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Vo l i | JEFF MITCHELL / PORT PERRY STAR FRAGRANT FUNDRAISER: Members of the Auxiliary at the hospital in Port Perry are in the midst of a flower sale as they attempt to raise funds for a blood fluid warmer here. They are now taking orders, and plan to deliver the flowers April 8. Plants are sell- ing for $10 each, and are foil-wrapped five-bloom plus Easter lillies, or decorative mauve mums. Here, Auxiliary members Noreen Malcolm (left), Ellen Cadeau and Muriel Leitch pose with posies. To place an order, please call Ellen at 985-8262. Your donation would be a big help to North Durham Health Services. Sexual assault in Blackstock The man was known to the victim, say police, and they had been in contact during the day of the incident. A Kingston man has been charged with one count of sexual assault/bodily harm; one count of choking; and one count of threatening death. He was to appear for a bail hearing yesterday morning. Durham Regional Police have arrested and charged a Kingston man in connection with the sexual assault of a 19-year-old Blackstock woman. Police say a 37-year-old Princess Ave. man, who works in the Blackstock area, was arrested after he allegedly sexually assaulted, abused, choked and threatened a young woman around 1:30 a.m. Saturday (March 14). COPY 65¢ (61¢+ 4¢ GST) 32 Pages Sin Decision reserved on $6 million class action lawsuit By Rik Davie Port Perry Star The first verbal shots have been fired in a $6 million lawsuit launched against Scugog Township and a home builder here. A judge has reserved decision on whether or not a class action suit involving homeowners in a Port Perry subdivision will proceed. He is also to rule on a counterclaim by a developer, who claims a Port Perry woman has spread defamatory information about his company with her complaint. Plaintiff Diane Bunn and a group of about 15 supporters watched Thursday as her lawyer Kirk Baert faced off against the lawyers representing Ribcor, builders of the Victorian Village development, and Scugog Township. A motion to have Mrs. Bunn's action made a class action suit was heard in Newmarket court. Mrs. Bunn claims that a number of homes in the develop- ment were built with inferior materials and display poor work- manship, and that Scugog build- ing inspectors did not catch the problems in routine inspections required during construction. She is attempting to have her legal action certified as a class action which could, if successful, see all present and former owners of homes in the subdivision as pos- sible recipients of any financial settlement that may come. It would also make the action eligible for funding to pay for costs. The allegations in her lawsuit have not been proven in court. Justice J. Jenkins first listened to arguments that the action should have followed normal legal course and been heard in Toronto, Please turn to Page 20 O'Toole spearheads campaign Here's to the Irish By Jeff Mitchell Port Perry Star If you're going to launch a cam- paign to make March 17 Irish Heritage Day in Ontario, who bet- ter to lead the way than a guy named O Toole? ...That would be Durham East MPP John O'Toole, who has announced he'll soon introduce a private members' bill in the Ontario legislature officially recog- nizing today as a celebration of things Irish. Of course, St. Patrick's Day already brings out the Irish in all of us, and has for generations -- just walk into any pub in town today and count the green beers being quaffed -- but Mr. O'Toole's bill would, if passed, make the 17th a formal provincial day on which the legacy of Ontario's Irish communi- =SHOPPERS pe 268 Queen Street, Port Perry Store Hours: Mon.-Fri.Bam-10pm; Sat. 9am-7pm; Sun. & Holidays 9am-5pm (905) 985-8886 FREE DELIVERY" 'Local Areas FREE GIFT WRAPPING DRUG VIART i. mee Exclusive Shoppers Cosmetics Club COSMETICS CLUB PAC member price. 97 J ty would be commemorat- ed and celebrated. "The Irish brought to this country and province } their values of | hard work, devotion to [8 2 family "and oun 0 ToOLE service to community," Mr. O'Toole said last week in announcing his intentions. "It 1s important to recognize those contributions along with the enduring role of Ontario's Irish community in Canada's founding and developing as a nation." Irish immigrants were among the earliest white settlers of the Please turn to Page 20 gal $27 ho A apr ih isl valve 331.50 i stu pants sve Sagi csectid Seb dl 0 eal