TheReview

Wednesday, June 20,1990 — A2

Needle disposal system
iniroduced here

Diabetics on the Peninsula will
no longer have to worry about how
to get rid of used needles since the
recent introduction of a needle-
disposal program.

For $20 a year, diabetics will be
able to buy special containers for
their used needles and syringes,
which will be disposed of free of

infected with the AIDS virus.

Diabetics are not a high-risk
group for contracting the AIDS
virus but there is still a widespread
fear of potential contamination
from needles that find their way
into the daily waste stream, a
release said.

For more information as to

charge. : where else the environmentally- a
The two area outlets offering friendly containers may be pur-
this service are the Pharmasave chased, call the Diabetes Associa-
Store in Sidney’s Mariner Village tion at 382-5454. |
Mall and the McGill and Orme y, \
pharmacy in Brentwood Bay. in aiid 4
- The needles will be collected by Festival of Antiques &
BFI Medical Waste Systems, Collectables
which will incinerate the potenti-
ally hazardous items according to SHOW & SALE
government health regulations. Sun: July 1st Noon 8 pam «
BFI introduced its needle- Mon. July 2nd 9am. - 4 p.m.
disposal program in Greater Vic-
toria earlier this month, partly as a aA ee ae
response to concems that some of Admission $2.00
the discarded needles may be CHILDREN FREE
\ Information: 478-0537
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geant, said “it’s too much of als silly, it’s quite unexplainable. I
coincidence that three things have  wouldn’t want to be in the police
happened to three neighbors side- force right now.”
by-side. After the incident on Rhodes’
“If Thad been the third incident Bonita Farm, four men were need-

I would have examined the horse
more carefully before burying it.”

Lally’s sheep were buried after
police took photographs.

“There was no doubt that a
knife and a gun were used. That’s
the only reason we called the
police in the first place,” Lally
said.

“They actually did a very skill-
ful job in removing the animal’s
udder” Lally said. “What kind of

ed to get the injured horse into a
barn. Originally it was thought the
horse had a broken shoulder and
had to be put down.

Now the shoulder is still tender
but the horse is back up to about
90 per cent, Rhodes said.

“The bizarre thing about this is
it’s happening on Sunday mom-
ing,” he said. Rhodes is urging the
police to take the incidents more
seriously.

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