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Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009
Huron East
plans to take
over three
Vanastra
properties
Susan Hundertmark
Huron East is planning to
take ownership of three Va-
nastra properties that did not
sell during a recent tax sale
and put them on the market.
And, while many council-
lors said the properties need
to be under municipal con- .
trol td be cleaned up, Tucker -
smith Coun. Larry McGrath
expressed concern that might
cause significant costs for tax-
payers.
"I'm not in favour of taking
over any of these properties
because there could be envi-
ronmental issues," he said.
"I'd like to see them cleaned
up too but we're walking in
blind with taxpayers' money
and that .scares me."
The three properties include
a derelict three-storey apart-
ment building at 197 Toronto
Blvd., an empty lot with rub-
ble at 196 Toronto Blvd. and a
large industrial building that
is partially rented at 36 Win-
nipeg Rd.
A recommendation from
Clerk -Administrator Jack
McLachlan asked council to
request the County of Huron
to vest the title of the lots in
the name of Huron East and
then to declare the lots sur-
plus to municipal require-
ments and put them up for
sale.
"If we took them over and
cleaned them up, there is po-
tential to recover our capital
investment," Clerk-Adminis-
See COUNCIL, Page 21
• Susan Hundertmark p oto
Public health nurse Josee Cayer gives Jennifer Kramer, of Exeter, her H1N1 shot while her four-
year-old son Curtis looks on at the clinic for priority groups in Seaforth Saturday.
Hospitals seeing a decline in
H1N1 cases, Alliance told
Syean Uundertmark
Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance hospi-
tals are wondering if the local H1N1 out-
break is "past the peak," Dr. Laurel Moore
told board members at the Alliance meet-
ing in Clinton last Thursday.
"I'm happy to say we're seeing a decline
in H1N1. Physicians feel like things are
improving," she said, adding that only the
health units can give official word about
where things stand with H1N1.
Moore praised hospital staff, doctors
and nurses for the way they handled the
pandemic in local hospitals.
"The nursing staff was phenomenal deal-
ing with lots of extra patients and people
-who were very sick. It's amazing how well
the system worked," she said, adding that
she was also surprised at how many of the
staff came down with the flu in the pro-
cess.
"I don't ever recall seeing as many doc-
See HOSPITAL, Page 3
$1.25 gst included
H1N1 still
making its.
presence
known in
Huron
API
Susan Hnndertmark
With flu-like illnesses still
making up 20 per cent of the
emergency room visits at Huron
County hospitals and school ab-
sentee rates up around 10 per OP
cent last week, the H1N1 pan-
demic is still making its pres-
ence known in Huron County,
says Shelley Hall, the Huron
County Health Unit's epidemi-
ologist.
And, the general public began
getting a chance to be immu-
nized against H1N1 on Mon-
day with a clinic at the Jacob
Memorial building in Clinton.
However, clinics planned for
the general public throughout
the coming week have been
cancelled due to a lack of vac-
cine.
Medical Officer of Health,
Dr. Nancy Cameron, says they
do not know when they will
receivetheir next shipment of
vaccine or how much they will
receive.
"We will reschedule clinics as
we learn more from the Ontario
Ministry of Health this week."
Cameron said the clinics for
priority groups last week went
well but a number were "rather
quiet the last few days."
"It's been steady but quiet. I
think those in high risk groups
who've wanted the vaccine have
come out already," she said Fri-
day.
Anticipating the long line-
ups common in large cities, a
handful of people were lined
up at 8:30 a.m. for the 10 a.m.
See HEALTH, Page 7
as