A VHT fF I Yads Rett £1 J MAF PY A ' [4 i sd scdidiinota Soy dd da si PL i : idl x; 44 £5 he , H 3 : PF. 2r Look Who Came For Dinner Meet Scamper the squirrel. He's made little Kristin Cochrane, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Cochrane of Port Perry, his newest friend and has no intention of relinquishing the friendship. The grey squirrel walked into the Pe Cochranes life about two weeks ago and efforts to free him to the outside world have failed since Scamper adopted the family. So, for the time being, they're feeding him peanuts but hoping he will leave soon. You see, the Cochrane's dog Mutfit just doesn't know what to make of this strange little fellow who seems to think that she is it's mother. 36 Pages Vol. 113 No. 31 Wednesday, June 13,1979 No toll free phone for Blackstock until 1983 A Durham Region police constable was found not guilty in provincial court e June 5 on a charge of a common assault against a young Port Perry man. The charge against Constable Stewart Giffen, who works out of Number 26 Division, Uxbridge, had been registered by Steven Jones, 20, of R.R.2, Port Perry. The case was heard in Ajax by provincial court Judge Charles Scullion. After listening to sworn testimony from numerous witnesses called by the ® Crown and Constable Giffen's defense attorney during the day-long trial, Judge Scullion dismissed the charge, saying the police officer "'had acted properly, A young Port Perry man remains in poor condition in the intensive care unit of Scarborough General Hos- pital, the victim of an indust- rial accident June 4 in Osha- wa. Joseph Patterson, 19, was e accidentally buried under several tons of sand and gravel while he, was cleaning out a bin at Betifiett Paving and Materials Ltd. and there was no evidence that excessive force had been used." The charge against the officer arose out of an incident March 1 on a Township road south of Uxbridge in which Mr. Jones alleged that for no apparent reason, Constable Giffin punched him twice about the face, kneed him in the ribs, and twisted his finger. In response to questions from his defense lawyer Clive Bynoe, Constable Giffin told the court that he did not punch, knee or twist the finger of Mr. Jones. The officer testified that about 4:20 p.m. on March 1, he and his partner Con- stable Dietmar Schoenrock received a call concerning a Buried under gravel, man in poor condition Patterson was buried for about 15 minutes and when finally freed, fire fighters performed cardio-pulminary resuscitation to get the heart beating and start the victim breathing again. He was taken first to Osha- wa General Hospital in criti- cal condition and transferred a couple of days later to Scarborough. (Turn to page 3) car accident on the Township road south of Uxbridge. On arrival, the officers found a damaged car that had been rolled in the ditch while Mr. Jones was driving. Constable Giffin told the court he suspected that Mr. Jones had been drinking, and after he could not properly perform a heal-to-toe test Constable Giffin told him he would be charged with impaired driving and would have to take a breathalyser test. Mr. Jones was placed in the back seat of the cruiser behind the driver, and at this point the two officers drove slowly up and down the road looking for a case of beer which Mr. Jones said he had thrown from the car. Both Constable Giffin and Constable Schroenrock testi- fied that while they were asking Mr. Jones more questions about the car accident, he became agitated and started to shake the top of the screen in the cruiser and also pushed the front seat back and forth. "I became anxious for my driving, while he (Jones) was rattling the screen", Constable Giffin told the court. "I cautioned him to settle down and remove his hands from the screen." Constable Giffin testified that he then stopped the cruiser, got out and opened Bell Canada says it will be 1983 at the earliest before the company will even consider extending the toll free dial- ing area for subscribers in the 986 (Cartwright) ex- change. Bell district manager Marline Veater made it clear to Scugog council Monday night that any toll-free dialing from Cartwright to areas such as Oshawa, Hampton and Bowmanville is at least four years away. Representatives committee for improved telephone services in Ward 4 (Cartwright) also attended the meeting and presented Ms. Veater with a 700 name petition from Cartwright phone subscribers who are in favour of toll-free dialing to Oshawa at least. At present, people living within the 986 exchange can call Port Perry and Bethany the rear door, intending to put handcuffs on Mr. Jones, and also to raise the screen between the seats. "As 1 opened the rear door, his foot came up, as if he (Jones) was going to kick me," the officer testified. of a. toll free but must pay long distance charges on all calls to other areas. In presenting the petition, committee representative Norm Card said that Cart- wright residents can call far fewer numbers toll-free than "can those in Port Perry, Oshawa and other areas of Durham Region. Ms. Veater said that while this is true, the monthly (Turn to page 8) Young woman killed, 4 injured in two car crash near Blackstock A two car crash Sunday night near Blackstock has claimed the life of a young Scarborough woman and sent four other young people to hospitals with serious "injuries. A spokesman for Durham Regional police said the accident occurred about 10:20 PM at the height of a heavy rainstorm on Regional 'His fists also came up, and I grabbed both his wrists." "He pushed me. Finally, I leaned on him with my weight and we both fell into the back seat. His (Jones') arms were out straight above his head and I was on Road 57 at the Church Street intersection, Blackstock. Police report "that Anne Stolz, 21, of Scarborough died later that evening at Port Perry Hospital from head and other injuries. The deceased was one of three persons in a 1978 Fire- bird. Frank Poos, 22, of Cambridge is in Oshawa (Turn to page 8) - Police officer found not guilty top of him." At this point, both officers testified that Constable Schoenrock opened the other rear door of the cruiser and snapped handcuffs on Mr. Jones. He then calmed down (Turn to page 2) Watch Your Fingers This handsome face belongs to a 25-pound snapping turtle netted last week in Lake Scugog. This was one of many turtles netted by four visitors who have been hunting snapping turtles in this area for the past 15 years. (Story, more pictures on page 11]. te se rea cs tw ee ------ rr re' Ws earidi! Wl i tad Ka