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Mr. Brown told the Star he expects an answer one way or another will come from Queens Park in the nea future. : : "We are hoping to get approval so we can proceed with the final plans and drawings this year, and be able to start construction next year," said Mr. Brown. The expansion plans for Community Memorial Hospital have been in the works for a couple of years, and the original proposal was for increasing the size of the out-patient and emer- gency treatment depart- ments, extra space for storage of medical records, and an expanded physio therapy department. Mr. Brown said that included now in the expan- sion proposal is a plan for an additional 20 extended care Agreement near for food store expansion plan A final agreement between Scugog Township council and the Port Perry IGA store is expected to be signed early next week which will clear the way for a 5000 square foot addition on the west side of the Queen Street store. Township administrator Earl Cuddie informed coun- cil 'Monday afternoon that Township consulting- en- gineers have approved plans to guard against possible flooding and that these plans also satisfy other agencies such as the Kawartha Con- servation 'Authority and the provincial Ministry of Natural Resources. The flooding potential created by the proposed addition on the west side of _ the present building has been part of the reason the expan- sion has been held up for almost two years. The 'other contentious aspect of the expansion calls for a truck driveway to be built off Mary Street so that deliveries can be made to a new un-loading area at the rear of the store. Council . has already approved the Mary Street driveway, provided that trucks do no back in off Mary Street, and this stipulation will be included in the site plan agreement which council and the IGA store are expected to sign early next week Members of council will get a look at the site plan agreement at a special meet- ing which has been called for July 6. Once both parties sign the agreement, which includes a $10,000 letter of credit from the IGA store, a building permit for construec- tion of the addition could be Store manager Jim Grieve told the Star that once the site plan agreement is sign- ed, the actual start of con- struction on the addition and expanded parking area on the east side will depend on interest rates. But he said he is very optimistic work will get underway by the end of summer. He estimates that the total cost of the addition, the (Turn to page 3) Strike or not, Post Office open The Port Perry Post Office will remain open and staffed even if the nation's inside postal workers go on strike as expected at midnight on Monday. Postmaster Bruce Hull says the four full-time and three part-time employees at the Port Perry office are not members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) and they will be able to maintain the flow of locally addressed mail to Port Perry and the rural routes. The Port Perry employees are part of the Canadian Postmasters and Assistants Association, which has about 8500 members working in small post offices across Canada. This Association has a separate labour agreement with the Post Office. In the event that CUPW members go out on strike, there will be no mail delivery to centres outside of Port Perry, and no mail will come into the Post Office here. If CUPW goes out on strike, it will be the second time in three years. The last strike ended when Parlia- ment legislated the workers back on the job, but similar action is not likely to occur because CUPW is in a legal strike position. ' treatment beds. It was estimated the cost of the original expansion plan would be about $500,000, however, this figure will be greater if approval is given for the extra 20 beds. If the Health Ministry Vol.115 No.31 Tuesday, June 30, 1981 cost, with the remainder coming from Hospital build- ing funds and citizen dona- tions. approves the expansion with- out the extended care beds, the provincial government will pay two-thirds of the ' { 36 Pages On June 29, R.B. Smaliman of Port Perry celebrated his 100th birthday with an Open House Sunday at the Community Nursing Home for his family and his many friends in the community. Mr. Smallman, who is in remark- Happy birthday, R.B. able health for a man his age, was born in England and came to Port Perry in 1908. He has been a resident ever since. [See story on Page eight]. 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