HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-11-07, Page 23(;0I)EHI('H SIGNI,-STAR. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 19 4'--PAQE 7
Rabies cases could
peak this winter
BY WILMA OKE
In order to develop methods
for controlling rabies in On-
tario wildlife ,the ministry of
natural resources is continuing
a. pilot prograKn again this fall
which' was first initiated in
1972 to test a new type of bait
material on wild foxes.'
At a news conference last
week at the Hullett Wildlife
Park located two miles east of
Clinton a team from the Fish
and Wildlife Research Branch
at Maple demonstrated the.
• method used to place the bait.
The new baits consist of a-
small chunk of a sugar -gelatin-
like, mixture inside a small
plastic hag.
Dave Johnston of Maple -said
the baits also contain a small
amount of a biological marking
agent called tetracycline. This
is an antibiotic' commonly used
in human and veterinary
medicine for controlling bac-
terial infections and is not har-
mful to animals or humans.
Mr.'Johnston said when the
tetracycline is eaten; it enters
the circulation and is deposited
in the hones and teeth of
animals. When these tissues
are examined under ultraviolet
light, they 'fluoresce a golden
yellow colour which means the
animal has eaten a bait.
"Mr.'.tohnston said starting at
the end of October about 25 ex-
perienced trappers will' place ,
20,000 bait packets in areas
inhabited by fazes in selected. -
;Tarts of the counties of Huron,
Lambton, Bruce, Grey and.
Perth.
• Dennis Voi,ght, a Maple •
biologist used avoting fox not
quite a year old to show the
visitors just how the bait will
be picked up by ' the wild
animals in the countryside.
Peemore, the fox was attrac-
ted to the bait set out in a field
by a substance called
pheromones applied to the
plastic bag. This substance is
attractive to several other wild
• carnivores besides the fox such
as' skunks, .rl*coons and
coyotes, all animals subject to
rabies.
Each packet has -a tiny radio
transmitter attached to it ,run
by mercury batteries which
helps the research team locate
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them by means of an aerial if
carried off by the animal.
Mr. 'ohnston said that about
50 experienced trappers have
agreed to give the heads,'- of
foxes they trap to the research
team. By examining a number
of foxes from the baited areas it
will be possible to determine
from examining the teeth the
number of animals which have
eaten the baits, Last year's test
program showed 16 per cent of
the animals recovered from the
test -areas had eaten baits
I 10,000 packets were
distributed last, year).
Dr. Charles MacInne"s, the
biologist who is s..pervisor of
the Wildlife Section at Maple,
said these experimental baits
will eventually be replaced by
oral rabies vaccine when safety
tests are completed on the
amount and strength <to put in
the baits to immunize the
animals but not harm them.
Dr. MacInnes said southern
Ontario and surrounding areas
to the east along the St.
Lawrenc'e River and south into
New England States have the
highest incidence of rabies not
only in North America but the
world.
Dr." William Thompson of
Seaforth, in charge of the
Hurn County office of federal
Health or Animals Branch •of
Department of Agriculture,
said that'so far this year he has
had only a_ few,de.finite cases. of.
rabies which is down con-
siderabl:v from other years. He
said rabies goes in cycles and .-
perhaps this winter we'll he
right up there in the. high in-
cidence peaks. . •
Dr—Thompson said he had
just been informed by the
Ottawa' -laboratory that. the
head of' a fox from, the
Wingham area sent in a few
days ago was rabid.
'Mr. Johnston told the doctor
that was an area where it was
estimated there was the highest
1)cspulation of foxes.
In answer to, a question from
the press Dr, M°ac1nnes said
between 1,200 to 2,000 persons
in Ontario each year are
receiving anti•r.ahies treatment
because 04' contact with a rabid -
anima1.
Dr. MacInnes said -the
World Health \League in 1966
asked for ,the program to
develop methods for controlling
rabies in wildlife and the On-
• tario' tests were started that
year by the combined effort~ of
Ministries of Natti•ral: Resour-
ces, Health and ,of Agriculture
and 414'mid. '
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WE NEED ALL TYPES
I'd planned to write a
column about Thanksgiving
Day this year but the days went
shdoting by and suddenly it
was past.
However, I was und ed.
As the preachers and
tell us every Christmas„ t e is
no reason that peace o
and goodwaill toward ' m
should be confined to a sing e
day. Nor is the( a any reason
that we should give thanks only
on the second Monday in Oc-
tober. So here goes.
Did you stop and give thanks
on that day? Or did y4 just en-
joy the long weekend, stuff
yourself with turkey, and slump
in front of the box to watch'
football? I hope you did better
than that: at least went for a
drive and gorged yourself on
the fall panorama of colour,
reason enough in itself for a
deep and fervent thanks.,
I started to think of all the
things we Canadians have 'to be
thankful for, and' the list
seemed to be endless.
First of all, we\ should be
grateful to be living in Canada,
no matter how we squawk at'
income .tax time, and- gripe
about the weather. Without
getting misty -eyed or waving a
flag about it, this is a grand
country.
Our society is far from ,per-
fect, andthere are injustices,
and • we are often badly served
by our leaders, and, yes', the
Americans own too much of us.
Rut "these things are more than
offset when we start piling
things on the other side of the
scale.
What are. some of the
goodies? 'Well, first, there are
the intangibles. There are very
few places -in this country
where a person is afraid to
walk alone, even at night. We
have lots of air, some of, it hot,
some of it polluted, but most of
it clear and clean. Nobody is
literally starving in this coun-
try, though the old -age pen-
sioners would give you an.
argument there. Nobody .lives
in fear of' the hoots in the hall,
the pounding on the door, the
secret police. Our only secret
police are the mounties„ and
every time they try something
secret, the papers find out, and'
spread it all Over' the front,
pages, chortling.
To continue the list, we have
equality of speech. Even the
Prime Minister can swear in' a
public place, such as the House
of Commons, and get away
.with it.
We have equality of welfare
benefits. The oldlady with
$600,0.00 salted away in bonds
gets the same old -age pension
as the old lady who has two
herring' salted away. What
could be more equal than that?
We have equality before the
law. What's that you say?
There's one law for the rich
rid one for t4. poor? Non -
sense, -It's the same law. The ,
only difference is In the amount
you steal, and rhe lawyers you
c"an afford: If you steal big, and
cawafford a battery of lawyers,
you get a light sentence. If you
steal small, and try to defend,
yourself, you get the works.
We have equality of oppor-
tunity. Ask any of our natiVe _
people. Just ask a Meti.s or an
Eskimo if he doesn't have the
same opportunity as the white
boy who has to fight his way
through Upper Canada College,
Trinity College, and Osgciode
Hall law' school. He'll tell you.
Just be sure he doesn't have a
beer ,bottle. in his hand when
you ask -him.
And we have peace in our
land. Oh, there's the odd little
fluster. Like n the'.t'Mackenzie
rebellion' in Ontario and the
Papineau rebellion in Quebec
and the Riel 'rebellion in the
west and some kook trying to
put a half-nelson on the
Russian head of .state in Ot-
tawa and a rabble of native
people attacking the mounties
in the sarne place. But these are
just trouble -makers. Right? .
There's no question about it.
In this glorious nation of ours,
everybody is equal. The only
rub ik that, as George Orwell
put it, some are more equal
'hen other, •
Well, those are just a few of
they thing, for which we should
give thank,. 'Then there are all
the more tangible things. We
have More oil and 'gas than we
need, but by George, we've them.
made sure the price is right, Be honest now. Where would
and those energy -squandering you rather live? In Europe,
Yanks can go cold and use can- with all those people and
dies. pollution and culture and
We have two, of the longest stuff'? In the U.S., where the
railroad in the world. How Great" Exorcism is not taking
about that'? Even though both place? ' In Australia, full of,,
of them despise would-be
travellers by rail, we have two
of the longest railroads in the
world.
Wehave some of the finest
wheat in the world corning out
our ears, even though we don't
seem to he able to get it into
the boxcars and onto the ships
to feed the hungry of the Third
World.
And how many nations in the
world can brag that they ..have
the second -hest hockey team in
,he world?, That's part of our
ational heritage and I think
-we should all ,give thanks for it.
There's only one rub in this
glowing picture. Our inflation
rate, believe it •or not, isn't
soaring, quite as rapidly as
some of the other countries in
the," west. But don't worry
about it. • Among them, our
politicians, business leaders
and union bosses will soon
have, that sorted out, and we'll
be up there with the best of
Australians?
Just sit back and give thanks
that you are a Canadian, living.
in, the hest of all possible
worlds.
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MUNICIPAL
NOMINATIONS
Nominations . for Mayor, Reeve, 'Deputy -Reeve, six
Councillors, four Public Utilities Commis*loners, two
Public School ' Supporters' representatives on the
County School Board, and one member of the Huron
and Perth Counties combined Roman Catholic
Separate School Zone Board representing the Town of.
Goderich, the Township of Goderich and the Township
of Colborne for the years 1975 and 1976 will be held.
curing the period Thursday,. November 7th, 1974, and,
until 5:00 o'clock in the afternoon of Nomination day
Tuesday, November 12th, 1974.
A candidate may be nominated for an office by the
filing, during the period in which candidates may be
nominated, in the office of the Clerk, 57 West Street,
during normal office hours of a nomination paper in
prescribed form.
Prescribed forms available at Municipal Office, 57 West
Street.
In case a Poll is demanded; Palle will be open on Mon-
day, December -2nd, 1974 from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
J. Harold Walls, A.M.C.T., C.M.C.
returning Officer
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consider
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Cars equipped tc'irii ('utoll'tie converters require
the Use 01 Unleaded ,u<<)1111.c. ('ralca(lccl gasollnt'7s
not readily available, Ilol, ever, all Ford of Canada
('arlin('.S have 'Wen c"rlti!10'o,r'c'd'1t'!tll.f)111 (afalVliC '
converters and ran ►•lin 00 nov gasoline --- rc'rullctr,
premium or unleaded Read the •/till stork':
Cars equipped with
catalytic converters
require the use of
unleaded gasoline. .
The Ministry of Transport has stated
"that the Ministry intends to enforce in
the year 1976; the same automobile
exhaust emission standards as are being
established for 1975."
Excerpt from a Department of Transport letter to the
Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association, dated
February 217,1974
ln-ordcr• to meet the ncw.(•anadian exhaust
emission standards, sorb' 1 975 cars arc equipped
with a catalytic converter. which is an omission •
control,dcviee that requires the use of more
expens1ve unleaded gasoline.
Watch for our upcoming.
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. -Unleaded gasoline is
not readily available.
Although unleaded gasoline may be,,A ailahlc at 1(1
to 411 rr of ;4.1,ol1ne stations in some major urban
ccn°tres. it \\ ill hc: suhtanti,tlly less in rural areas.
he Depart 1i?nt of industry. l rad ,:nil Commerce
stly'V ey. dated Ione. 1974. states that on a national
basis. unleaded ;gasoline w ill not het\ ;tilablc at ;t
out of 11) sl,ltions in Canada, as of October I. 1974.
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Government sources
had this to say regarding
1975-1976 Canadian ,
emission coRtrof standards.
"The Federal Government plans to
require emission controls for 1975 -model
cars in Canada that will produce a
further reduction of 5% in exhaust
emissions but will neither require use of
catalytic converters nor result in any
further reductiotlin fuel economy.
:`The new proposed Canadian 1975
.automobile emission standards. while
they will be more stringent than the
present 1973 standards, will not be as
stringent as the proposed U.S. 1975
standards.“
"The preposed 1975 standards for -
Canada will not require.use of any_
catalytic converters." ^
`'The federal announcement yesterday
'said that the 1975 Canadian emission
standards'can be accomplished by the
use of such devices as early fuel evap-
oration, electronic•ignitions, a`tid
improved carburetors'."
"If catalytic converters are not required
cin' Canadian cars there will be less of a
demand for unleaded gasoline in
Canada,"
All Ford of Canada
carlines have been
7J engineered to run on
any gasoline and meet the
new 1975 Canadian emission
control standards without
requiring catalytic converters.'
1 here'4,,a significant difference between Canada
and the 1'nited State, in e\hatlst emission standards
for I975'cars.
1 he ('anodise Government decided to adopt
more redsopahle.Cnlission standards than those in
the l sited States. w hich metant that catalytic „
converter, , wets not neee'safy to Meet the Canadian
standards. •
So for 10)75, Ford of ,Canada decided not to
follow suit \+ith Ford 111Th( t nited States
although it. would have been miteh easier t andies,
cosstl\ 1 to do so.
.Ford of Canada's dcCision to ttljnimizc the,
lieekttprr..;alas\ tic converters in (`,(nada shosc's our -
1 C,l1 eon(Crn 1 or y011, the motorist.
\Ve decided to offer cars without catalytic
toll+enter~ hecatisc a) a cdtAytivconverter could
he ,In e\Ira C\'1,ensc 1.0r you. hi the unleaded I uel
that's required for c,tt,ll\tir'converters.k in limited
supply in ( ,In,ld,l ;Ind. c 1 unleaded gasoline i'
molt e''pensi\e than the lower ')rived regular.
\ow I1) 01 d(1 10 I11kCt the 197'..; (ana111at1
., +_
,Ah;ll:s! st.11ldarols, w ilhout the use tit
,..„1.111;,' con\ er tors. 1 01(1 01 ( Invested over -
1 million to ,In c\tensi\e pro>!r,tnl in\010 in:,
,14lllflc,llll ell'_'llleerl,lr(1 eh,Irlge,. additional coill-
f'1e\It\ In toll: ,Issenlhly plants alit] other special
1 he resell :s Ih it all engines (00:11) the
M . L.Acei'll4'!) 01 one the optional 2 s lige `1' 1 . 1o,r
1hoes ,0 I o1,I o' ( ,Inad,l c,ts s, meet the
These "Economy
Extenders” have been
engineered into every
1975 Ford and Mercury carline.
in addition to the Con\Cnienee of tbeim! ahle to uSC
.til\ asoline. an\ w hero;, a nunncwr of features,
11 111C11 wCcall''l cononl'y 11\tCndCrs have -been
engineered into e\ -cry 1 Ford of (°an,t(I.? carline.
1 hese include: • Solid state ignition that eliminates
the points and condenser and improves 1ucl
economy over long pLt io is due to a chore stable
spark plug pertori»an.ce • 1111pro,ecd engine tuning
011 mats\ en11111e0 \\ filch results 111' better fuel
cocoon))• and poi lotrlllanee • Optinliied rear axle -
ratios that contrihutc fol ICs\'cne'ine wear and lower
tuCl oon.umption by pr'ope.r matching to load and
use 1requirenleuts Steel llelted radial tires that
C\tcnd.tread 1110 and reduce rolling 1 notion lor
Netter gas.nsdeage.
Irl'additioll, e\tended SCr•yitle intervals co11-
trihute its roduetd maintenance requirement's, and
.therefore. lower oleratiI1s C0‘,15.—
Right now, Ford and
Mercury dealers can
give fast delivery on
cars in stock which .run on any
gasoline --unleaded, premium
or the:lower priced regular.
Ford and '\iercur� deulcrs ca'n `gi\e .001 1a,t
c1eliyer\ of rl tie\\ l97) e,lr lion) the large stock
they have 00 hand ri:wht now \\ e'rc sure there's
the Model 0041) \+ant, In'the colour you w,l►lt,
o:ytIi1ped \\Itis lilt options y00 want 10 meet your
persoll,t1 needs And no 'matter \\ here \ 011 are in
( ,trl,rda of where\clv1,11'1. going. \oil can use the
g,osohne that's.i\,Ill,thle. unlcadvd, p,tenlitnls clr
,the 10\+4,:r pri(cd regular.'
When you choose from''
a 1975 Ford or M.er.cury
sc. tlo.l.ltd,. \\Itht, t :eymnn,r catalcosh\ertc.s. carline, it's nice to know
you can settle -for any
1 o,s,l of (,tn,ld,t (eel, th,,t this \\ 111 nlc .l.n .I fits( ,p gasoline, anywhere■
loo inoto: isis \\ ho ate not ,11)1c to firth tutle,tded
.,1)d do so \\ bile 1 tlnr1ln_' on ,in\ z,tsM11l 11e unle,ldt:d
I\renllttnl of 111c boost pr l ped rc ill,ir.
., ?h,:11 normal' Irl\s.n; and ; 1e1 shopping
psoas( its I'M lictil,!tb5 lhoge \Ohio !:1 41ord.'
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i' 11,\0:1{in_ to the o:ott,t'e of ,k.: slo;les where
1'0 •soled e',Isoflne a0,cilahllrl\ Is ,uhst,tntl,,tl\ less
111.tn :0,,i01 ur h,tn Centres
Frim a news report 61ibl shed in The Globe & Pylar
July 20 1973
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Located 3 miles north of 'Goderlch on Hwy. 21
at Huron Haven Village
Call 524.6384 or 5241.8059
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Buying or leasing -Right now you can select a
1975 car from stock at your Ford or Mercury
dealer which will run on any gasoline
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