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Christmas fun time Things were hopping last Wednesday night in the Port Perry High School gym- nasium when the school's fine arts depart- ment presented Snow White to an en- thusiastic group of youngsters and their parents. The play (which featured wicked Queen Rose Reddington, handsome Prince A 37 year old Black- stock wife and mother was killed and a 74 year old Scarborough man was charged with hav- ing more than the legal amount of alcohol in his blood, following a tragic head-on crash onHigh- way 7A December 11th. Mary S. Goslin (known to family and friends as Sharon) of R.R.1 Blackstock was eastbound on her way home from work at The Gate Restaurant early Tuesday evening when the 1978 Chevrolet she was driving was struck by a westbound car crossing into her lane. Ed Shock and Snow White Heidi Spann- baver) was precluded by Christmas music from the school's concert bands, and the whole evening was topped off with a festive cookie party. For more Snow White photos, see inside. Scugog woman killed in Hwy. 7A car crash The westbound car, a blue 1975 Pontiac, was driven by William Miglec, 74, of Teasdale Place, Scarborough, Mr. Miglec, who was uninjured in the crash, was charged by New- castle Ontario Provin- cial Police with having (Turn to page 3) Heliport to open Shortly after 12 noon on December 19, the air ambulance helicopter will make a landing at Port Perry Hospital It won't be arriving to transport a seriously ill or badly injured patient to hospital in Toronto. On this occasion, the helicopter landing will be part of the official open- ing ceremonies of the heliport on the south side of Port Perry Hospital. The public is invited to attend these ceremonies which will get underway at 1:00 p.m., with Scugog Mayor Jerry Taylor and Durham-York MPP Ross Stevenson taking part. The public will be per- mitted to view the l.elicopter and ask ques- tions of the crew members about the operation of this vital medical emergency service. The new heliport, con- structed by the provin- cial health ministry at a cost of $26,000, allows the helicopter to land at night. Previously, the chopper had to put down in the hospital parking lot. : The helicopter service went into operation in 1979 and in the past five years has made about 40 emergency flights from the Port Perry Hospital taking critically sick or injured patients to Sun- nybrook, Toronto General or the Hospital for Sick Children. The chopper will be at the opening ceremonies unless it is on an emergency call or grounded by poor flying weather. Vol. 119 No. 3 Tuesday, Dec. 18, 1984 52 pages The Durham Elemen- | tary Teachers Associa- tion has asked that a mediator be appointed by the provincial govern- ment in an effort to resolve two major outstanding issues in negotiations for a new contract with the Durham Board of Education. Just over 1500 elemen- tary teachers in 78 public schools in Durham have 'been without a contract since September 1, when a one year pact with the Board expired. At a news conference called by the Teachers Association-last Thurs- day afternoon in Whitby, John Hinch, chairman of the teachers negotiating team said the two outstanding issues are staffing and salaries and benefits. Mr. Hinch said the staffing issue is crucial to the teachers in their ef- forts to reach a new con- tract and he said that even if the Durham The community was shocked and sad- dened when 37 year old Sharon Goslin was killed in a tragic head-on collision Tuesday night, in which a 74 year old Scarborough Board agrees to the monetary demands, the teachers will not sign a new contract until the staffing issue is settled. Essentially, the teachers are asking the Board to adopt a three year program starting next September, which will see the average Teachers ask for mediator number of students in each class reduced. The guideline for max- imum numbers of students in primary grades 1-3 is now set at 30, and the teacher's association wants this number reduced to 23, starting next September. (Turn to page 3) Youth saves school pal The young son of a Durham Police officer is being hailed as the hero in a dramatic rescue involving a . school bus. Quick-thinking Brad- ley Richardson pulled schoolmate Rodney Greenough out from under the wheels of a school bus as witnesses watched in horror. The incident happen- ed in the Prince Albert Public School yard Dec- ember 13th when a-fill-in Simcoe school bus driver (replacing the regular driver) was dis- charging his young passengers. Durham Regional Police say most of the children on the bus disembarked on the passenger side, but a few children, including Bradley and Rodney, (Turn to page 3) man was charged with criminal negligence causing death and impaired driving. (See story for details)