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pigs breed
RADIATION
AS A HAZARD
Down hospital
hallways
'By R. Holjenbeck
Chief Technologist
Many patients coming to
our department are con-
cerned about the effects the
X-ray will have on their
bodies. This has increased
since a number of articles by
Dr. Ken Taylor appeared in
newspapers that had a scare
effect on people.
A healthy respect for the
dangers of radiation is good,
but it can be carried too far.
Dr. Taylor's articles were
good from the standpoint
that they renewed a sense of
caution among those in-
volved in the field of radio-
graphy and made the
general public aware that
those 'pictures' they are
going to have are not as
innocuous as they appear.
However most people don't
realize that we are and
always . have been aware of
the hazards involved in %-
radi'ation, and that each and
every time an X-ray is taken,
safety precautions are taken
for the protection' of the
patient.
1. Our equipment is-rnanu-
factured to ensure that only
useful and necessary
•radiation reaches the
patient. The X-ray tube is
insulated and shielded to
prevent leakage of °scatter'
radiation.
2: The X-ray beam is
directed by shutters and lead
cones to only the aree being
investigated.
3. The person taking the
exposure is a trained
professional called an X-ray
technologist, who has been
taught to take the best
possible X-ray using the
least possible exposure to the
patient.
4. The 'X-ray beam, as it
passes throughthe X-ray
tube, goes through
aluminum filters that clean-
up and improve the quality
of radiation reaching the
patient.
5. Lead -rubber shields are
used when possible to protect
sensitive arias of the body
(Such as the gonads) not
'directly 'involved in the
examination.
6. The accessory equip-
ment used to produce the X-
ray image is designed to
make the best possible use of
the least amount of radiation
needed to produce the
image. This includes the
table top, thegrid beneath
the table, the screens within
the cassette and the X-ray
film itself.
7. Your doctor is aware of
the inherent clangers of the
procedure and should" not
order an X-ray examination
R. W. dell
OPTOMETRIST
Goderich
The Square 524-7661
unless he is convinced it is
necessary.
As you can see, there are a
lot of things going for you
which you may not be aware
of when your X-ray is taken.
We encourage our patients to
ask about anything
bothering them about the
procedure they are about to
have done. It is your right, as
the patient, to know, so
please ask your doctor or the
technologist if you're con-
cerned. A relaxed,
cooperative patient makes
our job easier.
We in the department of
radiology at Wingham and
District Hospital have just
reviewed our protection
devices and as a result have
made several improve-
ments. We have purchased
and installed new fast -speed
screens in our cassettes,
which have resulted in an
overall reduction in ex-
posure to the patient of
approximately 50 per cent.
We are endeavoring to use
our gonadal shields where
possible. We have had our
equipment checked by an
inspector from the Ministry
of Health and Welfare and
have been assured it is well
within safety regulations.
We are concerned about
your health and safety (and,
incidentally, our own).
As the nights grow longer,
more artificial light could
salve some breeding prob-
lems swine often develop.
Research conducted by
Dr. Roger Hacker of the Uni-
versity of Guelph shows that
light intensity and duration
play an important role in the
onset of estrus (heat) in
gilts.
In a series of experiments
funded by the Ontario Minis-
try of Agriculture and Food
and the Pork Producers
Marketing Board, Dr.
Hacker found that gilts re-
ceiving 12 hours of light and
12 hours of darkness daily
average 183 days to first
heat. Gilts housed in com-
plete darkness took 222 days
to reach first estrus.
However, the same experi-
ment found that continuous
light was detrimental to nor-
mal heat cycles.
Using Dr. Hacker's re-
search, the ministry re-
commends moving replace-
ment gilts from the finishing
barn to the dry sow barn
when selected at about 90
kilograms (200 pounds) .
Normally, more light will
speed the onset of first heat.
"Normally weaned sows
and gilts should be exposed
to about 18 hours of light
daily" says- swine specialist
Andy Bunn. "Recommended
light intensity is 150 to 200
lux. For example, one row of
flourescent lights directly
above the pigs' heads pro-
vides about 150 lux in an area
4.5 metres wide (15 feet) by
2.4 metres (8 feet) high. One
clears 100 watt bulb supplies
enough light for 10.8 square
metres (130 square feet) of
floor space."
'Following. Jesus' is theme
for Knox laymen's service
BELGRAVE—The Lay-
men's Service Sunday at
Knox United Church was
conducted by Rev. John G.
Roberts with Bill Thomson of
CKNX radio and TV Wing -
ham, as guest speaker.
Calvin -Brick joined with
Knox United to form the
large congregation.
An organ and piano pre-
lude of sacred selections was
presented by Mrs. George
Procter, church organist,
and Miss Sheila Anderson,
pianist. They also accom-
panied the hymn singing:
The Belgrave choir, sup-
ported by members of,
Calvin -Brick United Church,
sang His Eye Is on the
Sparrow with organ accom-
paniment.
Following' the scripture
reading from Ephesians 4,
Rev. Roberts extended a
warm welcome to Mr.
Thomson. He expressed a
number of thoughts de-
claring
that lay people don't
express their views suf-
ficiently.
The speaker chose "My
Jesus" as his theme. He re-
ferred to the soft, loving
paintings of Jesus, which do"
not portray a true picture of
our real, demanding
Saviour.
Faith is not for the weak,
he said. Where is our faith
when problems arise? Is it
Township of Morris
The second installment of 1980
TAXES
are due and payable by November 28,
1980. A penalty of 11/4% per month will
be added to all unpaid taxes after that
date.
Nancy Michie
Tax Collector
DOROTHY SHOEMAKER
LITERARY AWARDS
CONTEST WINNERS
will be announced Friday, Nov. 28, 1980
at 7030 p.m. at the
Guelph Public Library
100 Norfolk Ste
Guelph, Ont.
Authors Jean Little and Elizabeth Brewster and pub-
lisher Jock McClelland will announce the winners and
present the prizes.
• You are cordially invited to attend. Refreshments
will be served.
The Dorothy Shoemaker Literary Award Contest is
sponsored by the participating public libraries in the
Midwestern Regional`Library System.
weak? Jesus labored in the.
carpenter's shop; his hands
were calloused and tough.
He had no belongings, but he
attracted people closer to
God. He possessed strength
and determination. Who, but
Jesus, would have be-
friended a disreputable
woman, a tax collector or the
criminal on the cross.
The Master exercised
discipline as he spoke to the
educated and ignorant at the
same time. He administered
forgiveness and compassion
to all.
The speaker asked, "What
would you do if requested to
exemplify your faith in the
face of danger?" The
message was concluded by a
poem relating to "doing
good".
We should help people in
every possible way as Jesus
did.
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New publicatiol i oks
at fuel cell possibilities
GUELPH — Fuel cells
provide an efficient, quiet,
pollution -free means of
converting fuel into elec-
tricity. Fuel cells powered
the electrical equipment for
the Apollo moon expedition,
but before they can become
widely used, major obstacles
— not least of which is high
cost — must be overcome.
Chemists at the University
of Guelph and other research
centres are seeking break-
throughs which would lower
the cost of fuel cells and tap
their potential for highly
efficient generation of
electricity.
Fuel cell research at the
University of Guelph is the
focus of the first issue of
Chem trends, a semi-annual
publication of the depart-
ment of chemistry. The one-
page publication will discuss
chemistry topics of interest
to the public.
Fuel cells are electrolytic
cells which convert chemical
energy directly into elec-
trical energy. The fuel —
hydrogen, methane, or
another hydrocarbon — is
supplied continuously from
an external source. The fuel
cell will .generate its elec-
tricity as long as fuel is
supplied.
Theoretically fuel cells
should be able to generate
electricity at 100 per cent
efficiency. In practice the
chemists at Guelph hope to
achieve something, better
than the 40 per cent ef-
ficiency attained in modern
plants which generate
electricity through the
combustion of fuel.
Chemists at the university
are working on electrode
systems for hydrogen -
oxygen fuel cells which
would replace platinum
electrodes, the best fuel cell
electrode known. One reason
fuel cells are not
economically competitive
with other sources is that
platinum is scarce and ex-
pensive.
The chemists also are
exploring alternative fuel
cell fuels, including
inorganic wastes from pulp
and paper mills and food
processing plants. Fuel cells
fed by waste products could
fight pollution and generate
electricity at the same time.
Although many technical
problems remain to be
solved, the chemists are
guardedly optimistic that
working fuel cell systems
could provide economically
competitive. electrical power
for remote communities and
industrial plants, or could -be
used to supplement the exis-
ting power grid.
Developing suitable
electrode materials ' and
finding effective ,catalyst
systems twGo problems the
Guelph:, cbieanists are
tackling are essential
goals If 'Awl cells are to
become economically
competitive, with other
power sour.
If you would like to learn
more about ;:fuel cells or
would like ta receive future
issuers of Chem trends,
please contact the depart-
ment of chemistry,
University of Guelph,
Guelph., N1G 2W1.
CHOKING
St. John aMbulani;e ad-
vises that if somebne is
choking, quick action must
be taken, especially if they
no longer can make a sound.
Remove any obvious ob-
structionssuch as food, gum
or false teeth by sweeping
the finger around inside the
mouth and throat. If this is
not successful and if the cas-
ualty is conscious, firmly
take hold of him and begin
sharply slapping him on the
back between the shoulder
blades. With infants, support
them along your forearm in
a face down position and give
several gentle slaps between
the shoulder blades, being
careful not to hit too hard.
This should dislodge any
foreign body. With children,
lay them over your knee face
down and give them several
slaps between the shoulder
blades. St. John Ambulance
teaches other' methods of as-
sisting a person who is
choking; these methods are
the chest thrust and the
abdominal thrust which
should be taught under the
direc-ion of a St. John Ambu-
lance instructor.
By'Rtt_a itice
Yes, the Pay Centre News
has a. slightly different title,
There seemed to be some
confusion with the day care
centre for .children, so the
new title will be the Seniors'
Day Centre. This column
appears weekly in The
Advance -Times, as a means
of taking the community
aware of the happenings at
the Wingham and Area Day
Centre for the Homebound.
On Tuesday and Wed-
nesday a film, 'Ste. Marie
Among the Hurons', was
shown at the centre. On Nov.
27 it will be shown again for
the regular Thursday group
and anyone else interested in
joining us. The film will be
shown at 1:15 p.m. on Thurs-
day, and the public is invited
to come and join the after-
noon program.
Also next Thursday, Dec.
4, Jerry Kavanagh from the
Standard Trust Co.,
Wingham, will be the guest
speaker. He will be address-
ing the topic of banking,
senior financing and a
variety of . financial
operations associated with a
trust company or bank. Once
again, any interested person.
is invited to come to the
Armouries tohear Mr.
Kavanagh's presentation.
A new projector has been
purchased by the New
Horizons group of the
Seniors' Happy.. Gang in
Wingham. We will have
access to the new projector
so we thank the senior
citizens'' group for this useful
machine, We will be showing
filmannAegalar basis.
We attt tecentre w uld lie
to• til*l alt thl ysei wh► ha !
been making contributions to
get our greenhouse vecohOuSe.. going,
Many cuttings, •plats, etc
have been brought 111, and
they are very ti uch appre-
eiatedd. It will be a pleasure
for many of our participants
to work with plants this
winter when its so Gold out-
side. •
The Christmas wreaths
and trees "have .been quite
successful in our craft pro-
gram. Many of the partici-
pants. are buying their own
projects, but we may have a
few for sale, if you wish to
come ' to the Armouries to
enquire.
Many of our seniors live
alone and this means
cooking and eating by them-
selvs. The noon dinner here
is always enjoyed. The
delicious meal is made
possible by Marg Pollock,
our gourmet cook. Her in-
terest and enthusiasm here
is very much appreciated.
The tray favors should°be
finished this week and ready
to go up to the hospital for
December. • -
Our volunteers here at the
centre cannot be thanked
enough. If anyone is in-
terested is driving or helping
at the centre, call 357-1440.
We encourage the com-
munity to come in and see
what we're doing. This type
of program is. very much,,,.
needed here in the Wingham
community. There is so
much to be enjoyed in older
age, given the opportunity, •
MISMATCH—Murray MacLeod had his work cut out for him as he pushed Allan
Harrison across the Ice on a chair. Murray was paired up with the coach In this
drill, one of the components of the Tyke program, aimed at teaching youngsters to
push with their skates. He should turn out be be the strongest skater of the loll
COMING THROUGH--MIchael clears the pylon with-
out even looking to a Tyke program skating drill.
RESULTS You'll applaud
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LOOK BACK—Under the watchful eye of Instructor Doug Nell, young Sartori
Cameron wobbles his way safely around the pylon and back across the Ice. This
drill teaches the Tykes to turn on their skates.
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Baloney! 1f you have high blood pressure, you'll probably have
it for the rest of your tIfe. because !t can't be cured. But u
doesn't have to be a problem-471yoy can control it and bring it
down. See a doctor and take your medication every day:
High Blood Pressure
Treat it ... and live.
Fresh as New!
That's how all your clothes will come back -
after we've used our expert dry cleaning
methods on them! You'll be happy with the
results) • -
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CLEANERS AND MEN'S WEAR
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Phone 357-1242 -
GOING OUT OF BUSINESS
LIQUIDATION
SALE!
"WAXWORKS BOUTIQUE"
Wingham
PRICES REDUCED
AGAIN!
It's time for action - we've sold a lot
but we still have hundreds and hundreds
of fine gift items that
MUST BE SOLD
As quickly as possible .. .
,SO WE'VE MADE
FURTHER REDUCTIONS I
These further price cuts will
be effective on Wednesday this week,
In addition to the further markdowns on
hundreds of lovely gift item§, we've put our
entire stock of Christmas Items on sale at
SPECIAL SALE DISCOUNTS!
Don't miss this great opportunity to
make some genuine savings on a
wonderful array of beautiful and
distinctive gift items. Things that
will make your gift really appreciated
and remembered.
If you are out of town — Take a drive over
to Wingham and tee this sole for yourself.
You'll probably pay for your gas In savings
on your very first purchase)
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