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VAN Solo Ro] [ol-N Slo] Yel Ve To e] Vol. 2, No. 29 Tuesday, February 2, 1993 CIRC. 10,000 28 pages 145814 Green light for hospital expansion The long-awaited expansion to Port Perry's Community Memorial Hospital cleared its final hurdle last week and officials say construction will star this spring. Hospital administrator David Brown said Monday he Winter the old fashioned way ....... Horse drawn sleigh rides are back at the Ice Palace on Lake Scugog In Port Perry. The rides under the direction of driver Steve Groves, started again over the weekend and will continue Saturday and Sunday afternoons for the rest of the winter. As you,can see from the picture the sleigh rides are popular with all ages and at $1.00, a pretty good bargain. Canoe race 25 years old Canoe the Nonquon will celebrate an important milestone in June. This storied and popular Scugog event is 25 years old this year, and already organizers are hard at work on some special things to mark the occasion. Marilyn Péarce, a member of the Canoe the Nonquon Committee said last week one special event that should prove popular is a short 2 KM canoe race (from the boat launch to the waterfront) "for all those people who have always wanted to Canoe the Nonquon, but did not want to go the full 16 miles." This will be held the day of the race (June 5) at 2:00 PM. Speaking to the annual meeting of the Lake Scugog Historical Society last . Thursday evening, Ms. Pearce said the Nonquon committee is working to bring back a lot of those who have paddled this race over the past quarter century. Another special event this year will be a post-awards ceremony bar-b-q, a chance for all the paddlers, past and present to gnigy en each other's MoJack-Bruin playoff tilt The Port Perry MoJacks will meet rival Uxbridge Bruins in Central Ontario Junior C hockey quarter finals with game one set for this Thursday evening (Feb. 4)wat the Scugog Arena for an-8:30 faceoff. ModJacks finished the regular «Schedule with® a victory Saturday over Little Britain and a tie with Lakefield Sunday to give them 49 points, good eriough for third place in the standings. The Bruins ished 5th overall with 41 points, but based on their head to head record this season, there isn't much to choose between the two teams. MoJdacks won four, the Bruins three and one game. was tied. And in these eight games, MoJacks scored 43 goals and the Bruins 45. The rivalry between Port Perry and Uxbridge has been intense this season and over the past few years, so fans in both communities should see some hard-hitting hockey in-a series that will likely go the limit. Game two is Friday night in Uxbridge at 8:30; game three is Sunday night in Port Perry at 7:30 and game four Tuesday (Feb. 9) in Uxbridge at 8:30. In other quarter final series, Little Britain will meet Bobcaygeon; and Bowmanville will tackle Lakefield. company and swap tall tales of their adventures in the Nonquon. v The first paddles hit theer, water for Canoe the Nongiion back in 1969 as a fund-raising venture for the Scugog Shores Museu. 1t still is a major source of revenue for the popular Museum and Ms Pearc€ said over $100,000. has been raised in the last quarter century. For the 25th Year, she said the goal is to raise $10,000 for the Museum. 3 "That's not an unreasonable amount. We think we can do it if we get lots of help," she said. Canoe the Nonquon is the oldest sanctioned marathon cane race in the province. It is held the firgt Saturday in June each year pnd the number of canoes has Xanged from a high of 200 to a low of about 60. Artist Clint Jammer (who has paddled the course once or twice himself) will be donating one of his prints as a prize for a draw for all those who bring in pledges for this year's race. FEBRUARY Is HEART AND STROKE MONTH learned last week that the Provincial Health Ministry has given the green light for ' the hospital to ask for tenders on the $5.2 million addition and renovations. "This is a real milestone for us. We will be able to break ground this spring," said Mr. Brown, adding that the construction phase will take between 18 and 24 months. He said the hospital will be accepting bids from 11 pre- qualified general contractors until March 4 and he expects the Hospital Board wil approve a contract with one of them by March 31. Six mechanical contractors and five electrical contractors have also pre-qualified, and any local trades or contractors hoping to get work on this project should check the ad on the classified pages in this edition of the Citizen. Planning for this ex (enlarged emergency, physiotherapy, out-patient and maternity departments) has been on-going since 1986. The provincial government will pay $2.4 million of the cost, with $2.8 generated through a very successful .community fund-raising campai "The community has been so generous with contributions. It is just great to have some positive news," said Hospital Board chairman Kent Farndale. "There has been so much good response (to the fund- raising campaign) This will be a wonderful addition to the' Hospital and a very welcome one for this community," she said. Ted Griffen, chairman of the building committee, was delighted the project has the final green light. "I'm pleased to see the (provincial) government letting this project go ahead. It will be good for the local economy," he said. The community fund-raising campaign so far has raised about $2.2 million, leaving another $600,000 to be collected in donations and pledges. Debbie McGarry, manager of the Hospital Foundation, praised the local community for its support and said there is "no doubt" that the target will be reached. Mr. Brown said once the contract is awarded by the end of March, construction should be underway in April. 1 /