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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1989-09-19, Page 34 - Board offering vaccine to town police officers The Wingham Board of Police Commissioners has offered to cover the cost of town police officers being vaccinated for the Hepatitis B virus. The matter was discussed at the September police board meeting. Hepatitis B is a potentially -dead - Area drug raids result in charges Police officers from the Ontario Provincial Police and the Listowel Police Force executed search and arrest warrants in Listowel, Palmer- ston,, Elora, and Elmira last Thurs- day.. Ten persons were arrested, arrest warrants were outstanding for two other individuals, one of whom turned himself in to the Listowel Police Force on the weekend. Dur- ing the, operation police seized illic- it drugs with a street value of $7,300. The operatic vas conducted after an undercover investigation by the London Drug Enforcement :• section of the Ontario Provincial Police and the Listowel Police department. Among drugs seized were quan- tities of marihuana, hashish, lyser- gic acid, diethylamide (LSD), and psilocybin (magic mushroom). Lis- :owel Police Chief Robert Leifso said Oft:operation was directed toward street level traffickers in the Listowel area. A total of 24 officers were involved in the operation which resulted from a three and a half month investigation. Police say the execution of the search and arrest warrants began at 5:30 a.m. and concluded without incident at 10:30 a.m. A switchblade knife was the only weapon seized during the operation. Arrested and charged with vari- ous drug and drug related offences were Clifford' Harvey Krotz, 29, RR 1, Listowel; Louis R. Leinadio Drurrtmond, 25, 363 Inkerman St, Listowel; Ronald Albert Gaus, 32, RR 1 Moorefield; Peter Alexander Job, 27, RR 3, Palmerston; Robert Dale Walters, 31, Elora; Emerson Hickey, 48 and Judy Hickey 43, both of RR 3, Tiverton; Frederick John Stull, 20, RR 2, Listowel; Floyd W. Kraemer, 22, RR 2, Bluevale; 'Ronald Morris Ferrier, 32, Elmira; ,and Michael Casimir Sebastian, 34, IListowel. q All thowarrested Atere released on their 'own recognizance and ordered to appear in Listowel Provincial Court on Oct, 18. Province, DU complete project The first Ducks Unlimited Cana- da conservation project ever under- taken in an Ontario Provindal Park was officially dedicated last Thurs- day, Sept. 14, at,, MacGregor Point Provincial Park on the east shore of Lake Huron. In a special ceremony, the province, Wildlife Habitat Canada (WHC) and Ducks Unlimited unveiled a bronze plaque to com- memorate the three -party coopera- tion in financing and building the waterfowl and wildlife wetland conservation project. Located 50 kilometres southwest of Owen Sound, the $95,000, 67 - acre marsh development was a low and wet forested swamp in the southwestern corner of MacGregor Park before beavers turned the area into a semi -open marsh. Beaver abandonment in recent years and resulting fluctuations in water levels have drastically reduced the waterfowl and wildlife capacity of the site. Ducks Unlimited efforts to secure and enhance the wetland included the construction of dikes and water control, works to permit water level management. Revenue for the pro- ject was generated from DU sales of more than 500 WHC conservation prints of a George McLean painting entitled "On the Wing — Canada Geestjt" AlAdditiorialgrant of $17,300 to DU`y ➢Tarda;$* WHC also was usectiiii iititiittatiite the project. Rola 'e Violated, the lushly- bege `;' tario Provincial Park is hliMtrntiful wildlife. 'Wet t;r; include teal, mallards, wood` ducks, hooded mergansers, black ducks and Canada geese, all known to nest on the park's inland tones' A variety of diving ducks are common among the Lake Huron shorelines during spring and fan migrations, Muskrat, beaver, white- tail deet and a wide variety of Shorebirds and songbirds are also residents. Wandrig trails and an interpretive centr r`t 's abllshed by the province Vprovide excellent opportu itieS for laWtors td diktiver the *rets of this diverse natural habitat -s . Detclta' Unlimited lade f part i f the'�trorldds oldest andialVilt 'l'Ci', atel-fthided illt� }/ll't l'-ai Waterfowl and wetland habitat Con. titration organization. ly disease which is contracted through contact with body fluids, blood in particular. The vaccine, which is not covered under the Ontario Hospital Insur- ance Plan, costs $150 per person, but is "a small price to pay when you weigh it against what the result of the disease could be," says Com- missioner Doug McBurney. The Atlanta Centre for Disease Control has placed police officers among the high-risk professions for contracting Hepatitis 'B', adding that it is 15 times more common than AIDS. If a police officer were called to the scene of an accident, said Mr. McBurney, and he were to cut his arm on a piece of glass or steel, then came in contact with an infect- ed person's blood, conceivably the officer could develop the disease. Mr. McBurney said some people have built up a natural immunity to the disease. Therefore, officers could be tested first to see if they need the vaccine. "We have a responsibility for the health of our employees," said Commissioner Fred McGee, who suggested that the vaccination become department policy However, it was decided that it be left up to the individual officers whether or not to take the vaccina- tion. The long-term consequences of Hepatitis B include cirrhosis (scar- ring of the liver) and liver cancer. 1989 TERRY FOX RUN—Approximately 75 participants and volunteers helped make this year's Terry 'Fox Run in Wingham a big success, raising over $5,528 for cancer research. ffer available new -'1980 Pontiac Grand 6 °k tie Cutlass pr ne or Buick Regal for a la xi c�twithnolimitanthe Ufa t.dso amount financed;U to ( libtrdi available on these coontifies theAveiftio0y bo NOW. oil - _. . s y equipped Mels of new 1989....... On Gr also andPrix,Oldsbile ss tc69% ftandnavailable on ther-modelsto popular quantities of vehicles limited. UICK a CADI1.1.At,. M cHEVY &GMC TRUCKS airs by Pr ar ,tdi tlw Ji' IaRmpeym.ro 4, g1 + R ela ihtlPhiPar!M�N�p tlM. ofkl'3r E!'"pWm 1'abold 11,myhe 111 aro+oro •/OPmigLtrolb PAPP whiddMwhnni rfn nevk08oinoad10890nwroiee deoto8,vd�NaaSvv d lollop,. 6�pppppp 0tOna An%OW, +rGdoba 'taro;- stoth.y; oro choir ono GM Cdttu►�(repickup 7OnlOrnoiwaedbour+aoPt. 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