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PAGE 20. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2002.
County council brief's
Two apple cider operations shut down in Huron
An agreement was approved by
Huron County council at its Jan. 3
meeting that will see members of the
International Union of Operating
Engineers receive two per cent wage
increases in each of the next three
years.
The settlement, affecting some
employees at the county's homes for
the aged, will also see elimination of
the current paid half-hour lunch
break without any change in the total
compensation. This is in line with
changes in hours nekotiated with the
Service Employees International
Union for other homes for the aged
employees.
***
Two apple cider operations in
Huron were shut down temporarily
during the fall because the tiny para-
site cryptosporidium was found in
their products.
The inspections by officials from
the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture,
Food and Rural Affairs and the
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
found positive tests for the parasite
which can cause an infection of the
intestines called cryptosporidiosis.
It's believed only a few parasite eggs
are needed to cause illness, the
symptoms of which may include
watery diarrhea, cramps, nausea,
vomiting and mild fever. Infections
can be live threatening to those with
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indicated a difference of opinion
between Mayor Lin Steffler and
problems of the immune system.
One of the cider pressing opera-
tions subsequently received
favourable results on three consecu-
tive tests and was allowed to resume
operations.
***
A blitz of staff at Huronlea has
boosted the number of staff who
have been vaccinated for influenza
to 45 per cent. This is up from 43 per
cent last year and markedly up from
the 29 per cent who had been vacci-
nated in early December.
Staff at Huronview in Clinton has
been much more willing to be vacci-
nated with 90 per cent getting the
needle by early December, up from
71 per cent last year.
Meanwhile, Acting Medical
Officer of Health Dr. Beth Henning
told the health and planning commit-
tee that school vaccinations had
decreased by five per cent as of early
December but family vaccinations
were increasing.
***
The car in which Huron County
Museum founder J. H. Neill twice
travelled across Canada will be tak-
ing to the road again — sort of.
The 1927 Essex, which Neill had
fitted out as a camper complete with
a bed, closet, a folding chair and
table on the roof rack, a Coleman
stove that attached to the door frame
MacDonald. Steffler commented,
"We have no authority to tell the
school hoard how to manage their
and a small tent for privacy has been
loaned to the Lambton Heritage
Museum in Grand Bend as the cen-
tral part of a major exhibit relating
the history of camping.
Neill travelled from St. Johns,
Nfld. to Victoria, B.C. in the 1930s
and again in the 1940s.
***
Admission at the Huron County
Museum and the Huron Historic
Gaol will increase from $4 to $5.
Visitors to the museum, however,
will have the advantage of getting
free use of the new Tour Mate serv-
ice at no additional cost. The Tour
Mate provides additional informa-
tion about the different exhibits on a
tape. Since it was introduced last fall
the Tour Mate had cost an additional
$5 per unit.
Student and children's rates will
increase by 50 cents. Joint admis-
sions to both the museum and gaol
will increase by $1 for adults and
students and 75 cents for children.
***
Council awarded the contract for a
new road grader from Volvo Road
Machinery Sales in Goderich for
$239,400, with a trade-in of $36,000.
Tolton Motor Sales Limited of
Bluevale won bids for three half-ton
pickups at $60,030 and for a half-ton
express cargo van at $23,844.
transportation."
MacDonald indicated that besides
the responsibility he felt towards his
constituents, the amount of money
that the board raised on local tax
bills gave council some rights to
comment on the board's oper-
ations.
Steffler countered, "We hive done
what we are required to do.
Sometimes no is an answer - even if
it is not the answer we want." `
During the discussion MacDonald
mentioned that he had phoned board
Chair Colleen Schenk who, he said,
Was sympathetic.
However, she indicated to him that
up to the time the councillor contact-
ed her, she had not received the
council's letter.
Later in the week MacDonald con-
tacted Dennis Harris who is respon-
sible for busing at the 'board and a
meeting was held on Friday.
MacDonald said afterwards that the
situation had not yet been resolved
but he was seeking more information
in an effort to find a solution.
The Citizen was unable to reach
Harris for comment prior to press-
ti me.
Mayor, councillor disagree