The Citizen, 2007-02-22, Page 24The CT scanner for Huron County
campaign committee has seated its
first chair.
Patrick Murphy, civil litigation
specialist and partner with Donnelly
and Murphy Barristers and
Solicitors in Goderich, has been
appointed as a chair of the newly
formed campaign committee.
“I’m doing this because the
acquisition of a CT is extremely
important for the residents of this
community,” said Murphy. “It’s a
routine diagnostics tool– a standard
of care that we do not have access
to.”
The campaign is in place to see
that Huron, the only county in
Southern Ontario that does not
currently have its own CT scanner,
acquires the imaging machine to cut
down wait times and travel issues to
the approximately 1,800 Huron
patients waiting to have a scan at any
given time.
“We’re delighted that Patrick has
agreed to assist us and assume this
important role,” said Alexandra
Marine and General Hospital CEO,
Bill Thibert.
He added that Murphy will be a
great asset with much knowledge
and experience to offer to the
campaign.
Murphy has been certified by the
Law Society of Upper Canada as a
specialist in civil litigation, and
currently sits on the board of
directors of the Advocate's Society.
His community volunteer experience
includes the Knights of Columbus,
and Goderich Recreation
Committee.
The former warden of HuronCounty and Mayor of South HuronRobert Morley has announced he isseeking the nomination for theHuron-Bruce Provincial ProgressiveConservative Party.
For Morley 2006 was his time to
reflect on his future in politics. He
chose not to run in last fall’s
municipal elections after serving the
people of Usborne Twp., South
Huron and the County of Huron.
According to current South Huron
mayor Ken Oke
“Rob did a incredible job asmayor, it was only a matter of timein my mind before he would returnto politics”“Having been in municipal politicsfor 18 years, I have been working
with MPPs and provincial
government staff members to
advance the interests of the people in
South Huron and Huron County.
Making the move to Provincial
politics leverages all that experience
I have gained for the benefit of the
people of Huron-Bruce” stated
Morley.John Tory, the leader of the Provincial ProgressiveConservatives, has spent a great dealof time learning about andinteracting with people in rural
Ontario.
“It is clear to me, Morley
emphasizes, “that John Tory
understands rural Ontario and the
issues we face; clearly a big
difference from what we have
experienced with the McGuinty
government.”
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Ben Lobb was acclaimed on Feb.
2 by the Huron Bruce Electoral
District Association as the candidate
representing the Conservative Party
of Canada for Huron-Bruce in the
next federal election.
“I am honoured to have the
opportunity to represent this riding
in the next election and will continue
to work hard to enable all of our
constituents to have their voices
heard in Ottawa,” Lobb said. “We
had a great measure of success in the
last election and we are looking to
significantly improve upon those
results in the next election.”
As the Huron-Bruce Conservative
candidate in the last federal election,
Lobb had one of the best net vote
improvements in Ontario, improving
9,000 votes for the Conservative
Party over the results from the 2004
election.
Lobb stated, “My five priorities
for Huron-Bruce are: agriculture,
manufacturing/industry, energy
development, tourism and small
business. Of course, adequate health
care for all people in Huron Bruce
and environmental concerns each
play a significant role across all five
of these priorities.”
Lobb Huron Bruce PC
provincial candidateAppointed
Alexandra Marine and General Hospital CEO Bill Thibert,
right, congratulates Patrick Murphy on his appointment as
chair of the newly-formed CT scanner campaign
committee. (Goderich Signal Star photo)
Goderich lawyer
leads CT committee
Morley seeks PC nomination
The Threshers have proposed to
build a new building over the
sawmill at the fairgrounds in Blyth.
Ray Hallahan of Blyth presented
his proposal to North Huron council
at their Feb. 7 meeting and he was
given the go-ahead to build.
Next, Hallahan goes to the
Threshers Association for budget
approval.
“We’ve met with Dave Black, the
chief building official and Pat
Newson, the recreation director and
we got approval from council,”
Hallahan said.
“The next step is to get our quotes
to the board of directors of the
Threshers on Feb. 21 for budget
approval. And if it’s approved,
construction could start as soon as
June 1 of this year.”
Hallahan is estimating that
construction will take just two to
three weeks with an approximate
estimate of $40,000 as a cost.
“We’re not asking for any funding
from the municipality, but we’ll
probably be applying for a
government grant if possible,”
Hallahan said.
Hallahan says that the current
building is in very rough shape and
that it is open, something that he
calls a liability.
“The existing building is
deteriorating rather quickly. The
new building will be somewhat
bigger. It will also be used for the
sawmill, as well as for storage,”
Hallahan said.
“The building will be 40 feet wide
and 48 feet long. It will be moved to
the west a little from the original
building and the onlookers will be
able to be inside the building to see
the mill in operation and the
building will be completely closed
in when not in use.”
Hallahan is hoping that
construction will be completed by
the 2007 Thresher Reunion.
The project is currently waiting on
a budgeting decision from the
Thresher board and upon approval
the project will be contracted out
and begin moving forward.
Hallahan says, “If it’s approved,
we’ll start working on [obtaining a
grant] right away.”The Citizen
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