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uxbridge abduction on crime stoppers by chris shanahan staff reporter it was back on sept 15 of 1985 that a 30yearold woman was abducted in downtown uxbridge and taken on a 20kilometre ride of terror the pickering resident was driving alone that day at about 740 pm when she stopped her blue 1981 buick regal at the in tersection of church street and hwy 47 before she was able to pull away from a stop sign a man wearing a nylon stocking over his face entered the car and ordered her to drive to a secluded area they eventually ended up on cone 6 just north of the ux- bridgepickering townline after a brief scuffle the woman escaped and her assailant is be lieved to have fled the scene on foot toward either brock road or durham region road 23 durham regional police were given a detailed description of the attacker said to be about 63 and 220 lbs cleanshaven with a low voice squinty eyes and pre dominant lips but a subsequent investigation failed to lead to an arrest the force is now hoping its new crime stoppers program will pro vide a break in the case on thursday afternoon durham police will stage a re- enactment of the incident in con junction with a film crew from torontos citytv the segment is scheduled to air on citypulse news thursday may 22 at 6 and 10 pm as well as on ckvr barrie and chex peter borough the next day sergeant sandy ryrie of divi sion 17 oshawa said hes hopeful the telecast will assist the inves tigation were looking for an eyewit ness sgt ryrie said maybe someone picked him the suspect up and didnt realize a crime had been committed maybe this will jog their memory in an attempt to generate com munity involvement durham re gional crime stoppers recruited uxbridge residents to help recre ate the abduction mary bolter a member of the communitys amateur theatre group was contacted by police and asked to recommend two loc al actors for the roles of victim and assailant she suggested edie kwade and uxbridge secondary school student bill bagshaw both agreed to the volunteer assignment and will be part of the action when cameras start rolling on church street at about 5 pm sgt ryrie also stressed the im portant role the press plays in publicizing such cases saying without the media the program wouldnt work last month durham teamed up with metro toronto peel and york police to form toronto and regional crime stoppers the second largest organization of its kind in north america the joint program offers cash rewards of up to 1000 for tips on committed crimes each week an unsolved case is selected and re- enacted on television printed in newspapers and broadcast on radio stations a special tollfree tiplinc 1-800- 3878477 will connect durham re gion residents with the crime stoppers office monday to fri day between 8 am and midnight weekender april 19 1986 p3 controversial hotel approved by paula crowell staff reporter despite the plea of a former mar kham mayor to please the people the towns planning committee has approved a plan of the rouge st area that about 265 residents opposed the neighborhood located south of hwy 7 on both sides of hwy 48 is about to see the development of a hotel restaurant dinner theatre tavern banquet hall and chapel about 70 residents showed up at a public meeting tuesday night as a last resort to change the minds of the councillors but to no avail it was a continuation of a meeting held march 26 and attended by ab out 265 residents some of whom be- came angry at the end of the meeting please the people on tuesday alma walker the former mayor of markham village advised the committee to please the people i made mistakes a few years back and you too will be accused of making a mistake by voting in favor of the secondary plan she said a secondary plan is a more speci fic version of the towns official plan it was created in response to an application for the wedding cen tre on the cast side of hwy 48 to ed and claudette alrdg if you folks will just excuse me for a moment i have to help gaudette cut the meat determine what would happen to the whole area in the future the area is one of the oldest and most established in town and will undergo many changes when the proposed hwy 407 comes to pass although the highway is not antici pated for at least 15 years town planners are preparing for its con struction now the princess and rouge st neighborhoods will remain residen tial but rouge st will be dead- ended at hwy 48 and a new road will be built opposite princess st to give rouge st access to the highway a 65home subdivision will be permit ted east of the hotel site the residents were not so much against the secondary plan as a whole as the commercial zoning which will permit the hotel com plex lawyer don hindson who repre sents the residents said the plan is premature no consideration was given to the increased volume of traffic re sulting from the plan and no one is in favor of the application other than the applicant he said he suggested considering a bypass around markham rather than yielding to the desires of one individual in the face of reasoned opposition councillor gord landon in whose ward the hotel will be built ex plained that council has carefully considered the area and what is best for it not fair i dont think its fair to say were not thinking ahead were planning to the year 2011 he said adding that the pleas for a hwy 48 bypass have not fallen on deaf ears those who approved the secon dary plan are ward councillors landon mike popovich bob sher wood doreen quirk alex chiu and tom newall and regional council lor ron moran voting against were mayor carole bell regional councillor frank scarpitti and ward council lor fred cox ward 6 councillor elson miles is chairman of the planning commit tee and only votes to break a tie he is in favor of the secondary plan regional councillor bud bonner who opposed the plan at the public meeting in march is on holiday call display advertising 2942200 or icnni hull 2948244 1986 rivers delivered year to march 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