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Jo Vol. 3, No. 7 Tuesday, August 31, 1993 CIRC. 11,500 The Port Perry Legion Squirts are the OASA Champions after defeating St. Mary's In the deciding game Sunday afternoon. This was the first time since 1965 for a Squirt victory for Port Perry and came on the heels of last weekends win by the Port Midgets. Front from left Sean Jeffrey, Ryan McQuade, Chris Jones, Mike Versage, Jeff Ashton, Mark Heffern. Back from left Mark Rict , Chris Mo , Reld McTaggart, Aaron Lycett, Mike MacLennan, Darryl Dalton. Coache s are Pat Versage, Dave Dalton and Dennis Ashton. Squirts make it 2 in a row Sports history .in this community was made Sunday afternoon as the Port Perry Legion Squirts captured the OASA fastball championship with a 7-1 victory over a tough rival from St. Mary's That win, coupled with the OASA title by the Port Perry Midgets the previous weekend marks the first time ever that Port Perry Minor Softball has won two Onthrio championships in the samg season. Pp al It wasn's easy, hoWever, as Port Perry and St. Mary's battled bcoreless in the ffernoon heat until the home team staged a big rally in the late innings to come away with the 7-1 win in a game that had 1) evening. rain or shine. 'Beatty at B-B-Q « Federal secretary of state for external affairs Perrin Beatty will be guest speaker at Durham MP Ross Stevenson's annual barbecue at the Blackstock Fairgrounds this Wednesday (Sept. The 43-year old Beatty is a veteran of 21 years in 'the House of Commons and was named External Affairs Minister last June by Prime Minister Kim Campbell The Stevenson barbecue and corn roast gets underwayat 4:00 PM at the Blackstock Fairgrounds and runs through to dusk, Everyone is invited and there is plenty of free parking fans on bot sides squirming in the bleachers St. Mary's forced this final game after defeating Port Perry 1-0 in the previous game which featured a tremendous pitching duel between Jay Pickering of St. Mary's and Port's Chris Jones With less than dn hour's rest, these two talented hurlers went right back at it for the final and deciding game The big blow at the plate for Port in the final game came off the bat of Mike Versage who laced a two run triple in the 6th inning that made it 4-0 and gave the Legion crew some much needed breathing space This was the first time since 1965 that Port Perry has won a Squirt division OASA title. For a full report on the tournament and more pictures, see sports page in this edition of the Citizen La. oe tn a a Ryan Nesbitt, 9, of Nestieton was a proud young man as he won the Junior Showmanship Award with his bull calf Dempsey In the pre 4-H class at Saturday's Blackstock Fair. This competition was sponsored by Keith and Jean Goble. For more Fair pictures please see page 26. Man charged with murder - body found near Scugog A 33-year old Oshawa man has been charged with first degree murder after the body of his common law wif# found late Monday aftérficon in a secluded «fed just south of the Qehfiwa-Scugog Town Line (Coates Rd.) east of Durham 2 Staff Sgt. Sandy Ryrie said the body of 26 year old Rose Marie Finley of Cordova Road, Oshawa was discovered about 4:30 PM Monday by Durham Police officers Donald James Morrow, 33 of the same address was arrested by Durham Police and charged with first degree murder. He had reported the woman missing early Sunday morning after she failed to return home from a Saturday afternoon shopping trip at the Oshawa Contre. Morrow was to make an initial appearance in Oshawa Court Tuesday morning Late Monday evening police were making no comments about the cause of death or how long the woman's body had been in the location near Russell Road, less than kilometre south of the Town Line The body was removed from the scene Monday night for a post-mortem Tuesday Police said that Morrow had been assisting police in their investigation into the woman's disappearance until he was charged Monday night. It is believed the couple have a two year old daughter Strike mandate The Canadian auto industry will find out this Thursday which company will be "targeted" for a strike should negotiations fail to reach a new contract Canadian Auto Worker (CAW) locals have already given an overwhelming mandate to strike if necessary, said a spokesman for Local 222 Monday morning GM workers across the country voted 95 per cent in favour of strike, as did Chyrsler workers. At Ford the vote was 98 per cent in favour The current agreement between the companies and the CAW expires September 14 The Local 222 spokesman said the main issue in the current negotiations will be improvements to pensions