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Poor Darlene Miranda was feeling a little under the weather so her owner, Sheena Glass, 8, brought her to the Stedman's Cab- bage Patch Hospital Saturday afternoon for a check-up. "She has a cold and a sore throat," Sheena told Nurse Sharon Beevor, who promptly gave the ailing Darlene Miranda a vitamin shot. Port garage owners cool A 22 year old Ajax man was 'air-lifted by helicopter to hospital in Toronto Sunday night following a two-vehicle accident on Highway 12 south of Manchester. Whitby OPP said Brian Hackett was north- bound in a 1978 red Cor- vette at about 6:30 p.m. when he slammed into a pick-up driven by 46 year Guiseppe Vilone of West Hill. Mr. Hackett suffered head and multiple in- juries and had to be cut Vol. 119 No. 10 from the wreckage by members of the Scugog Fire Department. A spokesperson at Sun- nybrook Medical Centre in Toronto said early Monday - afternoon that Mr. Hackett was in critical condition in the intensive care unit. "Mr. Vilone also suf- fered serious injuries, while his 16 year old daughter Antonette was badly shaken up in the crash. Both the Corvette and the 1979 Ford half-ton driven by Mr. Vilone were described by police - as write-offs. A spokesman for the Whitby OPP told the Star Monday morning that police officers are crediting a passing motorist with saving the life of Mr. Hackett at the scene of the accident. The motorist, who's name was not available at press time, was first on the scene and per- formed emergency first aid to keep the victim breathing. | Ajax man critical ~ after Hwy. 12 crash "Our officers feel that he saved the man's life at "the scene,' said an OPP spokesman. The OPP 'will recommend that the motorist receive a cita- tion for his efforts. The exact cause of the accident has still not been established, but a police spokesman said it appears as if the north- bound Corvette veered into the path of the half- ton truck on a straight stretch of the road bet- ween curves just north of the 3rd Concession of Scusgod. : 36 pages to selling gas in gallons You probably won't see gasoline for sale in gallons around Port Perry, but you might find steak and ham- burger in pounds and ounces. Last week, the federal Conservatives announc- ed a relaxation of the metric regulations to allow certain retail products-food, gasoline and floor coverings - to be sold in both metric and imperial measures. However, a survey by the Star of several local garage owners and operatiors found they are simply not interested in selling gas by the gallon. "I wouldn't even bother to consider it," said Paul Flieler, owner . of the Petro-Can station on Lilla Street. Like other operators, Mr. Flieler siad that the cost and inconvenience of converting pumps back to imperial measure wouldn't be worth the bother. And besides, he said, the complaints from customers about buying gas in litres '"'are just about a thing of the past. . That's all water under the bridge," he flatly told the Star. Similar feelings were stated by Larry Taylor of the Gulf Centre on Highway 7A just west of Port Perry. "We get very few com- Marg Wilbur seeks ii a 2 aco A RR 534 ty 2 ho & 3 - ge £5 Shey i MARG WILBUR Anticipating an elec- tion as early as this spring, Marg Wilbur has announced that she will seek the New Democratic Party nomination for the pro- vincial riding of Durham-York. Mrs. Wilbur, 45, a resi- dent of Scugog Township, said the NDP nomination meeting for this riding will be held March 6 at the Senior Citizens Centre in Keswick. At this time, she is the only declared candidate seeking the NDP nomination. Although the ruling Conservative Party has omination not announced any date for an Ontario election, there was speculation last week that premier- designate Frank Miller would waste little time this year taking Ontario voters to the polls. Mrs. Wilbur said that when the election is call- ed, job security, unemployment and en- vironment will be key issues in the campaign. She was born in Toron- to and is the daughter of the late Andrew Brewin, federal MP for the riding of Greenwood from 1962 until his retirement in 1979. She was educated (Turn to page 2) plaints these days. Peo- ple have accepted the metric way. If anybody (gas station operators) switched back (to im- perial) it would be just a novelty,"" said Mr.' "Taylor. He added that the customers these days are more concerned about the cost of gasoline than whether the product - is sold in litres or gallons. And with gasoline sell- ing in the $2.25 per gallon range, a service station operator would have to put up a big sign to get the price on it, he said. Dick Shinn, service manager of the Queen Street Sunoco station said he can't imagine the oil companies paying to . convert pumps back to gallons, and he certainly would not.pay the cost, either. "I don't know if it would make any dif- ference, anyway," he told the Star. 'People buy their gasoline by the dollar, not by the litre or gallon," he added. And with the price of gas high these days, Mr. Shinn also wondered about the psychological reaction of customers seeing the price advertis- ed in dollars per gallon. (Turn to page 9) Tuesday, Feb. 5, 1985 Port Perry Snowarama held Sunday may have fallen short of the $30,000 target, but Mrs. Marion Lee of Port Perry raised $1,071 in pledges in honour of her late son, Bill. Mrs. Lee is seen here with this year's "Tammy," 11-year old Cora Malischewski of Oshawa, who represents crippled kids. There were 158 snowmobilers in this year's event, raising just over $17,000. Weather and trail conditions were nearly ideal and organizers say they just don't know why the turn-out was low. Last year, close to $27,000 was raised.