HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2005-01-20, Page 1The Citizen
Serving the communities of Blyth and Brussels and northern Huron County
Volume 21 No. 3
NORTH HURON PUBUSHING COMPANY INC
Inside this week
Girls to Serve in
Mexico
Beef producers hear
the good news
Career Day held at
F.E. Madill
Agricultural Society
holds meeting
Girls receive fair
awards
Bank
card
holders
beware
Huron OPP want the public to be
made aware of an e-mail that appears
to be legitimate, but is actually a
scam.
Persons have recently been
receiving an e-mail message from a
site ’ known as
cardverification@royalbank.com
<mailto:cardverification@royalbank
.com> The header at the top of the
message is that of the RBC Royal
Bank logo.
It goes on to inform the recipient
that their debit card access with
Royal Bank is suspended and will
only be re-instated once the recipient
sends the requested information to
the website provided.
“What the sender is attempting to
do is obtain a recipient’s banking
information so that they can then
access their account and remove
their money,” said OPP Sr. Const.
Don Shropshall..
“Do not respond to this e-mail and
p'rovide any information regarding
your bank accounts or debit card
information.”
The message is being sent
randomly in an attempt to identify
those that legitimately bank with
RBC. If read carefully, the grammar
and type spacing is substandard and
obviously not being sent by a
legitimate authority, Shropshall said.
Royal Bank RBC has been
contacted and has informed OPP that
they are aware of the scam and are
dealing with RBC customers who
have been bilked by the scammer.
Contact RBC at 1-800-769-2512 or
go to your nearest RBC branch and
they will cancel the original debit
card and provide you with a new
card.
Thus far, it appears that RBC
clients are those specifically
targeted. That is not to say that
scammers may not try using other
legitimate bank names and logos to
scam customers, warned Shropshall.
Fun night
Blyth United Church held a fun night at the church on Saturday evening. A number of games
were played, including ping pong, dominoes and shuffleboard. Frances Bearss watches as
_____Brandilyn Bearss takes her turn in shuffleboard. (Jim Brown photo) _________________________
Influenza A in Huron
The first case of Influenza A in
Huron County for the season has
been confirmed.
The Huron County Health Unit is
reporting that there is a case of
Influenza A confirmed in a
retirement home.
Influenza, or ‘the flu’, usually
presents with high fever, headache,
sore throat, cough and head/muscle
aches. In elderly persons and
persons with chronic health
problems like diabetes, lung or heart
disease, influenza infection can lead
to pneumonia and other
complications. Influenza is the most
serious of a number of respiratory
viruses that cause coughs and
sniffles each winter. Many people
confuse these other flu-like illnesses
with true influenza, but influenza
tends to be more serious.
Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005
Influenza vaccine is given each
fall to help protect vulnerable people
and those who work with those
individuals. It’s not too late to get
your flu shot now, but keep in mind
it will take 10-14 days for the shot to
take effect.
Usually influenza stays around the
community for 10- 12 weeks and is
often associated with increases in
school absenteeism and outbreaks in
long-term care facilities.
It is very important that people
stay home if they’re ill to avoid
infecting others, especially the
elderly. Parents should avoid the use
of ASA (aspirin) in children or teens,
since its use for influenza or
chickenpox in these ages has been
associated with a rare but serious
complication known as Reye
Syndrome.
Influenza should not be confused
with the ‘stomach flu’ or viral
gastroenteritis that is also common
at this time of year. Symptoms with
stomach flu usually include
vomiting and diarrhea.
The health unit encourages
everyone to wash your hands
frequently, particularly if you have
ill loved ones at home.
Those who are ill are strongly
encouraged to avoid visiting long
term care facilities, hospitals, and
retirement homes as the residents are
at high risk for serious flu
complications.
For more information, contact the
Huron County Health Unit at (519)
482-3416, or if calling long distance
dial 1-877-837-6143. Check out
www.huroncounty.ca/healthunit for more
information.
Industry
will get
better.,
says
Walker
By Jim Brown
Citizen staff
The future of the beef industry in
Huron County, as well as Ontario
and Canada, holds many changes.
Huron County Beef Producers
Association president Glen Walker
of RR3, Wingham said how beef
producers adapt to these changes, to
the new realities of their business,
will strengthen the industry A
stronger industry will be a benefit to
all.
In his address to the association’s
annual meeting last Wednesday
evening at the Brussels Legion,
Walker said the past year was
another roller-coaster throughout
the production sector of the
livestock industry, both in Ontario
and in Canada.
“We, the farmers, are
approximately three per cent of the
1,200 producers of a provincial
population of more than nine
million people,” stated Walker.
“We, the cattle producers, should be
proud.”
He stressed that today, more than
ever, the producers, producer
organizations, industry partners and
other sectors of this great industry
have to work together.
“I personally believe we can eat
our way out of this situation,” he
said. “This has been proven with the
increase of consumer consumption
of our products.”
According to Walker, Ontario
production is approximately 50 per
cent of the provincial requirement,
which gives the producer even a
stronger motive to create a
substantial beef industry for
Ontario.
In Huron County during the past
year, the board has endeavoured to
keep the producers informed, have
gatherings for support and
networking and provide the latest
data available.
He said the Ontario Com Fed
Beef Association has also made
many presentations during the past
year in an attempt to promote
Ontario beef awareness to its fullest
potential.
They did this by hosting
barbecues at a number of events
throughout the summer, one of
which was at Queen’s Park in June.
This was hosted by the Ontario
Cattlemen’s Association at the same
time as they met with Agriculture
Minister Steve Peters and other
MPPs. Walker said the majority of
MPPs in attendance were from
urban ridings.
“As producers, consumers, and
industry partners, we have to fight
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