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top honours There's nothing odd about Rick Larocque, other than the fact he was honours two years in a row from the Oddfellows Lodge On June 20th at an Oddfellows convention at the Royal York Hotel in Members of the Port Perry Fire Department took their bosses out to dinner last week. It was their way of say- ing thanks to all the business people in the Township and outside who employ members of the volunteer fire depart- ment and allow them to leave their jobs on short notice to respond tp a fire awarded top A touch of yesteryear Scugog Shores Museum held their an- nual Pioneer Days last weekend and were blessed with good weather both days. Crowds estimated near 2,000 attended the two-dpy event and Carol Rushton, who is Local Oddfellow takes in Ontario Toronto, Rick was awarded the Wildey Recruitment Award, Oddfellow of the Year throughout the entire province It is the second year in a row he has won the prestigious title, given to Oddfellow members who call or other emergency. Scugog Township pick- ed up the tab for the roast beef dinner held at the Port Perry Legion for the 24 members of the Port Perry unit of the department, the employees and local councillors Fire Chief Jack Cook said plans for this kind of appreciation night had seen here spinning in front of the log cabin, rv . was just one of the many volunteers who demonstrated the ways of our forefathers. More photos on page 10. recruit the most members and promote the club in their own communities. The award was presented to Rick by Lorin D. Switt, Sovereign Grand Master of the World, who travelled to the convention from ed 5 x Th ah been in the works for the past couple of years. In a brief address, Mayor Jerry Taylor said too often the efforts of a volunteer fire depart- ment are overlooked or taken for granted And the same goes for the people who employ them : He suggested that (Turn to page 8) California This past year Rick has recruited eight members to the Port Perry Club -- last year he recruited an amazing 14 "1 just asked them if they wanted to join and they hummed and hawed and finally said if they were going to join anything, they'd join the Oddfellows." he told the Star Rick joined the club four years ago, taking fellow member Earl Martyn's cue "And I've really en- joyed it," he said. The Oddfellows is a fraternal organization that verges on being a service club One of its main benevolent causes is research for the blind but lately, the Port Perry club 1s putting its efforts into helping the local (Turn to page 2) Vol. 119 No. 31 Wednesday, July 3, 1985 36 pages Community Memonal Hospital in Port Perry was a very busy place last year. In fact, with just about every department recor- ding an increase in ac- tivity, the hospital wound up with a $69,000 operating deficit for the year ending March 31, 1985. Administrator Dave Brown said last week the deficit was predictable and a direct result of the increased work-load ex- perienced by all departments. Mr. Brown will be meeting with provincial Health Ministry, officials over the next few months and will ask for an addi- tional $90,000 to be added - i * hospital in red to the hospital's base budget. He noted that in the fiscal year which ended March 31, 1985, the hospital received a budget increase of five per cent, and for the cur- rent fiscal year, the in- crease allocated is about 4.8 per cent. He said additional funds are needed to keep up with increasing work load and to keep the hospital out of the red ink. The hospital's annual report issued at the General Meeting held June 24 shows total in come 1n 1984-85 al $3.360,000, while total operating costs ran to $3,429,000. More work put The report also shows why the operating costs increased. The number of admissions climbed to 1439 from 1302 the previous year. The total number of patient-days increased from 13,414 to 14,258. The emergency department handled 10,581 visits last year, compared with 9,197 the year before. The department with the most dramatic in- crease in activity was physiotheraphy with 7.937 visits, more than 3.865 visits the previous year. There were 89,179 lab tests done, almost 1000 more than in the (Turn to page 2) They didn't get away The bass were biting in Lake Scugog over the weekend as a Pro Bass Derby attracted more than 70 teams of fishermen fora "live release" competition. he caught with a black Flippin Jig of his own day event, 402 bass were caught, weighed and largemouth lunkers design. Over the two Bruce Leeson of Hamilton hefts two released. (See story and more photos on sporfs pages)