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Walk for Dog Guides, May 31
The Lions Club National
Walk for Dog Guides will
be held Sunday, May 31 and
local clubs 2xe looking for
participants for the event.
The Dungannon Lions
Club is hosting their second
Walk for Dog Guides - on
May 31 and would like each
and everyone to participate.
They hope to double the
attendance and donations
from last year. •
The walk registration is at
noon on Sunday of the wall.
The walk starts at 1 p.m. and
goes around the village of
Dungannon and back to the
Fairgrounds for refresh-
ments, for both participants
and dogs.
The Lucknow Lions Club
will be holding their 26th
annual Walk for Dog Guides
on May 31 as well.
The club is hoping to get
quite a few dignitaries
involved, as Dungannon
and Lucknow Lions are the
only Lions club in the area
have registered for the walk.
To receive a pledge sheet
contact Barb Smyth at 519-
529-7781. Other pledge
sheets can be picked up at
the Port Albert Store,
Carlow Store, West
Wawanosh Insurance office,
Brookside Public School,
Smyth Welding, Stickers - of
Auburn, and W.G.
Thompson Seed Mill,
Proceeds will go to the
Lions Foundation of
Canada, which runs four
programs: Canine Vision
Dog Guides for. people who
are blind or visually
impaired; Hearing Ear Dog
Guides for people who are
deaf or hard of hearing; spe-
cial Skills Dog Guides for
people with physical dis-
abilities; and Seizure
Response Dog guides for
people with epilepsy. Each
dog costs approximately
$20,000 _'to raise and train
and are provided to
Canadian across Canada at
no cost.
Make this a family outing
- bong the kids, ar-
ents, teachers, etc.
Everyone is encouraged
to ,ister and you don't
need to own a dog_ to partic-
ipate is the walk. For more
details on this event, you can
log onto www.purinawalk-
€ 'des.com.
Submitted photo
The 2009 LCPS girl's
basketball team com-
peted in the Bluewater
Regional Basketball
Tournament in
Kincardine on April 29.
From left to right: back
row, Jessica Snowden,
Janessa VanLeerzem,
Cierra Johnston, Jessica
Atkinson, Melissa
Mactntyre, Emily
Sioetjes, Madison
MacLean and Gloria
Ritchie: Front row:
Kayla Murray, Krystal
Younglao and coach Ed
1 ICGugan.
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From page 2
It's the fifth year for the
project that's designed to
cut wind and reduce win-
ter whiteout conditions.
"It was started as a sug-
gestion from an employee
after a fellow employee
was killed -in a car acci-
dent in one of those
(whiteout -prone) stretch-
. es," said Bruce Power.
spokesperson Ross
Lamont.
Bruce Power con-
tributes the cost of trees
while employees do the
planting. OPG ( and
Kincardine along with the
community have also
jumped on board to help
plant : 500 to 600 trees a
year.
The effort is already
making a •difference in
driving safety for employ-
ees and4the public.
"Some of the trees that
we planted four or five
years ago are now big
enough that they're mak-
ing a substantial differ-
ence on the road. The
roads are safer and they
will continue to be. It's
just a great program,:,;-
Lamont said.
Thisy ears work saw
600 trees planted in two
locations - south of
Tiverton on Highway21
and on County Road 20.
Flu
The medical officer of
health for . Bruce and Grey
is ready to call the 11N1
flu scare over.
Dr. Hazel Lynn told
Bruce County Council the
virus is a weak one with
no cases in the -area. She
suggested it's time to calm
down over pandemic con-
cerns.
"Basically we've had
two weeks to study this
organism and I think it's
time now probably to • step
down from the really
acute looking for it," Lynn
said. .
"We've had enough epi-
demiology to study it in
Canada and I think now
it's time to relax and get
back to the summer."
The. 1.11N1 flu was a
good test for pandemic
planning, Lynn said, and
might have been a differ -
ent story if the strain had
been more virulent or
arrived during flu season.
Flu. season .typically runs
November . to ' April and
.;u
was over to Bruce and
Grey before HIN 1 hit the
headlines.
While Lynn believes
aver a pandemic
can be eased, she's still
urging the public to keep
up common sense safe-
guards against infection.
"We want (the .public)
to stay vigilant as. far as
washing their hands and
practicing good respirato-
ry hygiene and staying
home when they're sick,"
she said. "So those mes-
sages are the same
whether we've got a pan-
demic bug around or not.1
think maybe we should try
to keep that as a new nor -
nal, just like your mother
told you."
• Normal flu strains kill
about 4,000 people a . year
in Canada, most of them
the elderly. Figures for
annual flu deaths in Bruce
and Grey were not imme-
diately available.
To all customers of Nine Waves ..-
. : �
Although not of: our doing, we would- like to apo ize for any incon-
venience you may have a du : the days our Kincardine
store was closed in May.
W girls will lad e are .: n for and thebe business end Mary,. g9
to serve you at the store.
i Formaljeopardized Wear are not and
Orders��1a�ed- thi'c�u� : cof11ns
will be available,as ordered.
Because of this -unforeseen incident we will be moving to a new loca-
tion,
oca-tion at 801 Queen Street Kincardine, on Monday, June 29
Until then we will be having some HOT deals for you to enjoy. Please
he us carry less to the new location.:
help . .
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H1N1 Flu Virus: the best way to stay healthy is to wash your hands
thoroughly and often or use an alcohol -based hand sanitizer.
For information, visit: ontarlo.ca/flu
Or call ServiceOntario INFOline at: 1-800-476-9708 1 TTY: 1-800-387-5559
If you have symptoms, call Telehealth Ontario at: 1-866-797-0000 1 TTY: 1-866-797-0007
Or contact your health care provider.