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A ---------- A -------------- Vol. 133 No. 44 COPrY 75¢ (70¢ + 5¢ GST) 36 Pages Police seeking victims | of fraud | Durham Police have charged a Port Perry man with three more counts of fraud, and are asking the public to come forward if they too believe they were victims of the man's fraud scheme. A suspect turned himself in to police just after noon on Sunday (Sept. 19). He was the subject of a police investi- gation after several people told police = - that they had been bilked out of cash by a Port Perry resident. "We had two more people step for- ward last week with complaints regarding his fraud scheme," said Constable Al Robins, spokesperson for north Durham's 26 Division here in Port Perry. Const. Robins said that both a Caesarea man and an Oshawa man reported losing $2,000 each after a sus- pect approached them and offered them deals on personal water craft. "He told them that he was a repre- sentative from a personal water craft manufacturer and that he could get them a very good discount on these items," said Const. Robins. Both victims wrote out cheques for $2,000 in a suspect's name as a deposit and expected to receive a water craft, ity said Const. Robins. ge Bi Ce SB annual" EI Please turn to page 22 By Chris Hall Port Perry Star : A Scugog Island man found guilty of drunk driving in connection with a fatal accident in 1996 was sentenced to four years in a federal penitentiary last week. Superior Court Judge Bruce Glass ordered Gordon Brooks, 39, to spend the next four years behind bars after hearing victim impact statements and submissions from lawyers in a Whitby courtroom Thursday (Sept. 16). | Mr. Brooks also had his driver's license suspended for up to seven years for his part in the early morning colli- meet me at D ™ SUPPORTING TERRY - Hundreds of Scugog- "oWnship. residents took part in the 6th ry Fox-run held last Sunday morn- | ¥; ing in Port Perry. See story for details. Fabulous turnout | for Ter "0X run By Jeff Mitchell ort Perry Star Participants in Port Perry's annual Terry Fox Run have done it again, raising more than ~ $22,000 this year for cancer research. . +A jubilant run organizer Elizabeth - MacArthur said Monday morning that Sunday's event saw an estimated 465 volun- - teers and runners come out. "Absolutely phenomenal. Fabulous," Mrs. i sistently attracted good crowds and raised sig- nificant amounts of money since it was _ revived here in 1994. raised $22,952, before late pledges and other efforts, such as runs held by schools in Scugog Township, are included. That's a 20 per cent "increase over last year's early totals, which also left organizers extremely happy. . "This community should be jumping for joy," said Mrs. 'MacArthur, a driving force ol _behind the run since its revival here six years 'ago. She credits a dedicated team of volun- teers and parti¢ipants who turn up to answer "one of the more successful efforts in the coun- "We have a huge core of people who keep Please turn to page 22 sion on Oct. 26, 1996 that killed Pickering resident Brian Fensom, 42, and his aunt June Humphrey, 69, of Scarborough. Two other passengers, Murray and Ella Fensom, were critically injured in the accident. The col- lision took place on Hwy. 7A near Island Rd. A 12-member jury found Mr. Brooks guilty of all nine charges he faced in connection with the accident when his trial ended in July. The charges included two counts of impaired driving causing death; two counts of impaired driving causing bodily harm; two counts of dangerous driving causing death, and two counts of dan- gerous driving causing bodily harm. He was also con- Layer Cakes YOUR CHOICE Chocolate Pecan WT EST S299 14 Rock Treat Man sentenced to four years for fatal accident victed of exceeding the legal blood-alcohol limit of 0.08. During his sentencing last week, Crown Attorney Ken Polley opted to only have Mr. Brooks sentenced for four of his charges: impaired driving causing death and impaired driving causing bodily harm. In handing down the sentence, Mr. Justice Glass told the court "the deaths of two people and the injuries sus- tained by two more are not to-be taken lightly. The vic- fins have to live with these losses for the rest of their ives." He noted that Mr. Brooks appeared to be the type of Please turn to page 16 With the purchase of Super Value Meal get a 12 oz Blizzard for just 99¢! {1 MacArthur said of the'event, which has con-- "Early estimates show that this year's event - the call each year, making Port Perrys event