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The Citizen, 1990-08-22, Page 12PAGE 12. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1990. Ground broken for new Wingham Day Centre The Wingham and Area Day Centre has experienced many changes over the years. Along with a new name, (the day centre is no longer known as the Day Centre for the Homebound), the most drama­ tic change to date is the develop­ ment of new facility to house the Day Centre Program. The Day Centre has ha0 the opportunity to rent the Armouries in exchange for a grant. Having use of the armouries over the years, compliments of the Town of Wing­ ham, has been greatly appreciated. The Day Centre program has grown to such an extent, that it was time to look for alternate quarters. Dr. Maarten Bokhout, the MOH for Huron, and Linda Girrard, a MCSS Program Supervisor came up with the idea that the Day Centre could share a facility with the Health Unit. This idea evolved into the development of a separate facility for the Day Centre. Steve McDougall Construction Ltd., ow­ ner of the land and contractor for the new building, was very enthusi­ astic about the development of such a project. The Ministry of Community and Social Services made this possible by granting $55,000 to the Day Centre to assist in the construction of the facility, with the understand­ ing that a reduced fee for rent would be charged over a long term period. Composter makes useable product at lower price Increased operational funding through the Waterloo office and the London office of MCSS made it possible to include rent in our budgeted expenses. (Rent is a new expense for the day centre). The Waterloo Office became involved due to the fact that 30 per cent of the clients come from Bruce Coun­ ty- Once the new facility is available for operation, the Day Centre will host a new program; a Day Away program for those with Alzheimers or related disorders. The building will have special features that make life easier for adults with special needs. Dr. Myra Schiff a consultant from Toronto was very helpful in the design of the building. One of the special features includes auto­ matic doors at the main entrance. The doors feature a safety scanner that will keep the door open until the individual has travelled all the way through the door. The Day Centre will need to raise approxi­ mately $8,000 on top of the regular budget, in order to pay for the doors. You will hear more about the Day Centre’s Fundraising Cam­ paign in the fall. The doors emphasize safety and encourage independence, which is the ulti­ mate goal of the day centre’s program. An official opening will beheld once the building has been com­ pleted and the Day Centre takes over its new home. End of season The Brussels Mite Boys wound up their season this past week. Team members are from left, back row: coach Don Crawford, Michael McDonald, Korey Bragg, Chris Slater, coach Murray Kellington. Middle row: Cory Campbell, Jason Kellington, Stephen Oldfield, Derek Gravestock. Front row: Michael Albers, MikeCooper, Michael Carriere, Joel Kellingtonand Jason Crawford. Absent were: Craig Thompson, Johnathon Graham, Johnathon Patch and Duncan Hamonm. Volunteers help get Lane flying Continued from page 2 challenge. While more than 7300 of the bombers were built during the war carrying on night bombing raids deep into Germany, few were left. It took 27 engines from other planes of the era to get enough parts to assemble four engines to this aircraft plus two spares. When the plane took to the air again in 1989 it was named after Andrew Mynarski, the Canadian who was awarded a Victoria Cross posthumously for bravery in rescu­ ing a crewman from a burning Lancaster. It has since flown across the continent to let people see this piece of living history. It has just returned from a trip to the west coast including stops in Winnipeg and Abbotsford, B.C., Mr. Schade said. A fly-in, drive-in breakfast at the Goderich airport will start off the day at 8 a.m. At 9 p.m. the Lancaster will fly in from Mount Hope. The opening of the new runway will take place at 2 p.m. The bomber will take off a 3 p.m. and do a fly-past before heading to Sarnia and Windsor for more fly-pasts. It will return to the area Sunday afternoon to do a fly-past at Listowel at 4:45 p.m. Other aircraft from the Canadian War Plane Heritage Museum will also visit Goderich for the event. Continued from page 1 sides and the controlled conditions, along with the chopping and stirr­ ing of the composting machine, composting is both odorless and much faster than open-air compost­ ing. The machine itself cost about $50,000 but the whole University of Minnesota project is targeted at nearly a half million dollars, Mr. Lee says. The system can be much more economical, he says and his company is now working with an engineer to be able to provide a whole system for customers, not just the composting machine. He says he’s more excited over the potential for this machine than for anything since he first got involved in manufacturing the manurigation equipment that has been the main product for the company. Already the company has pre­ pared a bid for a program for the City of Hull, Quebec which would handle 100 tons a day. Smaller units could be used to do several composting bins, he says and need not be powered by electricity. One unit is designed to run on methane gas produced by the composting system. Composting can be economical for municipalities, he says. Costs realistically should be in the $35 a ton range, cheaper than it costs now to bury the garbage. If the municipality finds a market for the compost it could cut costs further. Even if you only bury the resulting compost it is much more stable and doesn’t create problems producing methane gas. With Huron County currently undergoing a Waste Management Master Plan study to decide what to do with the county’s garbage for the next 40 years, Mr. Lee says he has tried to make county officials aware of the development of his machine but doesn’t know how seriously the consulting engineers will take it. In the meantime, however, he sees good opportuni­ ties providing the composting sy­ stem to other clients across the continent. IN YOUR POCKETBOOK? VOTE KEN CAMPBELL IN HURON Work with me to build a strong earn at Queen’s Park. Let me speak for you as your MLA. Your support will help me make tough decisions that need to be ade...so that Ontario’s future is not THE LIBERAL RECORD I IN THE NUMBER OF,DAYS SPENT WORKING TO PAY FOR OUR TAXES? Wfe toPut in Your Wallet! “Cuts can be made. Cuts should be made and after the next general election, cuts will be made,” scoffed Peterson in 1984. After becoming Premier, David Peterson quickly increased the size of cabinet; formed 2 new ministries; added over 9,000 civil ser­ vants to the public purse; gave a personal com­ munications adviser to every Liberal minister; increased provincial expenditures to nearly double the rate of inflation; and, increased the cost of government by over 86%. increase TAX INCREASES SINCE 1985 IT’S TIME FOR RESPONSIBLE SPENDING Mike Harris, the Leader of Ontario’s new Progressive Conservative Party, wants to see common sense return to government and Ken Campbell is with him 100%. IN HURON RIDING, ELECT KEN CAMPBELL CAMPBELL KE 1U PROGRESSIVE H CONSERVATIVE ///£, P.O. BOX 429. BLYTH. ONTARIO N0M 1 HO P.O. BOX 152, BRUSSELS. ONTARIO NOG 1 HO CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS VZWWL. 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