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2- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, November 29, 1994 By Jeff Mitchell Port Perry Star With the Christmas shopping season approaching, Durham Regional Police are anticipating a continuing flood of counterfeit bills turning up in local mer- chants' tills. So they're organizing a sem- inar to help shopkeepers iden- tify the phony bills. The workshop is occurring Thursday, Dec. 1 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Durham College's Police Learning Centre, and organizers are hoping to pass Warehouse worker injured in 12-foot plunge A man is recovering after suffering painful injuries in a fall last week at a local lumber outlet, Durham Regional Police said. Police said that around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday (Nov. 22) Bob Hannah, 43, of Bobcaygeon, floor supervisor of the warehouse at Cashway Lumber on Scugog St., was attempting to replace a safety bar across an open doorway in the warehouse when he lost his balance and fell 12 feet to a cement floor. Mr. Hannah landed flat-footed and then fell to the floor, police said. He was given first aid by employees at Cashway ambulance to Community Memorial erry, where it was determined he had broken both heels and a wrist. He was later transferred to Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay to be closer to home, police said. and then taken b Hospital in Port BULLDOZING & EXCAVATING 985-3564 GARRY TRIPP pe™ i PE o gennd pS ef 2 Yeo (2) TERRY TRIPP along valuable information in the fight against what's becom- ing an increasingly troubling problem, said Det. Myno Van Dyke of Durham Regional Police. "We've had a huge increase in the amount of counterfeit money passed here in the region," he said last week. "It's been growing like crazy." In fact, the number of report- ed counterfeit bills here in the first six months of 1994 is up 442 per cent, according to fig- ures compiled by police. That represents 539 phony bills. Det. Van Dyke said the avail- ability of high-quality copying and printing technology -- such as color laser printers -- is at the root of the growing problem; it's just that much simpler to print your own money. He added that now is an ideal time for a seminar on spotting fake bills. "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" Police to hold counterfeit money seminar Merchants will be targets during Christmas season: Detective "With the Christmas season coming up, we're certainly going to be seeing a lot of counterfeit money passed out there." Det. Van Dyke said the sem- inar will focus on identifying counterfeit money, and the method used for passing it. Often counterfeiters will make a small purchase with a large bill, choosing a time when a cashier is particularly busy, he said. In addition, the Police Learning Centre will be pre- senting a seminar on robbery Jan. 11. "That seminar will include distribution of a robbery pre- vention kit and tips on how to handle an armed robbery, said Det. Van Dyke. Cost of the seminars is $15. For more information, call the sonic Learning Centre at 721- 'Needle in a haystack' Hydro crews scrambling as power in area is cut By Jeff Mitchell Port Perry Star Ontario Hydro workers were scrambling Thursday afternoon to find the source of a power outage that affected homes and businesses in an area stretching from Scugog Island to north Oshawa. Gary Ross, lines supervisor at Hydro's Bowmanville office, said the breakdown between 12:30 and 2:30 p.m. affected as many as 5,000 utility sub- scribers. The problem was finally traced to a faulty lightning arrester on Simcoe St., but crews had to do extensive - GORD LEWIS > MOTOR SALES LTD. 94 WATER STREET ¢ 985-8091 S110 cR [O11 TN \Y [6] N07:N ER (eM SI RTIDV:N GR CVAV\Y INTO IST = \V MIN YAN A WJ 2 BVAN gre VaN\V I NORA ol iY =. 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Police seek tips after accidents Durham Regional Police are seeking the public's help as they attempt to find a driver involved in a hit and run accident that left a woman and child injured earlier this month in Oshawa. Police said that around 10:30 in the morning Nov. 4 a collision occurred on Bloor St. East in Oshawa between Harmony Rd. and the Holiday Inn when a white 1989 Pontiac and a blue 1988 Pontiac collided head-on. After the accident the driver of the blue car fled the scene, heading east, police said. When his car overheated a short distance away the driver abandoned the vehicle and took off on foot. He was last seen run- ning toward the Holiday Inn. The driver of the white car and her three-year-old daughter sustained minor injuries in the accident. Police investigating the collision learned that a num- ber of people, including a man driving a blue pick-up truck, stopped to help after the accident occurred. They want to talk to any- one who witnessed the acci- dent or the flight of the driver who left the scene. Meanwhile, police still seek leads in connection with a hit and run that left a six- year-old boy with serious injuries. Police said that on Nov. 10 a black pick-up with a white cap struck the boy as he and his mother crossed the street at the intersection of Stoneridge Lane and Eyer Dr. in Pickering. Police now have reason to believe the truck is a black Dodge Ram, and the driver may be female. Anyone with information on the accidents should call police at 579-1520, or Crime Stoppers at 436-8477. Officer hurt in fracas From Page 1 in the chest, knocking him to the roadway. The officer hurt his back in the fall, said Sgt. Hudson. At that point, the officer took drastic action. "He ended up having to pep- per this individual twice," said Sgt. Hudson. The fracas was finally sub- dued with the assistance of police from Bowmanville, and two men were taken into cus- tody., Both are from Bowmanville. A 31-year-old man has been charged with criminal negli- gence, failing to remain at the scene of an accident and driving with no plates and insurance, A 33-year-old man has been charged with obstructing police, assault level 2, and driving with no plates and insurance. At the 26 Division police sta- tion in Port Perry both men were given breath tests for alco- hol but did not prove to be impaired; one man's licence was suspended for 12 hours, though, said Sgt. Hudson. The two men were released from the Port Perry station Sunday night. They are to appear in court in Oshawa Jan. IBM PERSONAL COMPUTERS "Quality ~ Service ~ Support" CALCULATORS * Basic * Sharp * Scientific * Solar e Canon * Texas Instruments NCS Authorized IBM Dealer (005 986-5390 - FAX 905-986-1039 Port Pe Star OFFICE CENTRE 188 Mary Street, Port 985-7383