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Page 2 Times -Advocate, December 11, 1991
ST. MARYS - Over the past
two weeks 11 Perth County
schools have been hit with an
outbreak of influenza, resulting
in the absence of nearly 20 per-
cent of students. Mitchell Dis-
trict High School has been the
hardest hit with over 100 stu-
dents absent.
Symptoms include high fever,
sore throat, headache, cough and
muscle aches, all of which usu-
ally last anywhere from three to
five days. For high risk groups
such as the elderly and persons
with chronic heart or long condi-
tions, influenza may also lead to
serious complications like pneu-
monia or a worsening of the un-
derlying medical problem.
These high risk groups should
have been immunized against in-
fluenza in the fall, but those who
haven't been may want to con-
tact their doctor about immedi-
ate immunization or preventa-
tive medication. Influenza
vaccination offers considerable
protection, but takes two weeks
to become affective.
Children and teenagers who
get influenza should not be giv;
en acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) to
avoid the risk of Reye syn-
drome.
Reye syndrome is a rare but
serious complication- involving
the nervous system and liver. It
has occurred after bouts of either
influenza or chicken pox which
have been treated by the inges-
tion of ASA.
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.Zurich now considering
higher lot development
charges under new law
ZURICH - With an eye on the
fact that future subdivision devel-
opment in Zurich may mean the vil-
lage will have to enlarge its nearly
20 -year old sewage system, council
decided that an increase in the lot
development charge may be re-
quired to help meet those costs.
The current lot levy in Zurich is
$500, but because all existing lot
levy bylaws are to be considered
void under new provincial legisla-
tion and council would have to
create a new one, the subject of
raising the levy naturally came up.
A county study showed that the
actual cost to the village of provid-
ing both servicing and recreation
programs for a new lot in town was
$2,425.
"Pretty hefty, what they have in-
dicated here, in my opinion," said
an alarmed reeve Bob Fisher, who
argued for a lower impost fee.
"If we make it too high, are we
going to chase away development
from a little village like Zurich,"
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ST. MARYS - In an effort to
meet new production require-
ments, Campbell Soup Ltd. have
hired 77 casual employees.
The company said an extra 18
hours per week of production
was needed to supply their To-
ronto factory. The 77 hired will
work Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings for six
hours each night. The employ-
ees have been hired for clean-up
and replacement of full-time
workers who are sick or on va-
cation and work less than 40
hours per week.
They hope to continue the
practice throughout 1992.
said Fisher. •
Councillor Marg Deichert noted
that development charges of more
than $4,000 have been approved in
Parkhill.
However, new councillor
Dwayne LaPorte agreed with Fish-
er.
2,425 is a lot of money," he said.
Councillor Barb Jeffrey agreed.
Fisher, nevertheless, said he won-
dered if charging less than the rec-
ommended amount would hurt the
village's chances of geeing govern-
ment grants.
Clerk Maureen Simmons said in
her research into the impost fee leg-
islation she had never heard that
possibility raised.
Councillor Keith Semple said he
liked the idea of indexing the new
rate progressively higher each year
to "phase it in" over the years.
Simmons said she was also una-
ware if that was allowed under the
legislation.
Deichert asked if Zurich's
proposed subdivisions went ahead,
would the village need a sewage
expansion.
Simmons said that has not yet
been determined, but does appear
likely. The impost fee money,
would have to be set aside for such
an expansion, she added.
"This money's going to have to
be put into a reserve fund and its
going to have to be maintained,"
said Simmons.
Council asked Simmons to fur-
ther investigate the possibility of an
indexed impost fee rate, to start at
$650 per lot in 1992 and to be in-
creased $150 each year thereafter.
If such a plan is not allowed, then
council said they favoured a 1992
rate of $1,000 per lot.
A public meeting will be held on
January 22 to discuss the new de-
velopment charges bylaw regard-
less of what shape it takes.
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Contaminants a problem
for Bluewater Recycling
By Ted Hyde
GRAND BEND -The Bluewater
Recycling Association's blue box
program is now in its third year of
operation, and homeowners have
demonstrated that the blue box can
clearly reduce the vast amountof
waste going to landfill sites.
Bluewater Recycling prides itself
on providing top-quality, recyclable
materials to manufacturers. Accord-
ing to Dave Wilson, the material
marketed has "less than 0.5 percent
contaminant," and is the primary
reason why Bluewater hasn't had
any problem with the markets.
Staff at the Grand Bend process-
ing facility have reported an in-
crease in the received contaminant,
those which must be removed prior
to shipping. It is believed that there
..are two explanations for this; the
first being that users have forgouen
what is allowed in the box, and the
second that users have become
over -zealous in their attempt to
make smart environmental deci-
sions.
Allowable recyclable materials
fall into one of four areas: soft plas-
tics, glass, metals and newsprint.
Soft plastics are defined as "high -
or low-density polyethylenes,"
which in a more understandable
context means any plastic house-
hold container including plastic soft
drink bottles and margarine tubs.
Items with similar characteristics
such as film canisters are not ac-
cepted, since they do not fall into
the "household storage" category.
Glass is treated in a similar fash-
ion; any household glass container,
excluding drinking glasses and win-
dow pane -style materials. Thus, the
pickle jar is acceptable, however
the broken picture glass is not.
With both glass and plastic con-
tainers, lids are not accepted. They
must be removed and disposed of
elsewhere.
Metals include tin and alumi-
num cans, and other "household
storage containers" such as tuna
tins and individual "pudding cup"
tins, both washed and without lids.
The final area is thatof newsprint
materials. Only telephone directo-
ries and newspapers (including any
inserts) are accepted in the blue
box. Corrugated cardboard or box-
board (heavy card) are accepted at
the processing plant only, and will
not be picked up in the blue box. If
you wish to recycle these materials,
you must drop them off at the pro-
cessing facility yourself.
If you have any further questions
regarding materials allowed in the
blue box, or at the processing facili-
ty, Bluewater Recycling has a toll-
free information line at 1-800-265-
9799.
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MITCHELL - Shoppers and
merchants alike have said 'no' to
the proposal of Sunday shop-
ping, even throughout the month
of December.
Despite the Ontario 'govern-
ment's amendment to Ontario's
Retail Holiday Business Act
which permits all-out Sunday
shopping on the four Sundays in
the month prior to Christmas,
most stores in Mitchell will re -
Main closed
Bethlehem
Live
OODERICH - Back again in
Goderich this Christmas after a
year absence is the popular out-
door dtatna 'Bethlehem Live',
performed by members of the
Bethel Pentecostal Assembly.
This year's presentation will
take place in The Square from
December 11-13 with show at
both 7:30 and 8:30 p.m.
Apple cider will be served and
donations of . non-perishable
goods will be accepted.
Front row, Deft to right: Paul Cortese, twit* Ins. CO., Den Romphf, Jack Coates, Bill V
Shirley Klpfer, Akdeen Skinner and Harold Patterson. Second row, left to right: Ron l iey, Reed Stenhouse Ins. Brokers,ooer, Ken �I Laura Meredith, Mechanic,
Traffic and* Safety,
Smith, Ray Cann, Grant Trlebner, Shirley Barker, Sam Skinner, Harold Hendrick, Gord Phillips, Mechan/c, Jane Jolly, Donna
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dersen, Elmer Rowe, Jim Chapman, Trustee of Huron Clare Masse, Murray McAlpine, Corporate Risk manager. Beck row, left to right: Andy Missintg at time of photo: Ray Glover, Am!! tindenfield, Joyce �� and Donald DeMurraring.
Keys, Barry Jeffery, Harvey Smith, Claire Schwartz, Ken Ogden, Branch Manager.
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