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AllRoads.ca | 519-284-3308 Where the streets have no name Service Ontario agreement set to be approved by GOLF LESSONS AVAILABLE Town Council for all levels of play. ANDREW ROSS By Spencer Seymour our onsite golf instructor is now Over a year of effort led by the Mayor and members of the St. Marys Town Council is on the verge of taking lessons (Tuesday-Saturday). bearing long-awaited fruit in the form of a Service Call to book your lesson! Ontario location in St. Marys. Friday 9 & Dine The Strategic Priorities Committee (SPC), made up 9 Holes/cart & dinner of members of the local Town Council, based on a (Roast Beef on a bun) $36/person Town staff proposal, recommended that Council approve a contract for the return of a Service On- Wing & Things every Thursday night tario location. The Service Ontario closed last year starting at 5pm. when the private service provider retired. Call us for inquiries at Since then, many from the Town including Mayor Al Strathdee and Chief Administrative Officer Brent 519.225.2329 Curbs were poured earlier this week within Phase 1 of the Countryside Subsdivision just Kittmer have been in constant contact with the west of James Street North. Pictured here is the entrance to Street ‘D’ from James Street as Province to bring back a Service Ontario location. www.rivervalleygolfandtube.com per the Draft Plan for the Subdivision. Streets within this initial Phase of the development Recently, the municipality received a draft contract could be paved as early as this week. (Stewart Grant photo) from the Province that would see the Town run the office as opposed to a private vendor. The contract is for two years and is a pilot project of sorts for HPPH: Make your second the Province as they test out how well a Service Ontario office is being run by a municipality as op- posed to private vendors. It was also noted that the dose a priority two-year term is mainly an administrative decision Huron Perth, ON – As more vaccine and Moderna series, provide safe and so that both the Province and the Town can review becomes available in Huron Perth highly effective protection against how the service delivery has worked and make any and local eligibility continues to ex- the COVID-19 virus and variants, in- necessary amendments, and that the likelihood of pand for earlier second doses, Huron cluding the highly transmissible Del- extension after two years is high. Perth Public Health reminds every- ta variant,” says Dr. Miriam Klassen, After a review by Town staff and endorsement by one to make their second dose a pri- Medical Officer of Health for Huron the SPC, the recommendation to Council is that the ority. Perth. “I strongly encourage everyone contract be substantially approved, with CAO Kitt- “Whether it’s the same vaccine series, to get their vaccine as soon as pos- mer in charge of handling any final changes before or a mix of two vaccines, being fully sible, and to make their second dose being officially signed by the Mayor. According to vaccinated is extremely valuable. Two a priority. When there are more ful- Kittmer, the plan is for the office to start with reg- doses of vaccine, either from the same ly vaccinated people in our commu- ular municipal operating hours, which are Monday vaccine or from a combined Pfizer Continued on page 2 Continued on page 2 2 Thursday, June 24, 2021 St. Marys Independent COMMUNITY — Service Ontario agreement set to be approved Continued from page 1 the existing Town facilities meet the option right now. Hence, the decision to be made anyway as they have to do requirements for the office. These was made to enter into a lease agree- with accessibility and general reno- to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. possible locations include the Town ment with 194 Queen Street West. vations. Furthermore, a move is also Additionally, it appears that the loca- Hall, the Pyramid Recreation Center Long-term, the Service Ontario will of interest to the Ministry of Govern- tion will be moving back into its for- (either Friendship Center or Guest likely move to a different location, ment and Consumer Services as they mer residence at 194 Queen Street Services) or the Train Station. with the Train Station being the most are interested in seeing how efficient West. Director of Building and De- For a variety of reasons, the Train probable space as the changes need- a "co-location of services", such as a velopment Grant Brouwer reviewed Station is the most appropriate cur- ed to make it viable for Service Ontar- dual municipally-operated train sta- other possible locations but none of rent Town facility but is not a viable io to move in are ones that will have tion-Service Ontario, would be. HPPH: Make your second dose a priority Continued from page 1 (AstraZeneca, Pfizer or Moderna) are series for influenza, hepatitis A and availability of a specific product. In eligible to book at an HPPH clinic for other illnesses. All Health Canada that case, we will offer an appropri- nities, the more protection everyone any type of mRNA vaccine (Pfizer or approved vaccines are safe to inter- ate alternative. You can then decide if has from COVID-19.” Moderna) for their second dose. Pfiz- change and you will still gain safe and you wish to proceed and receive the The most recent vaccination cover- er and Moderna are interchangeable highly effective protection against the vaccine. age information available shows that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, as en- COVID-19 virus, including the vari- If you want to rebook into a different 74.4% of Huron-Perth residents aged dorsed by the Public Health Agen- ants of concern, when mixing these clinic, you must first cancel your cur- 16 years and older have received cy of Canada, the National Advisory products. rent appointment. their first dose. Increased amounts of Committee on Immunization (NACI), Know which vaccine to expect at To cancel your appointment, go to vaccine are expected to arrive in Hu- and the Ontario Ministry of Health. HPPH clinics ron Perth in the coming weeks and This means that you can receive one www.hpph.ca/vaccinebooking and additional community vaccination of these vaccine products for your All clinics on the HPPH website now choose the Click Here to Cancel your clinics will be added, which means first dose and the other vaccine prod- show which vaccine is expected to be Appointment box. You can also call thousands of Huron Perth residents uct for your second dose. administered. If you would like to re- the booking line at 1-833-753-2098; ceive a specific vaccine, then book into press 2 (two). Please include your will be able to receive second doses “Mixing” vaccines is not a new con- sooner than originally anticipated. an HPPH clinic that offers that vac- first and last name and the date, time, cept. For example, similar vaccines cine. However, due to supply chang- and location of your scheduled ap- Residents who have had any type of from different manufacturers are es, we cannot always guarantee the pointment. 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Pack a new smoke alarm and mitted before having a campfire or ing to their cottages, the St. Marys extra smoke alarm batteries in case burning brush. If open burning is al- Fire Department wants to remind they need replacement.