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:366 PNUMOVAX V.N.A. DIABETES CLINIC MAC DONALD'S MINUTE MAN VOC. SCHOOL HEALTH FAIR SALMON RECALL EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM RAILROAD WEED CONTROL DUST SUPRESSANT GYPSY MOTH CONTROL Mr. Smith said although we are about the only Town left that gives the flu vaccine free, he prefers to give it this year without a charge. Mr. Lambie told Mr. Smith to see if any money will be available for the vaccine. We have ordered some pneumovax to bring the number of doses for our clinic up to 125 doses. We had a good clinic last year and hope to do as well this year. Mr. Perry had asked for a list of our clinics that are given to residents as they will increase the Town's insurance at that time. Mr. Smith told the Board that Jayne Tapia and Susan Byrnes of the Visiting Nurses Association came into his office to discuss a couple of topics. First, they wondered about putting a "blood pressure reading" clinic at the new elderly housing, and take it out of East Lexington. The Board discussed this briefly and decided to leave the clinic at East Lexington for the present time. Also, the Visiting Nurses would like to run a Diabetes Educational Clinic as they had two years ago. They would like to have it at Freeley Village Hall because the bus service is better. A nurse from the diabetes Society would be the instructor and the charge for this would be $40.00. The Board said they feel this clinic would be very worthwhile. Mr. Smith told the Board an outside vendor (MacDonald's) is trying to operate the cafeteria and culinary arts program at Minute Man Technical Vocational School. They have been negotiating with the school to train students in the management end of the "fast-food business". The Health Fair of May 15th was a success. The people watching the dis- plays were really taken up with the hearing -aid dogs. On the salmon recall - all stores were checked in Lexington - no tins of salmon were found here. The emergency alert system is going back into effect. Mr. Smith explained that at one time, when there was a recall or an emergency (red tide) Lexington was notified by the State and then Lexington had to call several surrounding towns. The Railweed Control will not be spraying the railroad tracks through Lexington because the tracks are not used here anymore. D.E.Q.E. sent a notice stating use of waste oil as a dust supressant re- quires a site assignment from the Board of Health. Mr. Smith said he would not recommend its use. Dust problems here have been controlled by wetting down and using a sweeper. Mr. Smith said the State will be re-imbursing the towns that are spraying to control gypsy moths with B.T. (Bacillus Thuringiensis).