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"Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, November 14, 2000 - 3 MAT 'Disgusting' thieves make off with poppy proceeds By Chris Hall Port Perry Star Thieves stole poppy money from a Manchester shop just a week before Remembrance Day. The poppy box, which contained some poppies and an unknown amount of change, was swiped from a counter at Coffee Time sometime dur- ing the weekend of Nov. 4 and 5, says Port Perry Legion (Branch 419) presi- dent Rory Thompson. "It's upsetting, particularly for the local veterans. They're very upset over approach area businesses about set- ting aside a small amount of counter space for poppy sales. Funds from the sales are used to assist area veterans, the disabled, and the local hospital. Mr. Thompson said that now mer- chants may begin to think twice about helping out, if they have to be on the lookout for thieves. "The businesses here are really, really good about letting us leave boxes in their stores and canvass out- side of them," he said. this," said Mr. Thompson last week. Each year local Legion members "But if they start to think they have to be watching out for the boxes... i may become a little bit of a hassle for them, and they may not be as interest- ed anymore." The theft was discovered early last week when a volunteer went into the coffee shop to fill up the box. "It was taken sometime between Saturday afternoon and Sunday evening," said Coffee Time owner Jimmy Constantinou. "The volunteer came to fill it up and it was gone. What happened in Scarborough was disgusting, but for it to happen here...." he said, referring to an incident incident in which a volun- teer was assaulted and robbed of her poppy money. Mr. Constantinou offered to write a cheque for $40 to help cover the stolen funds. "He offered, but we couldn't accept it. It's not his fault; he didn't steal the money," said Mr. Thompson. "It's just terrible that this kind of thing happened. We're trying to raise some money for the people in this community and help out and someone just walks off with a poppy box," he said. "It's disgusting." Speeding unit issues 135 tickets in a week The Durham Regional Police Select Enforcement Unit handed out another 135 speeding tickets last week. The new unit continued to take a zero-tolerance approach when it comes to speeding in Uxbridge and Brock Scugog, - Townships. In total, they handed out 135 tickets from Nov. 5 to Il in the three northern townships. Locally, police set up speed traps on Regional Rd. 21 near Utica, Shirley Rd., Simcoe St. south in Port Perry, and King St. in Prince Albert. Lock up sleds, ATVs, say police Durham Police are urg- ing owners of ATVs, snow- mobiles and other recre- ational vehicles to make sure they're locked up tight. Staff-Sergeant Dietmar Shoenrock is asking the public to be extra careful about storing and locking up their vehicles this year. In the past week, two ATVs have been stolen in North Durham, and sever- al other attempts were made. "The thieves are out there right now. They're targeting ATVs, but it's Saturday, November 18 and Sunday, November 19 12 noon - 5pm EXPERIENCE Port Perry ows A CULTURAL 191 Queen St. (905) 985-6956 getting close to the winter season and they'll soon be taking snowmobiles," he said yesterday. 183 Queen St., Port Perry (905) 985-8234 creative works by Paul Livingston & Debi Fitzgerald Sale ends Monday, November 20, 2000. PREC CI 2% Kids SAVE everyday with your Brock's Gold Card See in store for details CK'S _-- LL. 168 - 178 Queen Street, Port Perry MIRE REPARS BR@CKS TRE L010) Os