FREE DISTRIBUTION WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER nth 1989 32 PAGES Hospital gets a major facelift a Mr By BRIAN Herald Staff Health care services at the Georgetown and District Hospital will undergo a major face lift that includes establishing a chronic care centre and a new nursing home and plans are in the works to wipe out the Bennett Health Care Centre s 6 million debt The changes were announced by Georgetown Hospital Board Chair man Graeme Goebelle at a press conference attended bj Halton North Walt Elliot and Major Miller at the Bennett Health Care Centre Under the arrangement Ministry of Health the Bennett Health Care Centre will merge with the Georgetown hospital as one corporation The two act as in dependent entit es now The bed health care centre will be comertcd into a 36bed chron c care centre However tal Executive rector Mark Rochon said no one will be out of the 1 has to moe All to our cur rent res dents w ill be honored The number of beds at the centre will be reduced by on he said The hospital then construct a bed nursing home which in eludes an add allocation ot beds from the Mmistn of The res dents of the current sing home II rema n in hat will become the c care centre and the sen ices will be Fiery trails the clown hangs on for dear life during a slant at the Fall Fair Saturday Coco I actually get J through fire but another stout driver actually did just that Over people attended the highly successful threeday fair drivers crashed bashed and jumped to thrill he audience during the show Even Mayor Russ Miller and fall fair secretary treasurer Bob got In on the act They were taken around the track as highspeed passengers ed as a result said Mr Rochon Under the current nursing home designation each resident recedes two hours of care c care facilities give four to five hours of care per person each said Mr Rochon The new nursing hame is ex to be constructed near the current Bennett Health Care Cen tre connected with a ser vice tunnel said Mr Rochon The whole concept of an integrated fac is maintained Everything is just down the hall The 30bed retirement home will continue in its current capacitv but it will have a separate en trance said Mr Continued on Run for Terry Fox on Sunday Over 250 Hills residents are expected to be among the over Ontario participants walk ing running and cycling this Sun dav to carry on Terry Fox tradi tional Marathon of Hope to raise money for cancer research Acton is the leader in town rais over last year toward cancer research We re hoping to equal last year if we can said organizer John Hurst He said the money raised at the Acton High School track in was phenomenal We re emphasizing that it not just a run People can walk or ride it Acton ninth annual Terry Fox Run begins Sunday Sept at 8 a m and runs until 3pm The course is kilometres on the brack hut people can do whatever they want from one kilometre to 10km Mr Hurst said Betty Fox in town Page 5 Hot dogs and hamburgers along with coffee and soft drinks will be sold at the event The refreshments are donated by local companies The profits will go to theTerryFoxRun Georgetown version of the Terry Fox Run is on a slightly smaller scale Last year the run raised under 000 But en thusiasm runs high We re hoping that Just the general interest will encourage people to come out said Susan Continued on Page 5