BS - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 12, 2003 i Peace vigil continues BILL MIKALOFF was one of 11 people to at- tend the March 7 peace vigil against the poss- ibility of a war in Iraq. It takes place every Fri- day afternoon on the sidewalk on Lakelse Ave. outside of the Skeena Mall. Mice find shelter at Mills © MILLS MEMORIAL Hos- pital has called in profes- sional exterminators to deal with a troublesome mouse population. The creatures have been spotted ~ and killed - in washrooms, hallways, the operating room area, in the maternity area and in a small kitchen off. of the maternity area. One employee, . while moving a patient down-a- hallway, had a mouse fall from an opening in a ceil- ing tile and land in her hair. There’s even a-report of one doctor killing a mouse in the male change room in the operating room area, Exterminators are using a full range of tools. ran- ging from traps to poison to sticky tape, says hoespi- tal official Choily Boland. “We have mice as many hospitals do. It’s an ongoing challenge,” said Boland. He declined to say if the mouse population con- stitutes an infestation, but did note that the numbers of the little: creatures did rise. in the last couple of months. . “It's nota reflection of . hygiene or anything else,” said Boland in adding that larger buildings can be in- viting targets for mice. The one piece of good -news. is-that the numbers. of mice being caught late- ly are dropping - a sign that exterminators may have already killed off a large segment of the mouse population. Hospital administrators are also able to track the mouse population because employees are required to fill: out an incident report form every time they spot one. Liyagat Ali. of..PCO Pest Contro! said techni- ctans first determine if mice or other rodents are gaining entry through out- | side doors, “Even a quarter of an inch under a door is enough,” he said. ~ _ Poison bait is put in places where people don't work or travel while very strong glue board traps, traps that kill mice out- right and: live traps are used elsewhere, ns “We put those traps in places where they can't be _ seen,” said Ali. He said technicians will constantly monitor. for the presence and freshness of mouse droppings to deter- mine the health of the po- pulation. When ‘the number of’ droppings diminishes, technicians know they are being successful, Ali said.. Thornhill firefighters kept busy FIRE FIGHTERS in Thornhill responded to ‘fewer calls but more fires last year. The volunteer fire de- partment responded to 222 calls in 2002, according to the annual report submit- ted the Kitimat Stikine re- gional district board. 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