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~Vbe(iaîabiau QLampwun Milton's Community Newspaper Since 1860 c uekend Edition IwtAPPLE Ato Accessore IUpholstery Rqtî,rsiI Wiwndshield RepairsI *781 MAIN ST #1& 2, ~'iLToN 876-4785 N EW S Milton taxes could rise by 2% S POR T S Peewee 'Hawks used in movie wwwn-toncanadiancharpion.como A & E Newlove makes art out of words A Merolnd edi Grup pbliatin VL 17 No 80FriayDecmber15,200 48Pags $100(nciG.ST., Hospital haif a milliIon dloser to CT scanner James and Barbara Snow nîake largest E ever personal donation to Milton hospital 187 Laurier Am, 8 18- 2881 1 SZ District Hospital FoUnatf \0 O ~ 4c'V Hldcre-d Th ou sa n d iiIl. ,., GRAHAM PANE/ CANADAN CHAMPON BIG BOOSI: Long-time Milton residents James (second from left) and Barbara Snow band over a cheque for $500,000 to the Milton District Hospital Foundation s CT Scanner Campaign Tuesday afiernoon. On hand ta accept the cheque and offer thei thanks are Halton Healthcare Services president and CEO John Oliver rght) and Mayor Gord Krantz. The donation is the largest ever made by an indivdual to the hospital The scannerwvll be boused in a new anneo that'I bear the farnlys name. Read about more donatons on page Al Champion's Christmas Bureau Fund slowly rising, but time running out It seems Miltonians are responding to The Champions pleas for heip. Sînce Tbursday, $5,200 in donations bas heen made to tise Christmas Bureau Fund for the Milton Salvation Army That brings the total to $13715.86. The goal this year is $25,000. Organîzer Sheena Cameron, who bas been at the heim of the drive for about 25 years now, said its heartening t0 see people respondîng. "lî's heen realiy good," she said. The fargest individual dona- tion 50 far came in this week, and was for $1,200. Money goes toward îurkey dinners with ail the tnimmings for needy families in town, with the hope that no family wii go witbout a deliciuus Christmas meal. Residenîs have aiso heen generousiy dropping off toys at the Champion. Non-perîshabie food items bave been siower to come in, Cameron reported. Residents can drop off mone- tary donations, new, unwrapped îoys and non-perishahie food items at the office of The Champion, 875 Main St. E., between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. Donations wiii be coiiected untii Thursday By Stephanie Thiessen CANADIAN CHAMPION STAFF Hli-a-milion dolars has been dBnaied 10 the MiltoEn District Hospital FoundatiBon's CT Scanner Campaîgn, the largest personaf gîfi in the history of the hEspital. Long-time Milton resîdents James and Barbara Snow presented the che-que in a ceremnny at their rural Milton home Tuesday aftemnoon in a room overiooking the Niagara Escarpment. "We're 50 happy to be ahie to make this contrihutîon to assîst the CT cam- paign and mayhe hurry îî aiong a bit," James said. Added Barbara. "This is just another ting wc could do îLE help tihe coinmunitv- About $3.5 million is nieeded fot- the CT scanner, as weli as the rencvaI of the Diagnostic Imagîng Department ai Milton District Hospitaf (MDH). SE fLar, juA oer $2 million- including the Snows' donatioAn - lias heen raised for the projeci, whîcb is sciedled tED bc compfeted nexi fali. This prolect involves the addition of an annex to expand the department and bouse rnammcogî apbv, hone mineraI densitometry and ultrasound services. [he annex is expected to commence in FebruaryU and wl be named the James and Barbara Snow Family Trust Diagnostic Imaging Annex. Every year, about 2,900 Miltonians must leave town tEs go to Oakilie- Trafalgar Memoniai Hospital f'or the use of a CI' scanner, which takes two- dimensional x-ray images. The cheque presentatton hrought together representoitives from Halton Healtbeare Services (HHS), the MDH Foundation and the Town of Milton. "Mr. and Mrs. Snow, your generosîîy is an inspiration t0 others," said Kim Mason, presîdent of the MDH Foundation and co-chair of the CT Scanner Campaign along with her brother, Brent Rchardson. -With your help and with the support of the rest of he community we wiii bring CT to MDiI hy the fail of nexi year." John Oliver, HHIS president and CED, said making room for the new scanner pros-ides the opportunity to recontîgure the entire department into a "more functinnal layout," which will give patients more privacy. "As the iargest personaf gift to MDH Foundation and the campaign, it wil revitalize our hospital 50 we can con- tinue to grow nh the needs of our rap- idiy expanding community" Mayor Gord Krantz, honorary chair of the CT Scanner Campaign, also thanked the Snows for their donation. It's ef forts such as thîs that make Milton the cornmnunity ois,- he said. .Sephaîîîe I fiessenicati be c wcfîecfat stisîi, BLEt fiici adiarchaoip i com. 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