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The Oakville Beaver, W e d n e sd a y M a y 7, 2003 - A 3 Beaver reporter and photographer win police media awards The Oakville roommate hostage Beaver's Howard then shot himself Mozel and Barrie in the head. Erskine are both Mozel also cov winners of 2002 ered the numerous Halton Regional firearms charges Police Service leveled against the (HRPS) Media hostage after Awards. police seized 99 guns and thou Mozel won sands of rounds of the Best Police News Writing ammunition fol lowing the execu Award. while tion of a search Erskine won Best warrant. Police News Howard Mozel Photo. Erskine won for Mozcl's award his photograph of was for his work the HRPS"Tactical on a hostage-tak Rescue Unit being ing and police deployed during a stand-off on Stills stand-off that Lane in July 2002. occurred on Elmwood Road The incident involved a dis on Aug. 2. 2002 during which a traught. psycho man died of a logically disturbed man. self-inflicted gun shot wound. The awards will Mozel's ongo be handed out ing coverage Wednesday. May Barrie Erskine included stories 14 at police head on the day of the event, as quarters. Mozel is a past recipient of well as pieces on subsequent developments, including the two HRPS Best Feature Special Investigations Unit Writing Awards. probe into the death that ruled Erskine has previously that officers were not respon won Best Police News Photo sible for the death of the and Best Police Feature Photo Oakville man who took his Awards. Riziero Vertolli · Oakville Beaver Friends of Travis Lopez and M yron D m ytriw set up a m em orial on telephone pole near the crash site on B urloak Drive. Classmates mourn youths killed in crash Two funerals were held Tuesday for a pair of Oakville youths killed in Thursday night's tragic collision on Burloak Drive. Travis Lopes. 18. of Mohawk Road, a student at St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School, was buried at Trafalgar Lawn Cemetery. Myron Dmytriw, 20. o f Talbot Drive, a St. Thomas graduate, who was studying com puter technology at Hamilton's at Mohawk College, was laid to rest at St. Volodymyr Cemetery. The day before, a makeshift memorial made o f flowers affixed to a light standard on the west side of Burloak drooped in the rain which smudged heartfelt notes included with the roses and other blossoms. One said "Travis, Always rem em bered, never forgotten, we will miss you." Another said "1 pray for you eveiy night." A third said simply "We love you." On Friday morning, only hours . after the tragedy. St. Thomas Aquinas held a wellattended and emotional candle lit memorial service in the school gym nasium . On hand was school chaplain Catherine Andrews and system chaplain Olga Protz. The Board's Compassionate Care team, head ed by Protz. was also on the premises to counsel both stu dents and staff. An emergency helicopter air-lifted the 15-year-old girl to Toronto's Sick Kids Hospital where she was treated and released Friday. Witnesses reported hearing engines rev prior to the accident but police have yet to determine exactly how the car went out of control. The speed limit along that section of Burloak Drive is 60 km/li. Halton Regional Police would like to question the driver of a red Acura believed to be in the Burloak Drive/New Street area Thursday evening might help determine what caused the crash. Information about the Acura is based on witness accounts of the accident. The regional traffic unit continues to investigate the crash and asks anyone with information to phone Det.-Const. Rick Ferguson at 905-634-1831, ext. 5202. Dmytriw is survived by parents Ostap and Lesia and siblings Markian and Alexandra. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation would be appreci ated by the family. Lopes is survived by parents Terry and Rick and sibling Devin. -- With file s front Torstar News Senice. Question may improve voter turnout (Continued from page A1) prepare a bylaw for council consideration that would ban all pesti cide use on private property as of April 2005. A newly-elected council could choose to change that plan, depending on the results of the referendum. "It will give a clear direction to the next term of council what the people of Oakville want," noted Ward 5 councillor Janice Caster. A number of councillors added that the existence of the question may raise voter turnout and will likely encourage debate around the issue of pesticide use. "You're going to see people on all sides of this issue getting out there to engage the public," said Knoll. Individuals, groups or corporations who spend money to lobby the public vote on the question are required under the Municipal Act to register with the town clerk's office. The spending limit for any organization or individual working to affect the outcome of the referendum vote is set by the Municipal Act at 50 cents per voter. Travis Lopez "They were such good friends and good guys. Travis was wonderful, always made you smile when you were feel ing sad." said Lopes' girlfriend. Andrea Pavao. adding that the pals shared a passion for cars. "His manner put everybody at ease." Marcello Pontello, owner of a Jiffy Lube where the young men were employed, said they were both outstanding workers. Another employee, Mike Arial. described the youths as bright and full of life with "great lives to look forward to." Police say the while Dodge Shadow owned and driven by Dmytriw was traveling north- Myron Dmytriw bound on Burloak Drive around 7 p.m. when he apparently lost control and the car collided with a southbound Dodge minivan. The van T-boned the much smaller car on the passenger side and the two students in the car were pronounced dead at the scene. Three people in the minivan were taken to hospital. Police aren't releasing their names, but say it was a mother, father and 15-year-old girl from the same family. The mother and father were taken to Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital and treated for minor injuries. The father suffered a broken arm. Lifecare Centre has received 63 new residents (Continued from page A1) Province said Lifecare could be used for SARS patients, if required. Despite what appears to be a leveling-off of SARS cases in Ontario, the possibility Lifecare could house SARS patients remains. "At this point the ministry still has no plans to transfer SARS-exposed patients to the facility, but the situation is ongoing." said Tanya Cholakov, Ministry of Health spokesperson. All the Lifecare residents have been transferred and dispersed among six facilities. So far 63 acutecare patients have been moved into Lifecare, which has a 206-bed capacity. 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