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THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 2007 THE NEW TANNER 3 NEW SERIES STARTING EASTER... APRIL 8 EASTER SUNDAY APRIL 29 APRIL 15 MAY 6 APRIL 22 Your Easter Bunny Shop with a large selection of in-store made chocolates~ bunnies, eggs, lambs etc. Open Thursday 11-8pm OPEN GOOD FRIDAY 12-5pm Saturday 9am - 8pm Easter Sunday 2-4pm Daniel Varanelli Certified General Accountant Full Service Accounting for Individuals and Corporations Personal and Corporate Income Tax Returns Financial and Retirement Planning Estate Planning ? ? ? ? 273 Queen Street Acton, L7J 1P8 519 853-4311 dvaranelli@on.aibn.com Acton Nails & Spa 374 Queen St. E. Acton 519-853-9538 Professional Nail Care for Ladies & Gentlemen Eye Lash Extentions $120 Eye Lash Perm $25 Basic Facial $25 Exclusive Facial $45 Massage Eye Brow Tinting Eye Lash Tinting M-F - 9:30am- 7pm ~ Sat. 9:30am -6pm ~ Sun - CLOSED Walk-ins welcome Solar Nails UV Gel Nails Acrylic Nails Bio & Calgel Nails Airbrush designs Manicure Pedicure Spa Nails Art Design Massage & Facial Complete Waxing Acton teen earns top honours at annual Bay Area Science Fair By Frances Niblock Deaths from tainted spin- ach and carrot juice and tainted water in Walkerton sparked a research experi- ment to kill food borne bacteria that earned Acton student Anthony Querques, top honours at the 47th annual Bay Area Science and Engineering Fair at McMaster University on the weekend. Querques, a 14-year-old Grade eight student at St. Joseph Catholic School, received the Gold medal and the grand prize an all-expenses paid trip to the Canada Wide Science Fair in Truro, Nova Scotia, from May 12 to 20. Querques is following in the footsteps of his old- er brother, Joseph, who competed three times at the Canada Wide Science Fair, and sister Marianne, who also competed at the National level. Last year, Anthony won a silver medal and six awards at the Bay Area event. Querques said he wanted to see if the naturally form- ing enzyme Muramidase found in human spit and sweat and his source, chick- en egg whites could be used to kill bacteria. I was able to prove that using it worked, but it is a bit dangerous because if you ingest it, it irritates your skin or your eyes. Maybe we can find other enzymes that will protect food, or find a way to use it to put it on food at safe levels, Querques said on Monday. He set up 10 Petri dishes, eight with ground meat, in his familys dining room and watched the bacterial cultures grow for a week. Querques said he spread Muramidase on six of the Petri dishes and every two days took observations. The more Muramidase I put in, the lower the slope read, meaning the bacterial cultures were dying. Maybe I could apply this to find- ing more enzymes like it, Querques said. Along with the grand prize trip to the National competition, Querques project Pathogenic Bac- terial Elimination: Bacterial Lysis Through the Applica- tion of Muramidase earned him: Primary Fluid Systems Science and Engineering Fair Award of Excellence Merit Award Gold medal Dr. Leonard Harris Award in Health Science Hamilton mayors Award third place in the Biotech- nology division Mohawk College and Sheridan Institute of Tuition Scholarships Science and Engineering Fair Award of Excellence Tuition Schol- arship Award Halton Region Chair- mans Award for Student Excellence Dr. M. Doyle award best biology project Ontario Association of Medical Laboratories Award BACTERIA BUSTER: Actons Anthony Quer- ques, 14, won a Gold Medal and top prize an all-expenses paid trip to the Canada Wide Sci - ence Fair next month in Nova Scotia at the Bay Area Science Fair at McMaster University on the weekend. Querques, a Grade eight student at St. Joseph School tested ways to prevent food borne contamination. Frances Niblock photo Food brands questioned To the editor, This letter was originally sent to Wellington/Halton Hills M.P. Mike Chong. Thank you for keeping us informed. I read with interest Can- adas food guide which is good. However no mention is made of the best brands to pu chase since there are in- gredients which may be used in these products that could have bad health effects on your body if not now later. I am talking about hormones used in milk production as well as antibiotics. Then there are products that are used in yogurt that should not be allowed like Aspartame, sucralose, Splenda, etc. that as I un- derstand it can cause bad things to happen. These are approved by governments but should be banned. I guess I am one of the lucky ones when I was a kid none of this stuff was thought of yet we were fit. Not so in this day and age all the sickness, etc. in spite of all the wonder drugs. I am even luckier in that I try and avoid all of the prod- ucts that are bad for ones health. John Shadbolt.