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24) PERRY SIVAN Volume 136 Number | COPY 75¢ (70¢ + 5¢ GST) 24 Pages FUN WHILE IT LASTED: Local hills were a pop- ular destination for area youths last weekend as the fresh snowfall allowed them the opportunity to get their sleds out for the first time this winter. Port Perry's (left) Mitchell Vandenburg, 8, Jesse CHRIS HALL / PORT PERRY STAR Morrison, 8, and his 12-year-old sister Melissa got - together for a little sledding fun by Port Perry High School on Saturday morning. The fun, however, wouldn't last. Rain and milder temperatures were expected to last throughout the day Monday. Council hears plans for McDonald's franchise By J). Peter Hvidsten Port Perry Star Scugog Township got its first look yesterday at a site plan for the south end of Port Perry which would include a long anticipated McDonald's restaurant. The proposed commercial development, located on the west side of Simcoe St., just north of the Oddfellows Hall opposite Vanedward Dr, shows plans for a 17,095 square-foot general retail commercial strip plaza in addition to a 2,730 square-foot restaurant facility to be occupied by McDonald's. And while council was complimentary and encourag- LINCOLN ing, they had many concerns about how to proceed with it and also address the mounting problems along this stretch of Simcoe St. "Architect Ted Shepherd outlined the entire project, explaining they had taken into consideration the com- munity and proposed to construct building which had more of a residential look than commercial. Victor Labreche, a representative with the McDonald's chain of restaurants, explained to council the company has listened to advice from the community and had designed a store to compliment the town. Please turn to Page 2 police intelligence Hess reaking theif usual silence to wam of a possible tif war in Durham Region by outlaw motorcycle clubs and their various affiliated street gangs that could spill into any area of including North. Durham. . The warning comes after a 25-year-old man -- believed to have been a member of the Bandido's Kingston chap-- ter -- was stabbed, and: later shot. at, on.Dec. 4 at an Oshawa bar. The man is, according to Durham Regional police Detective Dan McKinnon, a biker intelligence officer,a known-membes.of the. Ba" dido's- the Bloor.8t.-bar is-knownte-pelice asa hang-out for local members of the Hell's Angels Motorcycle Club, Det. McKinnon sid in a briefing with select media members last week that the incident is the culmination of moves by the Hell's Angels Oshawa chapter that have seen rapid growth by the club. "The HAs have doubled their size from about nine to 18 members in the past year in the Durham area," Det. McKinnon said, "When you combine those numbers and figure that, conservatively, there are 10 associates or hang-arounds to each patch holder, those numbers become significant to us in the police intelligence com- munity." Also on the move are a new breed of biker affiliated street gangs. According to police, the host hig profile of these are the Original Gangsters Oshawa ue (0GOC) and a gang that may have t. ¢ireyes on members in the north- ern areas of the region, the 987s. The 987s, police say, currently operate out of the Bowmanville area and take their name from the tele- phone exchange number there. "They have members in the Bowmanville, Colmise, Orono, Newcastle and Lindsay area currently," McKinnon said. "They are growing and they are Wes by the Hell's Angels in our opinion." Both the 987s and Oshawa gangs, as well as the small- er Crimson Crew chapter, wear colours similar to outlaw: bike clubs with a patch in the centre and names on semi- Sireles known as "rockers" above and below the patch itse Please turn to Page 4 e region, ncoln Sales 1d. Brandon Fords 251 Toronto St. SSBXbridec 905 852 (185 oul a B