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Vol. 5, No. 22 Tuesday, January9, 1996 CIRC. 13,500 24 pages Shepstone Petites colour them gold!! in Port Perry get last chance Scugog Township will hire off duty Durham Police officers in a two weeks crack down on snowmobilers in Part Perry who «continue to flaunt the Township by-laws. : If councillors and municipal staff continue to get complaints from the public about snowmobiles after this twd week crack-down, Scugog council will The Port Perry Shepstone Haulage Petites enjoyed a fine tournament In Port Perry over the weekend and their gréat effort paid off with a gold medal championship over Manvers by a score of 7-2. Complete details of Shepstone's achievement in article on the sports pages Inside this edition of the\Citizen. Members of the team front from left: Whitney Reid, Nicole Ansell, Shannon Hatfield, Ashley Aldridge, Heather Imrie, Jackie Pashley, Haley Wilson, Melissa DaJlas. In second row from left: Sarah Aldridge, Kirstin Waller, Lisa Geer, Christine Cotle, Shannon Urquhart, Holly Allison. Proud coaching staff at the back from left are Chris Geer, Gord Imrie, Dave Reld and Jim Allison. Con of the home town crowds at the Scugog Arena. Ont. doctors launch postcard Every physidan in Ontario is now providing postcards to people who want to tell the Minister of Health that their private medical records are confidential and not reading material for government Dr.lan Warrack, President of th&* out of them are ordering more. Ontario Medical Association (OMA). _ on The OMA, which represents Ontario's 28/000 physicians, has supplied postcards to every do®tor in the province. Each officials. The government"s=" postcard has a picture of a filing controversial omnibus bijl#¥ill 26, would expand 'the-fowers of the Mipjstry of Health to seize, examine and disclose anyone's medieat'records. + "We know that patients are /~ furious at the thought of strangers pouring over their private medical files so we're * giving them a way to send a direct and important message to the Minister of Health," said cabinet on the front and the bold message "MY HEALTH IS BETWEEN BME AND MY DOCTOR." Patients who fill out a postcard will be telling the Minister of Health that they do not consent to having their personal medical records seized and reviewed by government officials. Doctors began receiving the postcards last week And already many physicians who have run The postcard protest is part of an overall campaign to inform the government and the public about many aspects of Bill 26 which, the OMA believes, pose serious threats to patient care and the medical profession in Ontario. "We hope that if enough people send postcagds to the Minister, the government will reconsider this major intrusion on the confidential relationship between patient and doctor and amend this aspect of Bill 26," said Dr. Warrack. "Doctors acknowledge there are some serious issues to be addressed and we want to work with the gratulations to this team on.a"great tournament in front government to develop effective solutions, but wide-open access to patient files could do us all more harm than good." Postcards should now be MoJack goalie hot Port Perry MoJack netminder Paul Roberts was hotter than a pistol Sunday night at the .Scugog Arena as he paced the green and white to a 3-2 victory over bitter rival Uxbridge Bruins in Central Junior @ hockey action. : Roberts, in his first season with the MoJacks faced 41 shots in this one and most of them were of a decidedly difficult nature. (@2V:N% 0:20:80) SH @0)\Y 1. 1:3: Le NN IN LST A IRAE cH WINE DPB | slap a complete ban on all snowmobile operation in Port Perry. "I don't want to ban anything, people should be trusted to operaté their snow machines in a responsible manner," said Ward 5erep Karen Puckrin who said Monday she received five complaints over the Christmas holidays about snowmobiles, including one in which a machine travelled within three feet of a residence. Councillor Puckrin suggested at Monday's meeting that council impose the ban now on; snowmobile operation, but later agreed to wait and see if a two week enforcement period changed the sitpation. Regional councillor Marilyn Pearce said she received three ' complaints about snowmobiles and came up with the suggestion that Seugog hire the off duty police officers to lay charges over the two week period. i "The problem is lack of enforcement," she said, adding that an outright ban on' snowmobiles in the built-up area of Port Perry would hurt law abiding snowmobilers operate their machines in sidestreets to get to the lake or the trail system that runs along part of the lakeshore in Port Perry. "It's just a very few that are gbusing the privileges for many," _she said. The current by-law now in force forbids snowmobiles fro operating on Queen, and Spe Streets and on all lks in the allowed on other streetsito get to Lake Scugog, but are not allowed on private property. Administrator Earl Cuddie said Township staff has been" "receiving complaints from-the public about snowmobiles in Port Perry. : "Residents have been very patient waiting for us (cduncil) to act on this," said councillor Puckrin. turn to page three protest available at doctors' offices throughout the province or will be available within the next few _ days. He was especially sharp in the final period when the Bruins pressed hard to put the game into a tie. ' Coach Chic Carnegie said of Roberts play "he is really in control of his game." With the victpry, MoJacks remain six points back of the Bruins in League standings but still have a shot at finishing first. Details gn the sports pages. who © community. They are