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THURSDAY, MAY 18, 2006 THE NEW TANNER 15 The Rockwood MILLER STRANDZ Hair Design Styles for Men & Women ???????????????????????????????????? ???????? ???????????? ??????????????????????????? Hairstylist Jen MacDonald specializing in colour and foil highlights ???? ???????? Highlights and Cut......... $75 Colour and Cut............... $60 ???? ?? ??????? Shampoo, Cut and Set.... $20 ?????????????? ???????????? CAPSULE ???????? ROCKWOOD PHARMACY 178 Alma Street, Rockwood ON (519)856-9486 A diagnosis of Diabetes can be frightening. You cant cure it but it certainly can be controlled usually diabetes is diagnosed when a fasting blood sugar is over 7. With a combination of good attention to diet, exercise and blood sugar monitoring diabetics can live long and happy lives. It was back in 1850 that doctors first began to take the patients temperature as a regular part of making a diagnosis, Back then if took about 20 minutes to get an accurate reading,. In 1866, the first clinical thermometer was developed in England. This speeded up the process immensely. Statin drugs are very popular in the treatment of high cholesterol. In the United Kingdom, one of the statins became available without a prescription in the middle of 2004. Its debatable whether this was a good decision or not. Being available OTC means it isnt covered under many drug plans. Not good for many people Before you leave the pharmacy, read the label of your prescription medications and check the contents. Brands of medication are always changing. Well let you know when this happens. We enjoy our interactions with our customers. Helping you understand the medications you take is an important part of our job. If you are looking for a pharmacy to feel good about, give us a try. Go ahead for fence Council approved the con- struction of a fence thereby allowing a zoning by-law amendment to proceed. It will allow a six-unit single detached vacant land con- dominium on Hwy. 7 and MacLennan St. in Rockwood. Applicants Orval and Wayne Gates have been waiting for the decision since a public meeting was held in 2002. Wellington County approved the Plan of Condominium in April 2002 with the condition that the developer constructs a six-foot chain link fence on the common boundary with the Rockwood Cemetery. Written notice will be sent to area residents informing them that council will vote on the amendment. Mosque application withdrawn Woodland Properties with- drew its application to the Whole Circle Farm, an or- ganic farm east of Rockwood, provides a perfect set for an upcoming episode of Make Some Noise! A CBC televi- sion series showcasing teens and young people who are making themselves heard. The story of three girls who turned their backs on big city life to learn how to farm organically on the Eramosa Township land of Maggie and Johann Kleinsasser is featured in the Open Spaces segment of the show that airs on June 11. Make Some Noise! is a fast-paced series based on the premise that youre never too young to make a differ- ence, and in each of the 13 episodes, young people show they wont wait for the adults to change the world. Each episode is driven by innovative music and unconventional, yet smart vi- sual techniques. The organic farming segment features Smiljks Tasic, Leslie Mos- kovits and Allie English who were interns/apprentices at the Kleinsasser farm, learn- ing how to grow food without chemicals or pesticides, when the episode was fi lmed over one-and-a-half days last July. The farm is a certifi ed bio- dynamic organic operation everything fed to the beef, dairy, foul and pigs is raised organically on the farm. The Kleinsassers are involved with several organizations that teach holistic/organic farming to people, and the young women fi rst came to the farm on a rotating Farm Day visit several years ago and stayed. Smiljks Tasic, who is now working on a farm on Peelee Island, received an e-mail about the Make Some Noise! project and decided it was something she wanted to do. Her friends, English and Moskovits, and the Klein- sassers also agreed to take part in the project and the rest is now history. English and Moskovits, chose to remain on the farm after their apprenticeship was over, and this season, they are in charge of a 10- acre vegetable garden. The produce will be sold in the Kleinsassers self-serve store, and to members of a CSA (Community Supported Ag- riculture) program set up by English. The CSA provides mem- bers with a basket of fruits and vegetables each week during the growing season for a fl at fee of approximately $550. English, who spent the winter working at the Univer- sity of Norway on her thesis on how young people from non-farming backgrounds now calls Whole Circle Farm home. English said the environ- mentally friendly segment for the series. There seems to be a grow- ing group of young people from the cities who are in- terested in farming in some capacity, English said on Monday, suggesting some are really motivated to farming from an environmental or social change perspective. They see it as something they can do here at home and it is very appealing in terms of lifestyle its very creative. You have to be able to do so much and work with plants and animals and fi x tractors and rewire your barn. Its pretty creative and diversified, English said, adding the TV segment is like a home video to her some- what superfi cial, but it does Rockwood organic farm is featured in CBC TV series Continued on Page 23 PLANTING FOR TOMORROW: Students from Eramosa Public School had a great time digging in the dirt and learning how to plant trees. They planted seedlings on Katherine Deans farm as part of Wellington Countys Green Legacy program. Photo by Rebecca Ring Council ChipsGuelph/ Eramosa by Rebecca Ring Polymer Distribution Inc., Guelph, will receive funding totalling $250,000 to demonstrate the ability of short haul rail- ways to effi ciently carry cargo usually moved by truck. This project is one of fi ve projects nationwide to receive funding from the federal government, MPP Michael Chong announced last week for the Minister of Transport, Lawrence Cannon. I am especially pleased that this project will be using exist- ing facilities and rail cars in a much more effi cient way, said Chong. If successful, this demonstration has the potential to reduce greenhouse gases in a sector that produces a quarter of the emissions in our atmosphere. This is great news for Guelph and my riding of Wellington-Halton Hills. The Government of Canada is contributing up to 50 per cent of eligible project expenses, to a maximum of $250,000, with applicants and their partners contributing the remainder. This announcement brings the total funding allocated under the program to approximately $4.7 million for 34 projects across Canada. township for a zone change that would allow a Mosque to be built at Whitelaw and Fife Rds. The applicant will be refunded the application fee minus administration costs and any expenses incurred by the township. Pioneer Days get the green light Council agreed to support Pioneer Days at Lloyd Dyer Park as it has in the past. Free of charge, the township will supply, erect and remove snow fence for the liquor- licensed area, and transport picnic tables loaned by the Rockwood Conservation Area. They intend to ask the OPP for extra monitoring after the event to prevent late-night street partying. The organizers must supply a certifi cate for $2 million liability insurance, as the township assumes no liabil- ity. Brad Roelofson, manager of Property and Leisure Ser- vices said Christie St. should be open by the date of the event. Confl ict issues resolved Confl icts of interest were ruled out for three donations to which council had previ- ously committed. All agreed to honour the donations of $500 each to Rockwood Centennial and Eramosa Public Schools for their play- grounds, and $500 to the Rockwood and District Lions Club toward the cost of the A1C blood testing machine for the Guelph General Hos- pital Diabetes Clinic. Gibson Smye had originally opposed the playground donations based on her opinion that the province should pay, but said that council should honour its commitment to donate. Guelph company gets shorthaul funds MAKE SOME NOISE: For Smiljks Tasic, Leslie Moskovits and Allie English, apprentices at Whole Circle Farm the CBC series Make Some Noise was an opportunity to show some of their organic farming skills. Their segment of the series is airing on June 11. By Frances Niblock