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Vol. 130 No. 02 PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1995 COPY 65¢ (61¢ = 4¢ GST) Township, hospital are hit by cutbacks By Kelly Lown Port Perry Star Scugog Township and Community Memorial Hospital have received the news they were expecting to hear -- that deep cuts would be a part of last week's Tory financial statement. "It was a little more than I anticipated. I didn't think the government would go that far. But, deep down I'm not really that surprised," said Mayor Howard Hall. Local organizations had been bracing for the cuts to transfer payments, and were expecting the worst. The eco- nomic statement, delivered by Finance Minster Ernie Eves has $1.3 billion being saved over two years by cutting trans- fers, equivalent to 2 per cent of total municipal spending. Preliminary figures point to a $487,000 reduction in trans- fers to Scugog, said Mayor Hall. But he says that's a worst case scenario, adding the town- ship will not know exactly how the cuts will affect Scugog until terms of the cuts are relayed by the finance minster. ~ "We will have to wait and see what Eves is referring to in terms of cuts when his letter arrives," said the mayor. Mayor Hall is hoping Scugog will escape with fewer cuts Turnto Page 10 Kinsmen to hold races Port Perry's Kinsmen are mushing on with their dogsled races again this year. The club members want to keep the event running despite cancellation of last year's event, which resulted in a loss of more than $13,000, said member David Goldberg Saturday. Blowing snow, whipped up by high winds, reduced visibility to near zero on Lake Scugog, and led mushers to the decision to cancel heats when the races were held last February. "We didn't want to lose the continuity," Mr. Goldberg said of the decision to press ahead Turnto Page9 By Jeff Mitchell Port Perry Star Government officials are claiming that material being dumped at a local gravel pit meets standards imposed on contaminated fill. Last week numerous truckloads of the fill, extract- ed from a Toronto job site, were hauled to the pit on Durham Rd. 21 near Brock Rd. in Coppins Corners. Officials with both the Ministry of Environment and Energy and the ministry of Natural Resources said it meets standards for industri- al waste fill, and complies with requirements to be met Alarm sounded over dumping at local pit by the owner of the pit accept- ing the material. But one source, who works at the site at the Canadian National Exhibition grounds, where work on a new national trade centre is under way, expressed concerns about the material being hauled north. "They're classifying it as commercial-industrial waste; that covers a lot of things," said the source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. He said that although the material is to be thoroughly examined before it is cleared for shipment and disposal, he is concerned that some Turnto Page 12 MORE TIME ey Lo WY yng, hg oF "We're open 'til 10pm! | +