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Huron Expositor, 2003-11-26, Page 1010 -TME HURON EXPOSITOR, mynasER 26, 2003 County supports baby walkers ban Baby walkers may soon be pulled from store shelves in Huron County and across the country. During their Nov. 6 meeting, Huron County council voted to support a proposed Health Canada ban that would prohibit the sale, import and advertising of baby walkers in Canada. "Walkers allow babies greater mobility, height and speed that they are not able to cope with developrpentally," said Huron County Health Unit public health manager Craig Metzger in his report to the county's health and planning committee. Huron County Health Unit director Penny Nelligan presented Metzger's report at council's Nov. 6 meeting. Every year 100 Canadian children are injured in baby walkers, Metzger said, adding many parents are still unaware of the dangers associated with baby walkers. "A child in a walker can move across a room before parent can react," he explained. "The increased height walkers give children allows them to reach objects normally out of range — making hazards such as handles of pots on stoves, irons, kettles and poisonous substances more accessible." Canada's manufacturers and large retailers have honoured a voluntary ban on baby walkers since 1989. However, after the dissolution of the Canadian Juvenile Manufacturers Product Association — major supporters of the ban — baby walkers began appearing in Canadian stores. A recent Canadian study showed one-third of parents used walkers because they believed the walkers would keep their infants safe. And while he didn't have any specific numbers for Huron County, Metzger said he knows there are still a fair number of Ontario parents using baby walkers. "The vast majority — 87 per cent — of parents and caregivers perceive that products available in the market place are safe and we need to make sure that is the case," Metzger said. County officials have sent a letter of support to Health Canada regarding the baby walker ban and Metzger said he is hoping for an update on the situation in "the next month or two." News Three store fronts given facelift By Sara Campbell Expositor Staff Three Main Street businesses have been given a facelift to help make downtown Seaforth more attractive. Owners of Tremeer Commercial Printers and Office Supply, at 37 Main Street, and both Tony Arts Financial Group and Hearts and Flowers, at 42 Main Street, have recently renovated their store fronts. "I think the renovation is a positive thing. It really helps to make the Main Street more appealing," said Christine Tremeer, owner of Tremeer Commercial Printers. Tremeer said the facelift was an initiative by the Seaforth Masonic Lodge, who owns the building, as structural work had to be done to the historical building. She added that the Huron East Heritage Conservation Advisory Committee was consulted prior to work being done on the building. "It makes the building look nicer to the eye and will be assentive to the other building along the Main Street," she said, adding that she is uncertain of what the completed look of the facelift will be. Tony Arts, owner of the Tony Arts Financial Group, building, said the renovations were a year-long project. "I think it was time. It is an older building and it was getting to the point where it needed a new look," he said. Arts said the project idea started as a way to have a direct entrance into each individual business instead of sharing one entrance for both. From pictures, dating back to the early 1900s, the building did have two separate entrance and that same design was used when restoring the store front, he said. He added that he had completed an application and consulted the Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee over two years but later meet final approval with the new Huron East Heritage Conservation Advisory Committee. By that time, he said the project turned into a complete facelift of the building. Art did most of the work on his own, hiring local people to do electrical and drywall work, and purchased all paints and supplies locally. "I was really stunned with the colour of the building at first. It is a rust orange colour but it seemed bright. Now I think it makes the building stand out," he said. "I think that just giving a store front a facelift helps to make the town look more attractive." Daycare donation Paula Stackhouse, interim director of the Seaforth Cooperative Children's Centre, accepts a $1,000 cheque from John Bennett, president of the Seaforth Agricultural Society. The donation will go towards the daycare's new building fund. 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