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' Your Voice in Scugog Vol. 5, No. 29 Tuesday, February 27, 1996 Call (905) 985-6397 CIRC. 13,500 A - «dl & 8 . These young members of the First Port Perry Sparks had their voices In fine form last Thursday evening as they sang several Hospital facing 'budget cutback of $145,000 191545 The provincial government has cut the operating grant to Community Memorial Hospital by 2,5 per cent, or about $145, 000 this year. "That's better than we were expecting," hospital administrator David Brown told for such things as employee benefits, surgical supplies and drugs, means the hospital will be facing a shortfall of some $250,000 when it comes to set a new budget for the fiscal year that starts April 1. "All Paonia will be the Citizen, noting that some ggcrunching the numbers to Ontario hospitals had their budgets trimmed by the province by as much as seven per cent. However, he said the loss of $145,000, plus increased costs «Lord and Lady Baden Powell Local Guides remember founders By Judie Cooper On February 22 the Guiding World stopped to take a t to te the Scouts and Girl Guides. Port Perry District Guides celebrated with a tribute to Friendship. birthdays of Lord and Lady Baden Powell the founders of Durham Each ' of the 16 units performed for their fellow police "still search silo Forensic units from the Durham and Sudbury Police Services will continue their search at an abandoned farm silo in north Oshawa.. But so far, the ten day search has failed to turn up any evidence of human remains. A police spokesman said Monday that an anthropologist from the Coroners office in Toronto will be working with police at the scene for the next several days. The old silo is located on the east. side of Thornton Road North , just north of Taunton Road, and police have been searching for human remains for the last ten days. Last week, Durham Police said the search does not involve the murders of Julie tanton or Elizabeth Bain, whose bodies have never been found. members of the Guiding community and their parents. Songs were song, poems were read and we wove a wonderful, fun - filled evening into our memories. The highlight of the night was a slide show featuring Guiding in Port Perry over the past two years. A delightful way to - end the evening. A special thanks to Phyllis Sleeman for the superbly designed program. It was so nice to see so many girls and parents attend and equally nice to have Marilyn Lambert the Division Commi with visits from the Ambulance Attendants to skiing at Dagmar, sleep - . overs and Winter Camps. All groups have certainly been busy and what a way to learn - about life and have fun at the same time. Thanks to all the leaders for their never ending source of energy and "resourcefulness in putting together such. interesting and adventuresome programs, The Vanilla / Chocolate Cream Cookie sales have been brisk and if anyone still wishes some of the Mint Chocolate Cookies please give Marion Lee past District Commissioner, Heather 'Perigoe and Debbie Kay, Area Trainers in attendance as well! Units have "been busy around town visiting the Fire Hall, the Kid's Store, the Nursing Home (making new friends) and Marlin Travel, Bev Dawson a call at 985 - 8843. \ Hats off to the 1st Port Perry Guides for their super computerized, very professional, - looking Newsletter. What style!!! Soon they'll be doing newspaper articles and be putting me out of a job. achieve their budgets in the next few weeks," he told the Citizen. He declined to say whether the hospital will be facing lay-offs or reduced hours for staff. But since wages and benefits take up the lion's share of the annual budget, the cut-backs in funding "will impact on staff in some way." "It's premature at this time to talk about reduced hours or layoffs, but we can't rule them out," he said Monday morning. itals across the pi were told last Friday exactly how much the Health Ministry would - be reducing budgets for the coming fiscal year. . Most small rural hospitals were hit with the 2.5 per cent reduction, said Mr. Brown. And 'there's more to come in the next two years. Health officials have said budget cuts of six per cent and seven per cent gre coming for 1997 and 1998. ~ One cost cutting device Community "Hospital will implement is to close a few beds and cancel elective surgery during Marth Bredk. Mr. Brown seid the hospital hopes to save some $9,000 by these measures. As for the province wide strike by public servants which started Monday morning, he said the - hospital will not feel any direct impact as there are no OPSEU ng at C 1. Memorial. Dr. M.B. Dymond - physician, politician Funeral services were held ¥ Saturday for one of Port ' Perry's best known snd citizens. : Dr. Matthew B. Dymond, who combined outstanding careers in medicine and politics, passed away February 21 at the Community Nursing Home of complications ne heart | disease and pneumonia. He was 85. Known affectionately as "Doc," or "Dr. Matt," he served the people of this area as Conservative MPP for 20 beginning in.1965, and minister of correctionsy post hg held for the next 11 years. turn fo page six years the citizens of Ontario as |