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Copy 65¢ (61¢ +4¢G in from spirits purchased locally By Kelly Lown Port Perry Star Every bottle of Bacardi Am- ber Rum purchased from the Port Perry liquor store over the next month benefits the Scugog Township Fire Department. For every bottle purchased, Bacardi donates between 25 cents and $1, depending on bot- tle size, to the Scugog Fire De- partfiéent's Water Rescue PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1993 Bo A section of downtown Port Perry was cordoned off for close" to fours hours last week aftéran po explosivewas found. ih Police were called tothe home at North and Water Streets on September 29 at approximately 3:40 p.m. after an occupant of a North - Street home found a package resembling a bomb un- der a van parked in the drive- way., A Ege Police responded to the area where a package resembling a 'molotov cocktail was found. The area was secured: before members of the Explosives Dis- + posal Unit were called in two hours later to. dispose of the bomb. Equipment Fund. his is the second time the promotion has run in Port Perry. During this current pro- gram the distillery will donate money to the department for every bottle purchased from the local liquor store between Sep- tember 15 and November 8. The project's first time out of the chute in Port Perry gar- nered the local volunteers $275. The promotion ran from Janu- ary through March 1992. The fire department purchased floa- tation rope with the money. With this year's money the department will most likely purchase thermal mitts for the firemen, to be used in ice res- cues, because that is what we really need, said Fire Chief Don Turn to page 5 427y : After-assessing the situation, = "the unit moved the vanfrom the . %scene and prepared. to remove Mhedovin. © "% Before removing the package o.usitt tied ropes to it and up. e.unt . 4: Cr CP me Onee it was discovered that this 'would fot occur, the two- to head 26 division _ "The problems are probably By Scott Anderson Port Perry Star For some, being appointed head of a police station in the far reaches of Durham Region would be a disappointment. But this is not the case for Dan Mat- thews. Inspector Matthews was transferred to Durham Police's 26 division in Sunderland last week. He replaced Inspector Ross Smith who moved to head- quarters in Oshawa. "I'm looking forward to my time here," said Inspector Mat- thews last week. The 27-year veteran of the po- lice department said he was looking for a change after serv- ing a two-year stint in Recruit- ing and Training and Emergen- cy Measures, and jumped at the opportunity to become involved in the operational side of polic- Ing once again. "It's just an opportunity to broaden my horizons," he said. "I'm looking forward to it as a learning opportunity." Although he has spent most of his carcer in assignments in the southern portion of Durham Re- rion, he does not see much of a difference between rural and urban. in downtow "pr thews a special container before plac- ingitin a van. It was then trans- rted to another location for safe disposal. Following the incident, Dur- ham Police Constable Lorne An- nis, a member of the EDU, said - the package was a molotov cock- tail consisting -of a bottle in a styrofoam package with a wick. The bottle contained a flamma- ble substance and a small metal. plabe, © LL a aT He was unable to determine at the time whether it would detonate. ; Sih the same, but the magnitude is different," he explained, adding there is not as much violent crimein therural areas. There are differences in the way the two areas are policed, however. Inspector Matthews said in the smaller communities the of- ficers are able to mix mare with the residents and become in- -- volved in more. eommunity- related activities. He notes the number of com- munity relations functions in which the 26 division officers are involved. "I'm looking forward to be- coming involved in them," he said. ; Inspector Matthews does not intend on radically changing the direction which the division is takingeither. "I believe that if something is not broken, you shouldn't try to fix it," he said. Inspector Matthews said the division is providing a good ser- vice to the communities of Scu- , Uxbridge and Brock and h intends to continue this tradi. on. Turn to page 3 a 5 hoi that did. it