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Vol. 119 No. 36 Wednesday, August 7, 1985 38 pages Hand-gun incident ends peacefully after12hours Durham Region Police have charged a Metro Toronto police woman with careless use of a firearm after an incident Sunday at a residence just west of Coppins Cor- ners in Uxbridge Township. According to a Regional Police spokesman, Durham Police were called to the Positive Outlook Farm in Coppins Corners just after 2:00 P.M. Sunday afternoon after reports that several shots had been fired. About 15 members of the Durham Force, along with several officers from Metro Toronto began a negotiating pro- cess with a woman who refused to leave an apartment over a garage on the farm property. Negotations continued through the evening, but ended peacefully at 2:45 Monday morning. No shots were fired after police had arrived at the scene. After the incident end- ed, police seized two han- dguns, believed to be .38 calibre revolvers, from . the residence. Charged with careless use of the firearm is Hillary Dawn Hogg, 28, a Metro Toronto police of- ficer, who apparently has been on sick leave from the force since spring. The farm proper- Firefighters on the scene five hours ty where the incident took place is owned by her parents. The accused has been released from custody on a promisé to-make an in- itial appearance August 29 in Ajax provincial court. ' Police say nobody was hurt during the 12 hour incident. Coppins Corners is located on Regional Road 21, about eight miles west of Port Perry, and south of Uxbridge. Hay bales prove stubborn Firefighters from the Port Perry unit of the Scugog Fire department were kept busy Sunday afternoon containing a fire that broke out in a pile of heavy, rolled bales of hay on a Scugog Island farm. By the time the fires were out, about 75 of the large hay bales had been destroyed. The bales, which weigh about 1200 pounds each, are valued at $20 each. Firemen were first called to the scene on the east side of the Island road, just south of Scugog Centre, about noon hour. There were 300 of the large bales in rows near the barn. Captain Charlie Lown said the fire would spread through the cen- tre of the bales, and the only way his men could contain the blaze was to haul the burning bales in- to a field, break them apart and soak them with water. It was a long tedious process and three trac- tors from nearby farms helped to drag the burn- ing bales into the field. This was the second time this summer, local firefighters had faced a blaze of this kind and Capt Lown said it took a lot of hard work to get things under control. The tough part was to get the burning bales away from those still un- touched by the flames. "We even had to roll some of them away by hand." he told the Star He added that it's believed the fire was started by a spark from a riding lawnmower. Total damage was estimated at about $1500. Firefighters were on the scene for more than five hours. Local firefighters were kept busy for more than five hours Sun- day afternoon as they battled a blaze which destroyed as many as Regatta Queen '835 Shannon Houston, a 14 year old Bowmanville girl was selected as Miss Regatta last Saturday morning as the annual Lake Scugog Regatta was held at Caesarea. Judges had a tough time selecting Miss Regatta from the many young ladies who entered the competi- tion. (More photos from the Regatta are in this issue of the Port Perry Star) 75 large hay bales on a Scugog Island farm. A spark from a riding lawnmower may have started the fire. (See story) wr RF Ga Way a