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a Aan --- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, January 13, 1998 - 15 ROLLOVER: No one was injured last week when a Dodge Caravan slid into a ditch on its side around noon on Jan.7. Police report that the van, driven by a 73-year-old Whitby man, was westbound on Reach Rd. when it rolled into the south ditch on its side rt EET Me SW ---- a CHRIS HALL/PORT PERRY STAR across from the Port Perry arena. The driver was trying to avoid hitting another westbound vehicle. No charges were laid in the incident and the van sustained minor damage in the mishap. LIQUIDATING AN 800,000 INSURANCE CLAIM! 1,000s of items, housewares, hardware, audio & video, clothes! All at 25% to 50% off retail prices! DUE TO THE rrp OF OUR BUSINESS, WE ARE UNABLE TO ADVERTISE CONPANIES & OTHERS WORL D NAME BRANDS. WE PAY CASH FOR DISTRESS INVENTORY 832.0677 SIRWAUIIEIEE BERING) TAS EAL Province announces funding for hospital From page 1 turing initiative undertak- en by the North Durham services," he said Thursday afternoon. "This amalga- mation process is our way of working towards a better health care service for Ontario." The local MPP said he hasn't met with Guy Kirvan, but stresses that he is open to talks with him and wants to make sure that restructuring here is commencing smoothly. "The announcement of the money was not a sur- prise; it was a confirmation ~ that the government is helping the province's hos- pitals," said the MPP. "We are providing tran- sitional funding for hospital needs, including facilitat- ing costs, severance pack- ages or any other issues." Hospitals, he explains, sent in their list of require- ments and the government has issued them 85 per cent of their requests, granted they met the government's guidelines. During her announce- ment on Jan. 7, Health Minister Witmer also con- firmed that the Minister of Finance has indicated to the Ontario Hospital Association that there will be no reduction in hospital operating funding in 1998-. 99. The Health Services Restructuring Committee announced on Nov. 18 that Oshawa General Hospital, Memorial Hospital in Bowmanville and the North Durham Health Services -- both Port Perry and Uxbridge sites -- will join together under the tempo- rary name of the East Durham Hospital Corporation by July 31, 1998. Ajax-Pickering General Hospital is to merge with Scarborough's Centenary Hospital and Whitby General Hospital will clos its doors on March 31, 1999. The merged corporation, which is expected to have a budget of roughly $150 million, is supposed to save up to $7 9 million annually. CROSSWORD ANSWERS S|! T H | N w|o|O|Z]|n|. Dim|~jn|> Z|0|=|=|>|m|D|O mip|C|~|D|=|D|O|O O|Z|0|w I|n|0|O G L A 0 w|imio|O wimlo|=|n|Z|(0O|D ZO =|0|n>|m|D omo(o|>»|Z voimMmm <n