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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-10-17, Page 1c ' Publiobrary v . �4 , ex+. 0 0540,4sham, p n t c,. 4. CHAIR DONATED—The Auxiliary to the Wingham and District Hospital recently donated a "bleeding chair" to the hospital laboratory. The chair does not bleed, but it is used for patients who are giving blood for lab work. The advantage of the new chair, valued at $550, is that it is more comfortable than the old one and can be put into a reclining position. Auxiliary President Marilyn Wood looks on as Jean Yemen has her blood work done by Nancy Brown, a nurse at the local hospital. Fund-raising campaign report if expected soon The committee raising directly to the hospital, he reported. He did not have figures yet from the canvassers in other communities, but there were reports that money has been flowing into the hospital in .a steady stream. In addition, $12,000 has been collected' SO '*Nett" corporate donations, he reported, with the .largest single donation of $6,000 coming from the Town of Wingham. Another part of' the fund- raising campaign, the car lottery, has been put on • a back burner while the canvass is going on, Mr. Miller said, but "quite a few" tickets have been sold already. The lottery chairman is Rod McDonagh of Lucknow. His committee hopes to sell 5,000 tickets at $20 each before the first draw is held on Dec. 31. There will be six draws, one a month, for $1,000 each and a grand prize draw at the hospital associa- tion annual meeting June 20 for a new Ford Tempo. Hospital Treasurer Gor- don Baxter said Monday that he did not yet have figures for the fund-raising cam- paign in areas outside Wing - ham. He knows that a num- ber of the canvassers have turned in their kits, he said, funds for the expansion program at . the Wingham and District Hospital plans to report soon on the progress of its campaign. Chairman Tom Miller said the committee will get together next Tuesday night • to get reports from : those ti responsible for the canvass , in the various communities, although he estimated it would be the end of November before he would have preliminary figures for the whole campaign. Most of the door-to-door canvass has been completed, Mr. Miller said, but the results have not yet been completely tallied. By the beginning of this week, with 31 of the 55 canvassers who had covered Wingham having reported in, nearly $20,000 in cash and pledges had been collected and another $10,000 had been sent Snow cuts ribbon to open bridge Representatives from the county and province in- cluding Transportation Minister James Snow and a crowd of about 50 people attended a ceremony last week to open the longest bridge in Huron County. After about an hour's delay due to weather con- ditions — fog in Toronto kept the minister from arriving at the scheduled time of 10 a.m. — Mr. Snow cut the red. ribbon to declare the bridge over the Maitland, River in Colborne Township. County Warden Tom Cunningham listed and congratulated -'the many people involved in initiating, funding and building the 485 - foot, „five -span bridge, among. them Huron -Bruce MPP Murray Elston and Huron -Middlesex MPP Jack Riddell. The warden also had good news for those funding the project. County Engineer .Robert Dempsey had estimated the bridge would cost about $1.4 million. Although not all the costs have yet been calculated, Mr. Cunningham reported the cost is now expected to be only about $1.15 million. Mr. Snow congratulated the county on the bridge and said Huron may be the last county to have the capacity to undertake such a large project on its own. He said such projects are usually let to contractors. but he has not been keeping a running total of what was collected. He reported that about $25,000 has been received to date through the mail -out campaign which preceded the canvass this fall. The hospital has_ set 00000 as fie; goal fiir tiye fund-raising campaign to help pay the estimated $2.2 million cost of the new emergency and outpatient services wing now under construction, FIRST SECTION Wingham, Ontario, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 1984 Local municipalities share in ONIP grants The Town of Wingham as rebuilding of sections off well as several neighboring Patrick, Edward and ,municipalities have been' Leopold streets as well as promised provincial grants work on the Armouries and,. to help upgrade local Town Hall, he'said. facilities and services over ; He added that the latest the next several years. allotment has not yet been The money is being .;earmarked for specific provided under the Ontario : projects. Now that the town Neighborhood Improvement has received funding ap- Program (ONIP), which . proval, council will have to offers matching funds for . sit down and draw up a list of approved community renew- .'. priorities, with .input from al projects, including roads, ; the public at a public sidewalks, parks, commun- meeting. ity centres and recreational; ; Renovations to the library facilites. were originally placed near According to the recent : the top of the priority list for announcement by the the previous grant but since Ministry of Muncipal Affairs nothing has yet been done and Housing, Wingham will . there it could qualify as a receive $125,000 while project under the new grant, Brussels and the Township of he said. Howick will each get Brussels and Howick also $150,000. The municipalities have not yet decided exactly must put up an equivalent where they will spend their amount, with projects to be money. 'completed over t e next four Clerk -Treasurer W.H. years. King of Brussels said the This is the second time village had not yet even Wingharn has received received official , con - money under ONIP. Two firmation of the grant, years ago the town received although press releases had $175,000, but all* that money.' been sent to the media. and .an equal amount 'from However he said the council the town coffers will have does have a list of things it been spent by the endof, this1 `h &, to o, inplu n ; year; explained' Art 'Cid c of �r oto 'the library and me ical-dental centre, paviflg the parking lot and running sewers to the community centre and doing some work on hydro and water services. Originally the village had applied for over $200,000, he said, so council will have to sit down with its engineer and a ministry representa- tive to reassess its priorities. Marvin Bosetti,' clerk - treasurer of Howiek, said that council also will have to meet with ministry officials to review its plans. It had hoped to carry out about $480,000 worth of woi k in the villages of Wroxeter, Gorrie and Fordwich, he said, and so had applied for about $250,000 from the province. However it now has been told it can only apply fora one village ata time. Maitland Engineering, who handled the applications for. all three municipalities. Projects undertaken to date with the help of ONIP funding include the Thomson declines Tory nomination Bill Thomson of Wingham announced . this week he has declined the nomination as the Progressive Conservative candidate in the next`provincial election in order to return to his broadcasting job at 'CKNX. • Mr. Thomson had won the nomination Oct. 1 at Lucknow, scoring a first -ballot victory over Maurice Donnelly, warden of Bruce County. Once nominated, he left his on -air job at the radio and television station to await an electioncall which never came. Premier William Davis' surprise 'announcement last Monday that he intends to retire from provincial politics put election plans in Ontario on hold until the Tories can choose a new leader, expected to' be sometime this winter or next spring. PC riding association president Mike Snobelin said this week that he understands , and can sympathize with Mr. Thornson's decision to return to his job. He said he would recommend to the executive that it wait until after a leadership convention has been held to nominate a new candidate. NEW BRIDGE OPENING --James Snow, Ontario minister of transportation and com- munidations, cut a ribbon last week to officially open the biggest bridge In Huron County. Assisting in the ceremony to open the Colborne Township Bridge are County Warden Tom Cunningham and Turnberry Reeve Brian McBurney, chairman of the roads committee. (James Friel Photo) Publications win awards Wenger Publications captured a total of five awards at the annual fall meeting of the . Ontario Community Newspapers Association. The awards are' in recognition of outstanding advertising excellence . in several categories. All four of the publications produced by the company received recognition" for general excellence. The Milverton Sun placed first in its category for papers with circulation under 2,000. The Wingham . Advance - Times placed first and third in the category for papers with circulation between 2,001 and 3,000. The Listowel Banner captured a third in the 4,501 to 6,000 circulation category and was also awarded a premier prize for the best food store layout. An advertisement for Frieburger's Food Market of Mount Forest and Elmira was the featured ad- vertisement. It appeared in the Crossroads section which is common to the four community papers as well as being distributed to a further 12,000 readers in com- munities reaching from Arris to Whitechurch and from Monkton to north of Mount Forest. Second fire is started at crossing Council had planned to do some work on parks and outdoor recreation as well as road work, curbs and sidewalks and street lighting, he said. Because the grants are earmarked for rehabilitation of residential neighborhoods, only projects in the villages qualify. As a result, the township could not include its community centre in the list of projects, since it is not in a residential neigh- borhood. A total of 46 Ontario municipalities are to share $7.3 million in funding under the latest ONIP allocation. Single Copy 50c Canada Works funding increased An additional $100,000 has beenearmarked for job creation in the Huron -Bruce federal riding as a result of an increase in funding of the Canada Works program. That increase was an- nounced recently by Flora MacDonald, federal minister of employment and im- migration. In a press release issued by his Ottawa office last week, MP Murray Cardiff said he welcomes the fund- ing and he urged constitu- ents to submit their applica- tions for work projects. Application kits for Canada Works will be available at all Canada Employment Centres and regional employment devel- opment branch offices by mid-October, he said. The deadline for sub- mitting project applications is Nov. 16, 1984. Arson is being blamed for a second fire at the CNR railway crossing on Shuter Street in just over one week. The fire was discovered at approximately 5:30 a.m., last Saturday by the Wingham Town Police. Fire Chief Dave Crothers reported that 11 new eight -foot ties were destroyed in the fire and he estimated the damage at 3500. The Wingham police are investigating. ACCEPT AWARDS—Wenger Publications won a total of five awards at the recent fall meeting of the Ontario Community Newspapers Association. Receiving the awards from the OCNA president, Gordon Clauws (second from right) are: David Wenger of The Mount,ForestConfederate, Robert Wenger of The Listowel Banner, and Barry Wenger (right) of The Wingham Advance -Times. Elston to front -bench post Murray Elston, Liberal MPP for Huron - Bruce, has been named opposition critic for co, mercial relations 'in Ontario. He also re iris his previous post of environment cri ic. In his new capacity Mr. Elston, who has represented the riding since 1981, sits on the front bench of the Liberal caucus. The appointment, announced by , Opposition Leader David Peterson, is part of an eight -person reorganization of the Liberal caucus. Mr. Elston noted he is taking on the job in the midst of a wave of deregulation in the financial industry. ti "The traditional role of the four pillars of the industry — insurance companies, trust companies, banks and securities brokers — is changing," he said. "Following the collapse of several trust companies, these institutions will have to be closely monitored in order to provide maximum protection to consumers and investors. Liberals are not convinced that the Tories are' prepared to do this." Mr. Elston, a lawyer, previously held the position of Liberal critic for the solicitor - general's department and is a member of the Legislature's justice committee. FOR THE HOSPITAL FUND—Joyce Miller (left) and Robert Cooke (right) present a check for $1000 to Tom Mille' (center) for the $2 pillion building expansion at the Wingham hospital. Mr. Miller Is the chairman of the Wingham and District Memorial Hospital fund raising committee. Mr. Cooke Is the Listowel Branch Manager of the National Victorian and Grey Trust company. Mrs. Miller is administrative officer of the Listowel branch. (Staff photo)