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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1988-10-05, Page 18PAGE 18. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1988. SEE THE NEW A Luxury Holiday in Historic Although Sunday, the day planned for the Wawanosh Nature Reserve’s Fall Colour Tour, began too wet and slippery for West Wawanosh’s Tony McQuail to bring In his big team of Belgians for free rides around the park, a large number of hardy visitors did get out and enjoyed walking tours, conducted by several members of the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority’s staff. Above, a tour conducted by MVCA Community Relations Co-ordinator Paul Weitendorf, far left, pauses on the bridge over Belgrave Creek to examine the little stream. Construction to start this fall on shops Continued from page 1 dell said, the province “will be able to process the application.” “But the whole thing has been looking very good,” Festival Gen­ eral Manager Joel Harris said Monday. “I think all that needs to be done now (in the provincial request) is to dot the i’s and cross the t’s. Both Mr. Riddell and Mr. Cardiff have been tremendously supportive throughout this cam­ paign, and if all goes well, we'll hope to break ground (for Phase 1 of the project) early in November. ’ ’ Echoing Mr. Harris’s com­ ments, Sheila Richards of Brus­ sels, past-president of the Festi­ val’s board of directors, said that the project could never have come to reality without the direct intervention of both the riding’s federal and provincial representa­ tives. “I think it really helps when you are able to call your represen­ tatives by their first names,” she joked. “Both Murray and Jack have always been good friends of the Blyth theatre.” Provincial funding will come from the Ministry of Culture and Communication’s Facilities Im­ provement Program (FIP), which Port Elgin mayor seeks Liberal nod Continued from page 1 a member of Kincardine town council and chairs the library and parks committees of council. She’s a graduate of the University of Western Ontarioandis married with two children. Guest speaker for the nomination meeting will be Arlene Ray, wife of Ontario New Democratic Party leader Bob Rae. No guest speaker has been named yet for either the Liberal or Conservative party meetings. There is little suspence as to who will be the candidate for the Conservatives. The only surprise would be if anyone did challenge Murray Cardiff of Brussels for the nomination. One candidate had declared his intentions to seek the Liberal nominations as of Tuesday morn­ ing with at least one more rumoured to be seeking the post. Ken Dunlop, Mayor of Port Elgin said Tuesday morning he decided to seek the nomination to fight against the free trade agreement. The owners of a small business engaged in selling sports-related can provide up to 50 per cent of the Festival’s expansion project, while federal funding will come from the Department of Communications’ Cultural Initiatives Program, which can commit up to one-third of the project’s cost. Both pro­ grams require that the balance of funding come from local initiative. Mr. Harris noted that the federal government’s commitment of $450,000 is “somewhere more than a third’’ of the cost of the initial phase of the expansion, estimated at $1,289,885, but ad­ mitted that the board “had hoped for up to $600,000, ’ ’ one third of the project’s total cost. “All it means is that our own fund-raising activities will have to dig a little deeper,’’ Mr. Harris said. “But in view of the truly outstanding job our (fund-raising) committee has done so far, I don’t think that this will be much of a problem.” Inlessthanthreemonths, the Festival’s fund-raising committee, under capital campaign project co-ordinator Lynda Lentz of Blyth, has raised in excess of $236,000 from hundreds of individual and corporate contributions. In addi­ tion, Mr. Harris said that there clothing, hesaidthe agreement would have a destructive impact on Canadian citizens in general and in this area with its large farming sector in particular. The 38-year- old father of four said he has never been involved in federal politicis before other than to help with others campaign. Drive off with A Bargain in the Classified Section. were a number of large corporate organizations which have not yet responded to the Festival’s re- questfor donations, adding that he expects “quite a few’’ of these were likely waiting government commitment to the project before coming in. The first stage of the building campaign will include major im­ provements to the Festival’s pro­ duction area workshops and re­ hearsal space, known as the Dinsley Street garage, and will include the construction of new carpentry, paint, properties and costume space, as well as general upgrading of the current facilities located above the Blyth municipal office and library and in the second storey of the old bank building. Jane Gardner, the Festival’s director of communications, said that the building schedule has had to be altered from that outlined in the widely distributed booklet “A HEALTH ON THE HILL- A series of bi-weekly reviews of activities at SEAFORTH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL CO-OP STUDENTS Julie Horan, a student with Co-op Education Program at Seaforth High School will spend until the end of January, 1989 with administration. Physiotherapist, Carol Bowker will also have a student from Clinton High School. VIDEO AVAILABLE Three generat ions of the Scott Family, all born in Seaforth’s Hospital are depicted in this new video, availablefor public use. Entitled “Building Today For Better Health Tomorrow’’, this historical presentation of Seaforth Community Hospital will help to build awareness of the servicesourhospital providesforourcommunity. Forfurther enquiries, contact Dorothy Medd at 527-1650 Ext. 152. DIABETIC CLASSES REGISTRATION The mission of the Seaforth Diabetic Education Centre is to serve all those afflicted by diabetes through support and education. Our Fall Season is being held October 6 and 7, Call 527-1650 Ext. 147 to register STAFF UPDATE Welcome to Sheila Gulutzen R.N.A. Mary Diegel ison a3 weekwork practicum for Health Record Technician at Groves Memorial Hospital, Fergus, Ontario. Doug Halfpenny, Chief Laboratory Technician and Helen Henderson R.N. participated in the Ontario Hospital Advanced Management Skill Development Program entitled “Team Building’’. PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT Darlene Hetherington R.N. wants hospital staff to know what to do if we come upon a victim whocannot breathe or who is suddenly in cardiac distress. To help us rehearse, she periodically throws a rubber doll down and grades our skills. Although it is rather nerve racking, someday a life may depend on us, and we will be glad of the chance to review our knowledge. Capital Act’ ’ because of the timing of the announcement of govern­ mentfunding. In the original plan, Locale (or Phase) 1 of the expan­ sion was to include major changes to the theatre and to Memorial Hall, while Locales II and Illwere to upgrade the other facilities. “Obviously, we’ve had to change our plans because we can’t interruptMemorial Hall’s busy winter schedule, while a lot of the other work can be done before freeze-up this year,” Mrs. Gard­ ner said. She added that the Festival’s building committee, under chair­ man Don McCaffrey of Exeter, will be meeting immediately to plan the tender criteria for Locale II and III, which will likely be let separately. “We hope to have the shell of the new (garage) facility up before freeze-up, with it all completed and ready for use by next March,” said Mr. Harris. LINE OE WINDOW FASHIONS AT THE HUNTERDOUGLAS DEALER NEAREST YOU AND ENTER THE CONTES'! 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