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A Tweed man suffered major in- juries in an early morning single vehicle accident east of Blackstock over the weekend. Newcastle Ontario Proyincial Police report the crash is at 1:15 a.m. Sunday, when a red & white Ford pick-up heading west on Highway 7A, lost control just east of the Caesarea cut-off (Regional Road 57), and plummeted into Highland Creek. . A police spokesman said the truck initially bounced off north guideposts, before striking the south rails, rolling over, and landing below the highway in the middle of the creek, right-side up. The weather that night was clear, dry and bitterly cold as firefighters, police and ambulance crews struggled to free the truck's driver, 'Michael Robert Wagg, 39, of Tweed. Firefighters from Port Perry and sien Ex eb (ned PR z AS Ei 5 Ein a . 6&9 A oa 9 Eleven inside employees who work for the Township of Scugog have applied to the Department of Labour for certification within the Canadian Union of Public Em- ployees (CUPE). And the inside employees want to become part of the same CUPE local that represents 13 employees who work for the Township roads department. Township administrator Earl Cuddie said Monday that the Department of Labour has set December 4 as the day for a hearing on the request for cer- tification. He said the Township will ask that certain positions at the deputy level or supervisory jobs not be in- cluded in the bargaining unit. Supervisory personnel already excluded from the unit include the administrator, the treasurer, the chief building inspector and the roads superintendent. Mr. Cuddie said he was informed last Thursday that the group of in- side employees had asked for cer- tification within CUPE. TT Ty" Vol. 121 No. 52 "Tuesday, November 24, 1987 I He I I TT. Copy 50° 44 Pages scene, and when Mr. Wagg was eventually freed, he was taken to Oshawa General Hospital. . Durham Regional Police, as well as OPP officers, and two tow trucks were on hand. Caesarea firefighters 3 Firefighters, policemen and ambulance at- tendants worked feverishly to free the driver of this pick-up following a spectacular single vehi- Caesarea spent more than an hour releasing Mr. Wagg. Captain Bill Harrison (Scugog Hall No. 1, Port Perry), said both doors were crushed--the driver's door was folded under and around fe ae A J Ribcor offers letter of credit Scugog Township will not force a developer to rip up the curbs in the Victorian Village subdivision now under construction in Port Perry, but council will insist on some kind of guarantee that the curbs will stand up under routine conditions. The council will ask the develop- ment company, Ribcor Realty to post a letter for credit to pay for any deterioration in the concrete curbs if that should occur in the future. "We (council) have some reser- vations about whether the curbs will stand up and we want some guarantees," said acting Mayor Harvey Graham to reps.from Rib- cor at Monday's council meeting. Ed Matusiak, a manager for Ribcor, indicated to the council that the company would be willing to post some kind of letter of credit for the curbs. What happened was an "honest error" when the concrete curbs were constructed in the sub- division this fall. Ribcor construc- ted what are known as two-phase curbs, contrary to Scugog policy which calls for single phase curbs in all new subdivisions. The two- phase curbs consist of a layer of concrete poured first, then the Jaws of life used to release man the driver's legs. The jaws of life were used to pry the roof off the truck. Two ambulances were on the (Turn to page 40) -r . Fo pn Bo J cle crash early Sunday morning. The driver, trap- ped for more than an hour in bitter cold, suffered major injuries. See story for details. second up-right portion of the curb poured at a later date. The single phase curb spelled out in the Township subdivision policies con- sist of both the base and up-right parts of the curb poured at the same time. The Township roads superinten- dent feels the single phase curb is stronger and better able to withstand bumps and knocks during snow removal. Ironically, in the Victorian Village subdivision, the cost of the two-phase curb is about 50 percent higher than single phase. Mr. Matusiak told council Mon- s Counci delays school y-law Scugog Township council has delayed formal passage of a zoning by-law for the new elementary school on Simcoe Street North for two weeks in the hopes that negotiations will lead to a cost sharing formula for new sidewalks and new street lights. The formal by-law was included in the council agenda for the meeting Monday afternoon. But councillors decided not to give it the customary three readings when Township administrator Earl Cuddie said he was informed verbally last week that the Durham Board is not prepared to contribute to sidewalks over and above what would be required of the board under the Local Im- provements Act. A sidewalk will be needed from Durham Road 8 north on Simcoe Street to the site of the new school, once it opens for classes in the fall of 1989. Council feels it is not likely other landowners along that part of Sim- coe Street would agree to sidewalk construction under the local im- provements conditions. The issue of cost sharing for sidewalk construction and the in- stallation of street lights for the new school is not the only sticky item between Scugog and the Durham Board of Education. Several months ago, the council asked the Durham Board to con- tribute to part of the costs of con- -sultants studies pertaining to the Fairgrounds re-location issue, which involved the School Board to a large degree. The Durham Board has not responded to that request either. "We (council) can't block the (school) re-zoning by-law over who pays for the sidewalks, but it wouldn't hurt to delay (passing it) for another couple of weeks," said councillor Yvonne Christie. Curb error an "honest mistake" day afternoon there was "no intent to deceive the Township or go con- trary" to municipal policies' in constructing two-phase curbs. It's estimated it would cost the company about $55,000 to rip up the curbs already in place and put in the single phase poured curb. Nick Mensink, who also works for Ribcor on the Victorian Village project, told council he is confident the two-phase curb will stand up. He said many municipalities insist on this style, and in one subdivison in Stratford, this kind of curb has (Turn to page 40)