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"A Family Tradition for 132 Years" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, April 28, 1998 - 13 Weary Blackstock residents want more police patrols By Chris Hall Port Perry Star Sitting on a sofa in her apartment, located at the "four corners" of Old Scugog Rd. and Church St. intersection, a Blackstock woman looks out her win- dow and waits. Michele Davies knows that if she sits there long enough, she will see what she really doesn't want in her small community... in front of her small apart- ment. While she and others in the area are bothered by loitering, noise, and van- dalism by teens, Ms Davies says the most pressing con- cern is the frequency with which drivers run the stop signs at the four-way stop corner. "There are constant problems with the teenagers here. Wreckless driving, damaging proper- ty, being loud... it's all annoying, but someone will get hurt if they keep run- ning the stop signs," she said, holding a petition containing the signatures of 74 people who are plead- ing for more police patrols in the area. "They're going to speed by here... not stop at the corner and someone is going to get hurt, get killed." In her apartment build- ing alone there are children ranging from the ages of two to nine and older; all of them are at danger in and around their home as well as area parks, parents fear. Blackstock has also been a constant target of vandals, she said. They've broken windows in local buildings, stolen a fire extinguisher out of a parked school bus, and damaged her car by smash- ing windows, scratching it and ruining her exhaust system, she said. "You just can't leave stuff laying around out- side," she continued, point- Hwy. 7A is to be resurfaced Durham East MPP John O'Toole has announced the tendering of a contract for the resurfacing of Highway 2 The project will involve the two lane road resurfacing of Highway 7 from Durham Road 6 to Beaver Street, Blackwater and from Highway 7A to Highway 417 for a distance of 11.9 km The call for tenders for Contract N. 98-33 will commence on April 22 and notification will appear in the Daily Commercial News. "Safety is the major priority for the govern- ment," said Mr. O"Toole. "This project will improve safety and smooth the ride for com- muters." ing out that teens had van- dalized the local post office, and even climbed up and disconnected the wires to the outside speakers at the general store after owners played Anne Murray songs to try and get the young- SL AYER NS EVN ST sters from loitering in front of the store. "I guess what we really need is the cops to come out here and look around; to spend a Friday night here and watch what's hap- pening. It'd be nice if they could come when we call... not two hours later." Staff-Sgt. Mike Ewles, community officer for the Durham Regional Police's 26 Division, says that he will be looking into crack- ing down on some of the 2.2 litre engine, 5-speed manual trans- mission, 4-wheel ABS, dual front air bags, child-security door locks, 0 problems in the Blackstock area. "I sat there for 16 or 20 minutes and I've seen the problems," he said. "One of the ways we can help fix it 1s with better lighting; it's fairly dark there, and | We're having a party. | J (Celebrating 8 straight years of Cavalier being Canada's best selling car. |. tinted glass, reclining front bucket seats, rear seat heat ducts, body side mouldings (STV N= 8 ol ESPNS = 36 months/$1,150 down violet Cavalier [2 FEATURING: Glass sliding Slectnic sunrooh, AM/FM stereo with CD player, 2.4 litre Twin Cam engine, air conditioning, sport suspension, rear spoiler, cruise control ! 36 months/$820 down ; /MONTH MORE [| 2.2 litre engine, 5-speed manual transmission, 36 MONTHS 4-wheel ABS, dual front air bags, rear spoiler, SARTLeast 0 tinted glass, reclining front bucket seats, body 8 side mouldings ] I ® i [ 1 [ [ [ i [ i [ | [ | [ i [ [ me : 2.4 litre Twin Cam engine, automatic transmission, | 4-wheel ABS, dual front air bags, AM/FM stereo ; " with cassette, air conditioning I [ ! Purchase I 4 [ --QUELD : ) t 36 months/$2,000 down i SAREE Limited ti The GV Card TY 0: UU R CENTRAL m 3400 V6 engine, automatic transmission with overdrive, 4-wheel ABS, dual front and side air bags, air conditioning, programmable power door locks SMART LE ASE e offers ONT A RTO CHEVROLET OLDSMOBT LE DOE A LER S 36 months/$3,650 down it's an inviting place for mischief. "If we can work together and get better lighting set up, we can take away some of the potential for prob- lems and hopefully clear things up."