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Tho Acton Fres Press Wednesday July 22 1981 3 Parvo virus hitting area only mildly Last year epidemic or the killer dog disease Virus Is hilling the area only mildly this summer according to Tony Paccvicius of Hills Veterinary Clinic Dr attrib utes this to the fact that moat area dogs have ready contracted disease and lived through it or have been vaccinated He noted the Virus vaccine Is automatically included in the annual group of shots dogs are given The cost of the total shots is up but if the us vaccine was given in addition to the rcgualr shots it would cost much more The dogs In the Acton area which are con trading the disease are the puppies he said is the case expected to hit this area hard this year So far there has only been It in town hut more are expected admitted there is no serum to pre vent heartworm hut there is a preventative medicine which car be But In spite of the dan gers of Virus and disease the local vet warned that rabies Is still the number one danger While rabies is always in with stray animals such as foxes there is not always out breaks in family pets But with the danger there pets should be vaccinated regularly against this disease Pa clous ex plained ttiat rabies is considered the number one danger because of Its dangers to humans Of all the animal dis eases It Is the only one humans con contact The rugged terrain of this area is a natural attraction to wild some of which have rabies he said The safest thing to do Is to have pets vaccln against all these diseases he concluded Bad kids decline in Haiton schools The number of bad kids in schools Is declining These troubled and troublesome young teenagers are the ones identified by Haiton Board of Education committee studying why some students leave school before the age of Chairman of the Committee Burlington Trustee Cam Jackson patted himself and fellow educators on the back Thursday at a board meeting saying the decline may in dicate our system is more responsive to the needs of this young group of students Decision makers pick Apples