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NO. 39—FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1976
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Huron edical officer agrees
Swine fl.. immunizafion� fumbled
Ontario's $11 million mass
immunization program against
swine flu has been fumbled
says Huron's medical officer
as he agreed with statements
made by the Middlesex -London
District Health Unit last week.
Dr. O.F. Mills of the Huron
Health Unit agrees with Dr.
D.A. Hutcheson of Middlesex -
London Health Unit that the
provincial cabinet's decision to
leave the immunization pro-
gram in limbo until October 15
shows no sensitivity towards
the public.
"We had the factual basis
behind us to go ahead and
prepare the people for these
shots. Now people are going to
be very suspicious of the whole
program and 'may decide they
don't want to be vaccinated
after all." says Dr. Mills.
Mass innoculation was to
have begun in most counties
around October 18 as that was
the earliest date the vaccine
would be available. Dr. Mills
says as far as he knows the
vaccine will still be available on
or about that date, but it will
be used only for the chronically
ill and those over 65 as far as
he knows now.
The national advisory com-
mittee on immunizing agents
had all the immunization
information available in June
according to Dr. Hutcheson,
and last winter they recom=
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mended an immunization pro-
gram be launched October 15.
They had all kinds of factual
information on which they bas-
ed this decision.
This committee is to meet
again on October 15 and will
subsequently make a further
recommendation to the provin-
cial cabinet following that
THROUGH THE CLOTH TUNNEL—Shelly Hayter grins hap-
pily as she crawls through a tunnel made of cloth and wire in
the kindergarten classroom at Huron Centennial.
Photo by McKinley
to increase milk 'quotas
Agriculture and Food Minis-
ter William. G. Newman has
urged the federal government
to increase milk quotas under
the national dairy plan in order
to stop growing unemployment
and heavy financial losses in
the dairy industry.
In a telex to federal Agricul-
tural Minister Eugene Whelan,
Mr. Newman asked that dairy
farmers be permitted to pro
duce 400 million pounds o
milk above the national quota
in the current dairy year.
Cutbacks in milk quotas to
correct a surplus situation have
.resulted in shortages in some
areas of Canada.
Mr. Newman said Ontario
dairy farmers have complied
with federal cutbacks by re-
ducing. their milk production
about 15 per cent in the last
five months. "The result • of
these cutbacks has been that
some processors who produce
powdered milk and butter are
considering closing their plants
because they can't get enough
. industrial milk," Mr. Newman
said.
If milk production declines
further, he said, there is a
danger that Ontario will not be
able to produce enough cheese
f
Call tenders
for centre
The village of Zurich has
called for tenders on the work
needed to be done on the upper
part of the community centre.
The tender states they would
like to have this work com-
pleted by November 1.
The fund-raising committee
is under no deadline pressure
to get a certain amount of
money raised before the repair
work can begin, the work will
begin regardless.
n
to satisfy domestic require- cheese from other countries. " •
menu, which could result in Mr. Newman said that add -
increased cheese imports. ing 400 million pounds •of indus-
"One thing we don't need is trial milk to the system would
more cheese imports," Mr. entitle Ontario dairy farmers on
Newman said. "In fact, we need a pro rated basis to produce
fewer imports. I've already ask- ' 127 million pounds more milk
ed the federal minister of in the current dairy year.
agriculture to take steps to , "I feel that this would
reduce the importation of (continuted on page 2)
meeting.
"1 can't see the advisory com-
mittee changing their minds
about an immunization program
after recommending it last
winter. " says Dr. Mills. "All
the information we received
from them on immunization
stated the program should go
forward."
Dr. Mills added the Huron
Health Unit "were well under
way in preparing the people and
places for the immunization
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program and it is unfortunate
the government had to pull
the plug."
There is no doubt in the mind
of Dr. Mills that the • people
of Huron County need to be
vaccinated.
"If we get this swine flu
now there are going to be some
fatalities, maybe a lot." says
Dr. Mills. He for one is very
unhappy the entire program has
now been placed in such a
disreputable position.
Core area of Zurich
may take n new look
Within the next few weeks
the core area of Zurich could
take on a more pleasing look.
The study being sponsored by
the Zurich business association .
and done •by Nick Hill of God-
erich, on how best to improve
the core area of the village is
underway, and the results so
far are encouraging.
Last week Mr. Hill took phot-
ographs of all the buildings in
the designated core area and
has made pen and ink illustra-
tions of the buildings the way
they are now. About 24 build-
ings are included in the area,
and besides sketching each one
Mr. Hill has written individual
comments as to the pros and
cons of the character of each
building.
At the same time Mr. Hill
has done detailed streetscapes,
including the elements which
can make or break a street.
This week Mr. Hill hopes to
meet with the Zurich business-
men involved and go over their
buildings giving ideas for indiv-
idual improvementas well as
improvement of the overall
streetscapes.
"It's been quite an effort
getting it all done," says Mr.
Hill, "but I am very enthusias-
tic as I don't see it as being a
massive project. The whole
„essence of the scheme is to
appreciate the size of the pro-
ject and in a small village you
can't begin to rebuild the char-
acter of the buildings, you en-
hance what is there.
Mr. Hill feels the core area
of Zurich has a tremendous
amount going for it. As he
studied the buildings, the
characteristic he found to be
one of the most reoccurring
and distinct was the "Boom
Town" Front. In other words,
the squared off high front with
the lower roofs behind.
Mr. Hill is also comparing
the village to several others in
the County to give the business
men an idea of what can be
done with what they have to
work with.
"If you go too far and pro-
pose things that are to grand-
iose, then everyone will agree
with you but nothing will
happen," says Mr. Hill. "You
have to, build on what you have,
and landscaping is an import-
ant part of improving what you
have."
ST. BONIFACE STUDENT COUNCIL—The students council
for St. Boniface school in Zurich for the corning year is, seated,
leftto right, Carolyn Miller, vice-president and Wayne McKin-
non, president. Standing, left to right, are Mary Ellen Duch-
arme, class representative, Betty Rasenberg, secretary, Mike
Risi, treasurer, and David Smith class representative. •
Photo by McKinley