Times-Advocate, 1986-09-10, Page 31i
Rabies drop in
Fifteen thousand liver -hamburger
bait balls spiked with rabies vaccine
are scheduled to be air -dropped over
central Huron County in two weeks.
The program is similar to the one
carried out in Huron by the Ontario
natural resources ministry in two
previous years to determine if the
bait -air drop method was the best
way of controlling the spread of
rabies in rural areas.
The ministry says rabies is a grow-
ing problem in the province. Since
1980, about 12,000 persons have had to
be vaccinated against the virus.
A 1984 air drop over a part of Huron
DONATION — John Cairns, right, coach of Finnegan's Fantastics slo-
pitch team presented a cheque for $200 to coach Don Labelle, left,
and manager Gord Brown of the Sunshine Boys, Grand Bend
Oldtimers. The money will be used to repair the ball diamond and
build more new bleachers.
The readers write
To the Editor:
This corresondence is written on
behalf of Grand Bend Village Coun-
cil in response to a letter written by
Mr. L.S. Mannell which appeared in
the August 13 issue of the Exeter
Times Advocate. Mr. Mannell's letter
contained several serious inac-
curacies which need correcting.
This first is that it took "a dozen"
policemen away from other duties to
assist our by-law enforcement officer
in his efforts to contain excessively
noisy and unruly behaviour in the
downtown residential area. There are
no more than seven or eight officers
on duty at any one time, even on
weekends, and including those in the
office. Only five actually were at the
scene of the party referred to.
Secondly, the "pretty new beach
cleaner" cost $24,556.50, not
$45,000.00, and almost $20,000.00 was
paid for by various business, personal
and government donations, not by
tax dollars from this community.
Thirdly, Council budget $2,200.00 for
rental of the tractor to operate the
beach cleaner, not $10,000.00. There
are over 20 man hours per week sav-
ed and almost twice as many in those
containing_long weekends. Not only do
manpower savings pay all costs of
operating the beach cleaner, but more
iml, ::::it1y, staff are free to perform
other duties which would otherwise be
delayed.
Mr. Mannell refers to Grand Bend
as having taxes amongst the highest
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DIRECTORS & ADJUSTERS
Jack Harrigan RR 3 lucan 227.4305
Robert Gardner RR 2 Stalk] 345-2739
Lloyd Morrison RR 1 51 Marys 2298277
Lorne Feeney RR 2 Dublin 345.2543
Jack Hodger, RR 1 Kirkton 229.6152
Robert Chole RR 5 Mitchell 3488293
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in the Province of Ontario. We trust
Mr. Mannell has spent considerable
time and and effort doing a study on
taxes paid in the Province of Ontario,
together with comparisons of educa-
tion expenditures and services pro-
vided for dollars collected. He should
perhaps inquire in the surrounding
municipalities at least, as to taxation
levels before making wild and un
substantiated claims.
And finally, Mr. Mannell wa1
himself deeply involved in Municipa
politics in Oakville, Ontario for many
years, and should recall that identi
fying local problems is a relatively
easy thing to accomplish. Most of the
ones we don't notice ourselves arc
bruoght to our attention by
ratepayers.
It is quite another matter to correcl
certain problems, doing so within the
law, within the limiting statutes that
we must operate under and taking all
persons opinions and interests into
consideration.
We trust that the opinions and com-
ments in Mr. Mannell's future letters
will be some what better researched.
Constructive criticism is welcomed
by this council.
Sincerely,
Grand Bend Council
GRADUATES - Douglas Fletcher
graduated from Humber College,
Toronto, in June 1986 from the
Radio and Broadcasting Course.
He is presently employed at CJCS
Radio in Stratford. Doug is the
son of Bob and Pat Fletcher,
Exeter.
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Huron County expanded
proved the bait was effective. Last
year the baits were loadedwith vac-
cine, but field tests showed the vac-
cine wore off much too quickly - in
three days instead of seven.
This time the baits will contain a
"new, improved" vaccine, developed
by Connaught Laboratories of Toron-
to and packing more punch. The
coverage area will be expanded to six
townships from five.
The synthetic sponge -centred baits
contain a hamburger treat and a
liver -flavored outside coating.
Ministry officials say it is virtually
guaranteed to entice the wariest of
red foxes.
Foxes absorb the vaccine into their
bloodstream by chewing the baited
sponges. The drop also has been tim-
ed to coincide with the fox -trapping
season, allowing mininstry staff to ex-
amine fox blood samples collected by
trappers.
With foxes, skunks and other wild
animals mainly responsible for the
spread of rabies in Ontario's rural
areas, they are a particular problem
in crop -producing regions, Ron Spurr,
extension services supervisor with
the ministry's district office here,
said Monday.
"Actually, Huron County isn't one
of our problem areas with rabies. But
over the years we've developed a
great rapport with local fur trappers,
and they provide us with the car-
casses," Spurr said.
"We wouldn't know how effective
the baits were, or how effective the
vaccine was, if we didn't have their
co-operation." He says that's the prin-
cipal reason the air drop of bait has
been done in Huron.
Field tests were done over a two-
year period. They established (hat the
baits were being accepted by two out
of every three foxes in the coverage
region. The new vaccine has been suc-
cessfully tested in Europe.
Spurr said the coverage area has
been expanded to six townships from.
five because of changing fox popula-
tion patterns. With the addition of
McKillop, the air drop will involve
Hullet, Goderich, Stanley, Colborne
and Tuckersmith townships.
Dr.. Charles Maclnnes, supervisor
of the ministry's wildlife research
section at Maple, north of Toronto,
said last year's vaccine was design-
ed to last about a week, but simply
"ran out of gas" after less than three
days.
"The baits were accepted (by the
foxes) but the vaccine died rather
quicker than we had expected,"
Maclnnes said Monday. The
F4rengthened vaccine, dropped frozen
from the air, contains about 100 times
more virus and should be effective for
up to a month. It will keep foxes and
other wild animals immunized for
about a year.
Saintsbury
By MRS. HEBER DAVIS
Service at St. Patricks was held at
8:30 a.m. Sunday with Rev. F. Braby
in charge. Marguerite Greenlee read
the first lesson and Margaret Carroll
the second. Cheryl Carroll was
pianist. Next Sunday service is plann-
ed for 11 a.m.
Mr. and Mrs. Murray Hamilton
visited their cousins Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Davis on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Carroll's
relatives from Scotland returned
home recently.
I was pleased to have Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Davis call on me Sunday
evening and I was a dinner guest with
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Tindall. Marylou
Tindall was home for the weekend
from Petrolia and she returned there
Sunday evening.
Mrs. Nadine Bedell has offered her
home for the September A.C.}V.
meeting Tuesday evening at 8 p.m.
Huron will be the only part of
Southern Ontario in which the baited
balls, packed in plastic bags, will be
used this year. Maclnnes said results
from the planned September 23 Huron
air drop will have to be evaluated
before the program is expanded.
"There is a totally different style of
vaccine coming in on the horizon,"
but officials are not certainvvhen it
may be possible to use it.
Centra t i
By MRS. TOM KOOY
Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Morley of West
McGillivray were Sunday visitors
with Mrs. Florence Hodgins.
Miss Wendi Horton, Toronto spent
the weekend with her mother Mrs.
Linda Riley.
Mrs. Audrey Dixon, Hensall is
spending a few days with her mother,
Mrs. Winnie Harrison.
Next Sunday, September 14 the ser-
vice at the United Church will be at
the usual time with Rev. Gorden
Kurts of Bayfield as the special
speaker.
Tom and I were Sunday evening
visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Car-
roll. Saintsburv.
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GRADUATES — Ray Beierling is
happy to announce the gradua-
tion of his wife Sylvia Ann from
the University of Western On-
tario on June 10, 1986. Best
wishes from children Dove, Chris
and Shari and from her parents
Elm( and Verna Zimmer of
Grand Bend. Sylvia is presently
teaching at Precious Blood
School, Exeter.
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