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Regional
wrap up
Huron
municipalities
study service
sharing
CLINTON. - Seven Central
Huron municipalities are- wvork-
ing %vitt it consullins 11rm to
• study services. tiisule:s and op-
cralion. :reports the Ncws-
- I:ecord. it is hoped the study
wiill result in cost .savings lin'
taxpayers. .
The Randolph Group. the con-
sultants hired to assist with the
study. are currently working on,
fact finding with the seven par-
1ieipatint_ municipalities includ-
ing the towns'of Clinton;tGode-
rich and Seaford) :.nd the
townships Of Colborne. Gode-
rich. Hulleit and McKillop.
• The consultants have a nlnnlh
to compile their nlfornlation and
will then provide intik idual ntu-
:nucipaliucs with a report, and
«'erview. Public meetings will
i (•held on each municipality to
discuss the plan following its
lekase in late June or early July.
LCBO plans
torevoke
licensed
dressing
rooms
IIRI•SSI-I.S - Licensed dress -
111,. rooms. :ugh as „thbsc
, Brussels and \1 inkton - arenas.
ori\ soon he a thing of ihc.p ist.
reports the North Huron Gluten.
The Liquor Control Board of
Ontario is planning to revoke the
, right to, allow arena employees
:o a limited amitunt of alco-
hol p-1 •:..ult`playcls after hockey
games:-
-This
lith s: -This controlled sale -of alcohol
was considered Lythe recreation
•board to he good- risk manage--
ntent because players used to
bring their own beer Now the.
province has decided-the:dress-
ing rl►onl is tuft the place for al-
cohol.
'Few turn out
for public
restructuring
meeting
MITCHELL - Only two peo-
ple. excluding media!and politi-
cians. attended a public meeting
on county restructuring held in
Mitchell last Monday, reports
'the Advocate.
Rather than reviewing the lour
restructuring options the county
has planned. MayorHugh
McCaughey opened the floor for
questions.
Mitchell. has formally en-
dorsed option one. which would
. amalgamate the Town of Mitch-
ell with the townships of Fullar-
ton. Hibbert and Logan. The
county was scheduled to vote
on the options on Thursday.
PUC
outlines
restructuring
plans
ST. MARYS A single county
utility is expected to provide
customers with ad 8.2 per cent
rate reduction, reports the Jour-
nal -Argus.
The new utility would have
generale S61 million in revenue
from its 31,000 customers but it
would still need to borrow more
than S24 million to purchase as-
sets such as vehicles, buildings,
equipment, lines and poles from
Ontario Hydro. The debt would
be financed over 20 years.
Boyle won't run for a second term
As the sole woman on counci
" By Heather Mir
T -A Reporter
1:\I I"I:It Ulel itilllll'll voted in law or oI slatting tnect-
ings .11 7 p.111 miller than 7:3(1 pant.. Councillor Wendy
Bow
le's deeisi, In of whether or 1101 to run 1111 a second tern'
wwats.11lallc lilt her. -
••If I'n►',aling 10 miss 25 per cent (11 the ineetings...1
won't he elfectiwe." said .Boyle, who work. Jntt. as a lel!:
islerC11 nurse '11 London.
. Thr new :.taus untie will. culnc into effect ww lien council in-
tro loges Its. Committee of the Whole suurour"as part of
continlllll_ Illltrll:ll restructuring_.
lion le argued at last w'eek's meeting 1ha1 the
change m Icicle. -considering all . meetings are
• on Von Ln nights. would - eliminate, shill
• winker. ti onl holding aj 'scat on conned.;-
: \'Lien Nivor Ben Hoogenbomt learned .01!
Bog le's derision not to run and the reason-Ix-
hind.il. he said he ::was certain conned .would
reconsider. - - -
-"11".that's. the Case. 1't! he Very disappointed
if we weren't -prepared to change the times•:
and dates.- Ile said. adding he thought the heavy workload
may shit) e contributed to her decision. "I would be.shocked
if that %vuulwl he the only reason."". -
Candidates for the November IO election may begin -reg-
istering 011 April I and Boyle encourages women. especial-
ly chose With grown or Older children, to consider laking a
step inlo.ihe Iwlilical arena. She warns that council mem-
her- absence leavesmuch of the population unrepresented
•
hers have tone on•call 24 hours a day and rarely have time
for other coninlitnlent.. . ••.
Although sbr w a. discouraged ahou1 being .hut Inst of ibe
process. 13tt le s,i%s i1 was- often not done intentionally...
She was not appointed to committees ticcausc n ww.1. felt
she would he too busy with a full -lime careci ,Ind ;1 woum
child.
cxpc'cl to he al parr of every aspect til count 11."" .hr
sai(L.aidding n►aulinformal meetings took plat.• florin_' the
day when -she would he unacail:ihlc.
•
• 111 a►IIIC c.i.es she was UlteCrlain• whv'11):! potential c1111:
trihutiuns were .oriItn keU. She had holed Ill he iilculwrd
as a iouncillcn_ and a health care prole..iional
in the campaign to save South Huron [hospital
and, was- . disappointed she wasn't included in
Exeter Vilia's request Tor additional bids. -
• , Ilhuu;_iIl•Boyle has laced many fruslraliOns
being the only women on coined. she is wor-
ried her absence will leave a void. Both from
an age. C1ll[ Ioytilenl and: gender lioint-of-
view..she feels she had !Mich til oiler local
politics - •
Since she arrived in Exeter. in 19}3}i.- .hi
Wanted to join council. When she discovered during the
last elections (here wo(11(1 he no woolen 011 council if
Loss w Fuller lost her hid mayor, she made her &Osion to
run. She organi/ed a very low-cost .campaign and was
well known in- the community liar operating .a hed and,
hreakfa;t.• -
She is proud of the-contrihutions council has Inade.to the
"If I'm going
to miss 25 per .
cent of the
meetings...!
won't be
effective."
•
community during bei 1.1lu. noting it has managed 10 h11111
4)1 1 .-er the inill iate lug the pais) several ycai-s anti filmes to maintain:1 1'.ell e t(111(1. -•-
• "1Vc'w' come tip with .1 plat to make s'nr Exeter's going
to grow We've col a n:tl to hug okhion
the blow." she said of :nuiegl,drd turiher giant reduction..
. l3oyIr Ina\ tenon Io politics when her children sue olden
She' i'cels.a woman who Is.,lhle 10 devote Imre linkQmit
l
gain the respect •oteounc1I.
. You Ila'. e Io he i.x l l i noel w a.:ei t .r " she ad' i sed.
Uuroths Chapman. ''o-_.rnrd on Eerier ('ounrll our
nine yeti.. saidsllr 1(011h01 IICr rule in Iocal politics "ah-
solute!), rewarding': Sit.•.explained the job has m;ury'
challenges including putting personal 'feelings aside in ot'-
.iler to represent w hat Inc• :gene al public wants. Her ex-
perience
xperience ,Il so cave .h '1 a. full appreciation ol. what it lakes
lu,tow n - -
13u1rtin Ca
pin,111adntilicd'al times she fell gender may_Ii.i c
played a.rolc in htiw ctin►mnlee representatives were cho-
sen. For. example. woolen were often involved in or-
Pill/111-g event. w 11le oleic' �xerc appointed ft) the \4arks
Coni lillee. (!wet the tcar.:..he wi!nesse(' a dramatic
change in the ntiniher 01 woolen involved in -politics and
sound she was treated as an equal member of council.- . •
—As
ouncil.-
-As long as you' had- something to say that was crud-
ihle...A It►I uI lice -work• is -common sense and under-'
standing the situation:' .
To- any.women- interested in running forcounicit.
man tells tells theol "Go for. it' '
HIV workshop offers new: drag information
-By Brenda Burke
- T -A Reporter
CLINTON -• The Iatesi in • HIV
drug knowledge was, presented on
March I5 at the Ii►urth annual
ABC's . u( HiV, which was hosted
by the Huron "County HIV -AIDS
"-Network. - ,
Brenda -Done. :who has a hack •
-
ground in nursing. spoke of 1996 as
"a, banner year for HiV care.." not-
ing what she described as the super-
iority of combination therapy. -
Using a variety of -drugs and
starting .:them earlier has ledto
progress in dealing with HIV.`Ac-
(lording to the International Aids
Society - USA 1996 Consensus;
there is now a greater under=
standing of. how- . HIV replicates.
throughout all stages of the disease.
,throughout
there haslicen the' develop-
-ment and approval of several new
and effective drugs.
"A lot of these d s arc very dif-
ficult , w take." lained 'Done.
adding •"We firinly believe we can
bring • the virus down to un-
detectablc levels. There's certainly
, a lot more optimism in the research
industry." .
Current goals of- medical man-
agement include delaying disease
progression and prolonging the
time it, takes for the • virfis to. rep-
licate.
-"We want to hit it hard and hit it
early." said Donc. who stressed
combination therapy. "We have: a
much -better idea of how effective
our drugs are....We can make -treat-
ment decisions on a much more
timely basis."
Viral load testing. for example, is
new. 13y measuring the number of
No increase
in mill rate
Er Continued from.front page
The province also removed cd-
ucaticin costs from the residential
tax hill hut- it is uncertain if com-
mercial and industrial rates will in-
crease or if.the cost will be spread
across all assessment.
• With a switch to town operation
of the cemetery. a grant of $30,000
will no longer he allocated to the
hoard. Council is hoping to sell
enough services, such as flower
bed maintenance, to break even.
Bosanquet
requests
commission
HIV particles in the. blood. it.pros
vides information to help monitor
the status of a patient's HIV -disease
and predict its.future Course. Many
doctors and researchers believe vi-
ral load tests -can he used to de-.
terminc when to begin 'antiviral
therapy and decide whether or not
such drugs arc effective. .
Donc also elaborated on protease
inhibitors such as -Ritonavir, • a
strong drug :with severe side ef-
fects, and Indinavir.- which she dc -
scribed as "probably the hest in the
hunch." • •
"We arc really encouraging:lieo-
plc to take. .(protease in-
' hihitors)....Thc beauty of it is. now
we have more choices:"
' While only 4. per cent of such
drugs actually make their way. into
one's system, in some cases high.
fat. foods and .grapefruit-juicc help
their action..
Many types of HIV treatment
methods arc now accepted in the
medical - field. Palliative care and
Pain" control teams are involved ear-
ly on in' disease progression. 'As
well. trnnsmissicin of HIV is in-
creasingly- prevented through: ed
ucation and donor screening im-
provements. - -
Mother to baby infecti6ns occur
less often; in the past. half of babies
horn to HIV-positive mothers con-
tracted the virus whereas now only
one third contract the disease due to
drug use during pregnancy.
Continued from front page -
Grand Bend has also requested a
commission to make recommenda-
tions regarding the South Huron
amalgamation study. A ministry
representative has met with the in-
volved municipalities and de-
termined mediation would not be
successful.
The ministry has indicated it will
review the situation and make its
decision known in the coming
weeks.
"We're probably viewed as small
potatoes," said Ivey, referring to
larger restructuring initiatives such .
bs Toronto's Mega -City.
"That's opening up whole new
'areas for women living with HIV."
.said Done. who also spoke of -gen-
eral HIV. trends such as,incrcased
:patient_ survival.. more -at-home
treatment and :a. higher' number of
physicians willing to care for, peo-
ple with.HIV. ,
According" to Done, occupational
exposure from a needle -stick injury
is minimal.
Factors influencing coptraction
include whether or not the source is
HIV-positive. what stage their dis-
ease is at. the injury depth. the oc-
currence of visible,. spontaneous
bleeding and whether or not a hol-
low bore needle was used.
• Ncw this year in health care is the
post exposure prophylaxis treat-
ment. which is performed for high-
est risk exposures.
There's a big difference between
the actual risk and a perceived risk.
said Done. adding London hos-
pitals developed a PEP policy "so
somebody knows what to do" in
such situations:
Done said -.youth are increasingly
infected with the HIV virus: People
at high risk includethosefrom dys-
`lunclional families as well .as in-
dividuals who have suffered from
sexual. alcohol or drug abuse.
"We're also seeing . a lot more
body -piercing. branding...that isn't
done under ideal conditions:' she
explained. adding HIV education ts
now less focused on safe sex than
on hale needle use. -. .
The one -day workshop _also in-
cluded a basic inf(lnnation. session
on- HIV and AIDS as well as per -
stinal accounts of a London tec
and a woman,invi►Ivcd with AID:
;and palliative care. .
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