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aw ge * & tl. | | * 2 » ¢ oa «| « | # v He ) x be i 4 . a 'Progre PORT f PERRY Serving Scugog Township r SS a : "This is total insanity...We have "not learned a damned thing from the examples of Detroit..." Lilla Street residents woke to the roar of the chain saw last week as work crews » sliced through tree after tree, undoing in a matter of minutes what Nature took over a Century to accomp- lish, Durham Region's $890,000 street-widening has begun, and most residents are taking it with a kind of shock blunted only by the months of battle they've given the Region over the project. About 40 trees that have made Lilla Street one of the most attractive in the com- munity, will be removed in a project which area residents claim will create a three- lane drag strip through the community and split the community east and west. Concerned citizens held some hope in a Scugog Township- Council action that requested the region to Wednesday, June 2, 1976 consider two lanes and a reversed paved shoulder, but Durham Region earlier this year decided against accepting the recommenda- tion. Either accept the three- lanes, or face the possibility of losing the improvement project altogether, local council was told. According to council, road and drain- age improvements along Lilla are badly needed. Workmen at the site report little, if any, trouble from local residents despite the heated debate over the project. . Home owners along the street could be seen last week peering sullenly at their new landscape. "It's total insanity," said one resident. We have not learn- ed a damn thing from Toronto, Detroit..." 32 Pages Startling stastistics on local crime is outlined at police, chamber meeting ere has been an 18 per .cefit increase in the number of break-and-entries, thefts and fraud cases in Scugog Township in the first five months of this year, accord- ing to Brian Dunham, com- munity services officer of the O.P.P. This is just one of the startling facts learned at a meeting held by the O.P.P. and the Scugog Chamber of Commerce last Wednesday to inform about 100 mer- chants and staff of ways to combat the increase in theft, Shoplifting has become a major problem, with over $1 million in merchandise being taken from stores across Canada, each and every day. Constable Dunham said that shelf merchandise is marked up an additional 15 per cent right across the board throughout the country to combat the shop- lifter. ; "In other words," he said, 'the consumer is paying for what the shoplifter is stealing." A film on shoplifting, which was shown to the mer- chants, is also going to be taken to both the high school and public school, in the hopes that the information contained in the film will discourage school age chil- dren from theft, Constable Dunham en- couraged the merchants present, when they catch someone stealing to make their minds up to charge them. "If the thief, whether child or adult, feels you are going to let him go, they will come back and steal again, maybe not from you, but from someone." Once a thief has passed the cash register or gone outside without paying, they can be returned to the store and Quick action averts threatened disaster About - 1,200 pounds of highly toxic anhydrous amonia in an overturned tractor pulled tanker threat- ened to. creat havoc on Scugog Island Friday after- noon, but quick action by police and a little luck helped to avert disaster. According to Whitby detachment Ontario Provin- cial Police, three valves on the overturned tank had been bent in the mishap but none of the pressurized con- terits were released. ; Inhaled anhydrous amonia attacks the nervous system and causes paralysis of the (continued on page 2) charged with theft. Con- stable Dunham said that to get them back to the store, the merchant may only use as much force as is deemed necessary to return them. When you make up your mind that you are going to charge someone, give us a call and we, the OPP, will back you up 100 per cent. "We really don't want you = - ---. {3 od . avr. Co mw A Paul Foréstell, a seacurity consultant for a security to call up if you are not prepared to stick by a charge when we get there," he said. Also present at the meet- ing was Constable Jim Gilton who showed a film on counterfeiting and Paul For- stel who explained different types of security systems, ranging from alarms to sophisicated devices that de- tect motion or noise. 4 Ln Caen, system company explained the .different types of alarms available to a group of over 100 merchants and staff members last week. ' claims Lille Stre mh Armed robbery sign of the times ? While an alarming increase in local crime was being discussed at a Chamber of Commerce meeting Wednesday night, two men walked into the "Lakeview Plaza Becker's Milk outlet, pointed a revol- ver at a surprised Elaine Zystra, and demanded money. It was the first armed robbery in Port Perry in recent memory. Ontario Provincial police said two men walked into the Scugog Street store about 10:45 p.m. and took approx- imately $100 to $150 after one of the men produced a revolver. One of the men was des- cribed as between five-foot- seven and five-fopt-nine inches in height, aBout 160 pounds, and wearing a toque which did not cover his face. The other man was des- cribed as being about the same height and approx- imately 200-225 pounds. The heavier man pulled the gun after telling the 23-year-old clerk: I have something for you," police said. While the robbery was in progress, the manager of the store, Kenneth Irvine, was about one-half mile away listening to two OPP officers address local merchants and staff on the increased amount of break and enter, thefts and fraud taking place in Scugog Township. At the meeting, it was learned that there have been 72 cases of theft, break and entry in Scugog to date this year. The Becker's robbery raised the total to 73. Injured -in police chase An 18-year-old Oshawa man is in critical condition in hospital following a high- speed police chase of a car stolen from an Oshawa dealer early Friday morning. Police said that the car, a 1964 Corvette, taken from the lot of Ontario Motor Sales on King Street West, outdis- tanced police and evaded two road blocks before roll- ing over several -times on Regional Road 8, near Ira . Carr Construction. The chase began when Durham Regional police Const. James Brown spotted the car driving erratically on Simcoe Street North in Oshawa about 2:15 a.m. Const. Brown tried to stop the car, which pulled away from him, reaching speeds estimated as high as 130 ""m.p.h., say police. In Colum- bus, another Durham Region constable set up a road block but the car pulled around the cruiser and continued north, evading a blockade set up by the OPP in Port Perry. oh EERO RAL ¥ MAL 4 Tr A Shortly after turning onto Regional Road 8, Reach Road, the car went out of control, rolling over several times and coming to rest at the side of the road. The driver was taken to Port Perry Hospital with a punctured lung and other internal injuries, and later transferred to Oshawa General where he underwent surgery for partial removal of his liver. Charged with dangerous (continued on page 2) Donkey ba Mayor Lawrence Malcom" and Scugog councillor Don Frew will join the fun this Friday when the Nestleton Jets baseball team takes on the Cartwright Dynos Snow- mobile Club in a Donkey Baseball Game at Nestleton park. : The event is being held by the Nestleton Area Recre- ation Committee to raise funds to a park lighting system. rpm A AE £2 Cr