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Page A8 ♦ THE CANADIAN STATESMAN ♦ September 13,2006 durhamregion.com W HOOPERS JLJLjE WELLERS AMETHYST AND DIAMOND TENNIS BRACELET 10K White Gold Special Purchase LIMITED QUANTITIES OUR $ PRICE 199 95 MSRP$380 Walter Passarella / Metroland Durham Region Media Group PC John Dempster was one of four officers set up to trap speeders on Rossland Road between Thornton and Stevenson Stevenson roads. More than 120 Durham police officers took part in Operation In The Zone, which saw speed traps set up in school zones during the four days that marked the beginning of the school year. In The Zone campaign ")oitr Family Jewellers Jor over 60 years " WWW. hoopers jewel lei's.coin 3h King St. West. How mam 11 le s v ■ \ r., ■>. ■ ■ 10051021-5747. I-SX8-51X-24S7 ' " 1 ' x , ' ' " Mon f Inn. o i,j M11 | , -i s (Mh y : ; - TRUCKLOAD sees 1,530 DURHAM -- More than 1,500 charges were laid against motorists caught speeding and committing other infractions in school zones across the region last . week. More than 120 Durham police officers took part in Operation In The Zone, which saw speed traps set up in school zones during the four days that marked the beginning of the school year. In all, more than 1,530 charges were laid against drivers caught speeding s laid or driving aggressively in school areas. The project was part of Durham police's ongoing Drive to Stay Alive campaign. campaign. meat shops Durham subj ect of traffic survey DURHAM - The dramatic growth in traffic throughout the .Greater Toronto Area (GTA) has prompted a study of traffic trends here. The Region of Durham, along with 19 other regional, county and local municipal governments across central Masked bandits seen by witnesses BY JEFF MITCHELL Staff Writer OSHAWA -- Smoke filled the air and victims lay bleeding bleeding on the floor in the after- math of a violent robbery at an Oshawa sporting goods store, a Crown witness told jurors hearing a murder trial Tuesday. Dean Roberge, the man who called police to report a robbery in progress at the Gagnon Sports store 12 years ago, also testified he was shocked to see his friend, Roger Pardy, slumped behind a counter with a fatal gunshot wound. "I saw Roger lying on the floor,"'Mr. Roberge said. "It looked like he'd been shot in the head." Mr. Pardy was one of the men who died that day in what would become one of Durham Region's most notorious crimes. Pickering carpenter Kenneth Thomas Learn about diabetes BOWMAN VILLE - Lak- eridge Health Bowmanville is hosting a Meet the Diabetes Educator Open House, Sept. 15 from 8:30 to 11 a.m. on the first floor at 47 Liberty St. S. Anyone who has diabetes, is at risk of developing diabetes diabetes or for those who want to learn more arc encouraged to attend. It is estimated that more than 30,000 Durham Region residents have diabetes and that number is rising. For that reason it's important to equip people with the tools they need to control and prevent the disease. For more information call Lindsay Gillard at 905- 576-8711 ext. 4884 or at Igi I lard <£t> lakcridgehe.il th. on.ca, Ontario, is participating in the 2006 Transportation Tomorrow Tomorrow Survey (TTS). Approximately Approximately 9,900 households in' the Region of Durham will be surveyed about their travels, mode of transportation and number of vehicles owned. The TTS consists of tele phone interviews for a randomly randomly selected sample of five per cent of the households in the GTA, St. Catharine's, Barrie and Peterborough. This, the second phase of the TTS, will be conducted conducted between September and December 2006. 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Mr. Pardy died of his wounds and three others were shot. The bandits made off with several handguns. The Crown alleges Mr. • Woodcock and an accomplice accomplice abducted Mr. Thomas earlier in the' day and shot him four times in the head before taking off with his car. His body was found in January January 1995 near the Pickering nuclear plant. Mr. Roberge said he was pulling into the parking lot at Gagnon Sports about 5 p.m. when he saw two masked-men get out of a car and head toward the shop. When a man . armed with a gun looked his way, Mr. Roberge ducked down and backed his car out of the lot, 1 the jury heard. He drove to a house nearby and called 911 before returning returning to the shop to notice the suspect's car gone. Inside smoke hung in the air and victims of the shooting shooting rampage lay on the floor, Mr. Roberge said. 1 . He said a case that hhd contained handguns was smashed. 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