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Vol. 131 Number 14 3 1a pp Rep Ontario set 4 to licence [EEE plinn oN 44 casinos | Local operators don't feel new competition will hurt Blue Heron ~ By Chris Hall Port Perry Star More competition doesn't frighten the folks at Scugog Island's gaming hall. Permanent casinos like Scugog's Great Blue Heron will soon be appearing across Ontario as the provincial gov- ernment follows up on last year's budget promise of a char- ity gaming club initiative. A total of 44 new charity casi- nos will be popping up in nearly every city in the province, according to recent reports. They say 36 permanent full-time casinos will be constructed, along with eight part-time or =. seasonal gaming houses. 3 Locally, Dur xegion could ye "See two casinos that feature vid- eo lottery terminals (VLTs), 40 gaming tables, stakes up to $100 \ 1 : rs CERAE uo tuvy 1s O U nN PS | A nN Th seuss ing omy String and seven day a week, 24 hour service. Scugog Island's Great Blue en size Esser m Em xa ws hh'; Ihe Heron Casino could see some 5 OE et : : competition from the new casi- nos, but Perry Steiner, World Casino's Director of Marketing, says that the local facility will not lose any of it patrons. "No, I don't believe we will lose any business at all. We're a local entertainment centre and Please Turn to Page 12 TEMYE Tue IMPs inns bore Dinitig Avek Prins CHRIS HALL / PORT PERRY STAR | * arrest Mitchiel McArthur at a Kingston tri- i Sa SE el cask Gamblers throw | 'in dice for '97 .The end of an era has arrived with the announte- ment that the Greenbank Gamblers fastball club won't take to the field this season. Management has cited dif- ficulty in fielding a quality team this year, and recently made the decision to throw in the towel. oy We've got a 'report on the team on today's Sports page. Port: Perry 8 Star. Police officers Arr Ating 'Mitchiel McArthur at his Kingston residence feared -a violent shoot-out, hig 8trial in Whithy was Sten Lt a gos. in \ Conf n with the Oct, +20, 1994 bank robbery and shootings at the Bo 2b Plaza, 'Their trial, now in its fifth week at. the Whitby courthouse, i is being heard by a Jury of six men and six women in front of Justice Harry LaForme: of the Ontario Court, 'General Division, Court was told last week that police * Heavily armed tactical squad busted McArthur ata Kingston triplex traced 'the owner of a red. 'Camaro with | licence 600 TEY that was seen avoiding a police roadblock in Port Perry shortly after the 7:30 p.m. robbery and shootings that left five wounded. Staff Sgt. Larry Edwards of the Kingston Police. testified Friday that there were "numerous police officers, including a heavi- ly armed Tactical Squad, present at about 8 0 'clock the morning after the robbery to plex where he lived with Margaret Wilkinson and her 11-year old daughter Anna, "The Tactical officers were armed with long guns and many wore helmets and balaclavas, said Staff Sgt. Edwards. And in cross examination by Cindy Wasser, who represents Mitchiel McArthur, he said he had a phone conversation with the suspect just before the arrest in which he told McArthur to come out of the build; ing wearing just a pair of shorts. "Underwear, boxer shorts, summer shorts, it didn't matter. I told him (over the "Please Tum to Page 16 PONTIAC BUICK LIMITED 10 Vanedward Drive, Port Perry 085-8474