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Imported beetle putting a bite on loosestrife blight By Jeff Mitchell Special to the Star You may not be aware of it, but a tiny bug from another continent is currently putting the bite on a wetland blight here in Scugog. : Local naturalist Cathy Galberg, an instructor at the Durham Board of recently-launched program that has seen the introduction of beetles to battle the purple loosestrife infestation here. She and three local students have released almost 3,000 Galerucella beetles in two wetland locations in Scugog. The bugs from Europe feast solely on loosestrife. Working in conjunction with - the Education's Nonquon Environmental Education Centre, is excited about a Please Turn to Page 7 COPY 65¢ @1¢+4¢ oh 32 Pages ie de 4 Of Miser mp genio We, ity 10% Ty Jo ITR" 4) lh oP ; : 3 ata SEAL iE et. £ oe JEFF MITCHELL / PORT PERRY STAR | (REALLY) HEAVY GAMES: Frank Stasa of Michigan shows the strain of a tremendous effort as he prepares to launch a weight during the Highlands of Durham Games. The ever-popular events such as the hammer and caber toss were at Elgin Park in Uxbridge, along with a host of other attractions. Friday night, a Military Tattoo for pipe bands took place in Port Perry. DA WIDE em hh LL tka] T. SS Clg-Yeh meld =X a parma rT HI Xe A a bid . TRINA ON A Theven Toronto's loss spells gain for Durham Hospital closures could mean more By Chris Hall Port Perry Star Last week's closure of 11 Toronto hospitals by the Health Services Restructuring funds for Durham "Hopefully there will be a substantial increase in reha- bilitation services in Durham Region; services close to home. The HSRC is following Commission (HSRC) tessaveswthrough with-their- March more than $400 million is being seen as an encouraging development by some Durham medical officials. Last Wednesday (July 23) the provincial commission rec- ommended closure for 11 of Metro's 44 medical facilities within the next three years. That's caused alarm in Toronto, but Dr. Jim Armstrong of the Durham Region Hospital Council says that he is quite pleased with the province's announcement. "We're quite encouraged with the direction the com- mission seems to be going in," he said last week. "Their recent announcement was mostly a refining of what they told us in the March announcement, and it is fur- ther evidence that they are recognizing the need for more services in the 905-GTA area. It appears that they are put- ting the services where the population is growing." The closure of the Toronto hospitals could mean more funds for health care in Durham, he said. thoughts -and: putting more development where the popu- lation is growing," said Dr. Armstrong. aE The Commission's atten- tion will now be directed toward the future of facilities in Durham. The HSRC will make a decision on the region sometime in the fall. "We will be meeting with them and discussing things," said Dr. Armstrong. "I'm glad they recognized Durham Region and our needs." That future will include a proposed health care network, something Dr. Armstrong Please Turn to Page 14 PONTIAC BUICK LIMITED 10 Vanedward Drive, Port Perry 958-8474