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Green waste collection free service for Hensall residents
The Village of Hensall is
busy preparing for the 14th
Annual Village -wide Yard
Sale. As always, the event
will be the last Saturday in
May, Saturday, May 30. This
year, special events will
include: Firefighters Early -
bird Breakfast at the Fire
Hall, pony rides, sponsored
by thc Tinker Tots Nursery
School, food booths, includ-
ing the Hensall Optimist
Club at the railroad crossing
with all proceeds going to the
public school playground
equipment. and of course,
there are sales on every
street.
The collection of green
waste continues in Hensall.
This is a free service for resi-
dents, which helps reduce
material going to the landfill.
The green waste is taken to
the Hensall compost facility,
for "recycling". Acceptable
material includes: grass clip-
pings, garden waste, limbs,
and trimmings (items such as
stones/rocks and sod, are not
collected). These must he in
containers or cardboard
poxes. No hags will be col-
lected. Limbs and trimmings
must he shorter than four
feet. and bundled. There is no
need to call in for collection -
just have your material to the
curb by 7:00 ,a.m. on
Mondays.
Hensall
by Liz Sangster
262-271
by Liz Sangster
262-2715
At this time of year, as you
are cleaning out your garden,
remember to feed your gar-
den too. Compost, from the
Hensall Compost Facility is
available in bagged or bulk
quantities. Take advantage of
"Composting Awareness
Week" (May 4-10) to add
important nutrient value to
your soil. Arrangements for
purchase of the compost can
be made by phoning the
Hensall Municipal Office
262-2812.
-- The Hensall Landfill Site is
open Mondays 1-2 p.m., and
Wednesdays 1-3 p.m. Hensall
residents require a current
landfill site pass for access.
These passes are free of
charge, and available from
the Municipal Office. A tip-
ping fee applies to most
materials dumped at the land-
fill sitc.
The summer job hunt has
begun. The Hensall Parks
Board is currently accepting
resumes for the Hensall
Playground. Anyone interest-
ed in working with children
through the summer months
can apply, by resume, to the
Board at 108 King Street.
Heart disease a serious
,problem for area women
BY ELLEN DOUGLAS
Lakeshore Advance staff writer
Women in Huron and Bruce
counties have the highest death
rate from heart disease in
Ontario — 38 per cent to be
exact.
However. speakers at the
Women and Heart Health
forum at the Zurich Mennonite
Church April 22 gave women
hope that all is not lost and that
heart disease is to a large
extent preventable. The event
was presented by the Heart and
Stroke Foundation.
Dr. Heather Percival, a fami-
ly physician: said that while
most women think breast can-
cer is the most significant ill-
ness known to women. all can-
cers together kill a smaller per-
centage of women than heart
disease. But everyone has to
die from something, right?
The problem is about half of
the women who die from heart
disease are under 70 years old,
well below their life expectan-
cy.
However. doctors now know
who is at risk and what can be
done to minimize that risk.•
Women who are at major risk
arc those who have chest
pains, who have gone through
menopause and arc not taking
replacement hormones or who
have diabetes.
"Women with diabetes have
a two to five times increased
risk of having a heart attack,"
said Dr. Percival. who practis-
, es at the Seaforth Medical
Clinic and Seaforth
Community Hospital.
Women with high blood
pressure. with high cholesterol
or who smoke arc at an inter-
mediate risk. "It is best to get
your blood pressure checked
once a year," she said. "About
80 per cent of women over the
age of 75 have high blood
pressure.
"Sinokcrs risk of having -a
heart attack is increased by
two to five times. And second-
hand smoke can increase your
risk of having a heart attack by
one half to the same amount of
risk as the smoker."
High cholesterol. she said,
may just he a symptom of
heart disease. but it is impor-
tant to get your levels checked
at least once.
Women with a minor
increased risk of having a heart
attack are those who are over
65. who have a sedentary
lifestyle, who have a family
history of heart disease or who
have high stress and low con-
trol.
"A sedentary lifestyle can
increase your risk of having a
heart attack by 30 per cent, but
if you walk three times a week
that risk drops," she said.
"Family history is' not as
important with women as it is
with men, but it is still a fac-
tor."
One interesting fact is that
there seems to be no difference
in the risk of heart disease
between women who work
outside the home and those
who do not.
Also, women who have only
have a vacation every six years
or less are at seven times
greater risk of having a heart
attack (a good excuse to take
that cruise you've always
wanted).
The signs that a woman is
having a heart attack is often
different than the crushing
pain men get in their chests.
Women can experience numb-
ness, tingling, pressure or no
sensation at all, as well as the
"traditional" strong pain.
"One woman came to me
who couldn't clear her throat,"
.said Dr. Percival. "The only
way 1 could tell she was hav-
ing a heart attack was that she
was grey and sweaty."
To prevent heart disease
women can take hormone
replacement therapy after
menopause. "A study was
done where 10,000 w mien
were given estrogen after
menopause and it decreased
the risk' of death by 46 per
cent," said Dr. Percival. The
hormones also decreased the
risk of death from certain can-
cers.
The catch is that taking estro-
gen increases the risk of breast
cancer by 18 to 25 per cent.
Women have to weigh their
risk factors such as family his-
tory before deciding whether
to take hormones, said Dr.
Percival.
"One of the biggest things
you can do to increase your
risk of heart disease is quit
smoking," she said. "Women
with high blood pressure, high
cholesterol and who smoke
have an 11 times greater risk
of heart disease."
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Hensall. Resumes will be
accepted until Tuesday; May
5.
Two persons are required to
fill vacancies on the Village's
Hensall Economic
Development Committee.
Interested persons should
submit their names at the
Municipal Office 262-2812.
The April meeting of the
Hensall and District
Horticultural Society was
held at Queensway with 25 in
attendance. Pres. Sybille
opened the meeting with 0
Canada and then welcomed
everyone. The guest speaker
was Carol Steckle and was
introduced by Sybille. She
gave a most informative talk
on new varieties available at
Huron Ridge Acres. Carol
also used the overhead to
illustrate her talk. She donat-
ed two primulas for door
prizes. Sybille had made a
chart listing the village
flower beds and asked for
team captains for each bed
and also for helpers. The best
bed will be awarded with •a
prize to help those involved
to attend the A.G.M. in
Collittgwood in 1999.
Cheryl Belke won the free
ticket to Lucknow. The first
weekend in May, thc
Steckles will celebrate their
25th anniversary with Ken
Smith at the nursery from 10
a.m. - 12 p.m. Winners of the
draws were Jean Berends,
Sybillc and Janeth.
Jen Kipfer and Rachel
Schwalm made a presentation
on forsythia and gave sprays
which will root in water and
eventually become a bush.
Happy Anniversary was
sung to Jen Kipfer on the
occasion of her 50th.
Hazel Corbett thanked the
group for her birthday card.
Luanne will supply a sam-
ple' of compost for the
Lycknow meeting draw.
Mark Cullen recommended
the use of compost on a spe-
cial radio broadcast.
Doris Jantzi looked after
the refreshments supplied by
Rosemary Ann MacMillan,
Dorothy Elder and Janeth.
A social time was enjoyed
visiting with Carol.
Camping Sun. was
observed at Hensall United
Church. Nancy Fraser was
the minister. Mark Garlough
was in charge of the ministry
of song. Lillian Beer was the
greeter, Steve and Anne
Marie McGregor were the
SHOOTING
TRAP
116111PIP1BN 'GUN CVOs
(Apr. 22 results)
, Tom Allen, 50; .
Dennis Boyd, 25;
Jon Gaiser, 24;
Paul Hoff, 24;
Brad Mann, 24;
Ernie Marshall, 23;
George Hamm, 22;
Pat Glazier, 22;
Fred Brall, 22;
Tim Hoff, 22;
Glen Mogk, 22;
Russ Beaver, 21;
Steve Graham, 21;
Gord Robinson, 21;
Mark Graham, 19;
Justin Boel, 18.
NOTICE
TOWNSHIP OF
HULLETT RESIDENTS
Owners and/or tenants are requested by the Hullett
Township Council to not dump or throw stones or other
waste material on the Township roadsides, in order to
avoid damage to the Township mowers during grass
cutting operations. If any stones or other waste materials
are found, the owner will be contacted to remove the
materials or the work will be done at the owner's
expense.
Jim Johnston, CRS Senior
Road Superintendent
Township of Hullett
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Mitchell Minor Sports would like to thank
the following businesses for their generous
donations for our annual "Merle's Minor
Sports 1 Oth Anniversary Breakfast'
• Mitchell Computer
• Staffers
• Mitchell Photographg
• B111 & Merle Smith
Your contributions are greatly appreciated.
Mitchell Minor Sports
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ushers. The lector was Amber
Lea Elder.
The service began with
words of welcome followed
by the announcements. Next
Sun. donations for the food
bank will be welcome.
The Friendship Circle is
entertaining the ladies of the
area on May 4 at 8:00 p.m.
The guest speaker will be
Betty Simpson of Glencoe.
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RR 2 Dublin
(519) 345-2560
Call to Worship was fol-
lowed by a hymn and the
prayer of confession then the
Assurance of Pardon. A
hymn "It Only Takes a
Spark" was sung. Joanne
Rowcliffe told a children's
story. Psalm 8 was read fol-
lowed by a 2nd reading Rev.
5.11-14.
The beef supper was a great
success again this year, after
433 people enjoyed this fine
meal.
Shuffleboard scores April
21: 6 game winners Gert
Eagleson 473, Russell
Ferguson 446, Bill Coleman
419, Dave Woodward 347. 4
Merle
Evelyn
Isabel
game winners:
McLellan 397,
McBeath 324,
Rogerson 320.
sli
Dr. John Hohner, Optometrist
wishes to announce that
effective
May 1st, 1998
Dr. Anne Baczmanski will be
joining his practice at the
Mitchell Medical Centre
7 Francis St., Mitchell
Office hours by appointment
Please call 348-8427
New Patients Welcome
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Buy the Flat$ 0.00 any annuals in (1204)
NOTE: Special price applies only to full flats of one variety, one
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