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Vol. 129 No. 30 PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1995 Durham MP goes own way By Jeff Mitchell Port Perry Star Last week was a wild one for Durham MP Alex Shepherd, who twice bucked party policy and rejected controversial leg- islation. Last Tuesday, the Liberal rookie was among nine Grit caucus members to vote against Bill C-68, the government's controversial gun legislation. And Thursday night, he remained in his seat when Bill C-41, a law dictating tough sentences for hate-motivated crimes, passed after emotional debate. He did so at his peril. In the days leading up to the vote on the gun bill, Prime Minister Jean Chretien was reported to have warned his MPs that dis- sension in the ranks would not "be tolerated. He had earlier sacked three MPs from parlia- mentary committees for voting against the bill. And after Tuesday's vote there were reports from Ottawa that the PM had hinted he won't sign nomination papers for wayward Grits when the next election rolls around. Mr. Shepherd said Friday morning he has yet to learn Turnto Page 8 Parents angered over plans to move YMCA By Jeff Mitchell Port Perry Star Some local parents are expressing anger over plans to move YMCA programs for chil- dren out of the Y's building on Queen St. in Port Perry and relocate at the new Scugog community hall. The Star received a number of letters last week from people whose young children attend programs at the local Y protest- ing the move, and expressing anger that they haven't been consulted about any changes. Tracy Pastic, whose three- year-old daughter is enrolled in a morning program at the Y in Port Perry, was among them. She is opposed to a move from the current building -- the for- mer township library, which has been leased to the Y for a nominal fee -- to the new hall by the Port Perry arena on Reach St. "I like the (current) build- ing," she said. "It's conducive Turnto Page 10 Truck stolen from lot three times in course of a week, police say It's not likely they have a records book for this sort of thing, but a truck at a local car dealership must have set some sort of mark last week. The 19856 GMC pick-up was stolen no less than three times from Philp Pontiac Buick in Port Perry in the course of one week. Durham Regional Police were called to the dealership most recently last Thursday (June 15) to investigate a reported theft, and found that the truck, which is missing a back window, had been removed from the lot sometime overnight. It had been stolen twice in the week previ- ous, and recovered both times. The truck was still missing as of Friday, police said. In other news, another 856 GMC truck stolen from Port Perry High School on June 7 was recovered in the southeast end of the township with extensive damage more than a week later. The truck was found ablaze just before 1 "a.m. June 16 on Fowlers Line, police said.