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Clinton News Record, 2016-02-03, Page 5Health Unit checking student vaccinations Special to Clinton News Record The Huron County Health Unit has sent letters to students who don't have a complete immunization record. The Health Unit annually reviews immunization records for students attending school. Under the Immunization of School Pupils Act (ISPA) Ontario students are required to be vaccinated against several infectious diseases in order to attend school. "Students may have received these vaccines but the Health Unit may not have the records," says Public Health Nurse Ruth Ann Ogilvie. "Any vaccinations you receive at your doctor's office do not automatically get shared with the Health Unit" If your family has received a letter, the Health Unit asks you to make sure the student's shots are up to date. Families should fill out the rest of the notice and return it to the Health Unit by email, fax or phone. Check with your healthcare provider to see if they have a record of the required vaccines. If your child needs the vaccine, please take the form with you to the appointment You can have your healthcare provider com- plete the form which you can then send to the Health Unit. "Even taking a photo of the completed form with your camera and emailing it to us helps us complete a record," says Ogilvie. This first immunization notice will be followed up by a second notice for anyone who does not respond. Ontario students must be vaccinated against diphtheria, tetanus, polio, measles, mumps and rubella. In 2014, vaccines for meningitis and pertussis (whooping cough) were added to the list, as well as varicella (chickenpox) vac- cine for students born in 2010 or later. To report an immunization or to ask questions about these changes, please contact us at 519-482-3416 or 1-877-837- 6143 ext. 2025, email immu- nize@huroncounty.ca, Fax 519-482-9014. Wednesday, February 3, 2016 • News Record 5 www.clintonnewsrecord.com levers to the editor 'Thank to the Thank you for donations Dear Huron County Residents and Businesses: Thank You! From the Huron County Food Bank Distribution Centre, I want to thank all of you for helping to make this year's Christmas sea- son a success. It is approaching the end of January now, and we are still sorting and repacking all the generous dona- tions from the community! We would like to high- light CKNX AM 920 and Buzz Reynolds, who ran a Radio Relief campaign from the back of a truck trailer, collecting food for ten days until it was full. Many of you took time to donate food individually, and there were many more food drives through- out our communities involving paramedics, police officers, hospitals, schools and many more. Its efforts like these that make our community a special place. It is our belief that eve- ryone has value, that we all have potential and purpose. Unfortunately some of us end up in cir- cumstances that quench this potential. With the helping hand of each one of us in this community, we believe that we can restore this potential and purpose to those who have fallen on hard times. If we all pull together, even in small ways, we can make a difference in the lives of real people in need in this community. "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." So join with us in 2016. This Christmas season was a great success, but our work is not over. Together let's do small things that combined will make a big difference in this commu- nity. Let's see to it that peo- ple who have come to doubt their potential, can have that faith restored by a helping hand. Warm regards, Mary Ellen Zielman Huron County Food Bank Distribution Centre FROM THE ARCHIVES... 15 years ago... • Huron County is not producing enough skilled tradespeople to meet the deman of manufacturers. This news was shared by Glenn McGregor Business and Education Coordinator with the Manufacturing Strategic Initiative (MSI), in a letter to Huron County newspapers. He wrote, "this potential crisis bridges a number of sectors. I'm referring to the lack of skilled tradespeople, and an inadequate number of youth choosing a trade as a viable educa- tional route and career." MSI has estimated that there are 800 skilled jobs, 390 of which are in trades, which will need to be filled by Huron manufacturers by the end of 2001. "They figure, out of the sec- ondary school system, we will only produce 10 percent of the employ- ees needed," McGregor said, adding that thus, they will fall 90 percent short in finding the employees they need locally...tradespeople in Huron County make $40,000 to $45,000 a year," McGregor said, add- ing that the wage for factory workers starts at around $30,000 annually. • January marks the second year of service for the Huron -Perth pro- gram sma11TALK, which is part of a province -wide initiative designed to improve preschool speech and lan- guage services. For its second anni- versary, sma11TALK can boast some important milestones. The Huron - Perth preschool speech and lan- guage phone line had 379 referrals this past year. Nearly 800 referrals for assessment by a speech language pathologist have been made since 1999. Parents can call the line with questions or concerns about the way their child's speech or language skills are developing. The line also allows parents and others who pro- vide services to children, such as doctors and early childhood educa- tors, to refer a child for a speech and language assessment. Compared to the referral rate from 1995, there has been about an 80 percent increase in the number of children under five years who have been identified and received speech and language services. 25 years ago... • Although energy conservation will be the wave of the future, it probably won't be enough to save Ontario Hydro the task of building new generating sta- tions. Such was the basic message from Lionel Lebrun, Clinton area manager for Ontario Hydro, when he addressed members of the Huron County Federa- tion of Agriculture on January 10. In December of 1989, Hydro released their 25 year plan for the electricity needs of the province entitled, "Providing the Balance of Power': Since the release of the plan, Hydro has been waiting for an Environmental Assessment Hearing to approve the plan in principle. In their plan, Hydro is calling for the building of three nuclear power plants, and Mr. Lebrun noted that there could also be difficulty from the new NDP govern- ment in this matter. "The big dilemma now is, the present government has put a moratorium on nuclear power." Mr. Lebrun explained that there are 68 hydraulic stations in the province, some of which will be 100 years old by the year 2000. Nuclear plants, of which there will be three when Darlington is completed, have a life expectancy of 35-40 years, as do the five fossil fuel plants in Ontario. • The continuing Persian Gulf Was was taken to a new extreme this past week as Iraz opened the valves at Kuwaiti oil refineries and poured crude oil into the Persian Gulf. Mil- lions of gallons of black, sticky crud were released for apparently no mil- itary advantage, but as an act of psy- chological terrorism, designed to shock the world. Perhaps they thought that world-wide pressure would force the Allies to reconsider the war and withdraw. We witnessed this to some degree as groups such as Greenpeace and the World Wild- life Foundation demonstrated and lobbied the Americans to Pause for Peace. Environmental writer Matt Pearson thinks, though, that word - wide support for the military action strengthened, as the world was dis- gusted with this cowardly act of environmental terrorism. 35 years ago... • Although Ontario Premier Wil- liam Davis on Monday called a pro- vincial election, the race is already shaping up to be an interesting one in at least one riding. Ontario peo- ple will go to the polls on March 19, but long-time Huron -Bruce incum- bent Murray Gaunt's name will not be on the ballot. Mr. Guant, 45, has held the riding for the Liberals for the past 18 1/2 years, and in a sur- prise move Tuesday, says he won't seek the Liberal nomination. The environmental critic for the Liberals in the last house, Mr. Gaunt said it was strictly for personal reasons he was resigning, not political ones. • A group of Huronview residents have been awarded a $9,831 New Horizons grant by the federal department of health and welfare. Headed by Frank Bissett, the group, called the Huron Helpers, will expand an existing program to include indoor gardening, games, movies, woodworking and a newsletter.