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WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4,1987, PIAGE 3 Whitby man charged after accident deaths A Wlitby man has been charged with criminal negligence causing death and impaired driving causing death ln a car accident Feb. 6 which killed two teenage girls. Warrants had been issued for the man but he turned himself into police Iast Thursday.1 .The single-car accident, which occurred at Regional Rd. 8 and Regional Rd. 23, killed- Kathy LaRose, 18 of Port Perry and Rhonda Williamson, 17, of Ux- bridge. Charged with two. counts of im- paired drivlng causing death, two counts of criminal negligence causing death, and exceeding the legal amount 'of alcohol is Sean Donald Laflose, 21, of Whitby. He will appear in Ajax provincial court, March 5. T wo nabbed. after flag theft Anyune recently walking past the Whitby cenotaph located at Dundas St. E. and Green St. may have- noticed the Canadian Flag is missing. The flag is sitting in a, police storage room after being seized from two Whitby youths Sunday night wbo'decided to sÎteal it. They were caught when police officer noticed the two walking along Dun- das St., wringing the water from a flag. A quick check discovered that the flag had been taken from the cenotaph. LANIE TREEN, a Gr. 8 student at Woodcrest Sehool, has won the honor to represent area 4 sehools (Whit- by) in publie speaking at the Durham regional finals. Lanie defeated students from other sehools at a com- pétition hel d at Robert Thornton Publie Sehool last 1Tuesday. Don't put auto pact on freeý trade table: Drumm Whitby council should petition the Association of Municipalities of Ontario to lobby the federal gover- rment to ensure theauto pact will not be part of free trade talks with the United States says councillor Joe Drumm. "'A lot of people ini Whitby are employed in the automotive i- dustry," *said Drumyn. He said he has heard nothing but negative comments about what will happen if the auto pact is included in free trade negotiations. Ris comments were echoed by regional councilor Tom Edwards. But Edwards suggested that Drunini prepare a proper resolution i order to give council warning." Campbell first for. poem Kristie Campbell of St. Theresa School bas placed first i the district level of the Royal Canadian Legion literary contest for Gr. 8 students. Her Remembrance Day poem,- "My Grandfather Was a Soldier," will now he.in competition at the provincial level. Her poem won at the Whitby Legion branch level and then at zone level. Crime Stoppers:ý Crime Stoppers and the Durham Regional Police are asking for the public'assistance in solving a robbery which occurred in Ajax on Jan. 28 this year. At about 10: 30 p. m. a youth entered the Becker's store at Raven- scroft and Chapfield in the Westney Heights subdivision. He produced a white plastic bag with the barrel of a gun protruding. He demandedail the cash which he was given and then forced the manager to lie on the floor. The suspect then left the store. He is described as a white, male, 18-20 yrs., 5'8", 145/150 lbs. He was wearing a grey ski-mask, blue turtie neck, faded blue jeans & soft shoes. The weapon he carried appeared to be a large long-barrelled handgun. A re-enactment of this crime will be shown on CITY-TV on Thur- sday, Feb. 26 at 6 and 10 p.m. It wil also be shown on CHEX and CKVR-TV stations on Feb. 27. Crime Stoppers will pay up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for this offence. Similar amounts will be paid for TIPS leading to an arrest in any serious crime. Callers do not have to give their names or appear in court. The Crime Stoppers numbers are: 1-800-387-8477, toil free for all cails; 222-8477 local to Toronto. Sgt. S. Ryrie of the Durham Regional Police force writes this ar- ticle to help combat crime. A citizen board adinini sters the Crime Stoppers programs of which there are now over 600 in North America. The reward money is raised through tax deductible donations which may be sent to Toronto and Regional Crime Stop- pers (Durham), P.O0.*Box 54, Oshawa, Ontario LlH 7K8. DR. M. GARFAT, B.S.E., D.D.S. is pleased to announce the opeming of his practice in DENTISTRY with DR. J. COTTRELL and DR. J. HARDY at the Port Perry Dental Centre 238 Queen Street Port Perry 985-8451 Evening and Saturday appointments available on request.