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Rabies Awareness Month 1 he Clarmgton/Courtice Independent, Bowmanville, Saturday, May i 1, ! 096 11 May is Rabies Awareness Month, a comprehensive government government and community partnership partnership to educate Ontarians, about the threat of rabies. Co-sponsors of the program include the Ontario ministries of Natural Resources (MNR), Health, and Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, as well as Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, the Ontario Veterinary Medical Association and the Six Nations of the Grand River. This year's program focuses on cals and how Ihey can spread rabies to humans "The fight against rabies is important," said Chris Hodgson, Ontario's Mihister of Natural Resources. "We must take every precaution to ensure that all strains of rabies will eventually be controlled," Mr. Hodgson added. This year's rabies awareness program focuses on cats and how they can spread rabies to humans. During May, local Community Contingency Planning Teams will be organizing organizing activities to educate the public on rabies and rabies prevention. prevention. The best protection against rabies is for people to ensure their pets are vaccinated and kept away from stray domestic or wild animals. If they suspect that they, or their pets, may have come in contact with a rabid animal, they should call their doctor or veterinarian immediately. Cats left outside, especially at night, may come into contact with foxes and other wild animals animals such as raccoons. Rabies experts suggest keeping cats indoors, or on a leash, especially especially in the evening. Cats and dogs should also wear a collar which properly identifies their owner. There is an ongoing concern that raccoon rabies - which has been identified on the New York State side of the Niagara River, and within 10 kilometres of the St. Lawrence river near Gananoque - may enter Ontario. A raccoon immunization program, called Trap- Vaccinate-Release (TVR), has created a buffer zone against raccoon rabies in that portion of Ontario between the Niagara River and the Welland Canal. Additional buffer zones have CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON APPOINTMENTS TO THE BROWNSDfiLE COMMUNITY CENTRE The Council of the Municipality of Clarington will be appointing a minimum of six (6) members to the Brownsdale Community Centre Board. This appointment is for a one year term. If you are a resident of the Municipality, 18 years of age or over and are interested in seeking appointment to this Board, please submit your application to the undersigned by 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 16, 1996. Application forms are available at the Municipal Administrative Centre. We invite you to participate as your input is important to us. Marie P. Knight, A.M.C.T., C.M.O., CMM II . Deputy Clerk Municipality of Clarington 40 Temperance Street Bowmanville, Ontario L1C3A6 jB MUNICIPALITY OF grington ONTARIO Publication Dates: May 8 and 15,1996 CS-Ind. 6507 ©J.p. J3h MUNICIPALITY OF arington ONTARIO NOTICE OF ROAD CLOSURE BOWMANVILLE MUNICIPAL CONTRACT CL96-3 Please be advised that Novacor Construction Ltd. will be reconstructing King Street, in the Town of Bowmanville, from Frank Street to Ontario Street, including, the intersection of Liberty Street, for the Municipality of Clarington and Durham Region. The contract will be constructed in 4 stages. Stage 1 Frank Street to Liberty Street Stage 2 Liberty Street to Brown Street Stage 3 Brown Street to Ontario Street Stage 4 Liberty Street intersection Localized Road and/or Lane Closures will be in effect for each stage. The closure for Stage 1 will be in effect Tuesday, May 21, 1996. Detours will be set up to move through traffic around the areas under construction. We apologize for any inconvenience incurred to the travelling public resultant to this reconstruction. @J p also been created at bridges along the Ontario side of the St. Lawrence River, where infected infected raccoons could enter from New York State. Through this program, raccoons raccoons are live-trapped, vaccinated, vaccinated, ear-tagged and released. MNR hopes the TVR program will contain or slow the spread of raccoon rabies. MNR's Rabies Research Unit has also developed a contingency contingency plan on how any potential spread of raccoon rabies will be contained in areas where the animals have not been vaccinated. This could occur where raccoons with rabies enter Ontario as "stowaways" "stowaways" on transport trucks, recreational vehicles or boats. The Ministry of Natural Resources is also continuing its work on eliminating fox rabies in Ontario. Since 1989, aerial baiting programs have taken place throughout the province and. By 2001, MNR expects to have eliminated fox rabies in Ontario. For more information on rabies, please call toll-free at 1- 800-461-2036 (general line). The number for persons with impaired hearing is 1-800-387- 5559. Scouts and Beavers Go Tree Planting On Saturday, May 4th, scouts and beavers from the West Durham District were greening up the Waterfront Trail where it winds through the Darlington Generating Station lands. The group had close to 5,000 seedlings to plant, including hemlock, poplar, spruce, black walnut, red and white pine. Scouts hope to plant 12,000 trees across the West Durham District. ENNISKILLEN SCHOOL REUNION -- Calling all former students and teachers from Bakers, Bradleys, Burketon, Enfield, Enniskillen, Haydon, Long Sault, Tyrone and Union! Mark your calendars for Enniskillen Public School Reunion Days. 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