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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1998-02-11, Page 1SEIP'S vale -mart 4 & 83 Exeter 235-0262 Order Your Pa zkl Today ettfif)l; I x('(('f ,ll„i rfr',f tifll(Y' �•�� SEIP'S valu-mart 4 & 83 Exeter 235-0262 Council seeks toll-free service to closer communities EXETER - Mayor Ben Hoogen- hoom rci ttved correspondence -- from Bell Canada indicating toll - tree service to Ilderton will he available for Exeter residents in the fall of 1999. Exeter council discussed the let- ter at its regular :•ueting last Mon- day night. Deputy Reeve Dave Ur - lin suggested it would he more , beneficial to have toll-free access between Exeter. Grand Bend and Zurich than llderton. Councillor Robert Drummond thought Clinton should also he added to the list in light of the county services Exeter residents access from Clinton. Council passed a motion to send a letter to Bell Canada seeking to have.the local toll-free arca extend - cd to Grand Bend. Clinton and.oth- cr communities as may be identi- fied. Bills for Bell Canada customers have increased an average of $2.57 per month to pay for upgrades in. services.. Oh, swany Cold seat. This Trumpeter swan was the centre of at- tention at Morrison Dam Conservation Area on Friday afternoon. Though rare to the area, the swan wasn't in any danger out on the ice., 'Ausable-Bayfield Con- servation Authority in- formation/education tech- nician Kristi' VanDongen said Ministry of Natural Re- sources staff in Clinton as- sured her the swan could take off from the ice unless it was injured or frozen on the spot. The swan took off after a couple of hours rest. Be mine. Biddulph Central School Gr. 5 student Joel Desmond hands his sweetie Amanda Mills the Valentine they made together. Re- member to think of your sig- nificant other this week and mark Valentine's Day on Saturday in style. Delicious Hot Foods To Go High schoo students receive Td Polio vaccine Bryan Evans, a Grade 10 student at South Huron District High School in Exeter, felt the full effect of the Td Polio vaccine administered by Diahe Dawson of the Huron County Health Unit on Monday morning. More than 130 grade 9 and 10 students received the polio, diphtheria and tetanus booster. EXETER - Grade 9 and 10 students at South Huron. Dis- trict High School were shot Monday, in the ann that is. The students received the Td Polio vaccine to protect them against three serious diseases: tetanus. diphtheria and polio. The Td Polio vaccine is given to people seven years or older and a booster. needle is required around the 15th birth- day. Alter this. only the tetanus and diphtheria (Td) vaccine is given every 10 years. Although the diseases 'the vaccine protect people against are rare, they arc serious, according. tollhc provincial Pub-, lication "Immunization —'Your Best Protection.” Tetanus is also called lockjaw. It is a serious disease that. can happen if dirt with the tetanus germ gets into a cut in the skin. Even with early treatment, tetanus kills 20 per cent Of its victims. Diphtheria is a disease of the nose. throat and skin. It can. cause breathing problems, heart failure and nerve damage. '!'en per cent of the people with diphtheria die. Polio is a serious disease people can contract front drink- ing water or eating food with the polio germ. This disease can cause nerve damage and paralyze a person for life. of- ten causing problems in walking. Some people die of polio. Fortunately, the Td Polio vaccine protects nine out of every I0 people who receive all their needles. Serious side effects Bunn the Td Polio vaccine are rare. Mild pain. swelling and redness are common for a few days at the spot where the needle was given. A few people may get a mild lover. lose their appetite or feel tired for a day or • Call your doctor is any% of these symptoms happen within - threc days after the needle: hives. swelling Of the face for , mouth. breathing „difficulties:, very pale color and serious drowsiness, high fever (over 40 degree` Celsius or 104 de- grees Fahrenheit). convulsions or seizures or other serious health problems at any tir)re. If the student is ill with -a fever or'inlection worse,than a cold, the doctor or nurse may decide not to give the vac- cine. Anyone with a serious allergy to antibiotics called ne- omycin. polynryxin B or streptomycin, or who has a serious reaction to the vaccine before. should not be given' the Id Polio vaccine. Lucan getting $425 tax hike? Provincial downloading numbers point to either less services offered by the village or a massive tax hike LUCAN - If the province doesn't throw money into helping municipalities deal with downloading, Lucan taxpayers could be in for a $425 tax hike. That's the newest understanding of the ever-changing numbers from the province village council has atter they debated the impact of the latest 'Who Does What' update at last week's meeting. Middlesex County released a formula rundown of how provincial downloading will affect each of its member mu- nicipalities. Lucan will need $165,030 from the province in its Community Development Re -Investment Fund to make downloading 'revenue neutral' as the province claimed it would be. If Lucan doesn't receive the extra money from the province, council would have to hike taxes about $425 per household per year to make up the difference and pro- vided the same services. Administrator Ron Reymer said Lucan mayget lucky when it comes to a handout from the province. "The chances of getting substantia? help from the prov- ince is better with a large need than a small one," he said. "They can't ignore that." Biddulph and McGillivray Townships have an even great- er need. They would need $569,206 and $811,905 re- spectively from the Community Development Re - Investment Fund to make the downloading revenue neu- tral. If Lucan and Biddulph were to merge, the entire tax base would have to absorb those costs. "I think we should hold off on amalgamation for a few years," councillor Perry Caskanette mused. Inside Become a Big Brother/Sister. See Crossroads - Second front Lindsay Parsons to skate in Milan See page 14 Local businesses support C.O.P. EXETER - Two Exeter husi- ncsseS have provided the equip- ment to get Exeter OPP's C.O.P. program (Citi/ens On Patrol) off the ground. • MacLean's Radio Shack donated a police scanner and cellular plume in cu -operation with Bell Canada and Exeter Canadian 'lire donated four spotlights. four binoculars and kit hags from Canadian "tire. The equipment goes to tie tour arca (' O P..prugrarns in Exeter. Zurich. Hcnsall and (ntraia-Iluirorr Park - Crediton. t:xeter 01'1' ('ons?. Liam Brennan said the Exctcr ('.0.1'. branch has 45 volunteers and will start their Tate night patrols hy• month's end once the cell phones arrive from Bell Canada. The'. Zurich. Hcnsall and Centralia area programs are "lagging" behind the Exeter one in interest with only eight, seven and six volunteers respectively. ,Bren- nan said. C.O.P. volunteers patrol neigh- borhoods io their comrmrnities in pairs for a few hours during one late evening/early morning. a month. When the pair discovers susprcruus activity. they call the OI'1'- an the cell phone and never intercept suspected criminals. i he spotlights and scanner will help out in their patrols. Brennan said C.O.P. programs - work hest when there are 60 or more volunteers so pairs stay up real Lite only once per month. Vol- untccrs will get to pick which nights they go out on patrol de- pending upon date availability. "I'll take as many people as 1 can get." Bierman said of the amount of volunteers he's looking tor. 11 interested in volunteering for a C,O.P. program in your com- munity, call lircn'ian at (519) 235- ( 00.. Helping C.O.P.S. Exeter OPP Const. Liam Brennan, right, happily accepts equipment from Ex- eter Radio Shack's Gary MacLean, left, and Canadian Tire's Randy Stanlake and Diane Simp- son at the Exeter OPP detachment last week. 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