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A8 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday December 8. 1999 L ottery p ro ceed s to b e n e fit YMCA (Continued from page A1) & OTMH draw (for the 2000 BMW Z3 roadster won by Helen Tulloch of Oakville). `T his is an all time record." Wilson said the five-year-old CFO, which over sees the lottery, has given away more than $1 mil lion in grants over the past four years, and "this lot tery allows us to give back another $1 million plus. "Over $3 million has been raised by this lottery for the Red Cross, United Way, Special Olympics, and Oakville Heritage Trails," said Wilson in ref erence to past recipients. Last year, the lottery contributed to the con struction of the 57-kilometre Oakville Heritage Trails project which follows a route around Oakville including the construction of a gazebo at George's Square and bridges over creeks. `T he dream home in Upper Glen Abbey is adjacent to the Heritage Trail," said Wilson. `There are absolutely no losers, as both the Y and the hospital touch the lives of hundreds of thousands of people," said Wilson. Roger Sharman, president and CEO of Halton Healthcare Services (OTMH and Milton District Hospital), said the Oakville hospital will use the money to expand its Maternal Child Care area. "My grandson was bom there last week and yes, it's a little cramped." In anticipation of a 20% to 25% birth rate increase over the next four to five years, the hospi tal plans to add 14 labour, birth, recovery and post partum care rooms, a 24-bed maternal child unit, a special care nursery with eight bassinets, plus an outpatient area for prenatal and breastfeeding clin ics, triage and ultrasound, said Sharman. "In two years, we hope to invite all of Oakville to our new site and see what you've done for this community," said Don Jarrett, board chair, Oakville YMCA. The money will be used to purchase equip ment for the Y 's new W ellness and ChildCare and Adventure Centre facilities in its new building to be constructed at its present Rebecca Street location. This equipment will include eight recum bent bicycles with heart rate sensors, 12 treadm ills with heart rate sen sors, six weight training machines; infant and toddler playground supplies; preschool, infant and toddler program /room supplies; plus a 45foot clim bing wall, 30-foot clim bing wall, and an eight-foot children's practice tunnel. In addition to the eight major prizes won on Friday night's gala, the lottery also awarded 2,458 prizes, which were drawn last week. All winners will be contacted by telephone or mail, as well as being listed in the Oakville Beaver. At a reception hosted by Peter Gilgan of M attamy Homes, the Com m unity Foundation o f O akville recognized the trades and suppli ers of M attamy Homes whose contributions of over $100,000 will be added to the bottom line to benefit the lottery's recipients. Winner thrilled with home (Continued from pae A1) © Ontario The Southerns, who settled in Iroquois Ridge from Ottawa six years ago, plan to move into their new home, bring ing with them son Darren, 27, and daughter Lori, 24. "You know kids these days, they're staying home longer," continued Harry. Both Harry and Sherrill work for the Solicitor General in Toronto. Such features as his and hers walk-in closets in the master bed room, a main floor laundry room, and a twocar garage evoked the words "beauti ful" and "unbe lievable" as they toured their new home. "It's very, very, very beautiful . . . it's spectacular" said Harry. "I once kidded Harry that once we get a house with four bath rooms I get Molly Maid," joked Sherrill. Request for Public Opinion on the Proposed Nursing Home Annual Licence Renewal o f Oakville Lifecare Centre, Oakville In accordance with the Nursing Homes Act, public opinion is being requested prior to a final deci sion being made on the above. If you have comments or opinions and wish to bring them to the attention of the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, you may submit them in writing by addressing them to: Director, Health Care Programs Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care 5700 Yonge Street, Mezzanine level North York, Ontario M 2M 4K5 (416) 326-1215, byJanuary 10, 2000 Please include the name of the nursing home and quote Project #235-00 on all written submissions. The Director will consider all submissions before making a final decision. Vottspoiwez oblenir ties renseignements en franfais a la meme adresse. Taylor A nne M etcalfe is a very talented ten year old girl. She started piano lessons at five years of age and then was asked to sing "OH CANADA" for the Oakville Blades hockey game at the age of seven . She followed up with singing lessons with Linda Fletcher. Since that time she has sung "OH CANADA" many times, including a special opening for Elvis Stojko in Oakville. Her list of singing certificates include, grade 1 RCM honours with distinction, grade 2 vocal and grade 1 piano with honours. Taylor Anne performed at the Living Arts Centre with `Voices of Night' and is a member of the youth choir at Walton United Church in Oakville. Recently she received a `scholarship' along with 3 first place awards for vocal at the Burlington Fall Music Festival. She will be performing at the Burlington Arts Centre on the evening of December 9. 1999. Her program includes music from Lcs Mis, Annie, Titanic and a few of her own compositions. The second half of the performance will be a merry sing along of Christmas Find H H R Ford And find a huge selection el 2 0 0 0 Explorer Sports -- priced-fto-sell! Q B V . 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