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Halton Police stations to close at night | MAPLE GROVE SINGERS OTMH will reduce number of paediatric beds by 60% By DIANE HART Special to the Beaver _ espite a slashing in paediâ€" | atric beds at Oakvilleâ€" # Trafalgar â€" Memorial Hospltal by more than half, the important â€"issue is that the ward continues to play a key role in the daily working of the hospital. That‘s the consensus of a numâ€" ber of people interviewed over the past week by the Beaver, after it Doug Smith, Rachel Cook and Melissa Schatfer were among the members of the Maple Grove Public School Junior Choir who entertained Oakville Place shoppers, Wednesday afternoon, with a selecâ€" tion of Christmas carols. (Photo by Peter McCusker) A Metroland Community Newspaper Vol. 31 No. 147 ‘Canada $ Best Conmanicy Mewspsper "CCNA Better Newspapers Competition 1993 ) was learned the hospital will reduce beds in paediatrics to 10 from the current 30. Five other beds in paediatrics will be used for adolescent psychiatric patients. "It does sound like quite a drop, but when you look at the occupancy rates, it‘s more a reflection of reality," said Dr. Keith Phillips, chief of staff at OTMH. He said occupancy rates hover at about a 50â€"60% rate Beginning December 12th, Tim Hormns in partnershxgwuh the Oakville Beaver and the Salvatxon Army encourage you to participate in their fourth annual Christmas food drive and tu\éenve Drop off non perishable food and new toys at your local Tim Hortons or the Oakville Beaver office. What better way to celebrate the holiday than with a freshly baked Santa cake from your neighbourhood Tim Hortons. Help.to make this a Happy Holiday Season for everyone! He called the reduction to 10 beds in January a temporary meaâ€" sure during the construction phase, slated to last about 18 months. However, there are no plans to increase the number of beds to current levels, he said. except at peak epidemic times. Dr. John Atkinson, consultant for the controversial hospital study, initially hinted at cutting paediatrics entirely from the hosâ€" (See ‘Doctors‘ page 9) FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1993 Police Association fears closings could lead to future layoffs close its stations overnight. While the plan â€" which starts in Oakville Jan. 1 â€" does not sit well with anyone involved, Board chair Barry Quinn made it clear this week that they have no choice. ‘"The Board does not feel good about this at all," he explained. "We‘re into a situation where there‘s no other place to turn." Even after several streamlining and costâ€"cutting measures the first draft of the 1994 Operating Budget still came in over provinâ€" cialâ€"regional guidelines. This week, the Police Services Board made its decision to reduce the level of service by restricting the hours of public access to its buildâ€" By HOWARD MOZEL Oakville Beaver Staff ‘"We‘re into the bone on this," says Quinn, explaining the meaâ€" sure will trim approximately $280,000. "The province tells us to cut the fat but there is no fat. Very quickly we were into the flesh and now we‘re into the bone." The new schedule of hours for Oakville (as well as Burlington, Georgetown and Halton Hills) is: Monday to Thursday, 8 a.m. to midnight; Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 a.m.; Sunday, 8 a.m. to midnight. Regional headquarters will be open Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. (After hours by controlled access.) According to Sgt. Joe Martin of the Media Relations Bureau, the restricted schedule means the terâ€" mination or redundancy of seven civilian positions responsible for such things as filing, phone work and reports. The plan is to try and move them into new positions within the service as vacancies become available. Paul La Course, administrator of the Halton Regional Police Association, makes it clear he fears for the future and says his organization will soon be going public about the gravity of the sitâ€" (See ‘Oakville‘ page 10) ainted into a corner by the Social Contract and other drastic budgetâ€"cutting measures, the Halton Regional Police Services Board has reluctantly decided to 32 Pages â€" _ 75 Cents (GST included) Cleans your € fuel injection _A system. Increases fuel economy. jJET AUTO CENTRE FRIDAY FILE .........................12 INESS .............. eevevevsesies Today‘s 580 ARGUS RD. (Across from GO) 844â€"4088 _ Blades on a role Team faces big weekend SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS Consumers Distributing, Fuel Injection Clean Sale Price ‘39* + ‘10®Off Canadian Publications Mail Product Agreement #435â€"201 Page 25 Page 24