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incidents should not be blown Vol. 133 Number 13 COPY 65¢ (61¢+ 4¢ Gs) 28 Pages Schools on alert after reports By Chris Hall Port Perry Star Two recent incidents of children being approached or watched by strangers have prompted local public and sepa- rate school boards to issue a warning to students. The two incidents occurred last Wednesday in Whitby, when an 11-year-old girl was chased by a strange man down the street towards her school and when a man was spotted behind a fence with a small vid- eo camera tucked into his pants. While the Durham Board of Education stresses.that the two out of proportion, they did send out a statement to all public schools last Friday asking that students be reminded how to be safe on the streets. Mary Brown, communica- tions manager for the board, said the e-mail message was just a precaution, ensuring that the students know what to do in the event that they find themselves in such a situation. "We reminded the schools of the incidents and we askgd Please Turn to Page 15 his past wee ads okies Churc ing ceremony. last Friday. 27 Pick-up plan is trashed again By Jeff Mitchell Port Perry Star Ward 1 residents have again trashed the notion of township- wide garbage pick-up. The 50 or so folks who turned out for Ward 1 Councillor Doug Moffatt's town hall meeting in Utica Thursday night (Feb. 13) were unanimous in their rejection of curbside trash pick-up, calling it an extravagance they don't need. Scugog Mayor Howard Hall has hinted he'll take another kick at introducing the service for all homes in the township. The meeting was reminiscent of one in the Utica Hall in March of 1995, when Councillor Moffatt was head of a committee assigned with the task of gathering input on the curbside pick-up question. Residents then packed the hall, and overwhelmingly rejected the idea. Councillor Moffatt acknowledged that he's consistently received the message that trash pick-up in the rural ward isn't needed, or wanted. Just a dozen of his Please Turn to Page 8 By John B. McClelland "Port Perry Star CA 20-year veteran of the Durham Police feared for his life as he faced a rain of rifle fire at the Port Perry Plaza while nding to a bank robbery the evening of det, 20, 1994. y. thoughts were about gelf-preser- vation," Det. Paul Mooy told: Crown Attorney Michael Hill as he testified id Mitchiel and Angus McArthur, 'each facing 17. charges. that include afternoon (Feb. 14) at the trial of attempted murder and armed robbery. fficer came andor hail of gunfire Speaking in low, measured tones, Det. Det. Mooy is the last of five persons Mooy told the court how he arrived alone ~ wounded that evening to give testimony in the Whitby Courthouse at the Ontario Court, General Division trial in front of Mr. Justice Harry LaForme and a "My thoughts were about self-preservation," Durham detective testifies at trial in the plaza parking lot in a grey un- marked Chev Lumina police car at virtually the same time as Durham Police Constables Warren Ellis and Paul McConkey jury of six men and six women. He's still pulled up. in a 'marked police cruiser. stationed at 26 Division in Port Perry. je first looked into the bank windows, "the Valu Mart store," he said. then heard on the (police) radio that the suspects were on the sidewalk in front of "l saw a person walking south on the sidewalk, wearing a trench-coat. McConkey and Ellis (in their car) passed my cruiser. Then I heard gunshots and the marked cruiser came to an abrupt stop. At the far end of the plaza I saw a person firing a rifle," he told the court. With his service revolver in hand, he left the cruiser and took cover behind a . Please Turn to Page 12 A AT prvrie ie Xe PONTIAC BUICK LIMITED 10 Vanedward Drive, Port Perry 985-8474 a Ba a a a i i a i a 5 Ea hi ie oa a RT a ai 50 A 2 lgblia wi a A". tia amare