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st one life lost many injured in car crashes the tribune thursday august 14 1997 p 3 b from page 1 free three trapped women from a mercedes benz 300 e the light green mercedes hit by a truck in the intersection was tboned on the passenger side and careened into the northwest ditch the first victim to be freed was the driver of the car wai- ling kwok 62 of aurora was taken to markham stouffville hospital where shes listed in serious but stable condition her two passengers guests from hong kong are both in sunny brook with the cooperation of the kwok family police were con tacting family members in hong kong yesterday after using the jaws of life police whitchurchstouffville fire fighters and uxbridge-stouf- fville ambulance attendants lifted the back seat passenger through the windshield area she was taken to markham stouffville hospital and later transferred to the toronto hos pital where shes listed in criti cal condition the third victim was trapped underneath the dash board and pinned by twisted metal racing the clock the emer gency crew worked for about an hour before they were able to free the woman as the rescue mission was underway ambulance atten dants knowing the injuries were lifethreatening adminis tered medical treatment including oxygen because the victim needed immediate and specialized medical care bandage one was summoned from toronto island airport with the traffic in all direc tions blocked the air ambu lance landed on kennedy road just north of the intersection once down bandage ones medical team took over the unconscious woman now lying on a stretcher on the side of the highway was assessed addi tional life saving aid was administered once stabilized the woman was loaded into the helicopter to make the sevenminute trip to sunnybrook the woman was listed in crit ical condition yesterday morn ing we heard this morning that she might make it a york police officer told the tri bune even though dino zumbo the driver of the truck sustained chest injuries he refused to go to hospital until all three injured women were removed from the scene police finally convinced the 51 yearold caledon resident to seek hospital treatment he was treated for minor injuries at markham stouffville and released police reported that zumbo was driving westbound on stouffville road and entered the intersection on a green light travelling north on kennedy the mercedes entered the intersection on a red light- said police charges are expected police added police firefighters and ambulance attendance had lit tle breathing space yesterday wednesday morning a four- vehicle pileup on blooming- ton sideroad just west of the ninth line sent three to hospi tal with undisclosed injuries this accident is still under investigation yes it was quite a week said whitchurchstouffville fire chief bill brown now we have to do all the paperwork a richmond hill family did however receive good news yesterday doctors at the hos pital for sick children upgrad ed the condition of a 15-year- old boy injured in an accident on hwy 48 in stouffville a week ago david deboer was airlifted to the toronto hospi tal while three others were taken to local hospitals seven days ago deboer was in criti cal condition hes now in fair condition municipal candidate defaults on filing financial statement a candidate in a december by- election in whitchurchstouf fville has failed to file a financial statement and auditors report in compliance with the law ward 2 candidate richard farmer who lost in his bid to councillor mike watson has not complied with the municipal elections act reported town clerk michelle kennedy in accordance with the law farmer was to give the town the financial report including a list of campaign contributions and expenses farmer told the tribune he will now file the appropriate informa tion farmer said he spent about 300 during the campaign farmer said he told kennedy that hes been renovating his home its a matter of priority said farmer farmer said is not seeking elec tion in the november election in any ward in stouffville not this time he said joan ransberry family grows the cundaris of preston lake are about to adopt a baby from china chuck lisanne robert linda and murphy the dog are excited about the event chuck and linda will leave for china on saturday to pick up baby rachel photo by steve somerville new family addition eagerly awaited from page 1 name is wen it means gentle the cundaris land in beijing then take a two- hour plane trip to nan feng china where the orphanage is located arrangements have been made for little rachel to be brought to the hotel where the cou ple is staying well then hop on a bus and travel for 200 kilometers back to nan feng said chuck chuck and linda and baby rachel will arrive home on the day school starts it will be quite a day we are all so very excited its hard to keep focused on anything we met her on saturday i love her already said chuck york regions high school teachers poised to strike kathleen griffin staff reporter york regions 1827 public high school teachers will go on strike monday the ontario secondary school teachers federation officially notified the york region board of education and the provincial education rela tions commission yesterday that barring a lastminute agreement teachers will strike aug 18 the strike will affect 28000 students in 22 schools while classes dont start until sept 2 department heads guidance councillors and teachers involved in setting curriculum and making class schedules will not be in school as usual over the next two weeks but the twoweek window is also an opportunity to reach a deal before students actually have to stay home and frantic parents scramble to make alter nate arrangements we are absolutely prepared to go back to the table said osstf president lynn john ston but the board doesnt seem interested in negotiating any thing board negotiator and vice- chair karen barker said in a release it will take a collective meeting of minds to address the boards 30 million in loss es a result of provincial cut backs we believe a settlement is possible she said teachers are asking for a three per cent pay hike which would be the first raise since 1992 they make between 34000 and 67900 a year but the real stumbling block seems to be about 9 million worth of concessions the board wants to extract from teachers by increasing class size and asking department heads to spend more time in the class room the board originally wanted 13 million worth of contract concessions from the union citing cuts from the province totalling 306 million over the education last two years by not hiring an additional 72 teachers last year teachers the osstf say are necessary the board saved about 4 mil lion johnston said the province has since relented and given the board grants worth 11 million but its position hasnt changed they received grants they werent expecting and that were not in their budget he said but they are not being flexi ble the board has offered a two- year deal retroactive to sep tember 1996 it would maintain the present instructional periods of six out of eight increase the average class size from 26 to 27 and decrease administrative time for department heads if an agreement is reached by aug 27 students will begin regular classes on sept 2 v c r j rs i t t