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., gets approval Athol eal ART $d, Fd oR RATE MA N y rere : SB Li . ! . hed dd sieadadhaions adie aid 1 . . Co wih KY SNe Id RE CHR S S88 FPO ALE SUR ESIS 2 PPR story on page 2. Love Hug The powerful arm of Whipper Watson poses no threat to pretty Mary Sutherland of Oshawa. Mary is this year's Tammy for the Ontario Society for Crippled Children in Durham Region and was at a special press conference last week in Oshawa to help promote this year's Whipper Watson Snowarama. The event will take place on Sunday, February 10 starting at the Latcham Centre at Port Perry's lakefront. Photo and Roads budget Scugog Township council has approved a 1980 munici- pal roads budget of $1,053,400. The budget was presented to council Monday afternoon, and of the total, $548,000 will - be covered by provincial subsidy, leaving $505,000 to be raised from local proper- ty taxes. The amount to be raised from local taxes is $20,900 more than in 1979, an in- crease of about four per cent, and Roads superintendent Ron MacDonald said Mon- day that the natural growth in assessment should cover the four per cent increase this year. The two main expen- ditures in the 1980 budget are for loose top at $300,000 and $240,000 for winter control (snow plowing and sanding). The Queen Street recon- struction project slated to get underway this spring will cost an estimated $180,000, with half of this amount covered by provincial sub- sidy. During discussion on the budget, mayor Jerry Taylor wanted to know whether the unseasonal winter so far will (Turn to page 3) A proposal by the Central Seven organization to estab- lish a group home for men- tally retarded adults in the Township has met with the Vol.114 No. 10 initial opposition from near- by property owners. About 15 property owners attended a council meeting Monday * evening to hear Wednesday, January 30, 1980 representatives from Central Seven present the proposal to members of Scugog council. Speaking on behalf of 32 Pages Provincial Grant Announced Citizens voice objections to group home proposal Central Seven, Mr. Ron Deeth told council that the organization has recently been granted rent-free use of a 2500 square foot house located on the Gerrow's Beach on Scugog Island, almost directly across from the Port Perry waterfront. He told the council that the house, which sits on 2.5 acres of land, could be renovated for about $1000 to accomo- date up to eight mentally retarded adults. They would be employed at the Central Seven Work- shop on Regional Road 8, and would be transported back and forth from work in vans already owned by Central Seven. Central Seven president Joan Heintzman told council that the purpose of the group home is to allow the retarded to be trained and counselled so that they may eventually (Turn to page 9) Hospital receives 8.6% hike The provincial govern-- ment announced last week that the Community Memo- rial Hospital in Port Perry will receive an 8.6 per cent increase in its allocation this year. Hospital administrator Dave Brown told the Star he is "reasonably pleased" with the amount of the increase, but pointed out that 8.6 per cent is still below the annual rate of inflation which is running at close to ten per cent. "However, this is certainly better than the increase granted to the hospital last year, which was about 5.6 per cent," he said. Mr. Brown added that it's $40,000 fire investigation An investigator with the Ontario Fire Marshall was still working Monday Objectors to Library not about to give up Two Scugog Township residents who are actively opposed to the construction of a new Library on Water Street took out a paid ad in last week's Port Perry Star to let the public know they have not given up their opposition and are seeking further support for their cause. Mrs. Myrtle Prentice of Port Perry said Friday that she had several calls in res- ponse to the ad, and that petitions opposing the lib- rary are still being circula- ted in the Township. "We took out the ad to let people know we are still working to stop the library on the lakefront property." "The library fund-raising has received a lot of pub- licity recently, and we want people to know that we have not given up the struggle. There is no way we can back off at this point," she said. Mrs. Prentice said that she estimates there are now between 2500 and 3000 names on petitions that have been circulated in most areas of the Township since last November. They will be presented at an Ontario Municipal Board hearing which will hear objections to the Township zoning by-law amendment passed late last year to allow construction of the library on part of the Water Street property. Although the date for that hearing has not been set by the OMB, Mrs. Prentice said the objectors have hired a lawyer to present their case at the hearing, and she expects that many people opposed to the library will attend the hearing. She added that a group of people who object to the library on Water Street have agreed to help pay for the legal costs. Mrs. Prentice and Mr. Roy Grierson of Caesarea took out the ad in last week's newspaper, and they are sharing the costs of that. When asked whether the objectors are prepared to take their case to a higher authority if the OMB should turn them down, Mrs. Prentice said she isn't sure at this time. But she did say it is unlike- ly objectors could afford further legal costs. If the OMB turns down the objections, the citizens can ask that the case be given a second review by the OMB. As a final resort, the objec- tors can appeal directly to the Ontario Cabinet which has the power to over-rule an OMB decision. encouraging to see that the provincial government is providing more money to the smaller hospitals which have budgets under $2 million and less than 50 beds, because it is tough for these smaller hospitals to find areas where .costs can be pared. Community Memorial has 38 active and eight chronic care beds. The provincial allocation will increase to $1,825,948 for the fiscal year starting April 1, from the $1,681,459 the hospital re- ceived last year. Mr. Brown told the Star he was not completely sur- prised that the hospital had been granted the 8.6 per cent increase. He said he was morning to determine the cause of a weekend fire which resulted in an estimated $40,000 damage to a luxurious Scugog Township estate house. Investigator Lloyd 1 \ part of a committee of administrators from small hospitals who met with Ministry of Health officials last year, and the officials recognized the need for more money for the smaller hospitals. Mr. Brown said that last year the 5.6 per cent increase "was tough to live with," but he added that he doesn't believe the services offered to the community were adversely affected because of the budget tightening. Using the allocation from the provincial government, the hospital will now prepare its 1980-81 budget and submit it to the Ministry of Health by the end of March. Boucher said Monday he would not release any details on the fire until his investigation is completed. The Fire Marshall's office and Durham Region police were called by Scugog Fire Collective agreements with two groups of em- ployees at the hospital expire at the end of September this year: nurses, and the hospi- tal workers within the Cana- dian Union of Public Em- ployees. The Ministry of Health this year will allocate $2.26 billion to hospitals across the province, an increase of $164 million over the past year. The smaller hospitals will receive an 8.6 per cent increase, while the increase for larger hospitals works out to 7.5 per cent, making for an average of 7.8 per cent. 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