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COPY 65¢ 61e=4¢ GST) 32 Pages Vol. 130 No. 03 PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1995 Hospital to close ten beds By Jeff Mitchell Port Perry Star Officials at Community Memorial Hospital in Port Perry are closing one quarter of the facility's beds over the Christmas holidays as a means of addressing a $50,000 deficit. It's hoped between $15,000 and $20,000 in savings will be realized as a result of the bed closures and voluntary time off for about a dozen staff mem- bers at the 42-bed hospital, Chief Administrative Officer Dave Brown said Friday. The cost-cutting measures will be imposed from Dec. 18 to Jan. 2. In addition, elective surgery will not be performed as of Dec. 21. - A similar action is planned for next spring's March break, iy as the community-hospital A F struggles to address its deficit, and prepare for the possibility of further provincial funding cutbacks in the near future, said Mr. Brown. He stressed, however, that the hospitals' emergency wing will continue to operate throughout the holidays, and essential services will continue to be provided to the commu- | | Measles shots to User fees are likely at library By Kelly Lown aly a ovary start In February Residents will likely see user fees initiated at Scugog Memorial Public Libary to help compensate for lost funding. The local library had 20 per cent of its funding cut for 1996 with the provincial eco- nomic statement and it is anticipated it will gee another 20 per cent cut the following year. The library receives $50,000 in provincial grants per year and will see $10,000 of that cut immediately. The cuts will not be as noticeable this year "We're in okay shape for 1996, we will be able to maintain services. But I'm worried about 1997. We'll just have to wait and see what happens there," he said. The library board had already prepared their 1996 budget with the cuts in mind. But, even though the cuts were built into the bud- get, they went a little bit deeper than antici- pated, according to Ward 3 Councillor Ken Gadsden, who also sits on the library board. Turn to page 4 I love Durham Region's health department is getting set to deploy an army of workers as they join in the province's war on measles. More than 100,000 students in schools across the region will begin receiving a second inoculation against measles Feb. 1, said Dr. Linda Panaro, associate medical officer of health with the department. The government approved a recommendation for a province- wide immunization program last week. "We're looking at 102,000 children," Dr, Panaro noted Friday, adding that figures of 99,000 originally released have been revised. That includes children from Junior Kindergarten through to Grade Turnto Page 11