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PAGE 14 a : "TERRACE BAY NEWS JUNE 15, 1977 LETTER TO JACK STOKES FROM DENNIS R. TIMBRELL, MINISTER OF HEALTH: Continued from pg. 12 .. At the meeting with the Board on March 10, 1977 at which I believe you were present, a program was agreed to which translated into 29,555 square feet, excluding the area for : doctors' private offices. At a later meeting, on March 29, it was acknowledged that the Block Schematics were in excess of the agreed- upon 29,555 square feet, but. there appeared then to be no major objections to reducing to this figure.' : Review of the Schematics indicated an ex- cess of some 3,000 square feet, and the hos- pital was advised that it could proceed to sketch plans on the understanding that they worked to the program figure. Written confir- mation.of this was sent to the hospital on LAprIY 2k. .Despite this, when sketch plans were re- ceived from the architect on May 17, the sketches were still in excess of the program figures. It appears that no effort has been made by either the hospital or the architect to meet the Ministry's long-known require- : ments. Any delay which may occur, I suggest, is therefore the Zesponsibliity of the hospi- tal. Apart from the fact that, on the basis of data available to the Planning Branch, 29,000 square feet should be more than ample for a 23 bed hospital, it should also be borne in mind that the addition of 3,000 extra square feet (10% of the whole) will needlessly add approximately $250,000 to the cost of the 'project. a It is apparent from the foregoing that the -hospital must very quickly scale down its plans by approximately 10% or it will fail to meet the projected .tender date. I hope this clarifies the situation. Kindest regards. (Signed) Dennis R. Timbrell Minister of Health . CC: Honourable William Davis. WINTARIO GRANTS TO TWO PROJECTS !'IN TOWN A grant up to $29,868 is to go to the Terrace Bay Recreation Department towards the costs of renovations to the arena and hall in- cluding roof repairs, replacement of doors and windows and the installation of plastic boards lights, heaters and plexiglass in the arena. "A grant of $1,228 is to go to the Terrace Bay Ski Club towards the purchase of a snow packer. LES FRANCAIS SE RENCONTRENT La premi&re. rencontre du groupe Fran¢ais de Terrace Bay et Schreiber avait lieu le 8 juin 1977 & la bibliothdque de 1'Ecole St. Martin de Terrace Bay, Le but de 1'assemblée était de ren- contrer M, André Bugeot, repré- sentant du Secrétariat d' Etat du - Ministére Fédéral et la POSE InLa" 1lité de former un Club Francais, Vingt---sept personnes éiaient pré- sentes, M, André Bugeot expligua la fonc- tion du Secrétariat d'EtaAt qui s' occupe de divers domaines comme la Traduction, les Corporations - . de la Couronne, la Citoyenneté, 1' Tnmigration et des programmes pour natifs, femmes, jeunesse, groupes ethniques, groupes de langues minoritaires comme les groupes Francais le sont en Onta- rio. : L'assemblée établit les besoins des Prancais qui justifieraient la formation d'un Club afin d' ob=- tenir du francais dans les écoles, dans les services publiques; lit- térature, journaux, radio et té&lé- vision et of frirait un moyen de commuriication et rencontres enjre Francais. 4 M. Bugeot établit la possibilité. d' obtenir une subvention du Ministre Fédéral qui permettrait de mettre sur pied un Club Fran- ais et les membres de 1'éxécutif s' occupent a¢ja d'en faire la demande, Il y eu élection et Robert Géli- neault fut nommé Président; Danielle Salesse, Vice-Présidente; Aline Larochelle, Trésoridre; Rolande ILanteigne, Secrétaire et Lorraine. Tanguay, Paul Rochon et Hyacinthe Landry Conseillers, L' éxécutif se réunira le 21 juin et fixera une date pour une réu- nion générale & laquelle tous les Francais seront invités et nous espeérons que 1'enthousiasme manifesté jusqu'd date sera soutenu. - i ES