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TL Volume 134 Number 33 TUESDAY, JULY 11, 2000 COPY 75¢ 170¢ + 5¢ GST) Man suffers fatal injuries in accident By Chris Hall Port Perry Star A Port Perry man died of injuries he sus- tained Friday while repairing a machine at a local lumber yard. Gordon Bagshaw, 69, succumbed to severe injuries after being rushed to hospi- tal. Durham Police report that Mr. Bagshaw was servicing a rolling press at Lake Scugog Lumber in Port Perry around 8:30 a.m. when a truss rolled out and pinned him against a wall. He was taken to Port Perry hospital and given preliminary treatment before being airlifted to Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, where he later died. Police went to hospital in Port Perry, where they learned that Mr. Bagshaw had failed to shut off the press and remove the guards before attempting to service the machine. He was pinned against the wall and sus- tained severe injuries to his back and spine. Please turn to page 18 Police seize marijuana A field in north Durham has yielded the first major seizure of marijuana plants in the annual police war on pot farmers. Durham Region Police ground units assisted by the Air-1 helicopter converged on a field near the Thorah Sideroad and the First Concession of Thorah around 8:45 p.m. Saturday. A local farmer made the discov- ery of nearly mature marijuana plants in the northwest corner of a field on the property, and called police. Constables Lee Smith and Steve Rebloy called in Air-1 to locate the field, and do a sweep of nearby fields. They seized 110 plants, with an estimated street value of more than $200,000. The bust gave the crew of the chopper, Please turn to page 18 LOOK MA, NO HANDS: The Pigeon Horse Aerial Troupe had the crowd at Festival Days hanging on the edge of their seats as they performed acrobatics while suspended from their trade mark pyramid trapeze Friday night. Shown here are Richard VanDusen and RIK DAVIE / PORT PERRY STAR Tanya Cramer. This year's edition of Festival Days was the first held at Port Perry's fairgrounds, rather than downtown. We've got comments from organizers on page 3, and plenty more pictures of the weekend on pages 12 and 13. SIU continues shooting probe By Rik Davie Special to the Star A Special Investigations Unit (SIU) probe into the fatal shooting of a Sunderland man is continuing, The Star has learned. The investigation is classified as "ongoing", even though a court date for the officers charged in connection with the inci- dent was set last week. Sources close to the case say that interviews are still to be conducted by SIU investigators. The three police officers charged in the 1998 shootings at a rural Sunderland-area home will begin their trial in front of a judge and jury on Oct. 30. Concerns about the amount of evidence against the officers "0 disclosed, and the timeframe for disclosure, have been voiced by defence lawyers. The shootings occurred on the evening of Dec. 28, 1998 after two York Region officers, accompanied by two Durham Regional officers, traveled to a home on the 17th Sideroad near Sunderland to make an arrest. A verbal and physical con- frontation is alleged to have taken place that left Const. Randy Martin with a facial wound, homeowner Tony Romagnuolo fatally wounded by at least three shots in the abdomen, and son Rocco wounded in the abdomen by a single shot. The SIU laid its first ever murder charge against York Region Please turn to page 8 ALL IN-STOCK Trees, Shrubs off & Flowe rs am tof Sal 8 am - 7 pm, Sun 9 TT WR