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10 useful
things
you can do with the newspaper
your wallet look impressive
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Wrap fish and other goop
in it
Wrapping for freezing
meat
Use to pack with when
moving
Roll into fireplace logs
Blanket for bench sleeping
Roll up to make telescope
Recycle for cash
Clean car windows
Use letters for writing
ransom notes
Rustling sound effect for
home movies
Start a fire with it
15 Make spit balls
16 Temporary curtains for
your home
17 Put on floor when painting
18 Use for wrapping gifts
19 Emergency toilet paper
20 Use as insulation
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Fix hole in shoe
Keep flowers fresh until you
get vase
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pecans
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Scoop up dead bugs
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them dry
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rains
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eyes
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Absorb things you spill
Make paper dolls
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For table cloth at annual
picnic
A source for rubber bands
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important by carrying it
Use as door-stop
Take out frustration by
tearing and throwing
To collect hair when cutting
Blot your lipstick
Pack the ice cream freezer
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paperweight
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Read it: national and
local news, sports, edito-
rials, human interest,
television listings, wed-
ding announcements,
births, deaths, are all
available in the newspa-
per.
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Advertise in it: new cars,
grand openings, fash-
ions, furniture, food, toys
— you name it. If you
want to sell something,
the newspaper can help.
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PAGE 20. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2006.
By Bonnie Gropp
Citizen editor
The tiered-response agreement for
emergency services is not finished
yet, county councillors were told at
the Jan. 5 meeting.
Currently the agreement between
the county and the various
municipalities is in the hands of fire
chiefs, councils, fire protection adviser
and various fire dispatches for
comment.
Councillor Dave Urlin of South
Huron said he had been under the
impression that an agreement was to
have been in place by Dec. 31.
David Lew, manager of land
ambulance operations, said that
originally that had been the intention.
"But as we went through the process, it
was clear that wasn't feasible."
He explained that until an agreement
is in place, services will continue as in
the past. "Dispatch has a format of
eight items in calling departments,"
said Lew. "Whatever is in place
continues."
Still issues
with
ambulance
transfer
By Bonnie Gropp
Citizen 'editor
The change to the new
deployment regarding non-
emergency ambulance transfer
policy has been deferred to April I.
In the meantime, county councillors
were informed Jan. 5, a meeting will
be held to try and resolve the issue.
The issue is with the need to have
only one ambulance out of thy,
county on non-emergency
transportation between 8 a.m. and 8
p.m. - -
The plait would reduce the
number of non-emergency transfers
thus freeing up vehicles to provide
emergency coverage throughout the
county. It would ultimately also
reduce the overall response time to
emergency calls within the county.
A question was raised as to
whether it might not be better to go
to a third party for non-emergency
transfers. Warden Rob Morley of
South Huron told councillors when
they sit on this committee to be
prepared for phone calls. "When
you have a family member waiting
at the hospital in Stratford for
someone getting an x-ray, and that
person misses the appointment
because the ambulance is called on
an emergency, these people are
upset."
Saying that non-emergency
transfers were in the nature of public
transfer, Central Huron councillor
John Bezaire wondered if the county
should be responsible for it.
David Lew, manager of land
ambulance services, said that while
that may be the case, people already
feel they pay enough in taxes and
now would have to pay for transit.
Another problem is that the
private companies transferring in the
county can't do emergencies here.
"They are not equipped to respond
and don't have to." said Morley.
"Our ambulances have to stop
(when in other areas). There are
inequities in the province (with the
services) and it causes a dilemma."
"There are a lot of concerns, yet,"
Morley concluded. "We're going to
gain at one side, but lose too."
Central Huron councillor Bert
Dykstra asked if a consensus was
required for the agreement to be final.
"Would it fragment the system?"
"1 don't believe it would have an
impact on ambulance, but it may on
the fire agencies as to when they're
called and who is called," answered
Lew. "I don't want to say all in or all
out, but I think if we allow them to
sign or not sign it's going to cause a
problem."
Bluewater councillor Paul Klopp
said he had initially been under the
same impression as Urlin. However, as
a member of the health, ambulance
and social services committee he has
recognized there is still work to
accomplish.
"There's a lot of concern yet. It
seems to be getting more complicated.
There are a lot of questions."
Klopp prepared Councillors that they
may be brought into discussions. "I
think you can expect phone calls on
this."
Still work to do
on tiered-response