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Eye on the ball, two hands on the racquet, both feet not quite on the ground. This youngster is one of 50 taking part for the last couple of weeks in a tennis instructional clinic in Port Perry. The emphasis is on fundamentals, rules and court etiquette. More photos and story on the sports pages in this week's Port Perry Star. p.m. on Friday, August 1. Holiday hours As Monday, August 4 is a civic holiday, the Port Perry Star will be published one day later than usual next week. The deadline for all advertising and editorial material will be 10:00 on Tuesday, August 5. The Star will be published Wednesday, August 5 and will be distributed about noon that day. The business, advertising and editorial offices of the Star will be closed on Mon- day, August 4. We would strongly encourage anyone wishing to place ads or editorial material for next week's paper to do so before 5:00 The staff and management of the Star wish al our readers a safe. and enjoyable holiday weekend. Council endorses 100-lot development for the Brooks' Farm Scugog Township council wants the number of proposed lots for the - Brooks Farm development reduced from 141 to 100. And at a planning meeting Mon- day afternoon, the council stipulated that any lots along the Lake Scugog shoreline in this development should be double the 'size as a protection for the en- vironment. But the council has allowed the development to include a one acre parcel for commercial use such as a convenience store fronting on the Regional Road. The development is being proposed for 162 acres on the for- mer Brooks Farm on Lilla Street immediately north of Port Perry town limits. In granting the developer, Michael Zygocki, 100 lots for single family residences, council has stipulated that the lots be phased over a period of five or six years. At a public meeting in Port Perry eight weeks ago, many residents now living in the area expressed strong concerns about any commercial development as part of the sub-division. The original plan called for a small plaza on about four acres of land. APARTMENTS Also at - Monday's planning meeting, councillors want a proposed apartment-town house development on Highway 7A limited to 90 units. The developer had initially suggested 220 units on a piece of land on the north side of the highway., approximately behind the Conway Place Restaurant. Turn to page 37 Vol. 120 No. 35 Tuesday, July 29, 1986 een Copy 35° 40 Pages Three-year accreditation good news for hospital The Community Memorial Hospital has been granted a three- year accreditation. . It is the second straight three-year accreditation for the hospital, and it is the maximum period that the Canadian Council of Hospital Ac- creditations will give. David Brown, administrator at the Hospital, said last week he is especially pleased with the three- year accrediation because there has been a change'in the standards set by the CCHA to emphasize quality assurance programs within the hospital. Department heads and staff at the hospital spent nearly a year prepar- ing a thick quality assurance manual, which Mr. Brown describ- ed as a documented method of over- checking all the Systems within the 46-bed facility. The accreditation process for the hospital began several months ago 'when the administration was asked to fill out a lengthy questionaire. In April, a physician working with the CCHA conducted a physical survey of the hospital, looking at all aspects of the facility and interviewing staff members. The hospital learned late in June that the three-year accrediation had been granted. What this means is that Com- munity Memorial is meeting the highest standards set by the CCHA. '""The public can be assured that even though this is a small hospital, the same standards are being met which apply to the largest hospitals in the country," said Mr. Brown. The CCHA grants periods of ac- creditation for three, two and one year. In some facilities, if standards slip badly, the CCHA will withdraw completely its accreditation. To achieve a three year accredita- tion, the council states that 'health care facilities deemed to have above average compliance with standards in all areas." , Daisy's Fabrics became a fruit market for the day when camera crews moved into town to use several local sites to shoot a commercial for Old Vienna beer. See story inside this issue. The CCHA conducts surveys of hospitals, mental health and long term care facilities across Canada. Just over 66 per cent of all active treatment hospitals in the country are accredited, and this represents about 91 per cent of all the hospital beds in the country. The role of the CCHA is to "pro- mote a high quality of health care for Canadians by setting standards and by evaluating the compliance with these standards." In carrying out its surveys, tHe council focuses on the systems and structures related to the delivery of health care to the patients. ~ Community Memorial Hospital in Port Perry was first granted ac- creditation for a two year period in 1975, and recei'ed its first three- year accreditation in 1980. The hospital has 46 beds, full lab, x-ray, out-patient, emergency and physiotherapy departments. It has a full time staff of about 55 and and employs another 90 people in part- time positions. The annual budget in 1985- 86 was $3.6 million. Last year, the hospital recorded 13,500 patient-days, 10,500 emergen- cy visits, and 152 births. Scugog home hit by thieves A home on Sunrise Drive in Blackstock was ransacked early Sunday mornin;, before thieves made off with about $2500 worth of household goods and other items. Durham Police say the owners of the home were away when the theft took place. Missing are several shot-guns, 22 cal rifles and a quantity of shot-gun and 308 ammunition. Also reported missing is a VCR, a clock radio, a vacuum cleaner, a pair of binoculars and a quanity of liquor. The thieves entered the home by smashing through a window. About $500 in damage was done to the home. In a second incident July 26 at Crestview Court in Blackstock, Durham Police say thieves made off with a men's blue ten speed bike and a Lawn Boy mower that had been parked in a garage at the side of the house. Cg gg RR | |