HomeMy WebLinkAboutLakeshore Advance, 2013-03-13, Page 20W` Lakeabore Advance • Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Ausable BayfIeId Conservation hosts Ilrst Camp Sylvan Summer Nature Camp
Local conservation
agency now offering
summer program at
Camp Sylvan so parents,
guardians can give their
sons and daughters
overnight nature camping
experience they had as
school children
ABCA
Generations of local people have
fond memories of school field trips to
(:amp Sylvan where they slept in pio-
neer -style chuckwagons and partici-
pated in outdoor, active, nature -theme
programming. Ausable Bayfield (:on -
servation wants to give the Sylvan Con-
servation experience to a new genera-
tion this summer, even 11 the students
are not visiting (tnlp Sylvan on a
school trip this year.
Camp Sylvan Summer Nattily Can1p
is being held for the first time, according
to Anne McBride, Conservation Educa-
tion Assistant with Ausable Bayfield
Conservation. "We want to provide par-
ents ;nci guardians the chance to give
their children the same great memories
and experiences they had as children
staying at Camp Sylvan,' she said. The
camp takes place Sunday, July 14 to Fri
clay, July 19, 2013.
(.amp Sylvan is located at 32090
Scout Road, between Parkhill and'Ihed-
ford. Camp Sylvan is a Scouts Canada
facility. Ausable Bayfield Conservation
has been operating tht' Sylvan Conser-
vation Program there since 1964. Camp
Sylvan is home to Carolinian forest,
wetlands, trails, I:rontierland, and
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pioneer -style chuckwagons
where campers sleep.
Schools sometimes don't
have the resources to take
classes to (;atnp Sylvan every
year so the Summer Nature
(:amp is a great opportunity
to make sure young people
don't miss out on this unique,
local, overnight camping and
educational experience.
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McBride said the Summer
Nature (:amp will provide a
chance for children to be out-
doors, explore, hike, have fun,
make friends, and learn about
nature.
'Ihe (;amp Sylvan Sumner
Nature Camp is for youths
aged l0 to 12. Two education
staff will be delivering the
program and there are only
20 spots available so parents and guard-
ians are encouraged to register early.
The fee per child for the week is $450 for
those who register before May 3 and
that fee includes accommodation;
meals; busing; all admissions; and a fos-
sil -hunting field trip to Rock Glen Con-
servation Area. The registration fee is
$500 after the early -bird date. Registra-
tion forms and full payment are due
June 6, 2013, by 4 p.m.
Parents and guardians who would like
to register their children in the Camp
Sylvan Summer Nature Camp, or
educators wanting to book school field
trips to the Sylvan Conservation Pro-
gram, are encouraged to call 519-235-
2610 or toll-free 1-888-286-2610 or e-mail
amcbride@abca.on.ca or info@abca.
on.ca.
Visit abca.on.ca for more information
on Camp Sylvan Summer Nature Camp.
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during a flu outbreak, or stay
home.
"We do believe it's a rights
issue that no-one should be
forced to take any medica-
tion against their will ,"
McKenna said.
Mandatory flu shots
would apply to everyone,
including doctors and vol-
unteers, said 1)r. Mark 'Tay-
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president of medical affairs
and chief of quality, patient
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Administration wants the policy to be
in place before the next flu season.
"The fundamental issue here is the
patients have to come first," he said,
noting the flu can be deadly for elderly,
sick people.
"A considerable number of our
patients fall into that category," he
said.
Everyone at the hospital, he said,
already receives a mandatory tubercu-
losis test that requires an injection.
"It really is no different than having
the flit shot as a condition of
employment."
'those who can't get a flu shot will be
required to wear a mask during flu sea-
son, he said.
"'l'he difference is the policy we're
going to put in place will not be
restricted to outbreaks."
There were 68 lab -confirmed influ-
enza cases and three deaths attributed
to flu in Sarnia-Lambton this year,
according t0 Lambton County's Com-
munity Ilealth Services Department.
Last year there were 44 confirmed
cases and two deaths.
A flu outbreak closed Bluewater
I lealth's 20 -beef general medicine unit
in January and Sue 1)enomy, (:EO and
president, announced Tater that month
that vaccinations would becom"
mandatory.
Just over half (52'41) of all active"
employees received 0 flu shot this year,
Taylor said. That's up from 45% last
year and 38%1 the year before.
Bluewater health's emphasis on
hand hygiene and cleaning will con-
tinue, he said, noting flu shots are not
0 panacea t0 stop the flu's spread.
"Sometimes the flu shot is no more
than 50% effective," he said. "In addi-
tion to that, you have to do several
other things."
McKenna said she questions
whether cleaning at hospitals is rigor-
ous enough.
"(:leaning has been contracted out
in most hospitals even though there
are cleaning standards 10 be main-
tained," she said.
"The reality is that the cleaning
standards in hospitals today aren't
what they used to he."
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