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tribune 35000 copies vol 3 no 14 a metroland community newspaper saturday april 4 1987 80 pages 25 cents battling for the cup its noholdsbarred fighttothedeath time for house league hockey players in the town of mar- kham all of them were talking more than 2300 are involved in the annual markham hockey week tournament with the mayors cup as the big prize here minor novice opponents boyd major of markhams georges auto left and unionvilles steve traianou of nielson rat ings go arm to arm in a mock battle presiding is referee carrie lanning the competition wraps up april 12 by then 188 games will have been played sjoerd witteveen driver guilty in accident by sean ryan an rr 3 claremont man has been found guilty of dangerous driving causing bodily harm and two other impaired driving off ences related to a 1986 atv acci dent a whitby district court jury convicted dennis smith on all three charges stemming from the collision between the offroad vehicle he was driving and a durham regional police cruiser an eightman fourwoman jury deliberated for nearly five hours before returning a verdict tues day at 905 pm judge er lovekin will sent ence the 40yearold smith in whitby friday may 22 at 10 am smiths defence lawyer rus sell silverstein maintained throughout the sevenday trial that police acted wrongfully in their pursuit of smiths atv in north pickering the night of april 27 1986 mr silverstein said he hasnt decided whether to appeal the court decision smith lost part of his left when the threewheeled vehicle struck the front of a marked police car and landed in a ditch a passenger on the atv sherri wannop suf fered severe internal injuries in his final submission to the jury mr silverstein said there was a certain cowboy atmos phere in the police cruiser that evening he argued that evidence in- dcated cst richard bates and paul mooy while not meaning to collide with the atv were emphatically eager to apprehend the driver however crown attorney tom fitzgerald claimed evidence brought out during the trial clear ly showed dennis smith was guil ty as charged mr fitzgerald asked members of the jury if they as reasonable and prudent people would drive an atv in an impaired state with a passenger the crown stressed it is wrong to place any blame on police in this instance officer demoted a metro policewoman who staged an armed siege at her fami lys uxbridge twp horse farm two summers ago has been de moted from first to thirdclass constable a police discipline board cited exceptional medical and emo tional circumstances in its decision to demote but not dismiss hillary hogg cst hogg a 10year force veteran who lives at positive outlook farm near coppins corners earlier pleaded guilty to a charge of discreditable conduct under the ontario police act the officer was placed on probation for two years last may when granted a conditional discharge in oshawa provincial court last may she has since returned to duty on the front desk at 43 division in scarborough hogg 30 will drop in rank to thirdclass constable as the result of mondays ruling by superintendent bernard nadeau in his decision supt nadeau said its lucky cst hogg didnt kill someone when she fired random shots into the farmhouse where her parents and aunt were hiding this is the most serious example of discreditable conduct that i have ever seen before the tribunal he said the only appropri ate penalty under normal circumstances would be dismissal however because of all the evidence it would be unfair to impose that penalty supt nadeau added cst hogg was suffering physical and emotional strain aug 4 1985 when she fired the shots and then proceeded to hold durham regional police at bay for 12 hours before surrendering the one- man tribunal heard she was on sick leave at the time after suffer ing a severe leg injury while chasing two suspects near the scar borough bluffs whats inside loisneefy leads novel life17 austin reesor r displays old radios 43 f m ijj44t