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Wednesday, October 4, 1989 TERRACE BAY/SCHREIBER NEWS Page 3 McCau Continued from page 1 happy for and with the staff," Fewer said. Ambulance. garage should get go ahead The proposed ambulance garage should get the go ahead in the near future. Fewer said all the related paperwork is completed and all the hospital is waiting for is the application for rezoning the prop- erty to be approved. A public meeting will be held Monday, October 16 at 6:30 p.m. at the Terrace Bay Municipal Office for any resident to voice concems or opinions related to the rezoning application. Either verbal or written submissions may be made and can be in sup- port of or in opposition to the application. The by-law amendment would see the property rezoned from "Special" to "Institutional". "We reccived three tenders from Thunder Bay for building the ambulance garage and Whitehall Construction Ltd. was awarded the contract," said Fewer. He is hoping construction can start by mid-October if every- thing goes OK. "If not, we'll have to wait until next spring" to start construction. The garage will have two bays to hold the two ambulances, washrooms with shower facilities, a training arca, two offices, a locker room and some storage space. Estimated cost for the new garage is $400,000 to $450,000. "It's-just as expensive to build as a hospital - about $200 a square foot," said Fewer. On hold Hospital renovations, which would have seen maintenance equipment relocated in the base- ment to in order to make more efficient use of the main floor space, have been put on hold. Fewer said the original reno- vations had been pegged around $300,000 but, once the plans came back from the architects, the figure had jumped to $1.7 million. "When we began we didn't have that level of expansion in mind," Fewer commented. Transfer facility test results expected near end of month MOE official says operating procedures seem to be okay By Dave Chmara As was promised at a public meeting held last spring, C.P.Rail has submitted a contingency plan to the Ministry of the Environment related to the opera- tions at the Mineral Transfer Facility located at the C.P. rail yard in Schreiber. The plan contains proposals for further courses of action should current methods of han- dling the zinc and copper concen- trates prove to be inadequate. However, Dennis Griffin, Chief of Air Quality Assessment for the Ministry of the Environment for Northwestern Ontario, said current methods seem to be acceptable. "However, this is my: own, personal view," said Griffin. "The official response will come from the Abatement Section." Since the public meeting was held, hi-vol tests have been con- ducted which measure the amount of various substances in the air. Griffin said, "There was some delay as the testing was contract- ed out from our main lab to a pri- vate lab so we have no results yct since the May 20 tests. The results should be available fairly soon." He added that the tests con- ducted in April and May, roughly eight of them, appear to be "okay". "The hi-vol testing will go on for at least one year so results can be obtaincd for all seasons and a Oy operating variations," said Griffin. Results are also cxpected sometime around the end of October from a moss exposure study which took place in July and August. This report will also include results from soil and veg- etation samples which were taken at the same time. The Mineral Transfer Facility is inspected at least once a month by MOE staff, said Griffin. "The abatement officer makes regular visits once a month and other MOE personnel are there at least once a month at a different time so somebody is at the site at least two or three times a month," Griffin said. He said once future plans and the level of renovations for the hospital were taken into account, it was discovered the footings of the hospital would have to be dug up and reinforced, thereby signif- icantly adding to the projected cost. "We've got a proposal in for a 20 extendicare beds," Fewer said. "If that's approved, we'll do the renovations at the same time." If approved, the entire expan- sland hospital growing sion and renovations would be conducted under a five-year plan said Fewer. Right now, the hospital's administration facilities are being expanded to include the board- room and board meetings will now be held in the cafeteria. "Once the ambulance garage is completed we'll mect in the train- ing room," said Fewer. He commented, "we're out- growing the hospital." Back a Fighter with Easter Seals Last week's issue of the News incorrectly stated Trevor Roberts had been found guilty of Impaired Driving. The charge Roberts was in fact found guilty of was Driving Over 80 mgs. The News apologises for the error and for any inconvenience or problems it may have caused. *y. Photo Prints e "One Hour Service" Terrace Bay's only ON SITE photo finishing Pre Christmas Sale From October 10 to October 31 Bring your film in for photo finishing and get 10% OFF your next roll of photo finishing! 25% OFF all items in store! Frames - Photo Finishing Needs - Cards Photo Prints Simcoe Plaza, Terrace Bay 825-3776 Garrity s DINNER SPECIALS Thursday Riggatoni & Meat Sauce $7.95 Saturday Chopped Steak $7.95 Monday Crepes $6.95 Tuesday Meat Loaf $6.95 Friday Swiss Chicken $10.95 Sunday Ham Roast $8.95 Wednesday Stew $6.95 A Ministry of the Environment officials say they are satisfied with the current operating procedures at the C.P. Mineral Transfer Facility in Schreiber. Results from tests conducted this summer are expected to be released sometime around the end of October. 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