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10- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, December 5, 1995 - 2 PETE. DLT RU A a Tr mY Ean "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" Man chases car thieves A Scugog man who was getting out of bed to help people stuck in a ditch near his home this weekend watched as they walked up his driveway and stole his truck. Police said the suspects at the man's Line 3 home east of Oshawa Rd. had crashed a Jeep they had stolen earlier in the night from Oshawa, and calmly walked up and stole the Scugog man's truck around 2:30 a.m. Dec. 1. The man gave chase and followed suspects to Enniskillen area, where he lost them, police said. His truck was found the next day. The incident was one of a number of thefts in Scugog. SUNDAY, DECEMBER Oth 10am to 1pm Christmas Shopping for Kids Only! (up to 14 years of age) Kids will veceive 10% discount. Christmas treats all day long. Free gift wrapping A portion of proceeds will be donated to the Children's Wish Foundation. We will be open from 1pm to 5:30pm for regular Adult shopping as well. Township, hospital await cuts' affects From Page 1 than other municipalities, as it was hinted at that ru- ral areas may not be hit with cuts as drastic as those being imposed on larger municipalities. Whatever the final numbers, the mayor says residents will have to ex- pect some changes. They'll likely come in the form of user fees, possibly for such Bridge report Nov. 29 - Afternoon 4 Table Howell - Avg. 24 Kirst - Delaine and Ger- ry Dyer 28. Second - Doris Phinney and Judy Atkinson 26-1/2. Third - Georgia Brock and Ed Clark 25. Fourth - Bea Chapman and Hoppy Carnwith 24. Evening 8 Table Howell North South Avg.94-1/2 First - Gary Minnie and Ed Clark 125. Second - Judy and Don " Atkinson 117. Third - Doris Phinney and Georgia Brock 106. Fourth - Bea Chapman and Hoppy Carnwith 96. things as library services, ball diamonds and lights, Mayor Hall said. While he doesn't want to see property taxes raised, the township has to find some way to generate funds. "Personally I can see a reduction in services and user fees being added to some things. There has to be revenue coming from somewhere, or else taxes will have to go up," Mayor Hall said. He admitted things are going to be tight, and boards that are already working with tight bud- gets will have to get even tighter. "We will do our best to not increase taxes and to maintain the good servic- es we provide to our tax- payers," he said. Health care was also hit by the latest round of cuts. And although the exact numbers are not known, the cuts will be signifi- cant, according to Commu- nity Memorial Hospital Administrator Dave Brown. Mr. Brown said the an- nouncement was as bad as he expected, but it was hard to comment on what changes would take place without knowing exact de- tails. By constraining trans- fers funding to hospitals will be reduced by $6 bil- lion by 1998. The Ontario Hospital Association says the cuts will be challenging for hos- pitals. "The public will have to change their expectations and use of hospital servic- es, because it will not be business as usual. For ex- ample there will be fewer emergency departments, longer waiting lists for non-emergency surgery, program and service re- ductions, mergers and clo- sures. The challenge for hospitals is to adapt to these major changes while still maintaining the qual- ity of care," said David Martin, president of the association. Community Memorial Hospital will be faced with many of the same chal- lenges. "We are concerned of course. The worst case sce- nario is 18 per cent cuts over three years. That is significant, and it would not be business as usual," Mr. Brown said. The announcement con cerning hospital cuts was broad, and Mr. Brown is The hii 9. the Season nicer way to say Merry Christmas to family, friends and valued customers and to tral hoping Community Me- morial Hospital gets a lit- tle bit of a break. Durham Region hospi- tals have been working with local MPPs and the government because of the region being designated a high growth area. "We expect the govern- ment to respond to our proposals and discussions, and to be treated some- what differently by per- haps having lower cuts ap- plied to us," Mr. Brown said. He pledges that no mat- ter the results of the cuts, Community Memorial will continue to provide high quality patient care. "It 1s our number one priority and we will al- ways provide that. But, we may not be able to provide other services that we havein the past," he said. Durham East MPP John O'Toole said the province is spending al- most $9 billion more than it takes in as revenue. The problem had to be solved by raising taxes or reduc- ing spending, he said. "The province spends less than 30 per cent of all revenue collected. Our pa 'ners in municipali- ties, school boards, hospi- tals and universities spend more than 70 per cent of the provincial mon- ey. The province cannot solve our spending crisis alone," he said. "We must work with our partners to re-prioritize the services we provide," he said. NEW YEAR'S IN YOUR NEW capture the magic of the season ~ than a holiday greeting in the pages of the Port Perry Star's Christmas Greetings Supplement to be published December 19, 1995. DON'T PAY JUNE '96 (O.A.C) (elsewhere to #3999.) r= $2499 North American Pool & Spa PORT PERRY Open until 1622 Scugog St. (Hwy. 7A) 6:00pm (905) 985-3557 1-800-552-5854 Drop into our office before December 14 to make your selection. The Rovl even Say x 188 Mary St., Port Perry 985-7383 3 ¥ Rav. NEV Vy rn Oreein -