The Pickering 50 PAGES ✦ Metroland Durham Region Media Group ✦ WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2004 ✦ Optional delivery $6 / Newsstand $1 BACK HOME EXTRA ZIP MIXED RESULTS Illustrator returns Pickering juniors Mazda adds to Pickering roots to its zoom win one, drop two Entertainment 8 Wheels pullout Sports 9 [ Briefly ] Carib cultural group marks 24 years : Celebrate 24 years of fun and fellowship next Murder claims all lies: Hall month with The Pickering Carib Canadian Cultural Association. The group holds an anniver- Co-accused says his long-time friend Cosmo Jacobson Paul Burstein. “I was just trying to shooting of Mr. Jones. Crown coun- sary dinner and dance Saturday, of first-degree murder in the killing show that I was an experienced crimi- sel Paul Murray says Mr. Hall was the Oct. 16 at the Pickering Recreation he was ‘bigging up’ of Ajax resident Roy Jones, who was nal. wheel man who drove away from the Complex. The event features din- ner with wine, music from a disc to impress ‘bikers’ gunned down days before he was to “All that stuff I was talking about was crime scene, eluding oncoming police jockey, door prizes and a cash bar. testify against Mr. Jacobson in court. lies.” cruisers, after Mr. Jacobson chased Mr. The cocktail hour starts at 6:30 Mr. Hall said that, even though he’s Mr. Hall said that he had heard it Jones down and shot him. By Jeff Mitchell p.m., followed by dinner at 7:30 heard and seen on secretly recorded was Mr. Jacobson and two members Mr. Jacobson, who spent two weeks p.m. Tickets are $35. Staff Writer tapes claiming to have played a piv- of a Scarborough gang who ambushed on the stand immediately before Mr. The recreation complex is at DURHAM – Sean Hall admits he’s otal role in the plot to kill Mr. Jones, he Mr. Jones the night he died. Hall, has portrayed himself as a look- 1867 Valley Farm Rd. (south of Hwy. a liar. But when he took the witness was actually lying to impress men he So far in this long-running trial, the out and said he never thought Mr. 2) in Pickering. stand in his own defence earlier this thought were accomplished gangsters. jury of eight men and four women Jones would be hurt when they trailed For more information, call 905- week, he insisted he’s not a killer. “I was just trying to big up,” Mr. Hall have been presented with two theories 420-5196, 905-421-9259, 905-428- Mr. Hall, 29, is accused, along with said under questioning by his lawyer, about Mr. Hall’s role in the Feb. 4, 2001, ✦ See Accused, Page 2 3164, 905-428-8244 or 416-283-1757. [ What’s on ] Celebrat fall at family fes- 911 ON THE 401 On your tival: Pickering Museum Village foundation is preparing for its an- nual Fall Family Festival fundraiser. There will be horseshoes, music, a raffle, wagon rides, chil- dren’s activities and free pumpkin marks, carvings for the first 50 families. The festival runs Sunday, Oct. 3 from noon to 4:30 p.m., in the vil- lage, in Greenwood just off Hwy. 7, west of Westney Road. get set, For more information, call Pat 905-839-4672. Home party event, silent campaign auction help church women: The Dunbarton-Fairport United Church Women are hosting a home party event next month. Eight candidates vying Seventeen representatives for votes in Ward 2 will be on hand Saturday, Oct. 2 to show the latest they have to offer in cosmetics, jewelry, culi- PICKERING – The residents of Ward nary treats and more. The United 2 have a lot of choice when it comes to Church women will have a lunch- room and baked goods sale. There selecting their next city councillor. is no admission fee. In addition, a The nominations closed Sept. 24 with silent auction will be held to help the final list of electors totalling eight: Herizon House, the new Ajax- Joe Brown, Paul Crawford, Doug Dick- Pickering women’s shelter, and erson, Brian Evely, Serge Gizzo, Eileen Footprints, which gives parents of Higdon, Terry James and Pat Mattson. autistic children a break. “Eight is a lot of candidates, even The event is at the church, for a regular election,” said city clerk 1066 Dunbarton Rd. (near Dixie Bruce Taylor. Road), from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The City is hoping the high num- Carl Ferencz/ News Advertiser photo ber of candidates translates to greater PICKERING – A transport trailer rolled over Monday at about 2 p.m. as it entered the westbound Hwy. 401 lanes at Liv- awareness about the election. erpool Road. It was the second truck to roll in two days. At press time, Ontario Provincial Police could not provide any [ Index ] “Hopefully it will make it more in- further details about the accident. teresting on the streets and bring out Editorial Page, 6 more voters,” Mr. Taylor said. Entertainment, 8 Municipal elections are well known Sports, 9 for their low turnout - last November’s Classified, 10 saw only 29 per cent of the City’s eligi- ble voters cast their ballot - and byelec- [ Call us] tions typically get only half the turnout Pickering continues its United Way support of general elections. General: 905 683 5110 The election is Nov. 8 with advance Distribution: 905 683 5117 PICKERING – Pickering council port community agencies and mobi- Last year the annual campaign polls taking place Saturday Oct. 30 General Fax: 905 683 7363 didn’t disappoint Pat O’Brien. lize the community,” he said. raised $1.6 million and a goal of $1.7 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Wednes- Newsroom Fax: 905 683 0386 Mr. O’Brien, Ajax-Pickering-Ux- Council unanimously voted to con- million has been set for 2004. day, Nov. 3 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., at bridge United Way campaign chair- tinue its ongoing grant of $2.90 per The United Way provides funding to the Pickering Civic Complex located at Pressrun 47,600 man, addressed council Sept. 20 to ask household - adding more than $82,000 28 agencies in the area, which provides One The Esplanade. infodurhamregion.com the City to continue its partnership to the 2004 fundraising campaign. 60 programs and services. with the organization. Mayor Dave Ryan also said City em- “United Way is about people helping ✦ Profiles of the candidates start “Through our ongoing partnership ployees have committed to increasing people and without your support there we share the same concerns - to sup- their pledges by 15 per cent this year. would be no way,” Mr. O’Brien said. today, News Page 4 DeVilliers recalls the day the music stopped WHILE ART DEVILLIERS STILL ory and later used on call, helped in With the music industry changing putting many out of work,” explains throughout that decade, he made a PICKS UP HIS GUITAR, THE the 67-year-old. decision to go into sign painting, but INDUSTRY HAS CHANGED Just before the change in the in- found it difficult to get work there as dustry, however, Mr. deVilliers had well. brought his young family to this area, “I used to joke I was paying more By David Stell to the house where he still lives today union dues (to the Musicians Asso- News Editor in south Pickering. It was 1980 and his ciation) than I was earning,” he says, PICKERING - Art deVilliers didn’t guitar was still in demand, and he was which prompted the career shift. “But so much leave his career as a musician hesitant to leave Scarborough and add I couldn’t get hired in that either, so I FINE CHINESE CUISINE as much as it left him. time to his commute to work teaching hired myself.” & DINING LOUNGE “It retired me,” he says. mand on a regular basis. at Humber College. His mind changed It was 1985 when he started his sign For Reservations As a studio and live musician It wasn’t until 1995 that he retired, in a hurry. painting business and although it was •OR• throughout the 1960s and ‘70s, he but a turning point in his career came After checking out the area, he a rough go for the first five years, he Great Take-Out made a good living playing the guitar when the scourge of popular music found the people to be so much more made it work and ADV Signs is still and it virtually gave him an opportu- reared its head in the ‘80s. Yes, the friendly and he found a home with a going today. 509-9888509-9888 nity to see the world. After growing up synthesizer changed everything the big backyard, just what his wife was To understand Mr. deVilliers though, in Ontario and Quebec, he went on to Pickering man says. hoping for to raise their two children, a visit to his home is essential. 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