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THE NEW TANNERTHURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2010 7GRAPEVINELimehouse fundraiserduring Waste Reduction Week, Corn, burgers and a silent October 18 to 24.auction are on tap on Saturday Thanks, Donors(September 18) at the Lime-Canadian Blood Services house Memorial Hall for its officials were pleasantly sur-annual fundraiser. Rain or shine, prised with the turnout at the the event runs from 4 to 7 p.m., blood clinic last Wednesday at and proceeds will help with Hall the Acton arena/community cen-maintenance.tre they collected 56 units of Affordable housing contestblood and turned away just three Having won Gold in 2008 and donors. There was also one first-Bronze last year, Acton High timer at the clinic that collected School students hopefully will 10 more units of blood than ex-do well again this year in the pected. To book an appointment fourth annual Be a Hero, Be a for the October 21 clinic that Voice for Affordable Housing runs from 2 to 7:30 p.m. at the contest designed to allow stu-Acton Legion on Wright Avenue dents to show their creativity call 1-888-2-DONATE (1-888-and raise awareness about the 236- 6283.)need for more affordable hous-Compost gives awaying. Students create an entry Halton residents are invited to CANCER FUNDRAISERS: A team of Acton area women called Mommys On A MISSION video, design, song or poet-help themselves to up to seven raised over $27,000 on the weekend at the annual walk in Toronto to raise money for cancer ry etc. to highlight how the garbage bags of rich, garden-research. The team includes, front row: Sherry Fraser, Suzanne Hastie and Christina Mc-lack of affordable housing can friendly compost produced by Cauley. Back: Tracy Duerden, Barry Fraser, Debbie Sukmawan, Shelley Intzandt, John Tauer impact a family or individual. Haltons yard waste collection and Heidi Tauer. Submitted photoCash prizes include $1,000 to program tomorrow (Friday) and the Gold winner, $500 to the Sil-Saturday at the Regions Waste With Fraser River sockeye, seeing red ver and four $100 Bronze prizes. Management site in Milton be-Details about the contest, spon-tween 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.sored this year by the Ontario While the compost is free, is cause for cautious celebrationNon-Profit Housing Association, officials would be grateful for are at www.halton.ca/beahero.a donation of a non-perishable By David Suzuki never wasted. Even those that Waste artworkfood item or cash to help Hal-Sciencewith Faisal Mooladont spawn provide food for the The call is out to Halton tons food banks, including Mattersinsects that in turn provide food Kindergarten to Grade eight Actons FoodShare. By David SuzukiSalmon have been an integral for the salmon that hatch on the students to submit artwork for a Back to churchpart of the life and culture of spawning grounds, contribut-spend another two years before contest to select the front cover The leaders of Actons church-people on Canadas West Coast ing to the health of subsequent returning to spawn. The fish for Haltons waste management es hope the pews will be full on since time began. Theyre also stocks. And they provide food coming back this year are the calendar. Last years calendar Sunday, September 26, which is essential to coastal ecosystems, and nutrients for bears, eagles, offspring of those that returned featured the work of Actons the international Back to Church providing food for bears, eagles, and forests.and spawned in 2006. The cur-Raine Masse, a student at St. Sunday.insects, and other animals, and On top of that, the fishing plan rent cycle has traditionally been Joseph Catholic School.The invitation is out to those contributing to the magnifi-for 2010 allows high catch rates the biggest, or most dominant, The theme this year is My who have never attended church cence of coastal rainforests by even for the endangered popu-since early in the 20th century. family recycles every day, and or who havent been in a while to transferring nitrogen and other lations. The 2010 plan allows In 2006, about 13-million Fra-must feature a Blue Box, Green-attend any of the Acton churches nutrients to the forest floor when fishing of up to 30 per cent of ser sockeye returned.Cart and a positive environment. that will open their doors that bears and birds feed on them.the critically endangered Cul-The Fraser also has about 40 Acceptable materials for the day.This year, were seeing an tus stock, even though scientists distinct sockeye populations, contest include chalk, charcoal, Dog donationunexpected some would say recommend that fishing should and some, such as the Cultus crayon, marker, paint and pen-Thanks to Acton Sobeys with miraculous return of sock-not exceed 12 per cent. Along Lake sockeye, arent doing that cil. Four entries will be selected the help of Maple Leaf Foods eye salmon to the Fraser River, with habitat damage and loss, well. Conserving all of these one from each Halton muni-and Canada Bread approxi-with as many as 30-million fish warmer waters because of cli-populations to maintain bio-cipality for the 2011 Waste mately 1,200 students attending expected to make their way up mate change, and parasite and Management logical diversity is the best way Guide and Col-Education Day on Friday (to-the river to spawn, almost triple disease impacts from open-net to ensure that overall abundance lection Calendar. Winners will morrow) at the Fall Fair wont the number originally predicted. salmon farms, this could pose a of Fraser sockeye remains high. receive an environmental prize go hungry. Sobeys will continue Last year, only about 1.5-mil-threat to the long-term viability And although this years runs package.its tradition of feeding free hot lion returned, far fewer than the of the Fraser River salmon.appear high, they are much Submissions must be made dogs to the kids who will spend 10 million expected.After the disastrous sockeye lower than they have been in the before 4:30 p.m., on Friday, the day learning about agricul-Although seeing the riv-returns last year, and the sig-past. Before commercial fishing October 15. All entries will be ture and farming with hands-on ers run red with salmon once nificant declines for the past 20 began on the Fraser, as many as displayed at the Halton HQ exhibits and activities. again is cause for celebration, years, we must see this years 100 million fish are estimated to we cant say this signals a re-Fraser sockeye returns as a have made their way back up versal of the declines in Fraser hopeful sign that this import-the river in some years.River salmon populations that Want, wonderful, and surprisingly e wont know until later in Whats Your Beef?have been occurring over the resilient creature can be saved. the fall whether a large number past two decades. To begin, our But we wont save them with of Fraser sockeye successfully understanding of this magnifi-guesswork or by greedily fish-spawned and whether endan-Put it in a letter to the Editor!cent fish and its life cycle is ing as many salmon as possible. gered populations returned in limited. We simply dont know We must work hard to reduce higher abundance than in previ-much about what happens to the all the threats against the sal-ous years.Its better than fish during the two years they mon, from habitat destruction to Some people have argued that spend in the ocean. overfishing to climate change to too many salmon are returning just chewing And we must remember that open-net fish farms. this year, and they we must al-your cud!one year of good returns doesnt And so, lets enjoy the gift of low the fishing industry to catch mean returns will be good for the sockeye salmon this year, more of them if we are to ensure years to come. This is a domin-but remember that its a gift we healthy runs in the future. But Deadline is ant cycle year. After hatching, cant afford to take for grant-all the available science shows Fraser sockeye spend two years ed.that when more fish return to Tuesday at noon.in lakes and rivers before head-Learn more at www.davidsu-spawn, the following cycle will ing out to sea, where they zuki.org.be more abundant. Salmon are