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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1989-11-29, Page 1Bia winners Crusaders, Bulls See page 20, 21 post wins ■ - - 1 Santa stops off for Brussels parade Saturday VOL. 5 NO. 48 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1989. 50 CENTS Opening snip Jack Riddell, M.P.P. for Huron snips the ribbon to officially open expansion increases the hospital’sspace by one third. Mr. Riddell the new addition to Seaforth Community Hospital while Hospital also announced new operating grants to the hospital. Board Chairman Ralph Smith watches, Saturday. The $2.5 million Preparations are under way to welcome a special visitor to Brus­ sels as the Annual Santa Claus Parade comes to town this Satur­ day. The guest of honour, along with the rest of the parade, will make their way starting at 2 p.m. from the CIL Agromart, south down Turnberry Street to Callander Nur­ sing Home, then back to the Legion where Santa will stay to visit with the children and pass out candies and fruit. There will also be lots of games and activities for children nine years and under beginning at 3 p.m. at the Legion. Both the Legion Pipe Band and the Brussels Public School Band will be taking part in the parade, as well as the Brussels Starlettes. There will be cash prizes offered in several parade categories. They are: best clown, adult and child; best commercial float; best junior organizational float; bes^ animal drawn float; best decorated vehi­ cle. Judging for the parade entries will begin at 1:30 p.m. sharp at the Agromart. For pre-registration you may contact Larry Bray at 887- 6553, Don Bray at 887-9474 or Ron Clarkson at 887-6058. Canadian Agra to build $15 million plant A company formerly headquar­ tered in Blyth has announced it will build a $15 million alfalfa dehydrat­ ing plant at the Bruce Energy Centre near the Bruce Nuclear Power Development north of Kin­ cardine. Canadian Agra, in a joint an­ nouncement with the Bruce Energy Centre, Nov. 20, said the plant will be ready next summer and will provide 40 new jobs and give farmers in the area a chance to obtain top prices for alfalfa grown in their fields. During the winter months, the plant will employ five people. Owned and operated by Cana­ dian Agra, the facility will sit on 11 acres, west of the Sunroot alcohol Continued on page 18 Seaforth Hospital opens new $2.5 million addition The offical opening of a new $2.5 million expansion to the Seaforth Community Hospital was held Sa­ turday at Seaforth. Jack Riddell, M.P.P. for Huron cut the ribbon officially opening the addition which will increase the space in the hospital by 30 per cent. Brussels man convicted on charge A young Brussels man will appear in Wingham Provincial court December 20 for sentencing after pleading guilty to trafficking in narcotics. Steven E. McCauley of Queen St., Brussels pleaded guilty Wed­ nesday before Judge R. G. E. Hunter after being arrested in connection with an undercover investigation July 23. VA, 1'he court was told that Mr Saying he was still in the Christmas mood after attending the Santa Claus Parade in Wingham earlier, Mr. Riddell also announced the hospital will be getting an addi­ tional $529,800 to boost the operat­ ing funds of the hospital. The 12,000 square foot addition McCauley was approached by an undercover police officer at the Twin Gables Hotel in Listowel on July 23. She talked to him about the possibility of buying some drugs. She accompanied him back to his Brussels home about 2:30 a.m. where he produced two pieces of cannibis resin (hashish), each weighing about one quarter of an ounce. She purchased one of the cause in all likelihood, you’re going h pieces for a price of $140. He was jail. ” ‘ r will be paid for by a two-thirds grant from the Ministry of Health and another $900,000 to be raised bv the local community. To date, $756,223. The addition allows space for a new and enlarged out-patient and emergency department, an enlarg- later charged with trafficking as a result of the sale. Mr. McCauley’s lawyer Michael Donnelly of Goderich asked that a pre-sentence report be completed before his client was sentenced. Judge Hunter agreed to postpone sentencing to Dec. 20 but he warned Mr. McCauley: “You bet­ ter make some arrangements be- Rodney, chief of staff, project. Dr. Ken also praised what he called the “really amazing performance” of Mr. Vincent and his team of volunteers in raising over $700,000 in a two-week blitz of the surround­ ing communities. People of the community said it wanted upgrad­ ed facilities, he said, and they put their money where their mouths were. He paid special tribute to the late A. Y. McLean who, he said was indicative of the volunteers who had given years of service to the hospital. Dr. Rodney said the former one-room emergency room had been conceived as an after-Jiours extension of the doctors offices back in 1964. But now, he said, emergency and out-patient visits top 6,000 per year. The new facility is the equal of any in a hospital of ed physiotherapy department and increase x-ray and laboratory ac­ commodations. An addition to the east side of the hospital enlarged the heating, mechanical and elec­ trical services. Mr. Riddell called the comple­ tion of the expansion, probably the most significant development at the hospital since it was built 25 years ago. Jim Etue, chairman of the build­ ing committee paid tribute to the past board chairpersons who had laid the plans for the expansion and praised the work of Fred Tilley, first as chairman of the building committee and later as board chairman, for the hundreds of volunteer hours he had put into the project. Marlen Vincent, chairman of the fundraising committee praised the hardworking people who had help- — — »■*/ *** “ ed raise the money to date for the _ .Continued on page 8