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Durham« M.P. Alex Shepherd is calling for Vol. 4, No. 08 Terry Runa « great Success Take a The. Te: Run for cancer research was an overwhelming success and organizers ate already making Pov for another Run next Just over 400 people ofall; ages took part in the event last bladed, pushed kids in strollers "and led dogs on leashes over three different cour that started and ended in Port Perry's Palmer Park. Pledges and donations on Sunday totalled $13,910 and Run co-ordinator Elizabeth McArthur said by the time all money is in the total will be at least $15,000. "Yes, we are absolutely thrilled. Such a response from the community," she told the Citizen. *The money raised is very important in the efforts to find a cure (for cancer) but the community spirit (on Sunday) really made me feel proud to be a citizen of Scugog," she said. She paid tribute to the efforts of the organizing committee and the 12 members of Terry's Team, all former cancer patients who have been successfully treated. These 12 linked arms on Water Street to officially start the run shortly after 9:00 o'clock on an absolutely rgeous mid- September 8. This was the first time in more than a decade that a Terry Fox Run was held in Port Perry and™ Mrs. McArthur said it certainly won't be the last. The commitment (for next year) has already been made by the organizing committee, she told the Citizen. "S80 many people came up to us and said 'hey, count on us for next year, we'll be there," she Turn fo page five Tuesday, September 20, 1994 mandatory five year prison terms for anyone possessing CIRC. 13,800 32 pages Lacing for Terry's Run More than 400 enthusiastic runners, rs, walkers, cyclists and roller biaders such as Stacy Wood and Terri Moore tuned out mami for the Por Pay Tar Fox mo cancer research. The weather was perfect ahd organizers were overwhelmed with the pdilic response. Almost $14,000 was raised on Sunday and that total Is expected to climb to over 5,000 once all pledges are In. Stacy and Terri are from Uxbridge and said they wanted to partin the run here because there isn't one in their community. tough with criminals' an illegal firearm. "I have proposed to the Hon. Allan Rock, minister of justice that the criminal code be amended to require a ' mandatory five year sentence. This would enable our police to get on with cleaning up the vermin carrying guns on our streets," the rookie M.P. said in a statement in the wake of the vicious murder of Roger Pardy at Gagnon Sports Shop in Oshawa September 14. Shepherd said a "lackadaisical attitude towards guns by the criminal justice system is causing neighbourhoods to live in fear. We need not look any further than Oshawa's southend in the aftermath of Roger Pardy's murder at Sagion Sports to see this," he we Pardy was shot at point- blank range-and three others were wounded in a robbery at the popular sports store. Two men wanted in connection with the murder-robbery are still at large. And Police aré seeking the public's help in locating 55- year old Ken Thomas of Pickering, whose 1989 burgundy Chev Caprice was used in the robbery and found abandoned near the scene a short time later. Shepherd said in a statement that "some people are calling for an all-out ban on all handguns, and at first glance this may seem appropriate." But he goes onto say homicide statistics and the opinion of some law enforcers suggest that banning guns in the possession of those who legally own them--target shboters, hunters, collectors-- is not going to solve the violent crime problem. Noting that the Criminal Code now calls for a oné to 14 year consecutive sentence for using a firearm in an indictable offense, §hepherd said this section of the Code is "rarely used because it is often plea-bargained away by the Crown Prosecutor in the majority of cases." "If we want safer streets, we have to focus on tightening up our criminal justice system as well as enforcing the laws already on the books, stated. ELvis ALIVE? WITNESS PROTECTION PROGRAM? GET REAL!