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Ladies Spa Night raises funds to feed the hungry By Kate Everson
EMC News - Trenton Ladies at the Officers Mess had a special Spa Night last week, raising funds for the local food bank. “Our numbers are increasing,” said Care and Share Food Bank manager Al Teal accepting $700 from the ladies club. “We serve 350 to 400 families a month now.” Teal said seniors are using the service more and more, along with low wage earners and those on social assistance or unemployed. “The seniors numbers are up nineteen per cent,” he said. He added that with the lack of volunteers growing produce at the Quinte West Community Gardens this year, the food bank will be even harder hit. “They used to give us a ton of food every summer,” he said. “Now they have no volunteers.” Kim Holden, president of the Officers Mess Ladies Club, said the group decided to make the Food Bank their charity for the Spa Night this year so it would make an impact in the community. “We felt we could affect more people this way,” she said. “The food bank is very needy this time of year, especially after Christmas.” She noted the ladies in the club with their guests enjoyed an evening of spa treatments. Local businesses donated their time to do nails, makeup, and massage therapies, and a group of Tarot Card readers provided readings. There was plenty of wine and refreshments. “It’s good exposure for the businesses,” Holden added. This year estheticians from Loyalist College did not take part, but there were enough new busiPlease see “Spa” on page 3
Joan Miller drinks her wine with oven mitts on Spa Night. The event was held to raise money for the local food bank. Photo: Kate Everson
Methadone clinics up again for public consideration
By Kate Everson
EMC News - Quinte West The Planning Advisory Committee is looking at the status of methadone clinics for consideration. “We are recommending to proceed with a public consultation process,” said Charlie Murphy, director of Planning and Development Services. He said policies have to be included in the Official Plan to specifically direct where and how methadone clinics are located within the city. “We require a community consultation process as a proponent of the clinic,” he noted. A community services and facilities study would outline details about levels of service, health and safety of local residents, parking
and traffic concerns, how many patients are to be served, site building, layout and location. “Policies include not being permitted adjacent to sensitive land uses,” he added. It is recommended that the city work with the LHIN, Community Health Centre and the Centre of Mental Health and Addiction to establish a community working group. The city had passed a bylaw to prohibit new methadone clinics on May 16, 2011, pending a study and completion of a final report, for one year. The bylaw has been appealed to the Ontario Municipal Board by Dr. Sheena Smith and William Burns and Bernard Fitzgerald. No hearing date has been scheduled.
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“The purpose of this report is to update the committee on the status of the work completed to date by staff,” Murphy said. Staff have been reviewing information on methadone clinics from other municipalities and assessing the impact a clinic would have on the city. Staff have also been learning about opiates and methadone maintenance treatment. What was created to treat people with heroin dependence has expanded to treat people with addictions to all opioid drugs including oxycodone, an addiction which experts say is becoming an epidemic across Ontario. Methadone Maintenance Treatment is referred to as Harm Reduction Treat-
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ment, commonly used to treat clients with various drug addictions. Methadone is a synthetic opioid drug that is an effective and legal substitute for treatment of opiate addictions. It was developed in Germany during World War II by scientists to relieve pain. It helps prevent the transmission of the HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C viruses by reducing the frequency of addicts injecting drugs and sharing needles. It reduces criminal activity and helps reduce deaths caused by overdose. Experts from the College of Physicians and Surgeons and from the Centre of Mental Health and Addiction have indicated the need for methadone maintenance treatment is increasing in communities.
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