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6 THE NEW TANNER THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 2007 EDITORIAL Distributed to every home in Acton and area as well as adjoining communities. 373 Queen Street East, Unit 1 Acton, Ontario L7J 2N2 email: thenewtanner@on.aibn.com Frances Niblock Mike OLeary Angela Tyler Rebecca Ring Publisher Editorial Ted Tyler Hartley Coles Editorial Contributors Advertising and Circulation Composing Marie Shadbolt Bruce Cargill Danielle McIsaac By Angela Tyler with Hartley Coles (519) 853-0051 Fax: (519) 853-0052 Every effort will be made to see advertising copy, neatly presented, is correctly printed. The publisher assumes no financial responsibility for typographical errors or omissions in advertising, but will gladly reprint without charge that part of an advertisement in which an error may occur provided a claim is made within five days of publication. All articles, advertisements and graphic artwork appearing in The New Tanner is copyrighted. Any usage, reproduction or publication of these items, in whole or in part, without the express written consent of the publisher of The New Tanner is a copyright infringement and subject to legal action. 1911 SOCCER TEAM: Soccer is big and becoming bigger in this area with new pitches and inside facili- ties. But its not a recent fad here. This photo of Actons 1911 soccer club include such luminaries as John Wood, Charles Holmes, Nels Gardiner, Murray McDonald, Sidney Gunton and Neil McDonald, all long since passed away but remembered. When a Toronto blogger discovered that NASA had made an error in its data calculations of climate change showing 1934, not 1998 was the hottest year on record in the U.S.A. people in this area who lived through 1934 and 1998 surely nodded in agreement. At a time when few air conditioners existed here, the summer of 1934 was a fiery furnace here with almost no from the blazing sun for almost three weeks. People put up blankets over their windows to keep out the oppressive sun. In the evenings many slept outside in makeshift tents. The beach in Fairy Lake was swarming with swimmers and every bit of shade available crowed. However, the error also suggested that one mustnt accept all the information about climate change as gospel. There must be a few red faces in circles, which used 1998 as proof that recent years were the hottest on record. A new list published by NASA shows that four of the top 10 hottest years were in the 1930s. It has become a political football in the U.S. where radio host Rush Limbaugh has said the error is evidence that climate change evidence is unsound. Tell that to David Suzuki. It is evidence that errors are made even in the best scientific circles. The Toronto blogger who discovered NASAs blunder had challenged hockey stick graphs in 2003 which showed a spike in world temperatures. This time NASA ordered a data review and released another hockey stick measure. If you have lived in Acton long enough, you have come to learn a few things. The main thing is that you may leave Acton at some point, but Acton will never leave you. I first learned this with when my sister moved to Toronto back in the early 90s. She was there however; she spent a lot of time still at our parents place and spent more time commuting than she did living in Toronto. Finally, she moved back to Acton. Over the years, Ive seen this more and more. Several times when I, or I and my family have been in Tampa, Florida, we regularly see many Actonites at the local flea market. Its just odd when you think about it. Here we are thousands of miles away from Acton and we run into people who are basically our neighbours, totally unplanned. This past weekend I found myself along with my sister in Southern Alberta. As I rode shot gun reading the map I saw a name on the map. It said High River. Suddenly I had a brain flash. I knew somebody in High River. It was a young woman who had worked for our business probably 20 years ago just after she graduated from college. She usually pops every year or so when she comes back to visit her folks. Again, you never leave Acton. I remembered she worked for the local paper. Luckily, my sis- ter had had a copy of our paper with her. We came into the newspaper office and I asked to speak to her. When she came out she was dev- astated. We were her third visitors from Acton and the first that were non-family. She almost ripped our paper from our hands looking for Acton news. This past week, I attended a trade show. As I was talking with one of the vendors, he looked at my name tag and asked me Are you really from Acton? With that he looked at me oddly and said, hes from Acton and reads my column. I thanked him then we discovered he was living in Bert Hintons house. For those who are new to town he was the proprietor of the local five and dime store eons ago. As I wandered through the trade show, I wanted to go to a certain booth. I was being selfish and greedy. I knew they had water bottles and mine had recently broke. I figured if I could go there and seemed interested in their product, I could get a new bottle. Instead, I was asked the same question. Are you really from Acton? It was starting to get old at this point. I told them I was expecting the Is it really worth the drive comments. Instead I was greeted with some- thing different. I went to Robert Little and MSB The woman told me. She used to live in Acton. She asked me if I went to MSB. I told her, I was a M.Z. Bennett graduate. She, apparently was younger than me as M.Z. Bennett was the predecessor to MSB. As I was leaving, I gave her my words of wisdom. Just remem- beryou may leave Acton, but Acton never leaves you. Its true. You maybe in the remote corners of the earth but Acton will always be with you and there seems to be a little bit of Acton in all of us. Errors happen Acton just wont go away Consoling crack addicts Why, a reader asks, can the Region consider paying for drug addicts crack kits when Off the Wall, Actons youth centre, has no permanent funding when their aim is to keep youth off drugs. The latest report on Haltons needle exchange program showed needles were provided to clients on 462 occasions last year. In Acton staff had a total of eight contacts, including three who exchanged needles used for intramuscular injections of steroids, and five who exchanged needles used for intravenous injections if illicit drugs. The program in Acton, Georgetown and Milton costs about $120,000 annually. To expand Region wide would require a budget of $360,000. The program is unique to North Halton. Acton Councillor Clark Somerville, vice-chair of Haltons Health and Social Services Committee, says Ive never had a problem with needle exchanges or harm reduction programs because if you prevent one case of AIDS or HIV you can literally save the public health system millions of dollars, Somerville says, however, he would have difficulty with safe injection sites. It still doesnt answer the readers original question and we would like to know why, too.