Kincardine Council gives cash for mammography machine and tourism award

Cheque for hospital foundation

Kincardine council has presented $125,000 toward the purchase of a digital mammography machine at the Kincardine hospital site of the South Bruce Grey Health Centre. Wednesday night (Nov. 5) mayor Larry Kraemer (R) presents the cheque to Gregg McClelland (C) and Suzanne Trudel of the Kincardine and Community Health Care Foundation. The Health Care Heroes Radiothon, held in October, raised $73,500 for the machine, and with other donations, the total raised to date is $275,000. Cost of the machine is $306,000.

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Award to Bill and Marlene Pace

Kincardine councillor Kenneth Craig (L) of the Kincardine tourism committee (CHAT), and mayor Larry Kraemer, present a regional tourism marketing partnership award to Marlene and Bill Pace of Kincardine for the most innovative tour. The couple created the historic Queen Street tour in downtown Kincardine, with signs in each store window, depicting all the previous businesses in that building. The tour won acclaim when featured in the Guelph Mercury newspaper earlier this year.