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Times-Advocate, 1987-03-04, Page 2uses Advut ut(r, Mulch a, 1 9l / DIABETES CAMPAIGN — Randy Evans (left) and . Don Boos, a representative of the London and district branch of the Canadian Diabetes Association, display some of the literature which is being used to make people aware that March is Diabetes Month. Ensure least impact of coming power line Now that the joint consolidated hearing board has decided that aline to carry power from the Bruce nuclear plant will come through Huron county, Reeve Lionel Wilder. told fellow councillors that their man- date was to ensure that the line will have the least possible adverse im- pact on agricultural land as it goes through Hay township. "Rather than losing a battle, we are starting a war", Wilder said. The reeve promised to keep people informed. and help affected proper- ty owners negotiate the best deals possible. Ile said farmers worried about erosion if chunks of bush are cut and cleared will have the backing of both the township and the ARCA in asking Ontario -ifydro t0 reforest those areas with "short -growing" evergreen trees. He said he would like to see such trees on each side of easements -in localities -where erosion- - is a problem. and will advise proper- 1 ty owners not to sign easements until Ontario Hydro agrres to these conditions. Wilder said farmers should be ad- vised to snake sure tile drains and municipal drains are at least 30 feet away from towers, Closer proximity would mean difficulties in bringing in machines for repair work on drains. Livestock. fences running under lines will have to be grounded. Emis- sions from power lines can cause leaf - borne diseases on some crops such as beans. • The township wilt lose assessment on some buildings in the power cor- ridor that will have to come down. Wilder said the full effect will not be known for some time, as there has never been a 500 kv line in Ontario go-- - ing through cash crop land before Ile promised the township would do everything it could to lessen the im- pact, as once the line is in place. it will -be-part---of the landscape_ fpr generations. - Disease has not yet been conquered Diabetes canvass begins this month March is diabetes month. The Lon- don and District branch of the Cana- dian Diabetes Association, which in- cludes this area as far morth as Zurich, will soon be launching its tenth annual campaign for funds. Campaign contributions are used by the CDA for research and educa- tion. A prime educational aim is to counter the misconception that the ' discovery of insulin meant a cure in diabetes. Insulin has brought the disease under control, but diabetes has not been conquered, and its com- plications have not yet been curbed. According to Don Boos, a member 'of the London and District branch of the CDA, diabetes is responsible for 65 percent of all blindness, 70 percent of kidney problems, and is highly suspect in 50 percent of heart attacks. it also causes circulation problems which can easily lead to gangrene and amputation. On the research side, one avenue being explored by . renowned transplant surgeon Dr. Calvin Stiller is the effect of the anti-rejection drug cyclosporin on newly diagnosed diabetics, especially children. This in- novative treatment has been fairly successful in maintaining the pan- creas' ancreas' ability to continue to produce insulin. - Work is also. progressing on gene research. The breakthrough will come when the gene combinations which predispose some people to diabetes will be identifiable at birth: Finding a way of grafting in other genes to prevent development of the disease would wipe out diabetes in a couple of generations, Boos said. Boos was in Exeter to discuss the Exeter area canvass with Randy Evans, who initiated a local cam- paign_threeyears-ago. Evans hopes this year's general mail -out will bring in at least $5,000, this area's share of the district association's total 1987 goal of $250,000. Evans said that Exeter has been very generous on a per capita basis, and response to the mail -outs in past years has been exceptionally high. Evans has a personal stake in the war against diabetes. A member of his family is diabetic. It was on a visit to the London and district head- quarters in Banting House four years ago that he encountered another association member. -Judge -Jack Seneshen, who persuaded Evans to get personally involved in launching a canvass in the Exeter area. All members o[ the London and district branch of the CDA, including Employment Centre open afamiliar numberwofith Banting HouExeter residenseand thts, are e cs - It may be hard for many people to confidence are important. factors in many services available to historic think about summer in early March. . an effective job search for students. anddtheir families. The historic St., but it will be here before you know it. The CECS in Goderich is located edifice, located at 422 Adelaide St., The Canada Employment Centre for above the Post Office at 35 East St. was acquired by the branch in 1981. Students r ('ECS ► in Goderich and Ex- and is open from 8:15 to 4:30 Monday eter certainly know summer is com- to Friday. Janice will be in the Exeter ing and they are very busy planning office at 414 Main S t ., Centre Mall, on for it. Once again the offices are open Wednesdays from 9:00 to 4:00 during and ready to serve area students and March and early April. employers. If employers orstudents have ques- This year's supervisor, Janice Dun- lions regarding the services available bar. is expecting last year's over- at the Canada Employment Centre whelming success to continue. A large for Students, please drop by or call number of employers and students us- Goderich at 524-2774 and Exeter at ed the services offered by the Centre 235-0471 1235-1711 after May 1). with good results. Janice has been busy distributing information on the various govern- ment programs to potential employers within the community. The focus of the Federal Govern- ment's Challenge '87 Program is to provide career or work-related sum- mer.employment for students. Pro- vincial Programs of interest include Banting House was purchased by Dr. Frederick Banting in 1920. on moving to London. As business was slow, he accepted a job at the Univer- sity of Western Ontario. He got the idea of extracting insulin while living in the house on Adelaide St. When the university was unable to offer research funds, Banting sold his Lon- don home and moved to Toronto. The London building is the only structure still standing where Banting actually worked. The London CDA branch is restor- ing some of the rooms once occupied Win ter Club by the doctor as a memorial to Sir awarded $3 440 Frederick Banting. They have obtain - i ed gelding's own desk, a small stool, Doug Reycraft, M.P.P. for Mid- a card with one of his paintings, and dlesex has announced on behalf of the the Nobel medal he won for his Honourable John Eakins, Minister of discovery. The restoration is being Experience '}r7. which piacesstudents Tourism and Recreation, that completed with. furnishings aril in -positions -within Ontaria-'Gov -$3,440.00 has been awarded to the H:`-proprtate-to-the-era. Ment ministries; Student Venture derton Winter Club under the Win- The rooms can be viewed during ('apit al; which provides loans to tario Development Program. regular office hours, or by appoint students to create their own summer The Wintario Development Pro- ment. The Association executive employment: and the Ontario Sum- gram grants are dedicated to plans to host tours of schoolchildren mer Employment Program (OSEP); assisting organizations which develop and other interested groups once the which offers employers a wage sub- and provide recreational oppor' renovations are finished. sidy to hire students. tunities for the residents of Ontario. Banting House contains a store Students are encouraged to register The grant will assist the Ilderton where diabetics can. purchase sup - now a c . , , inter_ehdywith_thevpurchase-of a- -•pliessuchas.syl`inQes••alcoholswabs lage of the services offered by the portable sound system. "1 am and urine testing kits at a reasonable Centre. Assistance is available for delighted that the Ministry of price. There is no longer as much de - SIV aplicalions, job application forms Tourism and Recreation is able to mand for artificially sweetened foods resume writing and counselling in job support this very successful and well- now that Nutrasweet is readily search skills and interviewing skills. organized skating club at the Ilderton available. Organization initiative and self- . Arena", Reycraft said. The boardroom on the ton finor is used for meetings of the Association's parents' group and the youth group. Both groups were formed for the Committee still short-staffed Public works committee chairman Lossy Fuller this week asked the ex- ecutive committee. to speed up their response to her committee's.request for another full-time staff member. Noting that the request had been made last fall, she asked that the ex- ecutive, to whom the matter had been turned over, act as soon as possible in making a recommendation to council. She also advised that at . their meeting earlier in the day, the com- mittee had approved application for a summer student under the Challenge '87 program, through which wages would be funded on a 50-50 basis with the town. The student would prepare sewer drawings in areas that are not cur- rently mapped in town. Mrs. Fuller noted that an applica- tion had been made last year under the same program and the town had been turned down and that would be noted on this year's application. She advised there would be no change in the current snow removal policy for sidewalks and employees would not be put on overtime to clean sidewalks. She said this policy was followed in most other communities. The committee also named her and works superintendent Glenn Kells to meet with officials at Trivitt Memorial Church to discuss sidewalks, drains and parking in the area of the church. Investigate need for local shelter Deliberations, over providing shelters for teenagers aftd other tran- sients continued at Exeter council this week. Councillor Peter - Snell, who has been assigned the duty of ,in- vestigating the need, has been asked by the police committee to interview -Chief LarryI-lardy as to some of The latter's recommendations in that regard. That prompted Reeve Bill Mickle to voice some concern that the town could end up spending money that should be made available from Huron County's social services committee. "Why pay out of our own coffers?" Mickle said in noting that the county had the responsibility in that regard. Mrs. Chapman replied that the matter was simply being investigated as to the local need anu no considera- tion was being given to spending any money. Later in the meeting, Councillor Morley Hall advised that he recently had a call from a transient from New- foundland who was looking for shelter in the community. "What do you do?" Hall asked. "You can't turn a man out on a -cold night." He then advised the transient had been given a ride to another community. Mayor Bruce Shaw told Hall that that was one of the things Snell was looking at to meet the emergency needs of individuals. "It shows the need for a motel in town," Mickle said in concluding the discussion. TURNAROUND Teacher Marc) Horner initiated a Backwards Day at Hensall Public School as a way to counter the "winter blahs". ti Federation meets The Huron Federation of Agriculture annual monthly meeting is slated for the Clinton high school on March 11 at 8:30 p.m. with the topics being marketing boards and/or free trade. Thiswillfeature gr0p discussions with representatives from the Ontario - Pork Producers Marketing Board, Ontario Wheat Producers Marketing Board and the Ontario Chicken Pro- ducer Marketing Bbard. - The meeting will he in the school cafeteria. 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The Diabetes Association operates three summer camps for children - Camp Huronda near Huntsville, Camp Banting outside Ottawa, and a third close to Sault Ste. Marie. Exeter children have gone to Camp Huron - da, the only one of the three to run all summer, with four two-week camps. The camps are fully staffed with medical personnel. Some, like diabetes specialist Dr. Morris Jenner in London, take their vacation to work I,i111R� 4r9 at Camp Huronda. No diabetic child is denied access to the camps because of lack of money. The Association pays for those who could not otherwise afford to go. The services supplied by Banting House are paid for through the fees of members of the London and district branch of the CDA. The money col- lected during the March campaign will be used for education and research. When you receive your mail -out this month from the Canadian Diabetes Association, open it up and read the enclosed literature. The diabetics in Your community are hoping you will take the CDA's motto to heart and "Give a little ... Do a lot". LIONS DONATE — The Exeter Lions Club recently donated funds to South Huron Hospitgl for the purchase of an apnea monitor (crib death). 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