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¢ ® |e " - ft v |'® we A Poy } { --) | 8 J FY Hospital Board meets with pealthlofficals | A substantial reduction in the $94,000 budget cut is what Port Perry's Communit Memorials Hospital atgals expect following meetings with provincial health "authorities. In fact, stated hospital board Chairman Howard Hall, he'd hoped to announce just how much of a reduct- ion, but that the figures have not yet come through. Hosp- ital administrator David gail". Brown said later-that'a letter from the ministry is "in the The Ratepayers iho held at Town Hall 1873 spec- ifically to discuss the hos-. pityl budget cuts was attend- ed by about "50° people. Followipg an outline of the situstion by hespital -offic- ials, members were given the * opportunity to ask - questions, MiwHall said it had been Expect budget cut reduced the hospital's intent to keep - < Mr. Brown said thatthe the community-informed'* on"*7*'politicial route" provided the situatign and. prob- lems a the haar He' said that although no one can argue that réstraints in spending aren't 'needed fol- lowing heavy government Spending over the past 'two years and the subsequent _ economy-slump. *'But what we object to," said Hall, 'is the way the (government is exercising these restraints.' \ Tl successful, following futile attempts-to "talk with ev servants". . He said a brie was presented and the minis- try representatives "'agreéd "that we yd -Just the fact that Yhe offic- ials* admifted they were. theygive back te us will be , wrong is a significant step', according to- Brown, and could point the, way to a "substantial reducffon'; in ) « 20° 3 Vol: 110 Serving §cugog Township ih © ew Club Annrene was packed Friday night as friends and supporters of Dr. Matthew Dymond took part in a * celebration that honoured the long-time area member of parliament on his retirement. As well as initiating a scholarship~in his honour at four schools in his riding, supporters presented Dr. Dymond and wife "Jean with a painting. From left are, Doug Hogg/ Port Perry chairman of 'the PC riding association; Dr. Dymond; D'Arcy Higgins, past president of the Bylaw upheld by council An emotional appeal by Bob Middleton fell upon deaf ears and an existing bylaw at council on Monday night. _ "I"min a tough spot," Mr. Middleton told council. "I waslead to believe that a second house could be built on our 50 acre farm by your building inspector, Joe Podres, and now you're tell- ing me, I can't." According to bylaw officer Podres, when he was made aware of Mr. Middleton wishing to build a second house on the property, he told him he could only do that if he was a bonafide farmer. Chief building inspector Don't hold your breath If youre sitting on pins and needles, waiting for an announcement on the locat- ion of the proposed Peniten- - "tiary Service's Reception Centre in the area...don't. According to Ontario M.P. Norm Cafik's office, theré's been a one or two week delay - on the announcement. fe "According to an official at Mr. Cafik's office, there's been contact with the Peni- tentiary Service recently, but nothing concrete as to the site of the penitentiary. He denied that a definite decision had been reached. "The delay would relate to the decision as well," he said. -- . "36 Pages association; Jean Dymond; John Sweetman, long- time member of the riding association; an Lyons, president of the association. Amon Norm those present at the dinner and dance were MP Bill Newman, the Honourable Michael Starr, Region Chairman Walter Beath and many other officials, ~friendy "and supporters. A letter of jribute" from Premier William Davis was also read. RN Bob Kenny said that there was a provision in the old by- law to allow a second or third home on a farm over 25 acres, as long as the dwelling was necessary for the oper- ation of the farm. Mayor Lawrence Malcolm added that under the new official plan, it provides for a second home only on farms over 100 acres. Again and again, Mr. Middleton pleaded for some consideration since he had gone ahead only on the "0.K." of the bylaw officer. "I realize the spot you are in, and I truly feel sorry for you," Coun. Frew said, "But I personally do not feel that we can make an exception in this case. We would only be opening up a can of worms." After a lengthy discussion, TRL . \ i Ying AN ~ the ordered budget cut. The government's formula for working out the cuts is extre according to Brown. 2 SCARBOR ly complicated, . Mr. Hall warned, howeyet, that the ministry is bound "and, determined to reduce spending. "Whatever money taken away from somewhere else'. He also warned that there "may be more -uts just, around the corner". _He added, however, that he believed that first in line for more cuts would be hospitals passed over "in the . first round of cuts". Hall referred to a better- than-nothing theory, saying that he has it on good author- ity that Port Perey's hodpital was on the original ligt for complete closure. ohm * Some would arguesaccord- ing to Hal, that there would be good gl6unds for closing _the hospital. The proximity of the larger Oshawa hospit- al, "for example, and the belief in some circles that the smaller hospitals are less efficient. "We don't agree, of course, but thay's chow some Singing goes." - Asked about the prospect of beds closing" down, Mr. Hall explained that although * the "ministry has ordered closings would result. He said that the $94,000 cut is "almo8t. 10 per cent of the hospital's labour budget, and a cut_of that size would «utomatically mean beds would have to be reduced as well. . The ministry knows that as well as the hospital, according to Hall; only this way the onus is on the hospital to close beds, and not the ministry. i Mr. Brown said that some ¢uts have been made al- ready, 'Several hours have beef? cu from some areas uch as dietary and house- keeping. One nurse recently resigned, and a replacement probably won't be hired. = 'Scugog gets tough with dog-owners Scugog Township Council has d8cided to get tough with. the townships dog owners who haven't yet purchased gt their 1976 dog licences. Chief Bylaw Enforcement Officer Bob Kenny told. "council Monday njght that he faces the prospect of chasing down some 270 dogrowners in he four Scugog wards who have not purchiased their dog / licences. Problem is, according to tive to pay early. He sai { that while the township's do control bylaw calls for a stiff fine for summary convictiofl, it provides no penalty for anyone -whb pays late. An out of court settlement, for. example, would require the dog owner pay the same amount as the responsible dog owner who paid his fee ithout being chased by ownship officials or threa- ftened with court action. Mr. Kenny asked...and got Scugog Township Council- \. lor Neil Hunter said he'd Say 'no' to second home on land a motion was passed by council not to approve the authorization of a building permit or a second dwelling on the property. Mayor Malcolm told Mr. Middleton ;that he could make an appeal to the Region for a change in the official plan. Councillor, Rose said that since the original bylaw said "no", the amendment said "no", and the official plan says 'no' to this .type of development, that he doubt- ed if he could get it changed and for Mr. Middleton not to get his hopes up. Bob Kenny strengthened councils decision by inform- ing them that he has had two requests in the past few days to approve similar situations. . FARIA ~N heard unconfirmed reports that there are more pollut- ants going into the Nonquon River from the small creeks that join the river than from the Port Perry Sewage lagoons. He said that most of these creeks would. carry pollut- ants from farmland. The ability...or inability... of the Nonquon to carry off lagoon discharge has cre- ated concern about Port Perry's growth potential, and if calculations on hand now are correct, Port Perry could be limited to its pre- sent size until new treatment facilities are built. In a letter from Knox Martin Kretch Ltd. who represent a number of deve- lopers waiting to develop in the Port Perry area, the firm states that it is trying to establish the 'facts deter- _mined from the assimilative 3tudy of the jp ohigpion River in order that we may evalu- ate this information and pro- pose constructive solutions _ Kenny, that there's no inegn-, / ...the ®ouncil's approval for instituting such a penalty. The fine will be $10.00 on top of the price of the tag. Mr. Kenny - hinted there would be further action... possible court actign...to col- lect the tag fees. ° In further action, council agreed to pay $9,500 as their portion of the salary for dog <ontrol officer Mrs. Barrett under the Scugog-Uxbridge joint animal control pro- ram. ' v = Not only ig" Mrs. Barrett doing a good job, pointed out Mayor Lawrence Malcolm, but she seems to be doing tbo good a job. - e spoke of a complaint he" had from ope area_resident who said his four h were picked up, ...during a hunt. He said the hunter, only a short distanee behind the dogs, had,to chase the Ux- bridge-boynd Animal Con- trol truck)and ask for his dogs back! to permit development to actively proceed~ in Port Perry". The letter states that the firm has obtained some fur- ther information from the Ministry of the Environment informally and understand that the formal report should be printed and available for review «soon. Classified Effective with this issue, both the Classi- fied and Real Estate ads will be carried in the centre of the second section of the STAR. This move has be- come necessary due to the large useage of the classified section, and limited number of pages we are 'able to assemble in the front section. ' Classifieds this week begin on Page 28. substantially' | only labour budget cuts! bed ds" 'Unconfirmed report "