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i 1 _ " â€"s _ & "_~,_ _ amunity has already offered its supâ€" . campaign that‘s _ por w the tune of $10.5 million, 4 sector target. "Lead donors" j ‘&mfllfidh include The Kâ€"W Health Centre & community," . Auxiliary, the Hallman Family, $ Conestoga Rovers & Associates E* * MARBOCE i hedantn anaide me / H. Kaufman, J.M. Schneider Inc., .. MTD Products, Toronto Dominâ€" + om Bank, Bank of Montreal, Royal Bank, Canadian Imperial t ‘Bank of Commerce, Electrohome 11d., Sybase Inc., the Ecoâ€" | nomical Insurance Group, M & M Meat Shops, McNeil Conâ€" | Sumer Products, and Manulife Financial. â€" © ... . Over the next five years, campaign volunteers will artempt / to raise the remaining $11.2 million in the private sector and $,$6.5 million in the public sector. Renovations will begin this | summer and will continue throughout, and for up to a year ; after, the fundâ€"raising campaign. ; Renovations are budgeted to cost $22.2 million, while | Equipment purchases are expected to cost $6 million , i ~* Because the hospital expects to be providing 90â€"perâ€"cent smaubydnmm.lmopmm { *ambulatory mall" will be constructed. This "hub" will more $ henp teep iminin in mmmgarc alle t man mt se $ waits in unit: The main i e n o s n Pratp moont wan _ entrance, relieving stress on the emergency department‘s secâ€" > : Ond floor entrance. a *â€" As well, the pediatric care unit will be completely renovated jand rooms will be redesigned to allow parents to stay © overnight; lobby renovations in emergency and critical care services will reduce overload; and renovations to the hospital‘s birthing centre will result in 11 new laborâ€"birthâ€"recovery . rooms and four laborâ€"birthâ€"recovery post partum rooms, two ~ advanced parenting/delivery suites for high risk birth and Caceâ€" : (sarean sections, and a special care nursery for highâ€"risk babies. ‘campaign that‘s :‘ éver been | _ attempted in * this community." Campaign Kâ€"W, organizers will raise $28.2 million for mdwmhhflw Monar that uie Uniremy of io rec fangiaaieg Monday that the University of Wate recent fundâ€"raising campaign raised close to $90 million, only $7 million was raised in the community. Campaign KW will seek $21.7 milâ€" lion in donations from the local private sector and a further $6.5 million from the public secior, including the provincial and regional governments. "So this is indeed â€" the largest campaign that‘s ever been artempted in this community," Carroll said. "So this is indeed is the largest ever seen. rand River Hospital‘s Kitchenerâ€"Watrerloo Health Gmwmhmmfifi: raising initiative in its 100â€"year history â€" ?onmwwfibaâ€"l::’h Â¥ HUUIIIH Wl ie t oo e e e o7 (§ 997 _ Though Campaign Kâ€"W was announced to the public just two wid Mipetih Hip. Â¥ireimens tm ningl e sn Py â€"3ste x w-aloocouncil may reinstate its 10 per cent funding cut to Project Lift at next Monday‘s council meeting. Waterloo Mayor Brian Turnbull said at the end of Monday night‘s physical developâ€" ment committee meeting that council may decide to reinstate the money, at least partly in response to Project Lift‘s determined elfors to reduce costs. Counicil vored to cut the city‘s 1996 fundâ€" ing to the transit service for the physically challenged by $29,077 Jan. 22. it refused to reconsider the issue Jan. 29. > of the 18â€"kam piece of CN track to WSJR will likely go zhead soor "The word | get from business planning is that the closing drx uments are being finalized and we hope to have everythung signed and sealed by sometume in March," said lan Thomson. manager of public aftairs & ® & * Project Lift may have funding reinstated "It‘s a possibility," Turnbull said, when Chronicle Staff "They (Project Lift) have heard us when we said we wanted them t find efficiencies They‘ve described to me how they‘ve already got that in motion. So that was 2 big part of what the city wanied them i do." Also Turnbull said he didn‘t think council would accept a new Project Lift proposal uw charge its Waterloo clients a registration fee in order to make up for the city‘s 10â€"perâ€" cent funding cut The organization‘s board of direciors made that proposal at its last board meeting Feb. 20. Project Lift general manager Dave Smith said Monday that ideally the board of direcâ€" tors still wants the city to restore the asked whether council would reinstate the funding cut. "I look at about three months after closing before we can be ready," Skrien said, when asked when the railway will begin run ning, "So it sort of hinges on the closing dase because theres still a couple of months left on the stauon and there‘s probably 2 month to organize when the station‘s complete * An official with CN Ontario said las: Fnday the proposed sale Skrien said the company stopped consirucuon on the new Waterioo tourst train station just southwest of the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery carly in the new year because ol the delay in dosing the sale. However he said once the deal is finalized. work on the station will be compleied He also said WSJR officials old the communer orgamizing the Elmira Maple Syrup Festival between Christmas and New Years Day that the railway would not be operauonal in tume for the fes The Waterioo St. Jacobs Railway will not open in time for the $ Elmira Maple Syrup Festival March 30. oo The general manager of the WSJR, Ery Skrien. said last Thurs * fi&mhu»mnfiadh’m&i railway because the sale of Canadian National Railway‘s 18â€"km section of track between Warerioo and Fimira to WSJR has suill not gone through. He said he now expects the railway won‘\ be operational until mid June. Skrien said last November the target date for the sale of the wack by CN to WSJR was last Dec. 31. The company wants w operaie a tounist train between Waterioo and S Jacoky in 1996 "The deal is very, very close 10 closing now." he said Thursday "In fact we had some very good meetngs yesterday (Feb 21 ) in Toronto all day long, Things are really, really looking super "I know that there aren‘t any major issues outstanding 2s of (Feb. 21)," Skrien said. "So now it‘s just 2 matier of geriung things writien. And with the legal system, thar‘ll probably be 2 coupke of Opening of railway on hold £ at least until June $ % SL. GEOROR‘S SIOHEE AHAPV 621 7962 $ KING STREFT EAST, KITCHENE® 74406 When asked why Project Lifi didnt jus: raise fares in Waterioo to cover the funding cut, Smith said the City of Waterioo didn‘ want them to."The reason we didn‘t want uo cut service is because of the onginal forum we had way back in December when all the users said, ‘Please, please. please dont cut FREE PARKING AT FRONT & REAR OF STORE DEPENDABLE SERVICE SINCE 1959 46 King St. N., Waterioo 886â€"2040 He said Project Lif could actually admin ister the revenueâ€"ramsing usell but the action would be selfâ€"defeating because 11 would mean an extra cost for the orgamzauon $29.077 in funding the aity cut from Project Lift‘s 1996 budget However fashng that he said he hoped Waterioo council would accept the regstrauion fee idea and that the city would do the revenueâ€"ramsing CANADA‘S FINEST CLOSED SUNDAY MONDAY â€" THURSDAY 9â€"5 30