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WAYNE HOARE OF SPARLING CRESCENT' shows the 44-inch Nor- them Pike he caught weekend before last gt Great__P_ike Lake -ryrttl of V Likdside area resident Jim Janse who works with the environment ministry's A problem with rats abthe Lakeside [dump is under control. _ LdkesidgPrdblem Under,Control '. Hiiare's son, Landon, looks the fish over. The fish regional office in London He altered the Oxford said Friday the situation is County engineer's office. under control. Action was taken and an Mr. Janse had noticed exterminator hired to kill about 50 rats at the site on a the rats with poison. Mr. Janse had noticed about 50 tats at the site on a weekend visit in Agril. Since then there have been few rats. Oxford County Engineer Don Pratt said last month the news of rats at the Lakeside dump was the first Mr. Janse said he was there two weeks ago and noticed only one rat. He said the county has retained the services of the exterminator for a year to monitor the dump. Mr. Janse said the dump is baited with food in strategic locations. The food has been poisoned to kill the rats. . weighed in at 28 lbs. 9 ozs. and is 23 inches in girth. Accompanying Mr. Hoare on the fishing trip' were John Pellizzari and Bob Mills - their cat- nhoc “rm-on” (mitt-I Ag his! I A ,2] ,4 f (Staff Photo) ches weren't quite is big. ‘v I I June; ashec, Jane a sjtv' time he hiddver heard of a problem. 7 7 -- - The garbage is usually covered as soon as it comes in. Mr. Pratt said there had never been a rat problem on the site before. He suggested the rats might have arrived via a load of garbage. They multiply quickly. _ . Mr. Janse said the time he noticed the. rats there had been a quantity of garbage which was not _ covered because the ground was wet and muddy. Also, the day he visited the site was the first warm one of the year. The dump is about'a mile south of Lakeside which is about five miles southeast of St. Marys.