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Sentence for chase suspect is 5 months By Rik Davie Special to the Star A man shot by Durham police after a high speed chase apologized after plead- ing guilty to three charges Friday. Warren Mclvor, 45, of Cobourg, made the apology after agreeing to a set of facts in an Oshawa court. The court heard facts regarding a 66-km chase that began at the Great Blue Heron Casino on Scugog Island and ended at the intersection of Hwy. 12 and 48 near Beaverton. Mr. Mclvor was struck by three bullets fired by police. As a result of the shooting, a veteran 26 Division officer has been designated the subject officer in an inquiry by the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), which looks into all police actions that result in death or serious injury. Crown Attorney Kent Saliwonchyk told the court of the events that led to the offi- cer firing his pistol, striking Mr. Mclvor twice in the arm, and once in the abdomen. According to Mr. Saliwonchyk, Durham officers were dispatched to the Great Blue Heron Charitable Casino about 12:30 a.m. on Dec. 20, 1999 after an employee noticed a white Pontiac Sunbird that had been moving about in the parking lot since 11 p.m. The employ- ee told police that they had witnessed the same vehicle doing the same thing the previous night. According to the Crown, before the two cruisers dispatched to the scene were able to stop or approach the vehicle it left the parking lot by careening through a wide drainage ditch and fleeing south on Island Rd. at a high rate of speed. The Crown said the driver of the Sunbird -- which police discovered was registered to a Mr. Mclvor - fled south to Hwy. 7A, where it turned west and con- Please turn to page 12 oo TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 2000 JEFF MITCHELL/PORT PERRY STAR A HOWLING GOOD TIME: Scott Creed of Jungle Cat World coaxes a howl from a wolf, one of the exotic creatures on display during the Sunderland Maple Syrup Festival Saturday morning. There was plenty going on at the annual festival, which continued Hwoughout the weekend. Watch Friday' s Weekend Star for more pictures. oi COPY 75¢ 32 Pages (70¢ + 5¢ GST) Uxbridge doctors opt to leave Lakeridge By Jeff Mitchell Port Perry Star Officials with the regional hospital system will ask the Ministry of Health to consider a request from doctors in Uxbridge to opt out of Lakeridge Health Corp. Doctors have requested that their institution - known as Uxbridge Cottage Hospital before the creation of Lakeridge Health Corp. by the province a few years ago - become associated with Markham-Stouffville Hospital, to which most of their patients are referred for specialists and procedures. They made a presentation to Lakeridge Health offi- cials last Wednesday night (March 29). At a hastily convened press confer ence Thursday afternoon, officials said they'll ask the Durham Haliburton Kawartha Pineridge District Health Council to request that the provincial Ministry of Health endorse the move. Please turn to page 22 Break-ins down; residents cited By Rik Davie Special to the Star Local residents are putting the squeeze on burglars, according to Durham Regional Police, Inspector Chuck Mercier told the Ontario Commission on Crime Control at a public meeting in Newcastle last week that break and enters in the 'north Durham area are down 30 per cent over previous years. The area's top cop credited the vigilance of citi- : zens for most of the drop. "With the help of community mem- . bers and an increased awareness, as 'Please turn to page 5 gr ti Com a