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Vol. 120 No. 40 Wednesday, September 3, 1986 Copy 35° 40 Pages Enrolments creep up at Township schools Summer's over and more than 3,000 Scugog Township students went back to class Tuesday morn- ing for the start of another school year. Virtually all the public schools in Scugog are reporting that enrolments this yecr will be up slightly over last year. And several schools will have new principals and vice-principals, as well as numerous new members on the teaching staff. At Port Perry High School, the an- ticipated enrolment this year will be about 1100 students, an increase of 50 over last year. And the total Three days of perfect weather graced the 1986 version of the Port Perry Fair held over the Labour Day Weekend. Fair Board president Jim Jamieson said Monday that while gate receipts will be down about 25 percent over last year, he is "'pleas- ed" with the way the show went. After a poor turn-out on Saturday, the crowds increased in size both Sunday and Labour Day Monday, he stated. number of teachers will be 72, an in- crease of two over last year. The new principal at PPHS this year is Ted Morrison, taking over from John Gradish.- Mr, Morrison has been an education officer in charge of curriculam with the Durham Board and has been a vice- principal at Anderson Collegiate and Ajax High School. There will be nine new teachers on staff at PPHS this fall, with a cou- _ ple of them returning to the school after a year long educational leave of absence. They are Keith Hooper in wood-working and Pat Smith in Perfect weather graces the Fait "There was a lot of work pulling | this together this year," said Mr. Jamieson. Late Monday afternoon, there was an unfortunate incident when a team of heavy horses broke away on the track near the grandstand. The horses, about 2200 pounds each then bolted the infield fence and smash- ed head-long into the side of a motor home parked at the east end of the in-field. One of the horses sustained (Turn to page 12) the physical education department. George Burnett, a PPHS grad, will be teaching phys ed and history in the absence of Pat Dooley who is on sick leave. Other new staff members include Jane Freiheit, - phys ed and English; Candy Lohr, math; Nancy Prentice, English; David Robinson, business; Mike Scuse, geography; and Burt Stillwell, director of business. Two of the new programs under- way this year are adult education under the direction of Muriel Berry and co-op education under the guidance of Jon Rodway. CORNISH At R.H. Cornish Public School in Port Perry, vice-principal Peter Dean reports that enrolment this year will be up slightly to 1100 students. R.H. Cornish is the largest elementary school in Durham Region and this year there will be two vice-principals on staff, along with principal Harry Kiezebrink. Mr. Dean was vice-principal at Prince Albert School last year, and he will be working with Jim Hunter, who comes to Cornish from Meadowcrest. : It is believed this is the first.time in Durham Region that an elemen- tary school has two vice-principals. Along with Mr. Dean and Mr. Hunter, there will be more than a (Turn to page 7) Three days of of poriocty weather greeted exhibitors and visitors to the annual Port Perry Fair held over the Labour Day Weekend. Demonstrating an old-fashioned gas powered corn sheller is Earl Snudden of Courtice. More photos from this year's Fair ingide this issue of the Star. Two hurt in crash A 4 year old Scarborough man and his 41 year old wife were treated at Port Perry Hospital for cuts and bruises after their 1985 Honda Tour- ing motorcycle was hit by a car in Port Perry Monday afternoon. A Whitby OPP spokesman said George and Bonnie Vukicevich were "scraped pretty badly" in the mishap at the intersection of Lilla Street and Highway 7A. The Honda motorcycle was bang- ed up to the tune of $5,000 in damage. The driver of the car, Orlando | Menezes, also from Toronto, was - not hurt and has been charged by police with careless driving. No serious injuries as truck slams bus Twenty-three children were sent to Uxbridge Cottage Hospital Thurs- day morning after a school bus, loaded with children from a Whitby day camp, collided with a fully- loaded gravel truck on Brock Road, just north of Claremont. The bus was carrying children from Youth Action Camp to Pleasure Valley for a day of fun when the accident occurred shortly before 10 a.m. Only three of those sent to hospital were admitted, the rest were treated and released with minor in- juries. No one, police say, including the truck driver, Daniel Henry, 44, of Holland Landing, or the bus driver, Ronald Henshaw, 30, of Whitby, was seriously injured. Twenty-one children waited at the Uxbridge Fire Hall, where they were provided with hot dogs and soda pop purchased by firefighters, until their parents picked them up. Durham Regional Police say the bus, owned by Charterways, was ap- parently in the midst of making a se- cond change in direction in the Pleasure Valley laneway waen the southbound truck, owned by Gregory Smith of Keswick, smash- ed into it. The truck was weighted down with a full load of sand. The impact of the crash spun the bus several degrees, and crumpled the rear section of the bus, on the driver's side. The truck fared the worst of the two vehicles, with the cab completely crushed. The trailer flipped onto its side, spilling sand all over the road. Large puddles of fuel poured out onto the pavement. To prevent an explosion, firefighters were called from Ux- bridge, Pickering, Claremont and Stouffville. Ambulances came as far as Markham, Uxbridge, Whitby and Pickering, making two trips each to the Uxbridge Hospital. By the time the first ambulance arrived, the children were safely out of the bus, huddled in a ditch in front of Pleasure Valley. Several police and firefighters at the scene called it the worst acci- dent they had ever seen in the area, and were surprised ang thankful no one was killed. Police estimate total damage in the accident to peak over $100,000. Traffic was blocked on the Brock Road north a fully-loaded gravel truck collided with a loaded school bus headed for Pleasure Valley. Twenty- of Claremont for 32 hours last Thursday when three children were sent to hospital, but for- tunately, no one was seriously hurt.