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bf all stay these couriers The mall must get through - Keep boxes clear of debris, snow and small children to help I couriers, like Shawn Callahan, get the mail through in good time. Photo by Elleen Argyrls g The Colborne Chronicle. Tuesday, "some of the best high- "My worst fear is that ways In the world to this continues to the point escape on." where I can't do anything Put life into business but throw in the keys and "I've put a lot of my life say (to the 1awbreakers), Into building up this bust- You win. ness during the worst pos- "It's one thing to lose a sible times," he says. business to a recession, poanng to the fact that it's another to lose it to his business has contin- crooks." ued to grow. despite the Now, however, Mr. current economic reces- Bowsklll faces the posst- sion. bully of being charged “It's been hard work and I'd like to think it's an asset to the town." Thursday morning, when he realized he was being robbed again. "I had to make a decision: to do something, or to do noth- Ing. If! do nothing and thts keeps up, I'm out of business. Page 16 Shoots at tire of fleeing van ', March 1, 1994 The Colborne Chronicle, Tuesday, February 22. 1994 "It's one thing to lose a business to a recession, it's another to lose it to crooks." Now, however, Mr. Bowsklll faces the possi- bility of being charged with a criminal offence. Police caught suspects Police were able to catch the suspects and two men are in custody, charged with the robbery. They are Stephen Hook, 29, of RR s. Cobourg, and William Michael McMinn, 28, also of Cobourg, Page 3 A third person was arrested but later released. Would the police have been able to catch the suspects, if it had not been for Mr. Bowskill's well-aimed bullet? It even- tually flattened the tire and probably caused the the suspects to abandon the unregistered, unli- censed vehtcle in the woods north of Grafton. The men were appre- hended by the OPP canine unit and emergency res- ponse team from Peter-, borough. Police have notified Mr. Bowsklll that "there are a whole lot of things they might charge me with. "It could reflect badly on F”? , 2, E' C? .',Y E? 2.1"; "t think I acted in a sane, safe manner in an effort to get this stopped] I have done everything possible to assist the police. I like police: I think they do a terrrficjolr" He pointed out that no passersby were endan- gered by the shots he Bred. There were "no kids playing in the park at 3:30 in the morning," and maintains "at no time did I put anyone's life in dan- ger." ' ' ”But. he adds. the police have made it clear t? him If he is charged and con- victed of a crime. he could face suspension of his licence to practise phar- macy, he worries. my professpn." that "they do not want pri- vate citizens Involved 1n deterrlng. offenders," He has already gone to considerable expense to protect his business from robbery. between the exhorbitant cost of his insurance. the special metal "cage" he bought and installs nightly to pro- tect the tobacco counter from "smash-and-grab" artists, the shadow-and motion detector burglar alarm that cost $5,000. What about bars on the outside doors and win- dows? Andfhe ls willlng abide by that. Well, he considers them "unsightly," and wonders Cow/$01003 cvgt-a4saoetcV whether this might not force robbers to enter the premises _ armed - dur- ing the day. 'Three in the morning or three In the afternoon, when there are customers in the store. ls that my choice?" he asks. He feels worst of all. he said, about hts daughters. aged seven and ll, who heard about the robbery on the radio while they were at school in Hallburton. The elder one phoned from school, very worried and upset, to make sure her dad was okay. "I feel worse about that than anything," he says. continuedfrom page 1 FErec 214%