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2 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, January 24, 1989 Two youths are charged after shooting incident Seven Charges under the Young . Offender's Act have been laid against two males, following a shooting incident in Port Perry January 20. Durham Regional Police say a woman walking west through a Water Street parking lot noticed a male pointing a gun out of an apartment window. She thought it was a rifle, but it tumed out to be a pellet gun. She told police she heard glass breaking, and then saw beer bottles on the ground being shot at. Police went to the apartment and later laid seven charges against two individuals: both were charged with possession of weapons dan- gerous; careless use of a firearm; mischief to private property. One Injured in ATC accident A 30 year old Little Britain man, injured in an all-terrain vehi- cle accident, was found by two lo- cal men lying on the ice of Lake Scugog at 2:20 a.m. January 22. Durham Regional Police say Gary Hawkins was travellin north on a 1983 Honda AT when the vehicle hit a pressure crack and rolled. The two men who found him dragged him to shore near Robin- glade Estates. When firefighters, ambulance and police arrived, the injured men was disoriented and had trouble telling emergency crews his name. Mr. Hawkins was taken via am- bulance to Port Perry's Communi- ty Memorial Hospital and treated for. minor injuries. . Police charged him with not wearing a helmet. . of the males was also charged yolved n a simi'ar incident that with having a prohibited weapon. ("happened at another nearby apart- Police say the two may be in- ment the same day. Durham Regional Police estimate $50,000 damage was caused by a blaze at Rick's Weed Control, just south of Port Perry on Regional Road 2. The fire was detected at 9 p.m. Tuesday January 17, and spread rapidly to engulf a shed. Firefighters from Scugog Hall No..1 (Port Perry) battled the flames and pre- vented them from spreading to other nearby build- ings, with some help from Hall No. 2 (Caesarea). No one was Injured. Township staff agree to one year contract Scugog Township's unionized employees have agreed to a new one year contract with the munici- pality. The contract, which was nego- tiated earlier this month is retroac- tive to January 1, and provides for across the board wage increases of 75 cents per hour for the outside (parks and roads) employees, and $1.25 per hour increase for the in- side (technical and clerical) staff. Mayor Howard Hall, who was part of the council negotiating committee, said in an interview the new contract "recognizes the fact that Township office employ- ees were behind in wage scales co- pared to what other municipalities pay their staff for the same work." He described it as a "catch-up" contract for the inside employees. - Under the new pact, the hour- ly rate for technical and clerical staff will range from $10.73 to $13.17, and the rate for most of the roads department staff will be $14.08. Killed in A 33 year old Toronto man was killed in a tragic accident near Ux- bridge January 18. Durham Regional Police say Ronald Russell was killed when the Volkswagen Rabbit his twin brother, Donald, was driving, went through a stop sign and struck another car. According to police the accident happened at 9:40 p.m. The Rus-- sell vehicle went through a stop sign on Davis Drive and collided The three foreman employed by the roads department also re- ceived a 75 cent per hour increase. "I feel comfortable with this contract," the Mayor stated, though he noted that for employ- ees in the lower pay range, the hourly increase is greater the 5.4 per cent cost of living index. Management staff with the Township received increases rang- ing from five to eight per cent. The new contract, which also has minor adjustments in the ben- fit package was ratified by the em- ployees and has been endorsed unanimously by the council. The Township's unionized employees are members of CUPE Local 1785. The new contract is the first one in which both office and roads department employees are included in the same bargaining unit. Last summer, the Township's clerical/technical staff went on strike for two weeks in a dispute over wages. crash with a Camaro headed north of Regional Road 30. The Camaro was driven by Tim- othy Rochefort, 18, of Zephyr. A passenger in the car, Jesse Roche- fort, suffered major injuries. 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