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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1992-01-22, Page 2Page Times -Advocate, January 22, 1992 r r f 't t -7: 7 ^+ Regional wrap up Parkhill to gel w community park PARKH1LL - Residents of northeast Parkhill are about to get a community park after de- anvcloper J.R. Merritt and the town finally resolved. a long and costly battle over-devedoptnent --►-of i:mttowned byMetritt: — s Both Merritt and the town's taxpayers have paid tens of thou- sand of dollars in legal, engi- it. cring and planning fees over nestrly three years of squabbles and position changes. Merritt will have two and a half years to sign the subdivision • agreement and begin providing sewage, water -and other services for his 18 -lot subdivision in the Hastings, - Eagle and Anna Strcctsarea. Merritt must provide security/ to the town in the form of a 'S1_00,000 letter of credit and the deeding of 13 of the lots teethe town. Four of the lots will be- accepted e"accepted by the town on an east- erly extension of Anna Street for parkland. St. Marys native becomes contest finalist Sttudents at!Mt- _Camtel8chool saw a graphic demonstration -of ?he -effects. of,tobacco smoke on the body last Monday as Sonia .Sanio-Parlee (right) from the Huron Pert Lung Associa- tion stowed them a blackened real human lung. At left are Shannon Gielen. Cheryl Glavin and Lisle Geurts. The demon- stration was part of the association's program to educate stu- dents about the dangers of smoking. 1Ha1th minister announces new $4.8 million assault on the tobacco habit X41ORONTO - Health Ministci ratites Lanka! Monday launched a 'otnprehensive strategy to curb to- *icor use the leading preventabL; Ouse of death in the province. "Cele in five deaths among -adults, pica a massive burden in illness, disability, personal suffering and economic costs are .attributablc-to- this preventable cause," Lankin said. "Since smokers rarely begin .their habit atter age.20, our top pr - - ority must be to prevent our chil- dren from becoming addicted to to- •-baccu." .. . ST. MARYS - Former St.-, Marys resident Harvey Dust is one of 28 finalists in a contest of 800 people across Canada on how the government can save money. "Economy. in Government" is sponsored by lite Fraser .losti- tute, . an independent Canadian economic, social research and 'educational organization. Dust. a teacher at Victory Me- morial elementary school in In- gersoll, suggested restructuring VIA Rail in a manner similar to AmTrak in the. United .States. According to '.Dust, Canadian taxpayers subsidize VIA to..ihc aune of $5 million a year while the government operated Am - Trak recovers 80 per ent of its investmegt. Snowarama success despite lack of snow BRUSSELS - Although snow was not at a premium last Sun- day. many snowmobilers turned :nR l Inuw-- ararna in the Brussels and Wal- ton area. Sixty-five snowmobil- ers took part in the chanty event raising a total of $4120 in pledg- cs. Meningitis _doth only rumor CLINTON -. Rumors of • the death of a tour -year-old at Clin- ton Public -Hospital due to a case of meningitis have been found to be unsubstantiated according to Huron County's Medical Officer of -Health, Dr. Maarten BNchout. Bokh out said all local hospi- tals bad been contacted but .no truth to the rumor was found. • Any case of meningitis or sus- pected meningitis discovered by a physician must be reported to 'the Medical Officer of Health. To date, only one case of men- ingitis has been diagnosed in the county and the person was *l- ed and released. a Immediate treatment is imper- ative as a healthy person who contracts the disease could be dead within 24 hours. Symptoms include a stiff neck and if persons feel the additional symptosis of being feverish anti ill they should contact asplgrsi- cyan immediately. The new strategy is part of Onta- rio, health reform agenda for the next three to five years announced Jatw.0 y 16. The purpose of tbs. overall ministry plan is to use heal . care resources more cfice- Li Civ nt ondcr to:.;at'eserve medicare 111 a , innate of • unprecedented eco normo pressures. Lattkin said the compel mg tical for a tobacco strategy Lias untie+ lined by a report released last fal: icy Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health. Dr. Richard Schabas de- tailed the effects of tobacco on Ons moans and called for decisive ac- tion to reduce tobacco use. Ths government has . formally adopted targets for reducing tobac- co use proposed by the former Pre- mier % Council ori Health -Strategy. By the year 2000. the targets call for a reduction of at least 50 per- cen t in .total tobtacco .sales , in dal provuicc, .and by -at least fivc per - ceru per year dining the 1990s. hili . proporti•n of smokers wit! also be cut • • call). The tar- 'ts also call I• the percentage 61 1..- y • . •,' who smoke to drop lront about 1 I -, . nt today to 10 percent; the. propo �.s of 'wonieu and amen who smoke to •..1 to 1 percent; the elimination of of tobacco by pregnant wormer. The- targets also call for schoo workplaces and public places to be - comc smoke-free and an•end to all tobacco sales to minors by 1995. 1 he remainder of the strategy contains a series of measures to help meet these targets. The ~ministry will also :develop and Lund model community. tobac- co prograrns run by local voluntary .agencies, health care professionals, business .and tabour groups, and other partners. In coming -months, learningmate- rials will be prepared for .use by teachers, Hth - aLs, tuidasibei<sst:r.:4 elp discourage smoking by young people. The mutistry_ will ton e� a province -wide public n carnpaign, that will contribute- w the prevention ,of smoking among children,. help smokers stop.smok- ing, and eliminate second hand.. - smoke. This campaign will .include _,� a_Wnbination of TV and print me- dia programs. The Ministry • of Health will . also examine proposals ;for an enhanced •regulatory (work, including amendments -td-oltisting legislation and uew..lejalatton to discourage tobacco use. "The government- recognizes that the reduction in smoking should not be achieved on the backs of to- bacco growers," said agriculture minister Eimer Buchanan. "We be- lieve that it is a mater of fairness anti equity that these growers should be assisted in adjusting to lower levels of tobacco consurrp- uun." Ontario .tobacco sales ac- count for -16 percent of eheiprovin- cial crop- - The Ontario Ministry of Agricul- ture attd Food is neaotiaung• with the leder-al govemmnept.arid the Iii- b is co Marketing Beard on a major cwt -shared assistance-prograrn. Bu- chanan expects.to.announce details oi. the program before planung be- gins for the 1992 crop year. The ministry of Health initiatives are expected to cost about $4.8 mil- lion annually. Lankin said the ele- ments of tobacco•strategy would be implemented in stages as details arc l nalitcd i Today is Weedless Wednesday, part -of National Non-smoking Week STRATFORD - Picture, a jrmlbo jet crashing every four days in (att- ada with all lives lost. This death toll matches the 38,000 Canadians - -who diesprerrratmetyesctryear-ae'et - esauk-of- cit e:sSissekitsgeis the—:---- ... number one public health pmhlem resuking not only in loss of human life, but an estimated $6i billion logs to the Canadian economy each year from lost proctuctivie and wages due to smoking related ill- ness. r The Lung Association Huron - Perth Cownuties pin>. with other health agencies in celebrating Na- tional Non -Smoking -Week. January 20-26. The Lung Association e' works year round to assist people in quitting smoking and to educate children of the health risks associat- ed with smoking and to encourage them to remain tobacco -free:. Many alternatives arc offered te The Lung Association to help people fight and conquer their nicoune ad- diction-- COUNTDOWN, a seven • - session smoking cessation program offered both -in the community and the workplace; A Lifetime of Free- dom from Smoking. a 21 -day sell - help.,program; and many pamphlets . with health information and tips on quitting. The Lung Association considers education an imptn'tant factor in preventing young people from star= mg to smoke. According to Execu- tive ,Director Deeded Herman, in 1992 over 120,000 Canadian chil- dren and adolescents • will scan to smoke, with over 70 percent of them starting before the age 14. Each year thousands of students in Huron and Perth Counties are visa- ed by a representative of the fisting Association as pail -of- he Lungs are For Life school program. They learn how to maintain healthy lungs and of -the 'health -and social cone, quences of smoking through the- highly recommended program. January 22 is Weedless Wednes- day. Quitting cigarettes for one day does not make you a non-smoker, but you may discover it's not as traumatic as you thought. 11 you need help in becoming a non- smoker for good, call The Lung As- sociation 271-750 and breathe easier' 1' &tow caused problems including the breakage of a stop sign on the corner of Highway 4 and the Mt. Carmel road. Squash coin ts, net fines dor builder (IODBRIC11 - Exeter builder Roger Dougall pleaded guilty In Goderich provincial• offenses court .on Thursday to three counts of vio- lating the building code. Three ad- ditional counts ag: inseyS company were dropped. Dougall had leen chgggd,b' he town building sup rinteadeot for starting work on the squash cutuis at efie, South Huron Racquet Club wJfJvttt,t}>+ g. nit. Mugging a stop -work urtkt on the property, and then removing the posted stop - work order from the job site. A written deposition from build- ing official Dave Moyer testified . that ,he reuA nded Dougall several times a,pofpit+yres required after -•fust meeting With hint on Novem- ber 20. Eventually Moyer issyed a stop -work order on November 29, villtch Dpi gall:adniittr d to disobey. idg. A • but ding perli41 was. later'ap- plied ford on January 6. Dougall.was.fuicd 3100 each on the first two *barges and $200 for removing .the Witted order, plus 511.25 in ,court costs. Uinder the buildiOg oriole, tines for infractions arc payable to otic municipality. .As revealed at Monday evening's. town council mooting, legal cuts for the town are ertpee4ed,to,t�al about S I.6fx). County tax increase Continued from front page "I ,thunk the points been made really clear - we've got to bite the bullet for 3122, on average," said Spears. February 17• and 18 there will be -an-pen.-house -4n , saes :at the South Huron Recreation Centre to discuss the new assessment with ratepayers. - .... sum may save a number of ap- peals," said ingham . Town clerk Liz Bell pointed out .that .the February 15 tax , notices won't include the new asaessnient values. •►4alleF -said homeowners ought to then look carefully at the assessment nouc;es which will be arriving in the mail about the same time to see how much their taxes will.iiic�eaxe. Faced with the incvitabk county increase on property tax bills, court- -ell IS already lalling seriously about making a 1.e11)- ncreasc mu= nicipal budget a reality this year to help lessen the unpact on those tax- es. *WE'RE= YOUR Fi.H.S.P. HE=AUQUAkTEMS.' 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