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oe TRE 2 =r. SY NYE ERE OS: TIES, NEG SIRE St 14 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, October 28, 1986 Bro Port Perry Star Company Limited P.O. Box 567, Brooklin, Ont. LOB 1CO oklin Pr Brooklin and Area since 1983 } ROXANNE REVELER News & Features Editor Phone 655-3637 or 985-7383 J / A CITY TV 'camerman was busy recording the words of Assign- ment editor Glen Cole last Wednesday as they prepared a re- enactment of a crime that happened last April, involving a Brooklin couple. The re-enactment was filmed at the home of former Brooklin resident Mel and Valerie Hundert in Whitby as part of the Durham Regional Crime Stoppers program. Better butt out Region no place to smoke If you plan a visit to any buildings or facilities owned by the Region of Durham you had best be prepared "to "butt out," literally. At the last meeting of council, regional representatives voted overwhelm: ingly to ban smoking at all its facilities. Following the recommendations of the management committee and a special union-management com- mittee on smoking in the workplace, which was co-ordinated by Terry Stevens, commissioner of person- nel, regional councillors last Wednesday approved a policy which will prohibit smoking in regional facilities, starting July 1987 The policy calls for a total ban on smoking in all departments, in 'cluding private offices and lunch: rooms, however, it has been left to individual department heads to "et up specific smoking areas if they so desire. It was noted that these smok- ing areas must be located where the smoking can be monitored, and smoking only in those areas strict- ly enforced. Stevens indicated, other than in areas such as homes for the aged, or where a regional employee might be working by himself out of doors, the no smoking ban will be strictly enforced, and that there would be no exceptions. Pickering councillor Norah Stoner called for total support from coun- cil since the recommendation report had come from a union- inanagement committee, endorsed by both management and the ma- jority of staff. Likewise, Oshawa councillor Lin- da Dionne, who describes herself as a strong advocate to ending smok- ing in the workplace and elsewhere claimed there are people who find smoking a serious threat to their health. A recent survey, compiled and distributed through the personnel department, showed two-thirds of regional employees were not smokers, and 90 percent of these, felt the smoking of others was a nuisance, a health problem, or both. There were, however, a few coun- cillors who thought smokers should be given some rights. Pickering's Alex Robertson said there should be definite smoking areas set up, par- ticularily in lunchrooms. Bowman- ville"s Ann Cowan stated that although she was not a smoker, and found smoke annoying, she felt peo- ple should be allowed to smoke in their offices if they chose to do so. Whitby Mayor Bob Attersley accus- ed the policy of 'going to far," sug- gesting it should possibly be phas- ed in. And Oshawa councillor Cy Elsie, who formerly smoked up to four packages of cigarettes a day Turn to page 15) Crime Stoppers re-enact Brooklin caper Members of Durham Regional Police and CITY TV gathered in Whitby last Wednesday night to make a re-enactinent of a crime that involved a Brooklin couple ear- ly last Spring. Using members of Whitby Little Theatre as actors, police used the home of former Brooklin residents Mel and Valerie Hdundert, at 116 Cochrane Street as their stage. Relating how their home was chosen, Valerie Hundert explained... "They (Durham Police) called Bert Hebert (of Whitby Little Theatre) and asked if he knew of a local home with a wide driveway and long, well lit hallway inside," she said. "Apparently Bert thought of our home and told them I know exactly the place." Sgt. Sandy Ryrie of the Durham Regional Police, who co-ordinates Crime Stoppers in this area, and also writes the Crime Stoppers ar- ticles for the media, related another interesting anecdote. He spent several days trying to - locate a 1986 white Pontiac Grand AM, the vehicle used in the incident, to no avail. He first called Brooklin. resident Gus Brown, a member of the Crime Stoppers board, who also owns an auto dealership in Whitby, but Gus was unable to come up with a car fitting the proper description. Telephone calls to all other dealers in the vicinity also drew a blank. Ready to give up, Ryrie was walk- ing through the underground park- ing lot of police headquarters some days later, when lo and behold, he saw exactly the car he was looking for. Taking down the licence number, a trace showed the car belonged to a lady who worked in the records department at police headquarters. After giving her per- mission for the use of her car, all the ends were tied in. So at eight thirty last Wednesday, the tribe arrived at the Hundert home, where the re-enactment of the following crime was videotaped. At about 2:30 early in the morn- ing of April 4, 1986, a man entered a house on St. Peter Street, Whitby and stole a set of keys for a 1986 Pon- tiac Grand AM which was parked outside. He then drove the vehicle to the Brooklin area and at about 3:55 in the morning he entered another home on the 8th Concession (Brawley Road). He awoke the oc- cupants to this house when he open- ed the door and he was seen to walk down the hallway carrying a shotgun. The owner of the house got up and asked the suspect what was going on, at which time the suspect levell- ed the shotgun at him, demanding "A BEER." The owner managed to find a 40 ounce bottle of Crown Royal and gave it to the suspect who then left and drove away in the stolen car. The car was later found abandoned on Annes Street at Highway 401 and Whitby. The suspect is described as white male, 20-21 years old, six feet in height, slim build, light brown short hair, wearing a dark winter coat. A re-enactment of the crime film- ed last Wednesday will be seen on CITY TV on Thursday, November 27 at 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. It will also be seen on CHEX and CKVR TV sta- tions on Friday, Novem.ler 28. Crime Stoppers is a recently formed police organization in Durham which will pay up to $1,000 to anyone providing information which leads to an arrest in this case. Turn to page 15) Four sent to hospital Driver charged in crash A Downsview man has been charged following a five-vehicle pile up last week that sent four men to hospital, three of them with serious injuries. Charged with disobeying a red traffic light and operating an unsafe motor vehicle is Keith Brown, 29, of Downsview, Ontario. Police indicate the accident oc- cured when a large, tandum dump truck travelling south on Thickson Road ran the stop light at the in- tersection of Taunton Road, slamm- ing into a boom truck heading east on Taunton. The impact was so great, it swung the boom truck around so that it was facing north before it came to rest in a ditch on the west side of Thickson. The tandum truck then proceed- ed to hit two pick-up trucks and a car who were stopped north-bound on Thickson, waiting for the green light. The force dragged the three vehicles up to 60 metres south of Taunton before coming to a stop. Real Cormier, 26, of Oshawa and his two passengers, Don Hartwick, 50, of Fraserville, and Michele Fata, 36, of Juliana Drive, were taken to Dr. J.O. Ruddy Hospital in Whitby where they were admitted for head injuries. A man who was driving one of the pick-up trucks, was also taken to the hospital, where he was treated for minor injuries and released. Police estimate total damages at $216,000. Now that's a lot of beef, 365 pounds worth to be exact. That's the amount Ray Hodson slic- ed and Joanne Hannam served on plates for the United Church's annual roast beef dinner in SS Here's the beef...... Brooklin last week. Along with the delicious beef went 250 pounds of fluffy mashed potaotes and veggies, topped off with 170 homemade pies. No wonder the 700 or more guests left with a satisfied look on their faces.