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I This guy's got comics! Comics, comics, and more comics. Karl Williamson is a serious collector of comics, and his favourites are sci-fi, western and war issues. He's been collecting for years and now has more than 3000 issues. Karl says some people still raise an eyebrow when they find out about his hobby. (See story inside this issue of the Star) Driver sentenced to 60 days in jail Vol. 118 No. 13 Tuesday, February 28, 1984 36 Pages Local group now a part of Operation Dismantie It's official. During a meeting at Port Perry United Church last Tuesday night the Scugog Disarmament Committee officially became a branch of Operation Dismantle, incorporating Durham Region and the surrounding area. About 25 people from town and as far away as Stouffville gathered to hear Operation Dis- mantle's executive assistant, John Wilkin- son of Belleville, talk about what the group has accomplished since -- it was formed in 1977, and what it intends to accomplish in the future. "We are strong, we do have a voice," he said. "There are more than 600 letters a week going into Trudeau's office saying 'I want disarm- ament.' "' Since Dismantle (as it is commonly known) was founded by James Stark, the group's main goal has been to launch an international refer- endum on balanced nuclear disarmament. According to Mr. Wilk- inson, Dismantle members have trad- itionally hoped to have the referendum question put forward at the United Nations by a member country, some- thing that Mr. Wilkinson says will happen with Costa Rica sometime this Fall, If that motion is accepted at the U.N,, then Dismantle is count- ing on each member country to host a refer- endum alongside elections (in order to cut Costs). Although Canada's federal government has continually refused to have a national referen- dum, Mr. Wilkinson claims there have been 191 municipal referen- dums throughout the country. He says 76.2 per cent of those munici- palities supported the disarmament goal. "It's a wonderful mandate and it's a powerful mandate," he enthused. "And it's working." According to Mr. Wilkinson's statistics, a 'million across The driver of a car which struck and killed a six year Port Perry boy at a school cross walk last June 15 has been sentenced to 60 © days in jail. Colin Handley, 36, of R.R.5 Lindsay, had pleaded quilty to a charge of dangerous driving in the incident which took the life of Derik Saunders and badly injured crossing guard Lorna Gray who was leading children across Highway 7A at the rear of R.H. Cornish School. Provincial Court judge Sam Murphy handed down the sen- tence last Wednesday saying that motorists must have a respons- ibility to pay attention to their driving, especially in the vicinity of a school. But the judge also said he took into con- sideration the fact there was no evidence of excessive speeding, bad driving or the consump- tion of alcohol or drugs. Court was told that Handley was returning home after working the night shift at a Scarbor- ough printing plant when the accident took place shortly before 9:00 AM. At the sentencing hearing, the incident was described as "very unfortunate, a tragedy all the way around." Prosecuter Michael Gillen said "no amount of remorse, fines or im- prisonment is going to compensate the cross- ing guard or the parents of the child". The youngster, a Kindergarten student at R.H. Cornish, died the day after the accident in Toronto's Sick Child- ren's Hospital. Mrs. Gray spent a long time in hospital with severe leg injuries and is still recuperating from them. ln DIN I TTS p ay Hey, way fo gol Last week the Port Perry High School Drama Club entered the Durham Region Drama Festival with 15 other schools and was chosen fo go on and compete in Kingston. Their win was accomplished with the off-beat production of After Liverpool, a one- global referendum would cost less than one cent per .capita or $40 world. He compares the $40 million for a worldwide referendum to the $750 billion spent on weapons every year. 'Can you imagine, $750 billion spent on weapons to destroy us and at the same time children are starving to death? I think that is morally wrong," he said angrily. "Forty thousand children die every day due to lack of necessities. Less than one per cent of that $750 the billion would save 20,000 children a day, all year." Five years ago John Wilkinson was living in Berlin where interest in disarmament was more intense than it was in Canada. The concern of people around him - started affecting the - Canadian, who up until this time wasn't inter- ested in the disarma- ment initiative. But when his second child was born and the facts of global nuclear war became clear, John Wilkinson got angry-- and madder still when (Turn to page 3) Woman killed in house fire A 53-year old Caesarea woman has died following a fire at her home on Hiawatha Blvd. early Sunday morning. Elizabeth Mackintosh was pulled from the burning house by Dur- ham Regional Police Es ah i officers who had re- sponded to the call for assistance. She died of the injuries several hours later after being trans- ferred to the intensive care burn unit at the Scarborough General Hospital. nits Badia act play about the lack of communication between peo- ple. The players are (from ) Kelly Lappin, Crys Tremble, Diane Varty, Filitsa Tzavaras, Jeff Flieler, Lynn Korbak, Dave Legere, Rose Peddington, Denise Luke and Michelle Stewart. See story for details. 7 LIE A MR SU AR nF omg ES con nL ACE !