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1 | i 8 | § -. Vol. 122 No. 47 Tuesday, October 18, 1988 Two Whitby men had a nar- row brush with death Saturday when their light plane flipped over in a field near Blackstock after an emer Easy londin g. Co Pilot Les Keefer, 40, and his neighbour Barry Hodgson, 50, were en route from Lindsay to Oshawa in Keefer's Cessna 172 when they were forced to land in a field on Concession Two. The front wheels of the plane apparently dug into the soft earth causing it to flip onto its roof. Both men walked away from the crash without injury, but Dur- ham Regional Police said the plane was heavily damaged to the tune of $14,000. Police said the two were forced to make the emergency landing after the motor stalled and the pilot was not able to get it started again. This was apparently the first flight for the single engine plane after extensive refurbishing. Copy 50° 48 Pages They're off and running. Nominations for the munici- pal elections officially closed onday at 5:00 PM, and there are 22 candidates in the race for six seats on Scugog council, plus one acclamation. The only candidate who won't have to go through the election campaign is Don Cochrane. He was acclaimed for the area council seat after serving two terms as the Ward 3 rep for cugog Island. And Durham Public School Board nominees Joyce Kelly or Blackstock and Bobbie Drew of Teachers, Board ready Port Perry are breathing a little easier today as hey both are in by acclamation as well. . As for the rest, well this is the most hotly contested election in the Township since Scugog was formed in 1974. There are four in the race for the mayor's chair, being vacated by Jerry Taylor who is retiring af- ter a decade. In one of the wards, there are five candidates, and in two of the wards there are four seeking elec- tion. And two current members of fo negotiate contract The Durham Board of Educa- tion and negotiators for District 17 of the Secondary School Teachers Federation have sched- uled three meetings in November to attempt to come up with a new contract for high school teachers in Durham. The Durham teachers have been working since September 1 without a contract. They are seek- ing a one year agreement with the Board. Both sides have agreed not to release specific details to the pub- lic about the substance and nature of the negotiations. There are numerous outstand- ing issues between the two sides, but the main ones are staffing (pu- il-teacher ratios) salaries ben- its, and working conditions. A report by fact finder Brian Sharples which was made public last week, states that the teachers have requested a 9.9 per cent over- al increase in salaries and other benifits, with the Board offering 3.75 per cent. - (Turn to page 3) Six seats hotly contested P= as election gets underway | council are going to battle it out for the important seat as Scugog's rep on Regional council with the retirement of Lawrence Malcolm. Here are the candidates for the various seats on council. MAYOR There are four in the race for" the top job. Harvey Graham, Ho- ward Hall, Stan Taylor and John Wolters. Both Graham and Hall are cur- rent members of the council. Wol- ters has been a councillor for a couple of terms, and was a mayo- ralty candidate in the 1985 elec- tions. Taylor is a retired farmer living near Blackstock. REGION The two candidates in this race are incumbent Ward 1 rep Yvonne Christie and Ward 4 rep Neil McLaughlin. Present Ward 3 rep Don Co- chrane has been acclaimed to the seat, the only candidate to win by acclamation in Scugog this elec- tion. WARD 1 In what will be a hotly con- tested race, there are four candidate seeking election in this Ward (Reach) ) They are Connie Southern of Greenbank, Neil Hunter of Green- bank, Tia Woodcroft of Prince Al- (Turn to page 3) The Cubs and Scouts of Scugog were busy last Saturday as they were on the street for their annual Apple Day fund raising drive. Bill Wagg of Port Perry stopped to buy a bright, red apple In front of the Post Office from cubs, Bobble Brown (centre) and David Emmerson.