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Vol. 122 No. 33 Tuesday, July 12, 1988 Copy 50° 44 Pages Officials will Community Memorial Hospital in Port Perry are cautiously hopeful that the provincial Health Ministry will -. provide additional funds this year. A four person delegation from Sporting the newest craze In hot-weather fashion (the navel-revealing pop-top), this little heart-breaker almost stole all the thunder from those smoke- belching, ear-throbbing engines of power at the an- Blackstock Agricultural Society Tractor and Truck Pull held at the Blackstock Fairgrounds Friday and Saturday nights. Spectators braved the week- Community Memorial met July 6 with senior officials from the Health Ministry. Administrator David Brown fold the Star the meeting was a good one, very positive. It ap- end's heat by the hundreds, filling grandstands to Officials at the Memorial Hospital in Port Perry are very concerned and alarmed over a couple of incidents of vandalism to the lights that surround the $ietpency helicopter landing pad. o lights were broken and one stolen last week, and a spokesman said this kinc. of van- sm could create serious prob- ~ capacity. For more photos and results, see Inside. lems for the emergency helicopter pilots trying to make a night land- ing or in bad weather. The hospital is asking the public to report immediately to the staff or police if they see any- one tampering in any way with the landing pad lights. 'And to those reponsible for the vandalism last week, the Hospital hopeful Ministry will provide extra funds pears as if the Ministry is prepared to give us some (financial) assis- tance." Community Memorial is pro- jecting a deficit of about $270,000 in 1988-89, a figure which in- cludes a deficit from the previous year of about $200,000. Although Mr. Brown is cau- tiously optimistic that financial assistance will be coming from the senior government, he said the decision on how much will be made by Health Minister Elinor Caplan. Even with extra financial help, Mr. Brown said the hospital is going to have to trim some costs from a budget which he said has "very little in it to trim." Earlier this year, Mr. Brown feared that the financial squeeze might force the hospital to lay off some staff, reduce levels of ser- vice, or even shut down some There are 91 hospitals in On- tario this year facing operating deficits. In the case of Communi- ty Memorial, a growing popula- tion in Scugog Township and sur- rounding areas has created an increased demand for services. Mr. Brown told the Star that along with trimming some parts of the budget and getting addition- al operating revenue from the pro- vincial government, the hospital will attempt to generate more rev- enue. He said the Board is now con- sidering such revenue earning lans as the rental of telephones in patient rooms, and the provi- sion of cable TV service in patient rooms for which a fee would be charged. Along with Mr. Brown, the delegation which travelled to Queens Park July 6 included Board chairman Rodd Foster, finance committee chairman Derek Willis and Board member Howard Hall. During the past several months, both Health Minister Eli- nor Caplan and Treasurer Robert Nixon have stated publicly that the provincial government is not going to issue blank cheques to hospitals in Ontario which are running up deficits. Helicopter pad vandalized spokesman said it could be a friend or relative of their's needing an Rete evacuation that could be delayed because the pilot can't land safely if there are lights missing. "It is a serious problem and we are asking for some help and co-operation," said the spokes- + man. "It could be a life or death situation." Blimey, it's going to be a GREAT weekend]! You won't want to be anywhere but right here in downtown Port Perry as the whole town is trans- rted to the British Isles for Great Britain Fes- ival Days! And what a weekend it's going to be. Starting from Thursday morning July 14, right through to Sunday afternoon July 17, Port Perry will be alive with the sights and sounds of merry olde England. he Scugog Chamber of Commerce has been work- ing overtime preparing for this special event, that features something for absolutely everyone. Beatle fans (and who isn't a fan of Liverpool's Fab Four?) won't want to miss Beatlemania featuring the original Broadway cast, Saturday night at the Festi- val Tent. More sedate music lovers will no doubt thoroughly enjoy the Pig & Whistle style pub atmosphere of the Pearly Queen Show, also on Saturday night at the Latcham Centre (which will be transformed into a "genuine" English pub called the "Barley Mow"). And you certainly can't beat the admission price (one buck!) of Thursday night's Inn Crowd reunion dance, possibly the -final chance you'll ever get to witness MPP Bill Ballinger and Star publisher Pe- ter Hvidsten spin discs with sounds from the 50's, 60's and 70's (at the Festival tent). Both music and food is combined in the raucous and rolling King Henry Medieval Feast and Pub Night , Friday evening at the Festival tent. English wenches will serve the feast, wandering minstrals will en- tertain at your table, zany court jesters will koap ou in stitches, and good ole King Henry himself will old court over the hilarious activities. Make sure you bring the whole family Sunday af- ternoon to Palmer Park--both parents and kids will enjoy the Bagpipe Tatoo, parading from Port Per High school to the gazebo, starting at 2 p.m., fol- lowed by a Tatoo demonstration and Highland and Scottish dancing at the gazebo at 2:30 p.m. Actually, ou won't want to miss any of the fun this weekend. And to make sure you don't, clip the sched- ule of events included in a special Festival Days sup- plement in this issue of the Star. See you there! This is all that remains of Willlam Shepherd's 28' wooden cabin cruiser after it exploded Into flame Wednesday morning at Goreski's Resort on Scugog Island. Durham Regional Police say the boat was sto- len and have lald charges against an Oshawa man. For details, see story.