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Vol. 133 No. 36 PORT PERRY - TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1999 Ad Caused fatal crash in Manchester Family angry at sentence for Doerfler By John B. McClelland Port Perry Star The family of a man killed in a car accident in Manchester last year expressed shock and dismay at the sentence handed down Monday to the driver of the vehicle that ran a red light and caused the crash. David Doerfler, 35, was sentenced to two years less a day in provincial reformatory after being found guilty on charges of criminal negligence causing death and injury in the accident, which took the life of John Michael Gibbons, then 46, and injured his wife Lorna. Mrs. Gibbons and the dead man's parents, Bob and Helen Gibbons of Newcastle, were in the front row of the courtroom Monday afternoon when Judge Hugh Campbell handed down his sentence. The victim's mother Helen, fighting back tears, said outside court there was "no justice." - | She said a sentence of "at least 10 years" would have been more appropriate. "I am not surprised, but I had hoped for more," she said. Lorna Gibbons, who would have celebrated her 14th wedding anniversary Aug. 10, said she too wanted Mr. Doerfler to go to prison for at least 10 years. "My husband was a kind, gentle man, great with the kids, who now have no daddy. Their little hearts have been torn out," she said in reference to the four children, ages five, six, seven and 16. At one point, talking to several reporters outside the court building after sentencing, Lorna Gibbons said she would like to see the convicted man sen- tenced to "play in the traffic with a bottle in his hand". Fr . GHRIS HALL/ PORT PERRY STAR kicked off the 1999 event with a Tattoo at the Port Perry Fairgrounds. Here, Bill Fodor of the Highland Creek Pipe and Drum Band warms up. For our Games coverage, please see Page 4. LET THE GAMES BEGIN: The fourth annual Highlands of Durham Games got under way last weekend with a blast when more than a half- dozen of Ontario's best pipe and drum bands Please turn to page 21 Theft suspect pointed gun, witness claims ATS a By Rik Davie Special to the Star An on-again, off-again police chase for thieves in a stolen car ended early Friday morning with a local man looking down the barrel of a gun. In the early morning hours of July 23, officers responded to a break and enter call at a Bowmanville golf course. Officers patrolling the area attempted to stop a green Pontiac Grand Prix that matched the description of a stolen vehicle used in several early morning break and enters in the region just earlier. The vehicle fled, and officers lost sight of it. Later in Collect and you coul 4 wr w---- A AE ' \N \ ) a 1999 FORD the morning Ontario Provincial Police also saw, then lost contact with an identical vehicle in the Bethany area near Hwy. 35 and Hwy. 7A. At about 5 a.m. a Scugog resident was returning to his home when he came upon two vehicles parked in the middle of Jobb Road, near the intersection of Hwy. 7A and Regional Road 57. The 21-year-old man, who asked not to be identified, said that he came upon a "burgundy coloured mini-van and a green-coloured Pontiac", where as many as three young males appeared to be transferring items from one vehicle to another. 1881 Scugog St., Port Perry The man said that one of the suspects approached him from the driver's side of his truck and pointed a handgun at him. «ATl I saw was the gun. I didn't get a good look at him," the witness said. He was able to describe the man only as , "kind of dark and real tall and skinny. "Boy, when you see that gun, you don't see much of anything else," he said after his ordeal. The witness said that in trying to flee the area he Please turn to page 20 Buy 1 Get 1 FREE DQ Ultimate Burger With the purchase of a DQ Bacon Double Cheeseburger & Fries. Eo, Valid until August 15, 1999. This coupon is not redeemable with any other coupon or special offer. Sales tax extra. One coupon per cus- tomer per visit. While supplies last.