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The afternoon of Nov. 13 saw
a flurry of activity in the Mills
Memorial Hospital lobby as
three local groups gave $7,200
to the R.E.M. Lee Hospital
Foundation’s CT scanner fund,
and the foundation itself
awarded over $1,000 from its
scholarship fund.

The Skeena Valley Rebekah
Lodge #68 (top left photo)
donated $200 to the fund, pro-
ceeds from a recent raffle.
Lodge members Evelyn Baxter
(centre) and Renee Cox (second
from left) presented the cheque
to foundation chairperson Mar-
laine Webber and board member
Dawn Martin (left), witnessed by
Terrace Health Care Society
CEO and Mills Memorial admin-
istrator Michael Leisinger. Prize
winners in the raffle, by the
way, were Geri Mantel of Ter-
race, who won a food hamper,
and Leslie Conrad of Calgary,
who received a basket of
toiletries.

Ron Vanderlee, area manager
for Pacific Northern Gas (top
right), delivered a donation of
$5,000 from PNG’s head office
to Webber. Vanderlee explained
that the company has an annual
budget for charitable causes and
the awards are determined by an
internal screening committee.
The local office suggested the
CT scanner as a worthy causes,
and the committee approved it.

The foundation paid out some
money as well. Martin (right)
presented scholarships of $1,000
to Norah Arbuah (centre) for her
work on attaining education as a
Registered Nurse and $710 to
Donna Auriat for health techni-
cian studies. .

Students from .Cassie Hall
Elementary School (bottom)
went on an all-out blitz to fatten
up the community and raise
$2,000 for the CT scanner fund,
selling 5,000 chocolate bars
door-to-door in two weeks.
Principal Bob Peacock said there
were about 200 students
involved in the project, which
was a suggestion from parents.
Presenting a giant-size cheque
were Charlotte Milne, Mclanie

Gagnon, Melissa Osborne and
Kevin Schulmeister.

The CT scanner fund is aiming
for $600,000, to be raised entire-
ly from the community, for the
purchase of a  chromato-
tomography scanner, a com-
puterized diagnostic instrument
that is an essential health care
tool currently available to local
patients only if they travel to the
lower mainland. The fund now
holds about $370,000. The
R.E.M. Lee Hospital’ Foundation
is selling Cash Calendars again
this year, a project that raised
about $30,000 in 1990. The
calendars are available at many
retail stores the Terrace area or
through members of the Elks
Lodge #425.

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