the suggested he get crowd by surprise -- made for each other. We were town staff and Santa including Ms. Green. made to spend the rest of our lives Claus in on the pro- “I was shocked, I posal. Mr. McDon- had no idea,” she said together. Will you marry me? Aaron ald asked the after the proposal. McDonald. Christmas Magic Santa Claus was in organizers and they on the surprise pro- were game, he said. posal and so was MC Christmas Magic, York Bell-Smith. After Santa Claus greeted the now in its sixteenth year, is an annual display crowd on stage before the light-up, he called of thousands of lights in Victoria Park. The Mr. McDonald to the front. event started at Victoria Hall with a light-up “Aaron McDonald, I hear there might be a and candlelit walk to the park. Hundreds problem with you, I would like to talk to you,” gathered in the park at 7 p.m. for the official said Santa Claus. “I hope the rumours aren’t switching on of the lights. The display can be KAREN LONGWELL / METROLAND COBOURG -- Aaron McDonald, left, proposes to Christina Green at the Christmas true that you haven’t been good.” Mr. McDon- viewed every evening from Nov. 25 to Jan. 2 ald approached the stage with Ms. Green and from 6 to 10 p.m. magic light up in Memorial Park on Friday night. durhamregion.com POLICE BRIEFS POLICE 3 AP Police bust two during Ajax robbery Two charged after senior carjacked AJAX -- Cops responding to a 911 call busted two Forced to use credit card for A woman in the back seat pointed a gun at the senior, demand- December 1, 2011 suspects at the scene of a robbery in Ajax Monday ing the senior drive to a bank and withdraw cash. The victim night. purchases in Ajax, search warrant was forced to buy two BlackBerry phones with his credit card A loaded gun was found at issued at Pickering apartment before being abandoned in Ajax. the scene of the heist and More than a week later, on Nov. 24, police in Pickering tried to two men taken into cus- pull the male suspect over. The suspect and a female fled on foot News Advertiser • tody have been linked to DURHAM -- Two people have been charged after a senior was after he lost control of the vehicle, police said. additional robberies, Dur- carjacked at gunpoint and abandoned in Durham Region. The next day cops executed a search warrant at a Valley Farm ham police said. All the The incident occurred Nov. 16 when an 81-year-old Peterbor- Road apartment, seizing a replica handgun and recovering the merchandise sto- ough man drove a female friend and her male accomplice to victim’s stolen 2010 Hyundai. len during Mon- Oshawa, Durham police said. The victim loaned his car to them, Gideon Kunadu, 21, of Valley Farm Road, Pickering, faces day’s robbery was arranging to be picked up later. numerous charges including robbery, motor vehicle theft and recovered. When that meeting did occur the male suspect was at the weapons offences. A 17-year-old Oshawa woman is charged Police were wheel, police said. with robbery and weapons offences. alerted by a 911 call made by an employee moments after two masked men entered the Bell store on Harwood Avenue at about 9:15 p.m. and herded two employees and a customer into a back room at gunpoint. The workers were ordered to fill bags with cell- phones and other electronics, Durham police said. Officers arrived on scene as the robbery was still in progress. Two men were quickly apprehended. The suspects have now been linked to two rob- beries at Telus stores, the first in Ajax in March and the second in June at a Whitby location, police said. Rishawne Stampp, 21, and Jamar Christopher Hibbert, 24, both of no fixed address, face numer- ous charges including armed robbery. Mr. Stampp is also charged with breach of recog- nizance. Wake Up and Shop! Ajax man lured to meeting, WE’RE OPEN AT 8AM THIS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3RD robbed of cellphone The first 250 customers at Guest Services receive AJAX -- An Ajax man was assaulted and robbed after one FREE Pickering Town Centre being lured to a meeting Monday. * The 21-year-old victim sustained injuries including Gift Card ($5 - $100 value) a cut to his finger in the attack, Durham police said. The victim told police he was ambushed after an Donations accepted at unknown male called him and asked to meet under a The Children’s Wish Foundation bridge on Williamson Drive. of Canada Wishing Well. Shortly after 5 p.m. the victim went to the spot and was confronted by five men who punched him in the face several times and cut his finger with a knife. The suspects fled with the victim’s cellphone, police said. Durham police are looking for five suspects in their early 20s. Canine team rounds up PICK ME, SECRET SANTA! Pickering robbery suspect PICK For one day only, on December 3rd, wear a special ‘Pick Me’ ME sticker while you shop and Secret Santa might choose you! Secret PICKERING -- One suspect was nabbed after a police Santa! You could instantly WIN a Pickering Town Centre canine team was dispatched to the scene of an armed Gift Card for $10 to $100! robbery Monday night in Pickering. Stickers available at Guest Services. Limit 1 prize per customer. Three men, armed and masked, forced a Kingston Road gas station employee to his knees and ordered him to open a safe during the 10 p.m.