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Vol. 131 Number 03 PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - TUESDAY, DEC 4 . Doctors meet to discuss closure Doctors in Scugog Township are considering joining oth- er Ontario doctors by shutting their doors to patients this Friday. In a meeting held last night, area doctors met to discuss what action they would take after it was announced last Friday that a shutdown was set for Dec. 13. : Thousands of Ontario doctors will stage a one-day strike to register their anger over the government's handling of the health care system. A coalition of 9,300 specialists and a group of militant family physicians have called on all doctors to shut their doors on Friday and reschedule all appointments. Warned that "office closures will continue on a weekly basis until an agreement is reached", the specialists plan to make sure that the government notices them in the health care funding dispute. The action comes as doctors and the government appear to be close to settling the fight over health-care funding that prompted many physicians to stop accepting new patients last month. Officials with the Ontario Medical Association had hoped to reach a tentative deal by last Friday. Dr. Bill Cohoon, who practices with the Medical Associates in Port Perry, wouldn't comment on any possible action here, pending last night's meeting. Turn to Page 5 Development Act changes could cost Scugog $2.2 million tainty about how the DCA By John B. McClelland Port Perry Star Scugog Township Mayor Howard Hall has fired off an angry letter to the provincial minister for municipal affairs in protest over pending changes which he says will cost the Municipality hun- dreds of thousands of dollars. "If this bill is approved, you will have taken downloading to the ultimate limit," says the letter from Mayor Hall to Al Leach The mayor told Scugog's finance committee Monday morning that if the changes to the Development Charges Act (DCA) go through as pro- posed, it will cost Scugog $2.2 million the next 10 years While there 1s still uncer- over changes will eventually wash out in terms of final impact on municipalities, Mayor Hall said Monday "there's no doubt it's going to cost us (Scugog) a lot of money and it's not right." Scugog now charges $4,075 for each new building lot developed, and this money is used for a wide range of pur- poses such as road improve- ments, the purchase of fire fighting equipment and subsi- dies to arenas, libraries and museums The province, under intense pressure from major builders headed by the Urban Development Institute, wants to change the way municipali- ties can spend this money and Turnto Page 14 PLACES, PLEASE: Student actors after the presentation of their annual time out to pose for the Star are (clocks Michel (best director); Jennifer Tyrrell (best supporting actor), and Jennifer is a long-running tradition at the scho By Chris Hall Port Perry Star Few people took advantage of the first Sunday local liquor and beer stores were open in Port Perry this past weekend. Even with permission being granted to allow both The Beer Store and the local Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) to be open the three Sundays prier to