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Police ReportOshawa teen drowns in Lake Vernon

The Huntsville OPP is investigating thedeath of a 17-year-old youth from Oshawawho drowned in Lake Vernon on Sunday.

Officers from the Huntsville OPP werealerted to the missing youth on Sunday around4 p.m. The OPP was assisted by theUnderwater Search and Recovery Unit(USRU), who began their search earlyMonday morning.

At 9:40 a.m. the USRU located the victim,John Riberio, in 27 feet of water, within thevicinity of the area that he was last seen.

An investigation into the incident is contin-uing.

Fatality on McKayLake in Bracebridge

The Bracebridge OPP Marine Unitresponded to a personal watercraft accidentthat occurred on McKay Lake in Bracebridgeon Aug. 25 at approximately 3:08 p.m.

Upon arrival, police investigated an acci-dent where the driver of the watercraft, 62-year-old Pauline Moore, had struck a waterhazard and had been ejected and suffered headtrauma. Moore was transported to SouthMuskoka Memorial Hospital, where she waspronounced deceased.

A visitor to the Muskoka area, Moore had-n’t received any formal marine training andhad only brief instruction on the operation ofthe watercraft prior to the accident.

The investigation continues.

Police investigatetheft of ATV

The Huntsville OPP is investigating anATV that was stolen sometime overnight onAug. 19.

Police report that a green 2003 YamahaGrizzly four-wheel ATV was taken from ayard at a Ravenscliffe Road address.

Anyone with any information about this

theft or any other theft is asked to contactHuntsville OPP at 789-5551 or CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.

Impaired driverskeep OPP busy

On Aug. 23, at about 3 a.m., officers fromthe Huntsville OPP detachment stopped thedriver of a GMC pick up truck in Huntsvillefor a highway traffic act infraction. DouglasMoore, 23, of Huntsville was found to havebeen drinking. Moore was arrested andcharged with having over 80 milligrams ofalcohol per 100 millilitres of blood. He isscheduled to appear in Huntsville court onSept. 10 to answer to his charges.

On the same day, at about 11 p.m., the driv-er of a 1989 Buick was stopped in Huntsvillefor highway traffic act infractions. Nineteen-year-old Kyle Chapman of Huntsville wasfound to have been drinking. Chapman wasarrested and charged with having over 80 mil-ligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood.He was also found to be in possession of whatwas believed to be marijuana. Chapman isscheduled to appear in Huntsville court onSept. 10 to answer to his charges, whichincluded a Highway Traffic Act offence ofbeing a Class G2 license holder and havingalcohol in his blood.

On Aug. 24, at about 2:40 a.m., HuntsvilleOPP officers stopped the driver of a BuickAllure travelling on Hwy. 117 near Baysvillefor his driving actions. Brett Morris, 21, ofThornhill was found to have been drinking.He was arrested and charged with impaireddriving and operating a motor vehicle withover 80 milligrams of alcohol per 100 mil-litres of blood. Morris is scheduled to appearin Huntsville court on Sept. 10 to answer tohis charges.

At about 6 p.m. on Aug. 24, officersresponded to a motor vehicle collision on CliffAvenue in Huntsville. Patricia Bowen ofHuntsville was driving a Buick Century andwas stopped at a red light on King WilliamStreet, when she was struck behind by a

Nissan Altima driven by 20-year-old BradonLamoureux of Lake of Bays. An investigationrevealed that Lamoureux had consumed alco-hol. He was charged with impaired driving,having over 80 milligrams of alcohol per 100millilitres of blood and breach of probation.Lamoureux was also charged with being aClass G2 licence and having alcohol in hisblood.

Vehicles stolen, no suspects yet

On Aug. 19, Huntsville OPP officersattended the Canada Post parking lot onCentre Street in response to a report of a vehi-cle blocking the loading dock.

Police soon discovered that the vehicle, aPlymouth Voyageur van, had been stolen froma residence in South River.

Shortly after, officers attended a residenceon Main Street West for a report of a vehiclethat had been stolen from the parking lot. A1993 Plymouth Acclaim, green in colour, withan Ontario licence plate number 407RZA hadbeen taken sometime overnight.

As of press time, police had no suspects ineither theft.

Anyone with any information is asked tocontact the Huntsville OPP or CrimeStoppers.

Youth charged forbreaking skylight

Police responded to a report of youth onthe roof of Riverside Public School on Aug.19 at about 11 p.m.

Officers attended the scene and located sixyouths at the school. It was found that the sky-light on the roof of the school had been bro-ken. One of the six, who cannot be namedunder the Youth Criminal Justice Act, admit-ted to breaking the skylight. The male youthwas charged and will participate in theAlternative Measures program. The other fiveyouths were strongly warned for their involve-ment.

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BY MATT DRISCOLLCottagers are often looking to get

closer to nature, but recent events inLake of Bays have gone a little too far.

In the past few weeks a roving bearhas raided three different properties,and has broken into the same cottagetwice.

That cottage was built more than acentury ago and now belongs to BobDolphin and his family.

Dolphin and his wife, who live inBracebridge, decided to take a visit outto the cottage earlier this month andwere greeted by a disturbing scene. Thebreezeway had been ransacked by abear.

“He got in through one of thedoors,” said Dolphin. “It helped itselfto a great load of food and pooped onthe floor as well. Then he went into thelaundry room where there’s a bigupright refrigerator and opened the toppart and took out everything he could.”

Dolphin cleaned up the mess andleft the cottage. Two days later hereturned, only to find his unwantedhouseguest had returned.

“I couldn’t believe my eyes,” saidDolphin. “This time the bear had comein through the other breezeway doorand knocked the freezer right over.There was nothing left. What it could-n’t eat in the breezeway, it ate outside.”

The freezer, which is five feet highby four feet long, had been virtuallydestroyed when the bear flipped it over,as had the doors at both ends of thebreezeway. In addition, Dolphin wasnow short roughly $300 worth of food,including roast beef and leg of lamb.

Dolphin is repairing his breezewayand attempting to shore it up againstfuture incursions, but the events of thepast month have left him understand-ably leery.

“We’ve never had a problem like

this. You might even call it a roguebear,” said Dolphin. “It’s disconcertingbecause we have great-grandchildrenand you never know.”

Dolphin said the family has stoppedgoing out near the bush at night, andthe children are kept away from thetreeline at all times.

Dolphin contacted the Ministry ofNatural Resources (MNR), which setup several live traps in the area.

On Monday, MNR bear technicianBrett Thomas confirmed they hadreceived word of the encounters and setup three live traps in the area, but to noavail.

“It sounds like an adult bear andthey’re a little harder to trap than otherones,” said Thomas. “They’re usuallysmarter than younger bears. They’vebeen around the block and they mayhave been trapped before.”

Thomas confirmed there were fourbear encounters in the area in a shorttime period.

“One was in a shed, one was in anicehouse,” he said. “The bear probablysmelled something, either food residueon the outside of the fridge or he coulddetect the smell through the seal and hegot into it.”

Fridges should be kept out of areaslike sheds and breezeways, saidThomas, so bears are not enticed.

There is no need for extra caution inthe area, he added, and the bear isunlikely to break into the main portionof anyone’s cottage.

“There are no reports of this bearacting in an aggressive manner. Itsounds like he’s a pretty shy bear,” saidThomas. Reports of bear incidents aredown 50 per cent from last year, saidThomas.

Of those, more than 90 per cent ofthe calls are for bears rummaging ingarbage cans or birdfeeders, he said.

Bear raids Lake of Bays area