The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

THE NEW TANNERTHURSDAY, MAY 27, 2010 19Cubs learn bike safety rulesOne of the many badges to the Sears National Kids are organized by the Coast worked on this year byto Coast Against Cancer Cancer Ride go to support FirstFoundation, a nationally Acton Cubs was the pediatric oncology re-Cycling Safety badge. Re-search at hospitals across registered charitable foun-centlydation that supports kids , Cubs learned about Canada. So far, Paul has helmet fit, care, and qual-raised over $28,000 and cancer charities with a 100 ity;per cent donation model. turn signals, and how will continue to raise to navigate a pylon course awareness and funds be-Paul has a blog docu-with the assistance of two fore getting on his bike in menting his training and local cycling dads. One Vancouver and cycling to will be updating it fre-of the dads is a mountain Halifax between Septem-quently during the Sears biker and the other dad is ber 9 to 23rd.National Kids Cancer a road cyclist. Cubs were Pauls family got in-Ride. Follow him at also able to compare the volved when their friends http://pauloharahoke.snk-many differences between five-year-old daughter, cr.com. Halton Hills is WHEEL SAFETY: Members of First Acton Cubs learned about bicycle safety and the two bikes.Amelia, passed away in well-represented with two earned their Cycling Safety badge recently as they rode through a safety course, Cub dad, Paul OHara-2007 from a brain stem tu-other qualified cyclists rid-learned about helmet fit and care and how to use turn signals. Submitted photoHoke, raises funds for kids mour. They started Team ing across with Paul, local with cancer. He has been Amazing Amelia with like-fireman Mark Burger and over their shoulder while chosen to cycle across minded cycling friends Georgetown resident Dave on the road, and last, but Canada in September and have been riding to Swindells.not least, having fun and DE MELO CHIROPRACTICas part of the Sears Na-help kids with cancer ever The Cubs wrapped up being active on their bikes. tional Kids Cancer Ride. since. Their main team their cycling session with The First Acton Cubs gen-& WELLNESS CENTRECyclists pay all their own event is Tour For Kids several spins around the erously donated their dues Dr. Dave de Melo, Chiropractorcosts and raise $25,000 to which supports Camps pylon course, learning for the week to Pauls ef-participate. One hundred Trillium, Quality, and how to navigate a narrow fort, to help kids with Dr. Jim Giancoulas, Chiropractorper cent of donations made Oochigeas. These events course, how to safely look cancer across Canada.Amy Spiers, Massage Therapist SAFE, GENTLE CHIROPRACTIC CAREArnott battles COMPUTER GENERATED SPINAL ANALYSIS for farmers EMERGENCIES & WORKERS COMP ACCEPTEDAn open letter to the Premier of Ontario NEW PATIENTS WELCOMEDear Premier:any of the OASCs recommendations? Please respond I write to you again regarding the very serious chal-as soon as possible to my Queens Park office.25 Main Street North, Actonlenges facing Ontario farmers a file that remains active I look forward to your active engagement, which will Across from Giant Tiger Plazaon my desk at Queens Park. Since my letter to you of not doubt determine the future of Ontario agriculture.DSincerely(519) 853-3460ecember 16, 2009, your government has failed to take ,the kind of meaningful action proposed by the Ontario Ted Arnott, MPPNo Referral NecessaryFederation of Agriculture and the Ontario Agriculture Wellington-Halton HillsEVENING APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLESustainability Coalition (OASC).This if, for producers and farm families, extremely disappointing. Now that Ontario has become a have-not province, it will receive some $972-million in equalization payments from the Government of Canada; this is a major increase from last year`s $347-million. Yet, despite your massive accumulation of federal EZ-TAXIequalization payment, your government continues to insist that it cannot take further action. In response to a question on the consensus proposal for a risk manage-ment plan, your Minister of Agriculture claimed that is ACTONS TAXIgetting the federal government on side would be the only way that our programs are going to work for our farmers now and in the future.This excuse is baloney. The federal government has, in fact, given you the capacity through equalization to take meaningful action, but you have refused to do so. Expiration of federal funding has not stopped your ma-jor expenditures on child care, which your Minister of Finance announced with great fanfare: I am pleased to announce that the McGuinty government is stepping in and continuing to fund the child care spaces abandoned by the federal government. Your failure to act in the Airport Transportation Available 24/7same way in response to the crisis facing agriculture is, to many farmers, indication of your governments indifference toward their plight.We participate in the program.The OASC has called for changes to rules governing the AgriStability program; establishment of a Business Risk Management Program (BRMP) appropriate for For Safe Reliable Service Call:each commodity; and retroactive payments under both programs, assuming the changes, for the years 2008 and 2009. Further details are available on the OASC back-519-853-1261grounder. Do you have any plans to consider adopting