THE NEW TANNER6THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2010 EditorialLOCKS with Frances NiblockFOR LOVE:To help mark Breast Can-Mammograms Save Livescer Month, Actons Emily Vickery recently went to October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and the Blue Springs Spa to donate need for money to help find a cure was hammered home her long hair to Locks for in a phone this week with the stomach-lurching news Love, an organization that of another diagnosis of Stage three breast cancer for an provides wigs for children suffering from hair loss due Acton woman. As the medical profession, family, friends to cancer treatments.and co-workers rally round; another woman faces the Submitted photofight of her life.Although the Canadian breast cancer stats can be daunt-ing, there is good news the incidence of breast cancer has risen steadily since the early 1990s because of in-creased mammogram screening, but the death rate from On to the next holidaybreast cancer has declined, in all age groups, since the mid-1980s.With October 1st come and thought they were hysterical. At Still, the numbers are an eye-opener. There will be gone, and Thanksgiving I first I thought it was because she 23,200 new cases of breast cancer diagnosed this year couldnt wait any longer to get was at the over-tired spot, how-festive.By ever, the next day she had the in women, and 5,300 will die. There will be 180 cases in On Friday, I pulled out my Angela Tsame reaction. I am absolutely ylermen, 50 of whom will die. The five-year survival rate for collection of Halloween decora-terrified even to this day when women is 87 per cent theres a number of hang onto tions that were in hiding and a tempted to place a name tag on I watch the classic Halloween and the male five-year survival rate is 84 per cent.whole bunch of new ones I got him stating his name as The movie with Jamie Lee Curtis or this year especially for Little J. Dude; a gentle humorous re-The Shinning movie and here is Anyone who schedules an Ontario Breast Screening While she was hanging out with minder to him that he better this little girl, not even a year yet Program (OBSP) mammogram during October gets a Grandma for a few hours, I took keep in my good books.thinking skeletons are funny.Thingamboob, a set of pretty pink beads that shows the off home to cut the grass and to After all the gore adorned our That night I was talking with various sizes of breast lumps that can be found by regu-get the decorations up before home, I headed off to town to my mom on the phone and told she came home.retrieve Little J. She had a busy her the story. I swear if she lar mammograms, a physical exam by a professional and Ive mentioned before I love afternoon with Grandma and didnt look so much like me, I self-monitoring.any reason to add some sea-had missed her afternoon nap. would have thought we brought Breast cancer detected early is the easiest to treat, so sonal decorations in our lives. Consequently, she was full of home the wrong kid, I said, and Quite frankly, the static stick-on beans as they say. As we pulled reviewed some of the other odd-schedule a life-saving mammogram for yourself or a butterflies on our French doors into our driveway, I stopped, ities.loved on by getting a physicians referral or calling the were past their expiry date and rolled down her window and let She loves her vegetables. OBSP at 1-800-668-9304.it was time to put up the bloodly her see the ghosts. She thought She doesnt like pasta and she hand prints that looked like they they were hilarious. Granted, absolutely hates ketchup, I were dragged down the glass they really arent scary ghosts continued. For the record, I am panes.so I wasnt surprised by her re-the pasta lover and the Dude is Before I knew it, we had a action.the reason why Heinz Ketchup Looking Backmini-grave yard in the front I really wanted her to enjoy is in business and for Thanks-flower bed. There were a couple the decorations and not be afraid giving dinner, Little J preferred ghosts hanging from the tree of them even though the skel-brussel sprouts over mashed po-Ten Years AgoFive Years Agodown the driveway and even etons were a bit creepy. As we tatoes. What kid prefers brussel The Federal government Cast and crew of Lions Gate more special than the bloody were going into the house, we sprouts?issued a promise that barrier Films newest horror flick, Skin-hand prints, were the skeletons stopped at the front door so Why do I keep having this re-gates would be installed by walkers, shut down traffic on in the fake metal caskets that she could meet one of the new occurring thought that when she Christmas at the level rail cross-Highway 7 in Rockwood as they hung where I used to have bas-members of our family. I was goes to school, Mommy is go-ing on the Fourth Line, south of filmed scenes for the movie, to kets of hanging flowers. One of prepared for her to do the shim-ing to be getting a fairly regular Highway 7, where three Acton be released in 2006.the skeletons now greets guests my up Mommys arm for her call from her teacher about her teens died recently. Until concerns about down-at our front door. Ive been very favourite safe spot. Instead, she interesting personality? In an effort to hang on to wind smells and impacts on good help, the owners of Acton water and traffic, the Town Subway have instituted a new shelved a request from Hal-program of offering $500 cash ton to spread biosolids sewer incentives to employees who sludge on parts of the Trafal-stay with them for at least three gar Sports Park.years. The Town prepares to release The United Way of Halton its draft protocol for building Hills kicks off its annual fund-and locating communication raising campaign, hoping to antenna towers called steel raise $250,000 for its member monsters by one politician at a agencies.public open house.Distributed to every home in Acton and area,EditorPublisheras well as adjoining communities.Ted TylerFrances NiblockEvery effort will be made to see advertising copy, neatly presented, is Editorial Contributorscorrectly printed. 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