HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1976-12-08, Page 12Page 12 -Citizens News, December 8, 1976
Christmas
safety
hints
Cheerful lights of Christmas
bring a special warmth to
the holiday season—but each
year tragedy strikes somewhere
through electrical fires or other
accidents.
The main reason is either
worn or defective equipment
or sheer carelessness.
Christmas lights and electric-
ally -lit decorations are tested
and certified by CSA for safety.
However, people often forget
the most basic rules when
handling electrical equipment.
Fire safety precautions
should head the list of every
sensible family's precautions
for Christmas. There is no
place like home for the holi-
days—there is also no place
like home for Christmas fire
hazards.
It would take an entire book
to write a safety manual for
Chrsitmas time. In this publica-
tion we touch on only a few.
The main thing is to exer-
cise special care in all your
Christmas preparations and
activities.
Three steps to safe enjoy-
ment of a natural tree:
• Don't purchase a tree that
has dried out. Test twigs and
needles to see if they are not
brittle.
• Store tree outdoors until
used. If stored indoors, re -cut
butt and keep immersed in
water.
• When tree is erected, re-
cut butt diagonally. Stand tree
in water and maintain water
supply.
Never decorate a tree with
candles.
Use of fire -retardant chemical
spray on your tree is no sub-
stitute for butt immersion, and
is not recommended.
Do not allow the tree to block
access to doors or windows in
the event of fire.
Some plastic trees are flam-
mable, other artificial trees are
fireproof.
Set up tree away from drapes
and from heat sources such as
fireplaces, TV sets or radiators.
Use only CSA Certified
lighting sets and only non-
flammable decorations.
Remove tree from the house
as soon as possible after the
Christmas celebrations.
Switch off tree lights at bed-
time or when leaving the house.
Declare the tree a non-
smoking area and keep matches
out of the hands of children.
Do not allow cotton batten,
discarded gift wrappings, or
other combustible material un-
der the tree.
Bayfield
(continued from page 11)
ings of Christmas.
A few entertaining numbers
followed: Debbie Siertsema and
Lisa Taman tap dancing; a skit
with Ann Haw, Barbara Camp-
bell, Wendy Penhale and Cher-
yl Dunn representing the
present U.C.W. Executive at
a planning session for the
December meeting.
Carol Fisher than gave a
demonstration on the making
of Christmas decorations and
she had a lovely display of ones
she had made.
Draws were made for various
gifts and several games were
enjoyed.
A lovely dessert lunch was
served to complete a delight-
ful evening.
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE WINNERS—Eighteen students at
the Zurich public school achieved high enough physical fitness
levels last year to earn them the award of excellence. They are,
front, left to right, Richard Kuepfer, Sandra Willert, Paul
Lavery, Dean Livingston, Darrel Gingerich and Jody Hay.
Tile drainage loans
Agriculture and Food Minister
William G. Newman has an-
nounced that the government will
provide $18 million to
municipalities for tile drainage
loans in 1977-78. The interest rate,
he said, will remain the same as
this year at 6 per cent.
The amount to be allocated to
each municipality will be
determined on a pro rata basis,
calculated on the amounts
borrowed by each during the
previous three years. For the
purposes of this calculation, the
figure to be used for 1976-77 is the
amount a municipality would
have borrowed if government
restraints had not curtailed the
total amount of money available
for this program.
Mr. Newman said that tile
drainage is one of the most ef-
fective single means of in-
creasing crop yields.
In the three years ending in
March 1977, the government will
have made $45.5 million available
for municipalities to lend to
farmers at low interest rates, Mr.
Newman said.
Municipalities will be notified
early in December of the exact
amount to be allocated to them
and a small special fund will be
set aside for those municipalities
that did not make loans during
the past three years.
Back row, Vicki Schroeder, Bill Livingston, Robert Willert,
Connie Neeb, Angela Zehr and Matthew Erb. Other winners
of the award who are now in high school are Donna Allison,
Lynda Rawlings, Bob Livingston, Ellen Shephard, Karen
Thornton and Greg Kirk. Photo by McKinley
To the Ratepayers
of
Hay Township
Thank you for your support in electing me to
council. You have helped me, now I must help you.
Best of the season to all.
Donald Geiger
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