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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 2016-09-21, Page 44 News Record • Wednesday, September 21, 2016 www.clintonnewsrecord.com NowsCl Record PUBLISHED WEEKLY — EST. 1860 53 Albert St. P.O. 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Canada Al ocna Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association and the Ontario Community Newspapers Association Letters to the editor A turtle rescue story Dear editor, I have been reading and watching with interest articles about our suffering turtle population, but I really had no idea. One evening recently, our golden retriever Abbey alerted us to averylarge snapping turtle on our prop- erty that was in distress. Ducky, as we know him to us now, had been struck by a vehicle presumably on Hwy 21. The left shoulder area of the shell was broken and his lower jaw also broke; there was blood coming out of the broken shell. These were the obvious things. The estimated weight of Ducky is about 22 pounds, and we later found that he is around 40 years old. Now comes the hard part. What do you do to help a dis- tressed snapping turtle? We had collectively as family decided that we would do what we could do within our powet First thing for us was to search the Internet. We quickly found the Kawartha Turtle Trauma Centre and called, but remember it is now early Saturday evening. There was no answer, but we did get a recording saying theywould be open again Sunday morning. Further investigation led us to a contact in OilSprings, but again no answer. I then found the article about the rescue in Port Franks a couple ofyears ago and found a contact number for Bill Mallett I contacted Bill and he was very helpful and appreciative that people do care which we later found how and how many times ayear people care enough to help save a turtle in distress. Afewmore phone num- bers a few more calls and I reached the husband of the former director of the KTTC. I actually spoke to her hus- band as she was away. He jumped in his vehicle and drove to the Trauma centre Sunday morning to notify them in the event they were busy and had not reviewed their messages. I received a call from the trauma centre and they said they could not take Ducky because of the distance and the fact that they were literally swamped with distressed tur- tleswhichtheysaidwas due to the recent rains which prompted turtles to be on the move. I was directed to Chantelle (Habbitstee Wildlife Rescue) from Jarvis, Ontario as they have the capability to stabilize and care for turtles depend- ing on the severity of their injuries. I contacted Chan- telle who was more than happy to assist. She was three hours from Bayfield she asked if we would meet her in Wood- stock We offered to drive the entire distance, but she insisted that the half way point would be appreciated. We loaded Duckywho was in a Rubbermaid tub and sit- ting on a damp towel (as instructed the night before) Photo courtesy of Brian Barmin "Ducky" after surgery in Javis, Ontario. Ducky will be set free in the area in the spring after his recovery. into the backseat of mytruck Ducky, my daughter Caresse, Abbey (our golden retriever) and I headed to Woodstock Once in Woodstock, Chan- tellewas at the meeting place as promised. She was very surprised at the size of Ducky, she also said that from her observation Ducky had what she felt was a good chance of survival. She confirmed the broken jaw and the obvious shell fracture. She indicated that "some" suffer neuro- logical damage as a result of their necks being extended when they are struck Chantelle explained to Caresse that Ducky would be stabilized and would likely receive surgery in Jarvis to the shell before being transferred by volunteers to the trauma centre. Once at the trauma centre, the jaw would be repaired, and Ducky would most likely be rehabilitated over the win- ter and then returned home to our area in the spring. They have promised to keep us informed on the how Ducky is doing. My family and I have received more education more about turtles in the past 24 hours than in our entire lives. Having said that, a little bit of knowledge and the will to do something for a creature that I had always viewed as a nuisance is great thing. From, Brian Barmin Bayfield Reflections on ACPs and ambulance response times Dear editor, I attended the council meeting where presentations for advanced care paramed- ics were made. They mad excellent arguments for one advanced care paramedic in each ambulance. Since then, I have learned from someone in the medi- cal field that it doesn't mat- ter if they are in all ambu- lances because the ambulance response isn't fast enough to cover the time (say 30 minutes) where their influence will affect patient outcomes. So both of these things need to be in place to get the maximum benefit - fast ambulance to patient time and the advanced care when they get there. Even so, I think the com- munity in general benefits from having the advanced care paramedics in it. Until the ambulance response time improves, I don't think it is too much to pay for the hope of some more successful results. Pat Horst, Clinton FROM THE ARCHIVES 15 years ago... • Enrollment was 15% down from the previous year at at C.H.S.S.; they had 550 students enrolled in 2001. This year, 2016, they are down to just under 500. In 2001 St. Anne's was at around 700 students, and now it is at just under 600 students. • The Vama Country Store, which has been around for over 100 years, changed ownership in 2001. It was taken over by Sandra Turner. She added several new features to the store including catering, antiques and postal services 25 years ago... • The Mustang PeeWee's won the Western Ontario Baseball Association (WOBA) league championship, beating out St. Mary's 11-10. The Clinton team won seven games in a row. • The Canadian Safety Association (CSA) had set up a committee of machinery manufacturers, farm groups, and other representa- tives from federal and provincial governments to draft new stan- dards on safety for tractors and other farm equipment. 35 years ago... • Santa stopped by Clinton in an effort to help needy children in the area, collected old toys and gave them to less fortunate children. Thoughts, observations or concerns about this community? Share them with Clinton and the surrounding area. Email your letters to the editor to Justine at jalkema@postmedia.com. CLINTON NEWS RECORD - HOURS OF OPERATION MONDAY: 9:00-5:00 • TUESDAY: CLOSED • WEDNESDAY: 9:00-5:00 • THURSDAY: 9:00-5:00 • FRIDAY: 9:00-5:00 • SATURDAY & SUNDAY: CLOSED ADVERTISING DEADLINE: FRIDAY 2:00 P.M. ADVERTISING BOOKING DEADLINE: FRIDAY 1:30 P.M. www.clintonnewsrecord.com