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Smoke billows from the rear door of Insulose Products on Regional Road 8, just west of Port Perry during a fire March 22. Damage could be as high as $300,000 and for a time last week, it was feared that homes in northwest Port Perry would have to be evacuated because of fumes. (See story) Three men facing charges of murder Three young men from the Seagrave area have now been charged with murder following the death Sunday in a Toronto Hospital of 71- year old Duncan Spang of Claremont who was shot at his home last December 12. Durham Regional Police have charged Ronald J. Perrault, 22, with first degree murder. Charges of second degree murder have been laid against Wayne C. Kennedy, 22, and Randy William Kennedy, 20. The three accused are from the Seagrave area. They are being held in custody and will appear in Provincial court, Ajax on March 31. The three men had originally been charged with attempted murder and just last week they were granted bail when their lawyers argued successfully in front of a County Court judge that the continued confine- ment of the accused on the attempted murder charges was "unusual or cruel punishment" under the Charter of Rights. Duncan Spang had been in hospitals in Toronto and Ajax since he was shot in the stomach last December. He died in St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto. A medical report introduced at the bail hearing review last week indicated that while there was still concern for the man's condition, the life- threatening situation had improved. Since their arrest on the original charge of attempted murder, the three young men had been held in custody as bail had been denied on two previous appli- cations. No date for trial on the original charges had been set because of the Lake Scugog ice has us all confounded So, what do we say about the Lake Scugog ice? No sooner had the Star happily announced that the disappearance of the ice March 12 was the earliest on record, when Mother Nature (as' she has all winter) threw a cold curve our way and sure enough, the ice was back on the lake, Our phone lines have been swamped with calls from faithful readers asking if the March 12 record will stand for 1983, or do we wait until the ice is gone for good this year. ~ Well, after much thought on this topic of major importance to the community, we decided to let the March 12 record stand. After all, the ice did go out of the lake that day, did it not? But the way this whacky winter has gone, we probably won't' be safe in declaring the ice out for good until some time in July, and even then don't bet on it. Would anyone care to: predict just when the ice will re-appear next fall? Give us a call. shooting victim's un- Vol. 117 No. 16 Tuesday, March 22, 1983 36 Pages Fire damage may be as high as $300,000 Damage estimates are ranging as high as $300,000 in a fire March 22 which destroyed the interior of Insulose Pro- ducts Ltd., and for a time 'threatened to force the evacuation of numerous homes in the northwest corner of Port Perry. The fire, which broke out about 9:30 in the mor- an electric welding machine in the Insulose Products plant which oc- cupies part of the Carlan Industrial Mall on the corner of Simcoe St. North and Regional Road 8. As firefighters battled the stubborn blaze, of- ficials became very con- cerned that flames might spread to about ten tons of powdered chemicals certain medical NING was apparently condition. caused by sparks from which are used in the production of insulation materials made at the plant. The chemicals in powder form stored in plastic bags were iden- tified as boric acid, aluminum sulphate and borax. They are used as fire and anti-rodent retardents in the insula- tion materials. There was also con- Still feel like a swim? It was hard for Al Bouwmeester to believe last Friday, that one week after he had run into Lake Scugog for a 10 minute swim, he could now stand in the same spot in which he swam. Al is shown here holding up a block of Lake Scugog ice, which measured three inches thick. With a little darkroom trickery, the Star printed into the ice block an image of Al as he ran out of the water at the lakefront one week earlier. siderable concern that the fire would break through to the Municipal Sign shop in the same building where quan- tities of paints, solvents and other flammable materials were stored. Because of the possibilities of a serious chemical fire, Sgt. Dan Matthews, Durham"s Emergency co-ordinator was at the scene. Durham Regional : Police officers notified homeowners on Simcoe St. North and on Kenny Court to be prepared for a possible evacuation if necessary and suggested they voluntarily leave their homes until the fire was out. Strong winds from the northwest were blowing smoke directly to these homes about 600 yards from the scene of the fire. Sgt. Matthews said the medical officer of health was informed of the situation and officials with the Environment Ministry. "We want to be ready justin case," he explain- ed, saying these pro- cedures are put in mo- tion whenever there is a threat to safety from chemicals or other toxic materials. (Turn to page 7) Police search for car Durham Region Police have asked to be on the look-out for the car owned by a young Scarborough man who was found shot to death Saturday night in the family cottage near Minden. Charles E. Palmer, 24, was found by his mother in the family cottage on Bob Lake, four miles west of Minden. He had been shot in the head and chest by a 22 cal. gun. The victim's car, a 1979 blue Oldsmobile Delta 88 with licence (Turn to page 7) NO . a o! NY CA i