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Old man winter The severe winter weather of the last few weeks is going to cost Scugog taxpayers money as Township crews areworking overtime to keep theroads clear. Works superintendent Ron MacDonald told the Star on Monday that last month alone, the Township spent $20,000 more 'on snow removal than in January 1981. And he fears that the worst may be yet tocome. So much snow has fallen that Mr. MacDonald says 'if we get two or three days of strong winds, it could create drifts ten feet deep' on some ruralroads." He adds that this has probably been the worst win- ter for snowfall in the past decade and the cost to plow and sand the 260 miles of roads in Scugog is going up because of it. As an example, from December 1980 through to the end of March, 1981, the Town- ship spent $218,000 on snow removal. But in the past two months, about $118,000 has been spent, and $76,000 of that amount was gobbled up in January. "It is difficult to tell how much more will be spent this winter. We could get one severe storm that could cost Local doctors will attend study session Physicians in Port Perry have decided they will take part in study sessions and meetings this Friday (Feb- ruary 12) as part of a province wide series of similar meetings organized by the Ontario Medical Association which is now bargaining with the provincial government for a new fee schedule for Ontario doctors. - : In a statement released Monday morning (see notice elsewhere in this paper) the eight physicians of the Medical Associates of Port Perry say they will close their clinic on. Paxton Street at 11:00 A.M. this Friday and take part in the Peter- borough meetings. And Dr. G. Silins said he will close his Queen Street office Friday to attend the meetings. In the statement released by the Medical Associates, the physicians say the Peter- borough meetings are "due to the ongoing dispute between the Ontario Medical Association and the Provincial government." The statement does stipulate that emergency medical services will be maintaind this Friday at the Port Perry Memorial Hospital. Two weeks ago, the OMA announced that it would be asking the 14,000. physicians to make up its membership to take part in the one day study sessions across Ont- ario. The current contract between the OMA and the government expires at the end of March. In response to that action by the OMA, the provincial Health Ministry on January 27 issued a strongly worded statement critical of the OMA. The statement, released to all media by deputy minister Graham Scott on behalf of (Turnto page 2) Australian . Canadian exchange Page 8 Inside the Star Stuffing The Animals Page 20 tough on budget us $50,000," said Mr. Mac- Donald. He said that the winter maintenance budget for all of 1982 will be increased $100,000 over last year's. Higher costs for wages, fuel and so on will account for some of that, and Mr. Mac- Donald said 'hopefully, we won't end up spending that fullamount." (Turntopage3) pra. | Vol.116 No.1l Wednesday, February 10, 1982 Eddie Cole, a grade seven student at R.H. Cornish laces on a pair of snowshoes as his class prepares to take to the trails at the Nonquon Education Area, a Outdoor education at Nonquon Preserve LS tract of 87 acres used by students for science and environmental studies. [See story for details] Ek Winter hats, warm dove: parkas and snowshoes are not the kind of things students usually take into a classroom. But they are a necessity when the classroom is 87 acres, has three feet of snow on the ground and the "temperature is well below the freezing mark. Winter, spring and fall, students from all over Durham Region are: taking advantage of a unique educational opportunity at the Nonquon Provincial Wildlife Area, a tract of some 2800 acres of marsh," cedar forests, wooded areas and alder swamps just north of Port Perry. The land is owned by the Provincial Ministry of Natural Resources and the Durham Board of Education uses 87 acres as an environ- mental education area. Here, Students from grade six through'to grade 13 have the chance to get a first hand look at the natural environ- ment and the many varieties of plant and animal life which make up that environment. Last Friday morning, for example, a grade seven class from R.H. Cornish School in Port Perry began a full day of studies at the area under the direction of their science teacher Dwayne Darlington. Bill Cranmer is a science teacher with the Durham Board and he works full time at the environmental his classroom is 87 acres education area along with, a his assistant Greg Moon, a science student at Waterloo University currently on a work semester. There is a fully equipped classroon (constructed a couple of years ago by students from Port Perry High School) and three trails 'through the area where students can observe and learn first hand about the natural environment. For the grade seven (Turnto page 12)